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“MUST finish peeling in next 2 days (trip). HELP!!!”

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Samantha Jones, trailblazer and also skin-blazer. Photo: HBO.

It’s always “How much water do you drink” or “Why is your skin so good.” (I really like that Cut column, I’m not dragging it!) It’s: “What’s your holy grail product,” or “I can do all things through Dr. Dennis Gross who strengthens me.” It’s never: tell me about the one time you actually thought you’d ruined your entire life, and by “entire life” I mean your precisely calibrated skin care routine, the one you have spent a decade perfecting.

The longest and most expensive relationship of my life is the relationship I have with my skin. I nurture her, water her, love her unconditionally, buy her anything she wants (and several things she pretends to not want but slurps up regardless) and yet … she always finds a way to act up. She finds new and sur…

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