Most prehistoric Europeans had dark skin, hair and eyes well into the Iron Age, about 3,000 years ago, new research finds. Scientists found that the genes that cause lighter skin, hair and eyes ...

University of Ferrara researchers in Italy have examined how European skin, eye and hair pigmentation evolved over the past 45,000 years. Findings indicate that lighter pigmentation traits emerged ...

The textbook assumption is that when the first modern humans arrived in Europe, around 45,000 years ago, they quickly evolved pale skin to adapt to the region’s dimmer sunlight relative to Africa. The ...

For most of Europe’s history, the people who lived there did not resemble the pale figures often shown in history books. New genetic research now shows that dark skin, dark hair, and dark eyes ...

Laser hair removal is the most permanent solution to getting rid of body hair. However, darker skin is often left out of the laser removal conversation as most of the technology is not advanced enough ...

Score your smoothest skin for swimwear season with these devices that are as well-reviewed as they are convenient. By Natalie Alcala, Erin Lassner, Danielle Directo-Meston If you purchase an ...

As the skin-care industry expands, learning how to properly treat melanated skin is still too often an afterthought. Monique Diaz Doolin learned this the hard way after receiving broadband light (BBL) ...

Women with natural light-brown hair who have dyed it for years are hitting back at the term "mousy brown," generally used to describe a hair color that falls between dark blond and light brown. Two ...