FACE-TIME: IN THE ZONE

It’s 48 hours before your big interview for your dream-job (or, your dream-date). You’re obsessively planning and re-planning your outfit and Mapquesting the address again and again for the perfect route, calculating the commute.

Then you look in the mirror, and BOOM! There it is. A blemish. Right there. On your forehead. On your chin. Growing. Red. Huge. O.M.G. OH, NO!

Don’t blame yourself. Scientists now theorize that stress causes spikes in a brain-chemical called cortisol, which may trigger the spontaneous eruption of breakouts.

And whatever you do, PLEASE DON’T SQUEEZE or pick. An ice-cube in a clean washcloth may help.

DO get yourself to Dermalogica (thousands of locations in the USA, www.dermalogica.com), where expert skin therapy is offered. What you’re after: MicroZone Rapid Spot Clearing, which takes only 20 minutes. It’s a calming, purifying quick-fix which tames inflammation in time for your close-up.

Dermalogica is a local LaLa Land success-story, founded by fabulous skincare guru / skin therapist Jane Wurwand in Los Angeles in 1986. She’s still the boss, and the product is still manufactured and packaged right here in LA. The original Dermalogica flagship (there are now several worldwide), located on Montana Avenue in Santa Monica, recently remodeled its space to allow for more MicroZone treatments, which don’t require disrobing, or an appointment.

DON’T DO IT!!  DERMALOGICA GETS YOU IN THE HEALTHY-SKIN ZONE