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Pseudofolliculitis
Many men are attempting the "clean shaven" look this Summer! But the truth is, many African-Americans and people with thick/curly hair develop a type of ingrown hair called pseudofolliculitis. More commonly known as "razor bumps," this collection of bumps is common on the beard area after people shave, wax, or tweeze unwanted hair.
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THE SOLUTION: Jeffrey James' has created products (such as: The Wash, and The Exfoliant) to use before shaving. Both products work together to soften the skin and soften the hair on the face beard.
The first step to shaving: EXFOLIATING.
The Exfoliant (starting at $39), which features acai berries and bamboo to heal and tone the skin while organic aloe vera, essential oils and raspberries draw toxins out. High in antioxidants and bioflavonoids, this scrub offers the following benefits in men's grooming:
- Nourishes the skin
- Gentle exfoliation for accelerated cell turnover
- Smooth canvas for a close shave
- Let's the skin breathe
- Removes dead skin cells
- Prevents ingrown hairs
The second step to shaving: CLEANSING.
The Wash (starts at $23), which has a rich blend of Organic Essential Oils and Ocean Minerals, creates a therapeutic facial cleanser. The minerals nourish and repair skin lesions, dry skin, blemished skin, and rough, damaged skin. Vitamin E and Rose Hip Oil diminish discoloration and repair scarring and the botanicals soothe and renew skin cells and stimulate cellular regenerations.
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One of the prevalent (but often unspoken) plights of modern man is the question of whether he should style his body hair. Without any definitive source to turn to, Gillette is offering a solution by hosting a first-ever live body hair styling online event on April 18th. 2013
Featuring Gillette’s first-ever female spokespeople Kate Upton, Hannah Simone and Genesis Rodriguez, the event will stream live online and feature the trio of lovely ladies taking questions from the internet and responding directly with their opinions on male body hair styling in an effort to clue guys in on the fine science of body hair styling. The event will take place at 12:00 PST / 3:00 EST and will be streamed live at http://www.youtube.com/user/gillette. Guests will be able to send in questions via Twitter (@gillette #whatwomenwant), on Gillette’s Facebook page, and directly through a YouTube module.
Hope you will encourage your readers to log on and get the answers to some of modern man’s most pressing questions. In the meantime, Gillette has collected some empirical data on the subject that will help guys get the conversation started:
· 74% of women feel that guys should definitely style areas of their body
· 69% of men say that women influence how they style their body hair – and this number jumps to 79% for 18-24 year old men.
· Top three reasons women say a guy should style his body hair:
* Hygienic reasons
* Romantic encounters
* Hanging out at the beach
· 82% of African American women believe that men should style their body hair, higher than White, Asian and women overall (Hispanic were slightly higher, at 86%)
· 65% of African American women believe that men should style the hair on their upper body, the highest percentage of any ethnicity (women overall 57%)
· African American women were also significantly more likely to prefer styled chest (45% vs. 31% overall), abs (34% vs. 21% overall) and arms (23% vs. 9% overall)
Gillette offers the premier body hair styling solution for men with the Gillette Fusion ProGlide Styler. Product features include:
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Black Men and their Image Issues
- How many of you have met black men who really liked you, but your “image” did not meet their standards? How many really great women get left behind due to artificial, fake and phony requirements of how a person looks over the content of their character?
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Using myself as an example, I was “engaged” to a Dr. A big deal, but not really. He is not a nice person. Very judgmental, CHEAP, chauvinistic (in 2012) and irresponsible with his money. That said, he was also entertaining, could be charming, but I believe these are also the traits of serial killers!
Anyway, to get to my point, I wear my hair au natural. It is a nice length, attractive and well kept. Because he had an “image” to maintain, we actually fought over my hair. In 2012, at 56 why would I argue with any man over MY DAMN HAIR?
Ladies, after your very FIRST disagreement is the time to Pay Attention. This is where old habits may rear their ugly head in both of you.
He did apologize, but it took a toll. Made me really take a critical look at every single thing in his life that made me uneasy. You know why? Because after you move in or get married, you GET really critical. Might as well do the critical thinking up front. Write it down if you need to. Everything, this is no time to be generous. It is the time to be brutally honest.
I have met plenty of men (like him) who GET the woman that met their standards! My question is if you GET what you ASK FOR, what is the problem?
Why should you care if the person is a bitch, belittles you or makes you feel less than a man? None of these issues mattered when you had the choice to find out what this woman was/is really about. Nope, you were too busy talking about how “fine” she was, how good she looks when you go out, etc. None of those physical characteristics take the place of kindness, authenticity, consideration, genuine caring and really liking the person you are with. Oh yeah, looks fade, especially when they have been artificially enhanced.
While it may do your ego good to have the fellas falling out over your latest conquest, if you are miserable, drinking and drugging just to deal with this person, you made a mistake. Man up and move on.
The mistake is compounded when, even after you get out of this (and your last several relationships); you try to remake your current lady to YOUR STANDARDS.
Check this out fellas- If you cannot talk to your lady, if she does not make you laugh, smile when you are not with her and long for her company when you are apart, her looks mean nothing. Not a thing.
So, the next time you are complaining to a female friend, be aware that even when you are offered advice, freely, you could actually listen. This time, I wish you would both listen and comprehend.
I am pulling for you brothers! I know you cannot be as selfish, self centered and shallow as so many of you APPEAR!
Be blessed in your search! Don’t forget what I just told you!
Michelle D. Smith has several dating and relationship websites. Her relationship site is called Black Relationships for You. Her dating sites are Classy Black Singles and Single and Sexy Seniors. Relationships are the foundation of our lives. Let us treat each other as the treasures we are! Treat yourself as a treasure and others will respond accordingly! Classy Black Singles.
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Despite Hardships, Black Men in Urban Communities Are Resilient, Researcher Says
- Health programs should focus on men’s strengths to help them thrive amid societal stressors
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COLUMBIA, Mo. –Black men, especially those living in low-income, urban areas, face many societal stressors, including racial discrimination, incarceration and poverty. In addition, these men have poorer health outcomes. Now, a University of Missouri faculty member has studied these men’s efforts to negotiate social environments that are not designed to help them attain good health and success.
“Too often, researchers focus on Black men’s weaknesses rather than their strengths,” said Michelle Teti, assistant professor of health sciences in the MU School of Health Professions. “By understanding what’s working, we can reinforce those positive behaviors and help men make healthier choices.”
Michelle Teti, assistant professor in the School of Health Professions, studied the resilience of low-income, Black men living in urban areas.
The study explored resilience—how individuals demonstrate positive mental health regardless of stress and adversity—among low-income Black men living in urban areas. Through interviews, the researchers learned about societal stressors in the men’s lives, including racism, incarceration, unemployment and surviving rough neighborhoods. Despite these hardships, many research participants had found ways to overcome their adversities through five primary forms of resilience: perseverance, commitment to learn from hardships, reflecting and refocusing to address difficulties, creating supportive environments and obtaining support from religion and spirituality.
“Resilience is not a psychological trait that you either are born with or not; resilience can be taught and nurtured,” said Teti’s co-author and principal investigator of the study, Lisa Bowleg, an associate professor in the School of Public Health at Drexel University in Philadelphia. “Accordingly, our findings suggest we can use resilience strategies used by men in our study to teach other low-income Black men how to better protect themselves and their sexual partners from risk despite some harsh social-structural realities.”
Teti and Bowleg say community members and government officials should do more to prepare Black men for success rather than failure and, in particular, to teach them protective behaviors against HIV.
“It is admirable that these men are resilient in the face of such severe challenges; however, the men’s efforts only can be translated into success if they are supported by social environments and policies that change the odds against them,” Teti said.
“Low-income, Black, urban men desperately need jobs; they need quality educations; they need policies designed to keep them out of prisons. They need opportunities to make living wages for themselves and their families; they need safer neighborhoods,” Bowleg said. “The most disconcerting aspects of our research on resilience were the narratives of men who were doggedly trying to be resilient in the face of seemingly insurmountable social-structural obstacles.”
The study was published in Qualitative Health Research. Funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Child Health and Development, this research is part of a larger study, “REPRESENT: The Health and Sexual Experiences of Black Men,” which focuses on understanding Black heterosexual men’s sexual HIV risk and protective behaviors. Coauthors included Ashley Martin from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Richa Ranade and Jenne Massie from Drexel University, David Malebranche from Emory University and Jeanne Tschann from the University of California-San Francisco.
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