Beauty queen

Kathy Phillips: How to protect with sunscreens and tanning creams.

Eaten alive

Can the best way to treat dead or diseased skin really be to immerse yourself in a pool of ravenous creatures? Lucy Atkins on the rise of 'doctor fish'.

The great diet test

The new year brought a raft of new weight-loss books - but do any of the diets work? We asked eight Guardian readers to test 2007's most-hyped eating plans for a month, and a dietician to work out which were the healthiest ... with some surprising results.

What I see in the mirror

Chrissie Hynde: What I see when I look in the mirror bears little, if any, resemblance to my true self. The nervous-looking piebald staring back is more like Ginger from Black Beauty - compliant, broken, surrendered.

Doctor on the net

You can buy tests, a diagnosis and prescription drugs on the internet, but can treatment at the hands of a medic you never meet be safe? Diane Taylor reports.

What I see in the mirror

Liz Jones: I was six when I first realised how hideous I looked. My older sister Sue and I had our school photo taken together. My eyes are too close together, my skin sallow and my teeth crooked. She is smiling while I just look anxious.

Clever compacts

Emma Cook: Oh, the joy of compacts, the flamboyant stars of the party season. Dripping in gold, embossed, bejewelled and gilded, there's something refreshingly honest about their allure.