Skin care is an important topic nowadays and has been practices since ancient times. There are many synthetic products available on the market but often they are not effective and can even put you in danger. They cause many side effects and skin allergies. For this reason, people turn to nature and look for herbal… Continue reading
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Natural Skin Care Recipes – Part 1
You wonder if you can take care for your skin in a natural way. The answer is yes. Nature has provided numerous plants and herbs that we can use to treat our skin instead of spending money in buying synthetic products that sometimes are not only ineffective, but even dangerous. The following natural skin care… Continue reading
Vitamin E /d-alpha tocopherol/ review
Vitamin E is a fat soluble antioxidant vitamin that helps to neutralize potentially damaging free radicals in our body. It exists in eight different forms, d-alpha-tocopherol being the most active form and one of the most powerful biologically active antioxidants. Each form has a different level of potency (functional use) in the body. The tocopherol… Continue reading
Scientists find new way to find how enzymes repair DNA damage
Researchers at Ohio State University have found a new way to study how enzymes move as they repair DNA sun damage — and that discovery could one day lead to new therapies for healing sunburned skin. Ultraviolet (UV) light damages skin by causing chemical bonds to form in the wrong places along the DNA molecules… Continue reading
The other skin
Facial skin types extend to the rest of the body. It also includes the hands and feet. 1. Hands always need extra pampering because they are prone to being in water and handling detergents. Rubbing warm oil into them at bedtime and leaving it over night is a good remedy. If you run out of… Continue reading
MATURE SKIN
In this case, the skin looks withered, a condition caused primarily by a deficiency in nutritional components. The skin appears looser and thinner, elastic fibres degenerate due to water loss while fat tissue reduce in thickness, causing ageing and a breakdown in the skin’s elasticity. There is a dramatic reduction in oil production, thus causing… Continue reading
Painful couperose skin
This skin condition is caused by a weakness in the capillary vessels and characterized by a localized reddening of the skin. Usually the capillaries expand to receive the sudden rush of blood to the skin. Later they subside and return to the normal state. On the other hand, with a weak elasticity for the capillaries,… Continue reading
DEHYDRATED SKIN
Dehydrated skin is defined as the skin in which surface dehydration takes place. It is the problem affecting about ninety eight percent of the population. It has different problems associated in varying ways. It leads to scaly, taut, premature ageing and various symptoms. This is taut skin with a scaly feel, revealing a lot of… Continue reading