If your hair is damaged from dyeing it, using harsh hair products or excessive heat styling, it's likely that it'll break off at some point. Just because some of your hair has broken off, doesn't mean you have to live with short locks forever.

Many over-the-counter skin-care product lines tout their sulfur-based soaps as natural cures for acne. Unbiased scientific evidence, however, does not always point to sulfur as the best treatment option for acne, though sulfur has certain properties that can help in the skin condition.

Your skin isn't just the largest organ in your body, it's three thin layers of a semi-permeable covering that protects your other organs and manages the passage of substances into and out of your blood.

If after oiling the blades your hair clipper is not cutting your hair properly, then your blades may be dull. Dull trimmers pull at the hair as it cuts, and can leave jagged, uneven lines in even the most carefully done haircut.

Corkscrew nose rings are small studs that fit flush up against the side of your nose. The post of the stud is twisted, resembling a corkscrew, and keeps the jewelry from slipping out of the nostril hole. Inserting a new corkscrew nose ring can be tricky, especially if the piercing is relatively fresh.

Aggravating acne and its subsequent scarring can plague those prone to breakouts throughout adolescence and into adulthood, but using specific facial products can help blemished skin clear over time.

Hirsutism causes women to grow excess body hair, including on the face. The hair that grows as a result of hirsutism can be thick, coarse and dark, and can be a source of embarrassment for many women.

Sand burr, an unwelcome intruder in lawns and beaches throughout the Southern United States, is an annual grass that reproduces by burrs, or stickers. The burrs attach themselves to shoelaces, clothing, pet fur and even tires, and feature 1/4-inch spines that are sharp enough to penetrate skin.

Dihydrotestosterone, or DHT, is a natural metabolite of the male sex hormone testosterone. DHT occurs naturally in both men and women, since both genders have testosterone, although in sharply varying amounts.

With a little time and patience, it's possible to reduce the appearance of a scar so that it's flatter and less prominent or visible.

Sebaceous glands are found over the entire body, either under hair follicles or under pores, and secrete an oil called sebum, which helps to keep skin moisturized and healthy. Sebum itself is a mixture of fat and dead cells that produced fat and is essential to prevent dry, cracking, itchy skin and for healthy hair.

Each of your feet contains 26 bones, 33 joints and more than 100 ligaments, muscles and tendons, according to MedlinePlus, a website of the National Institutes of Health.