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Bacne: An Unpleasant Side Effect of Working Out
Working out is sweaty business which is great for detoxing your body, but there can be some disconcerting side effects to all that sweating. Bacne - yep acne on your back. The most common piece of advice to avoid bacne is to take off those sweaty clothes as soon as you are done and once naked, shower immediately.
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Want To Look Like Madonna, or at Least Have Skin Like Her?
Just like our bodies need oxygen to be healthy, our skin does too. Enter Michelle Peck, facialist to Madonna, Gwyneth, Jennifer Lopez, Molly Sims, Justin Timberlake and Eva Longoria (just to drop a few names). She started off as a masseuse, however, her career really began to take off when she connected with skincare brand Intraceuticals and began putting her own healing touch on their oxygen treatment called Intraceuticals Infusion.
Reader Review of the Day: Kate Somerville Skin Health Starter Kit
Kate Somerville is known for her cult following, which includes a ton of celebrities, and for putting medispas on the map. But when it comes to beauty products, especially skin care, what works like a dream for some people is inevitably a nightmare on other skin, a sad truth reader ShedItandGetIt was none too pleased to encounter when she purchased the Kate Somerville Skin Health Starter Kit ($70). She says:
I bought this because I love trying new products, and it seemed great.
Skin wrinkles and blemishes
In This Report- Highlights
- Introduction
- Blemishes
- Risk Factors
- Prevention
- Treatment
- Resurfacing Treatments
- Implant Procedures
- Plastic Surgery
- Resources
- References
- The skin of smokers ages more rapidly than the skin of non-smokers, even in areas of the body not exposed to sunlight, according to a 2007 study. Women in the study who smoked also had much lower levels of vitamin E secretions in their skin. Vitamin E may protect the skin from sun damage.
- There may be an association between smoking and higher frequency of a type of acne (noninflammatory acne) in adult women, according to a European study.
- A study in the Journal of Nutrition found that a combination of antioxidants and trace elements supplementation raises the risk of skin cancer in women, but not in men.
- Overall, exposure to ultraviolet radiation from sunlight (radiation referred to as UVA or UVB) accounts for about 90% of the symptoms of premature skin aging.
- UVB primarily affects the outer skin layers.
Melanoma and other skin cancers
In This Report- Highlights
- Introduction
- Melanoma
- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
- Precancerous Skin Condition...
- Causes
- Risk Factors
- Prevention
- Screening
- Diagnosis
- Staging
- Treatment for Melanoma
- Treatment for Nonmelanoma S...
- Prognosis
- Resources
- References
10 Important Things to Know About Retinoids
Retinoids have been used for decades, but oddly, they don't get much buzz. These underpraised and often overlooked topical treatments could help your skin in more ways than one, though. Not only do they effectively treat acne by unclogging pores, they can also slow signs of aging while keeping your complexion healthier.
Psoriasis
In This Report- Highlights
- Introduction
- Types of Psoriasis
- Causes
- Risk Factors
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Topical Medications
- Systemic Medications
- Phototherapy
- Managing Psoriasis
- Outlook
- Resources
- References
Nine Tips For More Beautiful Hands
Ellen Sirot is one of the most in-demand models in the business, but you probably wouldn't recognize her face. That's because Sirot is a parts model, using her hands, legs, and feet to land clients including Clinique, Maybelline, Estee Lauder, and Elizabeth Arden. (And that's only a minuscule sampling of the thousands of jobs she's done!) Her new line of hand-care treatments, Hand Perfection, was developed after years of caring for her own money-making mitts.
Behind The Scenes at the 2009 Cosmopolitan Beauty Awards
On Tuesday morning, at the Kensington Roof Gardens in London, Cosmopolitan UK threw the 7th annual beauty awards bash of the year! Besides the flowing array of nibbles, coffee and tea, 82 products (and their trophy's) were showcased around the room for editors, PR's and guests to admire and test. Justine Southall (pictured on the far right), Cosmo's Publishing Director spoke about the state of affairs at the magazine whilst Ingborg Van Lotringen, Cosmo's Beauty Director presented the two newest awards for Breakthrough Product to Clairol Perfect 10 and the Classic Award to The Body Shop Body Butters.
Herpes simplex
In This Report- Highlights
- Introduction
- Symptoms
- Transmission
- Risk Factors
- Complications
- Diagnosis
- Similar Conditions
- Home Remedies and Preventio...
- Treatment for Genital Herpe...
- Treatment for Oral Herpes...
- Resources
- References
- For diagnosis of genital herpes, the CDC recommends the use of both skin and blood tests.
- Blood (or type-specific serologic) tests must be able to detect antibodies to glycoprotein G (gG).
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