According to some workers, Target is missing the mark. The retailer recently rolled out a stricter, more standardized dress code for its employees, and some are seeing red, in addition to wearing it. The policy change is part of a broader effort to refresh the brand, improve customer experience, and drive in-store traffic. In November, … Read more
Your next trip to smooth out crow’s feet or fill in smile lines could look a little different. Experts are urging clinics to perform ultrasounds before injecting cosmetic fillers into patients’ faces — a step they say could make the popular procedure safer and more precise. The push follows new research raising concerns about a … Read more
They came for the cash, the coupling and the camera time — but what really stole the show on “Love Island” this most recent season? The faces. Frozen foreheads. Inflated lips. Razor-sharp jawlines. Cheekbones you could slice bread on. It’s the rise of the so-called “‘Love Island’ face” — a hyper-snatched, hyper-symmetrical, hyper-injected aesthetic that’s … Read more
Alan Alda is opening up about his struggles with face blindness. In a new interview with People, the 89-year-old year recalled the time he didn’t recognize his own daughter, Beatrice, due to prosopagnosia. Alda said the incident occurred on the set of his 1981 comedy “The Four Seasons” when he had Beatrice, now 63, dye … Read more
Flo Fox, an indomitable photographer who was born blind in one eye and later lost her vision in the other from multiple sclerosis, which also eventually paralyzed her from the neck down, but who never stopped shooting what she called the “ironic reality” of New York’s streetscape, died on March 2 in her apartment in … Read more
The beauty trends of today might raise a few eyebrows in the very near future. The viral fads of today might be tomorrow’s biggest regrets, if “eyebrow blindness” is any indication. That term has been used by TikTokkers in recent weeks to express remorse for flaunting fuller brows that were on trend in the 2010s. … Read more
If you’re browsing the latest beauty trend, it’s possible you’ve fallen victim to “eyebrow blindness.” The term, coined by content creators on TikTok, refers to the act of shaping your brows in accordance to what’s in fashion, rather than what works best for your face. Cassandra Bankson, a medical esthetician and YouTube skin care personality, … Read more
Don’t turn a blind eye to the possibility of lung cancer in patients with vision problems, one doctor warned recently. A 32-year-old woman from India who never smoked went to the doctor after going blind in one eye. Her lungs were filled with cancerous tumors, despite reporting no pulmonary disturbances, according to a case study … Read more
Gen Zers are getting increasingly near-sighted from staring at their electronic devices all day and face a blindness epidemic if they continue to stay indoors while phone-addicted, a leading eye surgeon warns in a new report. The rates of near-sightedness, or myopia, have been skyrocketing across the world with an increase of 46% in the … Read more
Will Smith has broken his silence about the bombshells dropped by his estranged wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, about their 25-year marriage. The “Men in Black” star, 55, sent the New York Times an email saying the revelations “kind of woke [him] up,” adding that Pinkett Smith, 52, was more “resilient, clever and compassionate than [he’d] … Read more
A young woman who went viral for asking about “time blindness” accommodations during an interview has doubled down on her request after she was branded “entitled” and ruthlessly mocked online. Sarah Trefren sparked a wild debate after she took to TikTok to claim she was “yelled at” for asking what accommodations there were for people with … Read more
Being chronically late isn’t just rude or inconvenient — it’s now considered a medical condition. A number of medical experts have labeled the condition “time blindness” and associated it with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or other mental health issues. And while there are strategies and therapies that can help, a few people who say they have the … Read more
A new form of fish oil supplement could be a breakthrough treatment for the world’s leading cause of blindness, according to a peer-reviewed study released this week. Researchers have created a first-of-its-kind omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) — which protects the eyes — that can cross into the retina from the bloodstream to help with … Read more
After a bout of COVID-19, Annie couldn’t recognize her father’s face, even though she’s a part-time portrait artist. “My dad’s voice came out of a stranger’s face,” the case study, identified only by her first name for privacy reasons, told researchers. It’s now believed that Annie’s experience with “face blindness” is a result of long … Read more
Don’t be blind to the risks of contacts! Wearing reusable contact lenses could lead to a rare infection that causes sight loss, according to eye-opening new research. People who wear multi-use lenses are nearly four times more likely to develop a corneal infection that causes blindness than people who use disposables, according to research published … Read more