Beauty industry: a stealth imperialism with self-harm its main weapon
Hannah Betts: Women around the world are sold western ideals of beauty by an industry making billions and causing untold misery
Body confidence awards: a start in fightback against image-makers
Parliamentary group's inaugural awards challenge culture producing consumers addicted to beauty products and despair
The big beauty contest
For the contestants at Burger Queen, fat is still a feminist issue
The Vintage Years: plastic people
Life is finite and so are your looks – get used to it, says the Invisible Woman
Dr Dillner’s health dilemmas: should I use moisturiser?
A cream can protect your skin and restore its natural glow, but there's no need to break the bank
Female hair loss: causes and treatment
For decades, Katherine Baldwin has worried about her thinning hair. Learning about androgenetic alopecia has helped her come to terms with her hair loss and take control of her treatment
So, men are obsessed with their bodies. Is that so bad?
Mark Simpson: Male self-objectification has perhaps gone too far – but the compulsory self-loathing that came before was worse
Body image concerns more men than women, research finds
Anxiety about body image has led to some men conceding they would exchange a year of their life for the perfect physique
Venezuelans ‘obsessed’ with beauty
Many people go into debt to fund plastic surgery in country which has won 17 beauty queen titles in past 30 years
Bad hair days can be good for you
Some women do miss out on exercise for fear or messing up their look