This is because consumers associate skin care not only with aesthetic appeal but with overall health and well-being and are reluctant to compromise with the quality of products.

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After removing the obvious fat, prick the goose all over the skin, taking care not to pierce the meat.

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Last month, the Health Education Board for Scotland warned that "macho" Scots were at risk from skin cancer for not taking care in the sun.

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His successor, Olivier Courtin-Clarins, has stuck to that position, but with robust global demand for high-end skin-care products, its not been enough to ward off the speculation that the family would sell, assuming the right price could be obtained.

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"I think suddenly the people who make women's skin-care products realized they were missing a whole other side of this business by not catering to men, " Mr. Spurlock said.

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