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The skin is the largest organ in the body. It is visible and therefore exposed to the elements and damaged.

The skin needs to be clean to breathe. It needs to be moisturized to replenish the natural oils. Exfoliation helping regenerate. The eyes need special attention. The following is a simple routine with basic steps to caring for your skin:

Daily care for your skin

1 – Wipe your skin twice a day, morning and evening. At night, always wipe your eyes. Apply a tonic at the end in the face ..

2 – Apply a moisturizer in the morning, which preferably should have sunscreen. At night, the moistening should be more rich in elements for the skin.

3 – Apply sunscreen. This protects your skin and help you stay young longer.
4 – Apply eye cream every day to keep the area moist and prevent wrinkles.

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Nails thick, damaged or discolored, odor or itching, the cause could be: fungi. Fungi can be in the nails or skin.

How to avoid foot fungus?
The foot fungus are easy to catch.

1 – Itching.

Do not ignore the itching constant in the foot because it can be a type of dermatitis or presence of the fungus, athlete’s foot.

Athlete’s foot and other fungi in the skin cause itching. The fungi on the skin are easily treated with powder or medicated creams to combat them.

2 – Feet Clean
Hygiene is very important because the feet sweat a lot. It is important to keep them clean to prevent fungus from growing. The use of socks is essential.

3 – Moisture
The moisture in the feet is the ideal environment for fungus to grow both in the skin and nails. Be sure to dry your feet well before you get shoes or socks.
Nails short can help make it easier to control moisture.

4 – Use of inappropriate footwear.
Wearing tight promotes moisture and swelling that makes us more prone to fungal nails and feet.

You know that most people have 10 to 40 moles. Some people make them their personal brands like actress Scarlett Johansson, while others removed or hidden.

What are moles
Lunar refers to any lingering stain on the skin. A mole is different from the rest pigmentation of the skin.

Types of Moles
Moles can be congenital or acquired. If we have from birth are congenital nevi but most are acquired.

There are several classifications for moles. Most moles are harmless but there are cancerous.

Moles come in different shapes such as round, oval, etc.. They can be of various colors such as skin color, black, red, brown, blue. Its surface varies from rough to smooth, flat, raised, and so on. They can be large or small, bulky, have hair, appear in groups or alone and can be anywhere in the body.

How to remove moles
Most moles with risk factors or not we like can be eliminated. There are several methods to eliminate or minimize them. The most effective and easiest treatment is the laser.

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Wrinkles of mixed origin

They are a combination of the effects of gravity and motion. Wrinkles are because the skin makes certain forms as neck wrinkles form because we are constantly lowering and raising the head and gravity also pulls the tissues, is an inevitable move.

These lines are difficult to correct with procedures such as plastic surgery, fillers or paralytic agents, to delay its appearance is to keep the skin moist and protect from the sun.

Wrinkles

If the skin has good amounts of elastin and collagen (tissues that remains firm and fresh) offers resistance to the formation of wrinkles. Collagen is affected by exposure to the sun, our diet and lifestyle (stress, sleep, etc..) Skin care and our genes.

Wrinkles are not the end of the beauty we can live with them and if we want to minimize, prevent and correct we have many ways to do it. The best action is to avoid taking care of our skin and following a healthy lifestyle.

Wrinkles are unwanted and unavoidable. Several factors contribute to their formation and various types of wrinkles.

Types of wrinkles

Dermatologists have several classifications between these: its depth, its origin and in their order of appearance. This is one of the major classifications for the causes of wrinkles:

Gravitational wrinkles

These wrinkles are caused by gravity. The force that keeps us on the floor and keeps the earth revolving around the sun on our skin also acts gently pulling downward.

Our genes and skin type determine the resistance that our skin has to oppose the force of gravity. These lines are: the marionette lines (from the mouth down). These lines are considered easy to correct with procedures like plastic surgery (face lift), fillers or paralytic agents.

Dynamic Wrinkles

These wrinkles are caused by the movement of the muscles in the face. Every time you face to smile puckered by the sun, stress and so on. we are creating patterns that can be converted into lines and wrinkles.

The repetitive movement is slowly making a mark visible on the skin. They become more noticeable by the loss of elastin and collagen in the skin. These are the wrinkles on the forehead.

Prevention of Acanthosis nigricans:

Acanthosis nigricans can not be prevented if it is hereditary, if for instance ment is caused by obesity, can be controlled with weight loss, or the case are certain drugs, can be controlled leaving to take them.

It is important to see a doctor for an evaluation of their health, if you notice any change in skin tone (regardless of area).

Diagnosis and treatment of Acanthosis nigricans

Acanthosis nigricans can be diagnosed by observing the appearance of the skin and in some cases by skin biopsy. The doctor may order blood tests, endoscopy or X-rays to rule out underlying diabetes or cancer.

Has not been established what the best treatment of the skin lesions of acanthosis nigricans. Among the symptomatic treatments include topical antibiotics, retinoids (topical and systemic) and keratolytic.

Although Acanthosis nigricans is an inflammatory disorder, topical corticosteroids have been used very high power for its stultifying effect.

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Causes of Acanthosis nigricans

This disease can occur for various reasons, including:

- Genetic factors inherited from parents to children.

- Drug-induced, such as oral contraceptives or human growth hormone, used in treating diseases that cause developmental problems, such as Turner syndrome and Prader-Willy.

- Medical problems: it may be associated with other medical problems such as obesity, like many endocrine (hormonal), acanthosis nigricans may occur. Often occurs in people with diabetes, and severe cases can also occur with this condition in people with cancer in the gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts or with lymphoma.

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Types of acanthosis nigricans

• Miescher syndrome: hereditary benign and may appear at birth or during adolescence. Early lesions may show unilateral.

• Carteaud Gougerot syndrome: a benign and possibly inherited condition that affects young women.

• Pseudoacanthosis nigricans: This is the most common type. It is a benign juvenile form associated with obesity and endocrine disorders.

• Acanthosis evil: he named for the association with a highly aggressive internal malignancy and rapidly fatal course, particularly the gastrointestinal tract. The appearance of acanthosis nigricans to the search of a neoplasm, usually gastric in 69% of cases.

• Hirschowitz syndrome: family comprises a complete deafness developed in childhood, a progressive demyelination of the peripheral sensory nerves, loss of antral motility and multiple diverticula in the ileum.

• Syndromic Acanthosis nigricans: There are two types: A and B.

- Type A: appears in young women with signs of virilization or accelerated growth. It is also called HAIR-AN syndrome (hyperandrogenemia, insulin resistance and acanthosis nigricans).

- Type B: Type B normally starts around age 40. The patients have acanthosis nigricans of varying severity. They showed an uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, and in premenopausal women, an ovarian hyperandrogenism.

Although Acanthosis nigricans is a problem that only causes cosmetic embarrassment, its origin is associated with internal disorders or cardiovascular diseases responsible for internal cancers aggressive.

What is acanthosis nigricans?

Acanthosis nigricans (AN), also known as acanthosis nigricans, a dermatological lesion characterized by the presence of dark areas (plaques brown), thick and velvety, like elephant skin.

These plates appear in the folds and creases of the body, predominantly affecting the axillae, the inner surface of the forearm, side of neck, lower leg and umbilical area.

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