Day after day, your face gets exposed to sunlight and a slew of skin-damaging pollutants. It's no surprise that your facial skin often shows the first signs of skin problems. Dark spots, usually black or brown in color, can pop up on people of any skin type or complexion.
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Dermatologists often warn patients about the problems that could result from picking acne. Not only does picking inflame the acne to make it worse, it can lead to even more acne and acne scarring later on.
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You’ve put on some extra muscle, but while building muscle mass, you’ve also gained excess body fat. Reducing your body fat percentage will help increase muscle definition, making your body appear lean and chiseled.
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Acne is a skin condition that usually affects the face, chest and back. When skin pores become congested or clogged with dead skin, oil and bacteria, breakouts occur in the form of pimples, blackheads and cysts, which often swell up and leave small scars when they are drained or reduce in size.
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Along with weight gain during pregnancy, swelling of your hands and feet -- enough to make getting your rings off and wearing certain shoes difficult -- commonly occurs.
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Chapped, dry or cracked lips are an all-too-common beauty dilemma, particularly in harsh weather of any kind. Many people deal with dried-out lips during the winter, but the problem can continue in sunny seasons, too -- lips contain little melanin, which provides some protection from the sun.
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The fear of weight gain may be one of the most dreaded consequences of quitting smoking -- especially among figure-conscious young women. It’s true that kicking the habit might cause you to go through weight fluctuations, but weight gain is not a sure thing.
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Losing weight is a difficult and long process for most people, but if your clothes feel a little tight when you even look at a cheeseburger combo, it can feel especially discouraging. Gaining weight easily might mean you have a slower-than-average metabolism, you need to readjust your perception of calories eaten vs.
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You don't need a gym to get a quality workout -- just head out the front door for a brisk walk. It's the most popular way to stay fit, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2012. Walking as an exercise can even help you lose weight, if combined with a low-calorie diet.
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Trying to lose a lot of weight in a short period of time is a bad idea. It's not a healthy approach to weight loss. Worse, if you lose weight fast the odds are very high that you will simply gain back the pounds you lost. So if you are thinking of weight loss in terms of a year, you are on the right track.
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Many different conditions can cause weight gain around the middle. No matter what the cause, belly fat is dangerous to your health, increasing your risk of heart disease, diabetes, gallbladder disorders and certain kinds of cancers.
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Losing weight is challenging, as anyone who's ever been on a diet knows. However, once you've reached your goal weight, returning to your old habits will pack the pounds back on. According to "Oprah" magazine, 80 percent of people who lose weight gain it right back.
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Many people notice irregularities in skin tone, especially in areas frequently exposed to the sun, such as the skin on your legs. Known as hyperpigmentation, dark splotches of skin often appear near irritated or wounded skin. While skin discoloration is common, not all spots are harmless.
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A wide range of skin conditions can cause itchy skin around the neck. According to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, a condition called atopic dermatitis is a chronic skin disease that encompasses a variety of skin disorders ranging from allergies to inherited tendencies.
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Fluid retention occurs due to your body's reaction to warm weather, high salt intake and hormonal changes caused by menstruation. To remove excess fluid from body tissues, increase water intake and reduce sodium consumption. Water is a natural diuretic that naturally helps alleviate fluid retention.
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Water weight, water retention or edema all describe the bloated feeling when your body holds excess water in the tissues. Water weight can be caused by medical problems, such as congestive heart failure or, more commonly, by hormonal fluctuations that occur as a result of a woman's monthly cycle.
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Pimples on your face's T zone can be hard to manage, because the forehead, nose and chin can be oily at the same time the area around the mouth and cheeks are dry and flaky. The T zone is prone to pimples and blackheads because there are more oil-producing glands in those areas, according to TeensHealth.
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There are several types of acne from which you may suffer. One of the most noticeable forms of acne is the whitehead. Whiteheads are clogged pores that are filled with dead skin cells, pus and bacteria. When you see these types of pimples grow, your first inclination may be to pop them.
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Toenails consist of a hard material called keratin, which helps to protect the soft tissue at the end of your toes from damage. However, if you strike your toenail hard enough, such as by hitting it against an object or by dropping a heavy weight onto your foot, the nail may break.
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A swollen gland refers to a swollen lymph gland or swollen lymph node. Lymph glands are found throughout the body, including in the neck or throat. They help to keep the body healthy by trapping and destroying bacteria, abnormal cells and other foreign particles.
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