If you’re feeling rough with chemo, these gentle bath and body treats can help

Familiar rituals and moments spent reconnecting with your body could be soothing

‘Men now want their bum to look good in jeans’: how male butts got bootylicious

From shapewear to surgery, the male quest to build the perfect behind has become a super-sized business

Credible science or false claims: calls for more regulation of beauty products

Consumers need to be able to distinguish between innovative products and marketing hype, say experts

‘I steer away from sugars, and most of all stress’: how six experts look after their own skin

Dermatologists reveal their daily routines, which products they use on themselves and why they avoid soap

More and more people are having ‘tweakments’. But what do we really know about the long-term effects?

Non-surgical cosmetic treatments are growing ever more popular worldwide, but how safe are they? And are fillers and Botox changing our idea of beauty?

‘We’re not making new hairs, we’re rescuing’: could scientists reverse male pattern baldness?

The onset of hair loss can be devastating for some men. But research into experimental cell therapy is offering hope of keeping baldness at bay

How AI and brain science are helping perfumiers create fragrances

Beauty brands are looking to neuroscent research and technology to sniff out the factors that lure buyers

At war with my own skin: my life with eczema – and how I found the key to keeping it away

Beauty writer Anita Bhagwandas reflects on the lessons she has learned, from childhood to adulthood, about eczema – a condition that imposes daily physical and psychological tests

Retinoids work, wipes don’t: 21 things I’ve learned about skin care

What to spend your money on and what not to: Sali Hughes’s lessons from 33 years in the beauty industry

The trichologist who lost her hair: ‘I learned it isn’t about how you look – it’s about how you feel’

She knew how emotional hair loss can be from working with cancer patients, and going through it herself made her realise how fundamental hair is to our identity