Proper skin care basics involve understanding the order of sunblock and primer application. Discover how to wash your face with jojoba oil, lighten skin tone at home, and use glycolic acid toners and aloe vera to manage dark spots and redness.
Oily skin and enlarged pores are two skin conditions that often seem to go hand in hand. These conditions can cause the skin to appear greasy or dull due to excess oil production. Knowing how to prevent and treat these skin conditions can help you obtain and keep clearer skin.
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Collagen is the most abundant protein in your body, making up about one quarter of all of your protein based tissues. According to the Protein Data Bank website, collagen forms the matrix for your bones, strengthens your tendons and gives resilience and support to the skin and internal organs.
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Underarm darkness is more embarrassing than harmful, according to the scientists at The Beauty Brains website. In fact, though dark underarms are sometimes symptomatic of acanthosis nigricans--a condition related to glandular disorders--the causes of armpit discoloration are typically more run-of-the-mill.
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Youโve cut your hand or your child has scraped her knee. These are acute wounds. Whenever possible, they should be cleaned and treated immediately with an antiseptic to prevent infection. The textbook Pharmacology for Nursing Care includes information about many of the common skin antiseptics.
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Veins under your eyes can make you look old, tired and uninterested in what you are doing. Usually the cause of veins under the eyes is from old age, but sometimes they are a hereditary trait. As you age the skin becomes thinner, which reveals the veins under your eyes.
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A nursing diagnosis is a statement that describes a problem related to a patient's disease. A nurse makes a nursing diagnosis by interviewing and examining a patient to find out what issues they have because of the disease or illness they suffer from.
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Dark spots on your face are the result of the overproduction of melanin, or skin pigment, in certain areas of the skin. Common causes of dark spots include overexposure to the sun, aging, hormones and genetics. There are many ways to lighten the dark spots on your face.
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Sesame oil offers many health benefits due to its high levels of good mono- and polyunsaturated fats. The oil also has many skin benefits when applied topically as well.
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Red, patchy rashes are a common complaint and can be caused by a variety of issues. The skin can react to both outside and systemic irritants that cause this symptom.
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If that pimple on your chin just wonโt go away, it may be due to tweezing and plucking out stray hairs. Even if you gently pull out facial hair, it can still damage the hair follicle, which increases the chances of improper hair growth.
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Dark skin on the neck is usually a result of something known as acanthosis nigricans. It's characterized by the National Institutes of Health as a skin condition that causes hyperpigmentation along the folds and creases of your body.
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Hyperpigmentation is a situation in which a person has too much pigment. Most of the time, the excess pigment is in the skin, where a person with hyperpigmentation produces too much melanin. Hyperpigmentation of the nails can also occur. This medical condition is called melanonychia striata.
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You'd like to avoid the stretch marks that can appear on your torso, breasts or thighs during pregnancy, adolescence or weight gain, but the odds aren't in your favor.
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Avon's Skin So Soft is a popular line with varying uses and fragrances. It is designed to soften the skin. Many have used the original scented body oil as a mosquito repellent, and now Avon has introduced a Skin So Soft bug spray line.
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Collagen is essential in the formation of hair, skin, and nails. When any of these parts of the body seem to suffer, increasing collagen production may be the answer.
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The use and safety of tanning beds has been hotly debated for years, with strong opinions on both sides.
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Collagen is an helical protein found in connective tissue through out the body. At least 27 different types of collagen have been identified, with types I-IV being the most prominent in the human body. All serve the same purpose--to protect tissues from stretching.
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Collagen, a major structural protein, makes up roughly one-fourth of the protein in you body, according to Protein Data Bank, and some of that collagen makes up the connective tissues in your joints.
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Skin has different needs at different stages throughout your life. A 60-year-old woman is at the mature skin stage. Her skin will be losing its elasticity and showing signs of natural aging.
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Microdermabrasion is a recommended treatment option for hyperpigmentation of the skin, according to the American Academy of Dermatology. This non-chemical procedure is non-ablative, which means it does not destroy skin tissue, and therefore does not require significant recovery time.
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