Red for that same skin shredded with a Roman soldier’s lead-tipped whip. Black for the blood-drenched soft whorls of hair that looked like wool. Like mine. At my grandparents’ house on Thanksgiving, ...

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 ...

When it comes to hair removal, most of us have plenty of options—from at-home waxing kits and hair removal creams to electrolysis and more. But for a long time, having dark skin meant that you ...

According to the National Laser Institute, the ideal candidate for laser hair removal is a fairer skin tone with dark hair. Fairer skin is categorized on the Fitzpatrick scale as skin types one ...