Skin health management requires identifying diverse systemic rashes, treating fungal infections, and monitoring moles for potential precancerous changes.
Many of the home remedies used for removing skin tags may not be suitable for all areas of the body, particularly sensitive areas such as the armpits or groin. Some of the methods used for removing the tags involve pinching or cutting the skin, causing intolerable pain and irritation when used on sensitive areas.
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Stretch marks from rapid weight gain or pregnancy can be embarrassing and unsightly. The red marks that occur when your skin stretches too fast may be dark or light, long or short, deep or shallow.
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Although most prescription medications are safe for use, some patients have an abnormal immune system that reacts poorly with certain drugs.
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The common cold typically causes symptoms such as runny nose and nasal congestion. Babies are very susceptible to contracting the common cold, particularly from older children who donโt always wash their hands. A babyโs immune system is also immature, which makes young children more susceptible.
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Ringworm and scabies are highly contagious skin conditions that transmit through direct skin-to-skin contact. Both conditions cause distinguishing rashes and require rigorous treatment. Ringworm can develop on the scalp and skin. On the scalp, the rash usually causes bald, scaly patches.
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Egyptians believed the healing powers of gold could cure all manner of physical, mental and spiritual ailments. Romans used gold preparations for treatment of skin lesions and sores. It is believed that Cleopatra wore pure gold for a radiant complexion. In ancient Chinese medicine, gold was the secret to youthful skin.
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Skin infections and contact with irritating substances provoke inflammation and immune responses in the skin tissues. These responses often lead to the development of itching and eruption of fluid-filled blisters, or vesicles, in the affected skin areas.
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Itchy hands may be caused by a variety of skin conditions including psoriasis, poison ivy, chickenpox, winter itch, dry skin or eczema. Scratching your hands may feel satisfying, but dirt and bacteria underneath your fingernails can cause an infection on the skin.
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Irritated, itchy skin in the area below the knees can range from mildly uncomfortable to downright disruptive. A persistent itch can lead to continuous scratching that may damage the skin.
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Excessive sweating can be an extremely embarrassing condition. Whether it occurs at your workplace or a social function, it's something you would probably like to prevent. However, sometimes a shower and an antiperspirant stick aren't enough to combat the causes of excessive sweating.
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Cold sores, often called fever blisters, usually occur on the lips or around the mouth. Caused by the herpes simplex virus, or HSV, and transmitted through skin contact with an infected person, this infection spreads easily.
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When hair follicles are damaged by friction from clothing or blocked by skin cells, the result can be folliculitis, a bacterial infection. Itching, redness and the appearance of white, pus-filled bumps are symptoms of folliculitis.
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Women have the hormone testosterone, just not as much as men. However, DHT hair loss in women, also called androgenic alopecia, is different than in men. As such, experts prefer to use the term female pattern baldness because it includes all the many different types of hair loss in women.
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Nearly everyone has suffered from cold symptoms at one time or another. In fact, about one billion colds occur each year in the U.S., according to the University of Pennsylvania Health System. The most common symptoms of this respiratory infection are nasal congestion, sneezing, sore throat, cough and headache.
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Rubbing on clothing or adjacent skin can cause the skin to become chafed. The best way to deal with chafed skin is to prevent it from occurring.
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Foul body odor is an embarrassing condition that plagues some women. Although the odor tends to be harmless, it can be an indication of an underlying health condition. That's why it is important to know why the foul body odor occurs.
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An often frustrating and embarrassing condition, hemorrhoids occur when veins in the anus or lower rectum become swollen and inflamed. Hemorrhoids can be either internal or external, with symptoms including itching, swelling, general discomfort, and even bleeding.
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Eczema is a type of skin condition or dermatitis that affects many people in the United States. Eczema of the scalp is diagnosed as seborrheic dermatitis and presents with common signs and symptoms of redness, itchiness, flaky dandruff, irritation and scaly, dry patches.
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Exercise has a lot of benefits to your skin's health, but eliminating stretch marks is not one of them. Stretch marks are made up of scar tissue and can cover a large swath of skin. Many people develop these in regions where weight gain is common, such as the thighs, hips, buttocks, stomach and arms.
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If you have flaky, peeling skin on your eyelids, it is likely caused by a skin condition known as blepharitis, according to the University of Michigan's Kellogg Eye Center. See your doctor for testing to get a proper diagnosis and decide on a treatment plan.
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