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Sun Screens Explained

Sun Screens Explained The sunscreen aisle of a drugstore offers lots of choices, but which one is right for you? We show you how to find the sunscreen that best fits your lifestyle. Sunscreens are products combining several ingredients that help prevent the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation from reaching the skin. Two types of ultraviolet …

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Microdermabrasion- Will it help your acne scars?

Microdermabrasion and Acne? #Microdermabrasion and Acne, Microdermabrasion is a process in which tiny rough grains or crystals are used to buff away the surface layer of the skin. Microdermabrasion actually targets the outermost layer of the skin (the stratum corneum) where the superficial acne scars reside. Before understanding what microdermabrasion can do to reduce your acne …

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Dermatologist’s Advice for Treating Poison Oak and Poison Ivy.

Poison Ivy   Here in temperate Coastal California people and their pets get into poison oak all year long. However, there is always more problems from it between spring and fall when everybody (both people and their pets) is outdoors. Fact #1 The allergic rash of poison oak and poison ivy (Toxicodendron dermatitis) comes from …

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Sun Burn Remedy

Sun Burn Remedy   A combination of common kitchen ingredients and some TLC will help soothe the pain and discomfort of sore sunburned skin. To help set your treatment goals, you first need to understand WHY sunburned skin is red and tender.   A sunburn results from a cascade of inflammation in your skin, all of …

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Detoxing Your Skin

Detoxing Your Skin   Detoxing your skin, detoxing is all the rage and detox products number in their dozens on shop shelves. Countless diets propose eliminating toxins from the body by all possible means. It may well be that many of these means are healthy, but the skin does not accumulate toxins and neither can …

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Treating acne with thyme

Treating acne with thyme   Thyme may be more effective for the treatment of acne than commonly prescribed preparations containing benzoyl peroxide, a product that frequently irritates the skin. This is the conclusion of recent research by the Leeds Metropolitan University (United Kingdom), reported some weeks ago. Researchers studied the effectiveness of thyme to combat …

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Probiotics & Prebiotics in your cosmetic

Probiotics and prebiotics in special kinds of yoghurts have long been shown to have beneficial effects on health. The cosmetics industry has jumped on the bandwagon, launching nutricosmetics and various cosmetic lines with probiotics to improve the appearance of the skin. Are they effective? Is there a future for these products? Probiotics are beneficial microorganisms …

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