Start getting ready!

Skin-baring season will soon be here, so start prepping now with these beauty tips from Doris Day, MD, a dermatologist in New York City.If you're considering laser hair removal, now's the time to begin, since you need several sessions spaced three to four weeks apart. You may need three to eight appointments, depending on what you're defuzzing. For pretty summer feet and hands, cream nails and cuticles daily and wear polish to help hold in moisture. File only tips of nails—filing the tops can lead to white spots. Tackle breakouts now. Acne can be exacerbated by warm weather, since sweat and bacteria get trapped in pores, causing breakouts. So wash acne-prone areas with a salicylic-acid-based cleanser.
Stress Relief
Feeling tense? Brew yourself a cup of black tea. British researchers recently tested stress-hormone levels of black-tea drinkers versus non-tea drinkers and found that drinking tea may help our bodies recover more quickly from anxiety-inducing situations. "Slow recovery following acute stress has been associated with greater risk of chronic illness such as coronary heart disease," says lead researcher Andrew Steptoe, PhD, a professor of epidemiology and public health at University College London.
BlackBerrys, Treos and other PDAs may be great for your business, but they can be hard on your hands. In fact, chronic injury and pain from all that thumb-scrolling and tiny-keyboard texting have become so common that the American Physical Therapy Association recently included "BlackBerry thumb" in its list of occupational health-related conditions. Typical symptoms include pain, swelling and/or numbness in the thumbs and in the joints of the hand, even tendonitis. Now you can get treated for this condition at many spas, including most North American Hyatt hotels and resorts. The treatments are designed to remove tension from arms, hands, wrists and fingers with hot stones, fragrant oils or both traditional massage and acupressure. Very handy.