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The cleaning removes dirt, bacteria, fat, dead cells, sweat and other impurities from the skin. Unfortunately, cleaning may also dry and irritate the skin, especially sensitive skin. Use a cleaning product that is soft.

The program for the care of your skin should include the following three steps:

1. Cleaning
Twice a day, morning and night, clean your face with a mild cleanser. Gently massage without rubbing your skin. Rinse. Towel dry applying tap lightly.

2. Hydration
While skin is still wet from the rinse, apply a mild lotion or cream to retain moisture.

3. Protection
Do not forget to apply sunscreen daily. In addition to premature aging, the sun can darken the melasma. Adequate protection against damage from the sun is essential for women with melasma should always avoid exposure to sunlight, sunlamps or UV rays and heat, wind or cold. In case you have to be exposed to these items, use a sunscreen with an SPF of 30 or higher every day. Brimmed hats can express their style and at the same time create shade for your face. Be sure to wear sunglasses to protect the delicate eye tissue and prevention of strabismus.

U.S. scientists have found that cigarette smoke not only accelerates the aging of the skin in areas that receive sunlight but also those who are hidden from the sun’s rays, a study published today in the journal Archives of Dermatology.

The investigation found that cigarette smoke was a factor that increased the skin lesions in areas like the inside top or bottom of the buttocks. Read the rest of this entry »

It caused a rash after exposure to light. It is rare, and usually appears in young adults. The initial symptom is pruritus, followed by hives located in the irradiated area to begin within minutes of exposure and persist for several hours and left without leaving residual lesions.

Diagnosis

The history is very important: age of onset, family history of photosensitivity, with seasonal symptoms, duration of exposure required, latency between exposure and onset of clinical description of the rash and its distribution, time of resolution if have minimal exposure, sunscreen use, drugs that are taken, local applications of cosmetic products, occupational exposure (welding arcs, lasers, UV lamps, industries, etc …) and others.

Treatment

* The best treatment is prevention, which in this case is to remain under cover, pointing out that UVA rays can penetrate the glass (generally do not filter out wavelengths> 320 nm) and that the clouds are not a protective factor solar. Exanthems by the Sun

* In addition, direct exposure to the sun at sunset is less dangerous than in the light of a cloudy afternoon. The white light of fluorescent lights can cause problems only in highly sensitive patients, depending on their proximity. Read the rest of this entry »

Athlete’s foot is a fungal infection of the skin and the most common fungal infections. Recent studies estimate that 25% of the population of developed countries suffer this evil at some point in their lives.

The most common symptoms are: dry skin, brittle and flaky in the affected area. Itching and burning, sores or blisters, thickening and discoloration of the nails.

This type of fungi, called dermatophytes, thrive in warm, moist areas, so the infection increases in summer time. It is a highly contagious infection that is spread by direct contact with items such as shoes, socks, bedding, carpets and other surfaces such as swimming pools, showers, gyms, saunas and locker rooms, among others.

The disease takes its name probably is more common in athletes by continuous and prolonged use of closed shoes (tennis). It is common for swimmers and suffering soldiers, the most frequent in adult males. Read the rest of this entry »

A new report recently issued by Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, warning of the health hazardscause facial paint that could used especially by children and young people in celebrations like Halloween.

After evaluating ten products facial paint types widely available via the Internet at craft shops or Halloween, the researchers found that:

“The ten facial products containing lead paint, and 6 of 10 had known skin allergens such as nickel, cobalt or chromium, at levels above the recommendations of industry surveys,” said Stacy Malkan, cofounder of the campaign coauthor of the report and author of Not Just a Pretty Face, published in 2007, which talks about potentially dangerous ingredients in cosmetics.

Malkan said the new report that “unfortunately, we found lead in all of them” and according to experts agree the exposure to lead can cause behavioral and developmental problems.

The research found that it had problems with the label as some products claiming to be hypoallergenic, but they were not, while a product “announced in the package as hypoallergenic and nontoxic, and had some of the highest levels of nickel, cobalt and lead, “said Malkan. Read the rest of this entry »

Even in the clean and healthy skin may occasionally appear as black dots. All people have had more than one, since they are common. Here are open comedones, dark spots that form when sebum mixes with dead skin cells. They are black because they are very dense. Suffer from oily skin to a greater extent, so that prevention and proper cleaning is essential to prevent its occurrence and to remove existing ones.

Why did they originate?
On the surface of the skin lead to two types of glands: sweat glands, sweat pouring through a tiny hole or pore, and sebaceous associated with a dryer, where the fat comes naturally to the surface of the skin, outlet which is larger, and which is also known as pore. In parts of the forehead, nose and chin sebaceous flow is more abundant, and just filosebáceos dilating ducts. Just to see how to tighten them a bit of fat removed. Which does not flow and obstructs the process of cell renewal. Black spots on the skin Read the rest of this entry »

Photosensitivity reactions are those important clinical and produced abnormal, triggered or aggravated by exposure to light, usually sunlight. Unlike fototoxia, skin overreacts and does not play only an increase of tonality, but appear eczema lesions, blistering, etc …

Fototóxia

It is the increased absorption of sunlight by making contact or drugs or chemicals, or sometimes by alterations in the metabolism of persons or in certain diseases. The injuries that occur are the same as sun exposure produces only more intense and appear less exposure time.

1. Fototoxia induced by drugs.

It is a cutaneous adverse reaction due to systemic or topical exposure of a drug and light. The chemicals may be responsible, in addition to drugs, cosmetics and industrial products. The reaction can occur in any individual, is required and dose-dependent, and essentially it is an exaggerated sunburn. It is more common than photoallergic reactions and may also occur at any age and any skin type. Eczematous reaction is not seen in phototoxic reactions. Reactions by the Sun Read the rest of this entry »

Urticaria is the appearance of skin lesions with erythema (redness), formation of hives (elevated pale skin), and itching that can occur locally or widely throughout the body. Causal factor whose hives are the physical stimuli, heat, cold, scratching, pressure, etc … are the group that is called physical urticaria. Constitute the majority of known cause chronic hives.
Special Features

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The dermatosis is a skin disease that manifests itself in a very general way as a persistent inflammation of allergic origin, and whose origin may be hereditary or genetic. There are several treatments for skin diseases, and from the point of view of natural medicine for the skin are a few of them.

The dermatosis can occur in different parts of the body depending on the age of the person concerned, as it has come to know that there are three main stages to this disease can attack: the birth, the child and finally adulthood.

If a person suffers from this disease, treatments for skin conditions that may apply to do with your lifestyle. For example it is much mention of stress as a predominant factor for this infection of the skin becomes more chronic.

It is therefore recommended a person to remain as relaxed as possible to prevent the itching that causes this disease can affect a greater degree.

Another tips to follow to combat dermatosis is that the person concerned is in a cool environment, this in order to prevent sweat affect those wounds have been caused by scratching. Here is another tip that is born again, and is like fingernails as short as possible to avoid infecting the wound further.

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Vitiligo
It is a skin disease that has important implications for health, and that those affected tend to have a preoccupied state variable, sometimes with real anguish and despair, the disease is usually cause especially in children of rejection and ridicule, as significantly altering self-esteem and well being of the sufferer, in addition to any skin changes due to the inability to protect it from solar radiation.

Considerations
Vitiligo is not contagious and deadly disease, is an alteration in the pigmentation of the skin in which melanocytes (cells that produce melanin, which provides the color or our skin’s natural pigment) are destroyed or removed. This disease is the fifth leading cause of consultation in dermatology services, affects two in every 100 people and can occur at any age, yet 50% of cases occur before age 20. Patients present areas with white spots on them, the study is a clear absence of melanocytes. The hair and mucous membranes of the eyes, nose and mouth can also become targets in the affected areas.

Complications
This condition does not affect physical health, but it can affect the emotional health of the sufferer to generate anxiety and low self-esteem. In addition, people with vitiligo are more susceptible to skin cancer by sunlight and that their tolerance to UV radiation is much lower.