Friday, February 05, 2010

Men's Vanity?

For the past months, I have been writing about skin diseases. I guess for a change, it is somewhat nice to debate about men being metrosexual. Is there such thing as vanity for men? I know there are some guys who are conscious about their looks and the way women appreciate their physical beauty not necessarily the masculinity.

Recently you have seen an increase marketing of men's product ranging from moisturisers to anti-ageing serum. The last one that I have seen today in the magazine, anti-ageing serum (50ml) for almost £500. That is totally rubbish, a waste of money. Famous brand advertise product with all these natural ingredients, which a normal homo-sapien eats and now produce it to be applied as night cream to reduce ageing. I'm not convince at all, a simple moisturiser that cost £1 will do the same tricks.

Men normally sweat a lot compare to women, this produces a natural sebum (oil) that helps to maintain a moist skin. Although, bacteria (normal flora) may thrive on these sebum and leads to chemical breakdown producing an end product that may not be pleasant to smell. Not to worry though, this smell signifies manliness and suppose to attract the opposite sex. Ha ha ha, it sounds weird, but in a modern world it is in fact unhygienic. Yes for the animal kingdom, it does the trick to attract mating.

Simple essentials are fine after all, men need good grooming and improve their confidence. Don't over do it and to my female readers, guide your husband or boyfriend.

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