Skin - Words To Use

acne
age spot
appearance
beauty mark
blackhead
blemish
blister
blood vessel
brow
bruise
burning
cheekbones
cheeks
chin
color
coloration
complexion
contour

paleness
pallor
pastiness
peach fuzz
perspiration
pigmentation
pores
puffiness
radiance
rash
redness
resilience
rosacea
rosiness
rosy tint
scab
signs of aging
skin

darkness
dimple
face
firmness
flesh
folds
forehead
glow
high cheekbones
hollow cheeks
imperfections
impurities
irregularity
leather
lesion
line
luminosity
make-up

skin tone
skincare
softness
stubble
sunburn
surface
sweat
texture
tinge
tint
undertone
visage
wart
whiteness
windburn
wrinkle
zit

absorb
age
bask
beautify
blister
blush
break out
cleanse
color
color up
crawl
crinkle
damage

mature
mottle
pamper
peel
perspire
radiate
reflect
rub
scab
scar
shave
shine
shrivel

embellish
enhance
feels like
flake
flare
flush
freckle
freshen
furrow
glow
go pale
irritate
make up

smudge
stain
stroke
sunbathe
sweat
swell
tan
tarnish
tingle
tint
tone
touch
wash

a blotchy complexion like fatty salami
a blush as hot as a gasoline fire
a cheek that looked like it had been pressed against corduroy
a complexion as bright red as a boiled shrimp
a complexion as pocked as the moon's surface
a complexion as smooth and white as a mushroom
a complexion like the frothy skin on oatmeal
a complexion pale and white like a choir boy’s
a complexion that shone as if it had been polished
a delicate blush of pink like that of a bride being kissed
a face as creased as his trousers
a face as pale as a fish
a face as pale as sand
a face as wrinkled as a used paper bag
a face creased up like a day-old handkerchief
a face flaming red as a ripe tomato
a face like a withered fruit
a face lined like a tributary of rivers
a face lined like creased leather
a face marked by a cross-hatching of fine lines
a face marked with erratic lines like the faint breaks in enamel
a face with deep wrinkles, like a much-folded map
a face with lines etched by age, like frost patterns on glass
a faint blush like the shadow of a rose
a little tree of wrinkles on her forehead
acne lined the underside of his jaw like a bad rash
blood gushed to her cheek like red wine that had been poured into a glass
cheeks blush as a tomato
clear as the skin of a child
color came to his a face like boilied blood
deep lines that looked like parentheses around her mouth

skin around his neck was sagging like a turkey’s
skin as brown and worn as a saddle
skin as chill as a mermaid's
skin as cold and lumpy as wet papier-mâche
skin as pale and dirty as a pulled root
skin as pale and soft as snow
skin as pale as a prisoner's
skin as pale as a white lily grown in a cave
skin as pale as the underside of a shell
skin as rough as the bark of the trees
skin as smooth as a carefully polished stone
skin as soft as a young fruit protected by shade
skin as soft as the underpetals of rosebuds
skin as taut as surgical gloves
skin as thin as paper
skin as white as a magnolia blossom
skin as white as a tablecloth
skin as wrinkled as a roasted apple
skin as wrinkled as a walnut
skin as wrinkled as an old paper bag
skin bleached and dry like a skeleton's bones
skin chalky and gray like dirty milk
skin cool and pale like a root
skin cured by the sun like meat
skin freckled like a mango leaf
skin like wax paper
skin pale as a bar of soap
skin pale as birch bark
skin pale as milk
skin scored with wrinkles like the ordered rows of a corn field
skin smooth as stones on the seashore

freckles all over like a speckled egg
grooves in his face as deep as gashes
he flushed red to his ears like an embarrassed schoolboy
he was pale with skin like sausage casing
her eyes were sunken, as though she had stayed up every night since puberty
her face was as wrinkled as a roll-top desk
her face was grained like wood
her flesh looked as if it had been steeping in brine for years
her pale complexion was as pure as a lily petal
her skin hung about her like an old lady’s loose gown
her skin was as delicate as a fine thin notepaper
her skin was as finely textured as flour
her skin was as pink as cake icing
her skin was as smooth as glass
her skin was as wrinkled as a head of lettuce
her skin was hairless as a statue
her skin was like leather that had been wrung out and left to dry in awkward folds
her skin was the color of smoked honey
his a face went red as a peony
his complexion was unnaturally smooth, as if it were massaged and nourished with cold creams
his face looked as if it had been dusted with white chalk
his flesh was as firm and clean as wood
his skin hung on his bones like an old suit much too large for him
his skin was as deeply spotted as a seagull’s egg
his skin was as weathered as a farm boy’s
his skin was as wrinkled as crumpled butcher paper
his skin was pale and tender, like the new skin under a scab
his skin was pimpled like a brand-new basketball
old skin like parchment
red veins spread like Rorschach patterns across his cheeks
ruddiness spread across her cheeks like a stain

skin so burned it looked like it was cooked on a rotisserie
skin so luminous it appeared as if it was dipped in milk
skin so smooth it appeared to be fitted and stretched on his skull
skin so white, she was almost transparent
skin soft and flabby as used elastic
skin soft as a kitten’s ear
skin soft as butter
skin soft as down
skin stretched tight like a baseball
skin supple like fine leather that had been expertly conditioned
skin that draped like upholstery fabric over her angled bones
skin that hangs like the droopy folds of a circus elephant
skin that shines like polished mahogany
skin that smelled like fresh cotton
skin that was shriveled up like an overbaked potato
skin the color of creamed tea
skin the color of ripe grapefruit
skin white as the moon
skin with the rough texture of a peach pit
skin wrinkled like a dried out plum
the skin hung from her bones like a sheet on the line
the wrinkles in her skin stood out like the outline of a butterfly net
the wrinkles on her forehead were straight. as if scored with a knife
the wrinkles spread out from his eyes like sparrow’s claws
tight as the skin of a gooseberry
wrinkles criss-crossed each other like cracks
wrinkles like fissures in clay after a rain
wrinkles like miniature gullies in her skin
wrinkles spread like a fan from his eyes
wrinkles that looked like the cracked glaze on porcelain