Archive for February, 2009
Outside a cream to be applied on sensitive skin, from the proper food because even the most sensitive skin can be treated with a dedicated.
If you have this problem all pointed fruits and vegetables rich in antioxidants, minerals and vitamins.
These foods, acting in synergy with the cream, they offer an important contribution in the treatment of sensitive skin.
Among the substances to be introduced with the diet the most important is vitamin c or ascorbic acid present in strawberries, kiwi, citrus, melons, khaki, black currant, asparagus, broccoli, peppers, radishes, spinach, tomatoes, potatoes, leafy vegetables green. …read the rest of this entry»
Discover the factors that contribute to your beauty
It is a day like any other. You wake up after having slept a fair number of hours the night before you clean your face and you’ve carefully laid out the night cream. Yet, even if there are new wrinkles, the mirror tells you that something is wrong…
You’ve already tried this feeling? Then it is time to know better what is good for your skin and especially the many factors that contribute to its beauty … I passed the age of imperfections such as pimples and points blacks, begins that of redness, dark spots, the awards eye and more enemies to fight and know why this can only be countered! …read the rest of this entry»
Every day, especially in winter, our skin is stressed by exogenous agents: sudden changes of temperature, the frenetic rhythms of the day and an incorrect diet. That is why it becomes essential to caring attention with gestures and constant: a skin in full health is a skin nourished and hydrated.
The enemies of the skin
The skin renews itself naturally every 28 days, but age and weather conditions can alter this process by favoring the accumulation of cell death: the result is a rough skin on and off.
This happens mainly in winter because the cold may act in part by impairing the microcirculation of the skin and this may result, dehydration and dry skin, externally visible through the color off and the skin dry and rough. …read the rest of this entry»
Why wrinkles are a symbol of wisdom? Here are some interesting facts and quotations related to wrinkles.
Wrinkles surround all our lives. They are like all repeated gestures and expressions of our face that become real features. Wrinkles are the mirror of how you are watching the world frowning, scorned, scared, tired, or just surprised. Over the years, the design of the look is indelible.
The wisdom of life not long ago, some archaeologists have discovered that on a famous sculpture of Nefertiti, brought to light in Egypt in 1912 during excavations by Ludwig borchhardt, there are wrinkles on the face sculpted the queen, especially around the eyes. …read the rest of this entry»
The hair is one of the distinctive notes of our person, the stem of the hair it can take different aspects depending on the shape of its section which is genetically determined.
In particular there are three types of hair:
Woolly and crispy a flat
Smooth, round-section
Shearing: wavy or curly, oval section.
Within these three types, there is great variability that arises from other features
As the thickness and color and all those that cause variations in general health status “and that are related to the habits and lifestyles. For example: hair dull and rough may be the result of too aggressive treatment, brittle hair and thin of a eating disorder or a state of anemia, the tricoressi that the presence of hairs may be broken due to the use of a hairdryer or plates too hot and so on. Without doubt, the specialist uses other analysis such as optical microscopy, the dermoscopia, blood indices, but the clinical examination by careful observation remains the essential step especially if related to the tactile sense: touching the hair can indeed have more information about his state of health. The hair can be healthy or bulk order, smooth or curly, but shall not be greasy or rough to the touch but not soft and silky. …read the rest of this entry»
The manufacturers of toothpaste bleaching promise to the white and shiny teeth. An effective advertising, albeit approximate and misleading, which broadens the market.
Having white teeth and shiny is a desirable goal that pushes many to the purchase of these toothpastes for oral hygiene daily. But as so often the truth is another. With the use of toothpastes “bleaching” is evocative of abrasive effective spots on the enamel surface but with no effect on the improvement of intrinsic tooth color, which can get worse. With prolonged use of whitening toothpaste dental enamel is consumed to abrasion and tooth lose the natural translucent ezza that derives from its proper thickness. Super ficializzandosi the dentin color becomes opaque and yellowish.
Who brush your teeth regularly has no stains surface of the enamel to be eliminated, should not apply the intense action produced by abrasive toothpastes bleach, let alone for long periods of time. We dentists, on the basis of precise scientific evidence, recommend the use of toothpastes with a low index of abrasiveness.
So when you purchase toothpaste should be assessed on its index of abrasiveness. The acronym that represents the RDA, which stands for Relative Dentin Abrasivity. Above 100 this value is too high, and over time can cause damage to the enamel. …read the rest of this entry»
The researchers say that the products contain carbamide peroxide as a bleaching agent are biologically reliable, leaving the enamel (observed in scanning electron microscope) with intact and smooth surfaces.
Based on these data, the Food and Drug Administration has classified carbamide peroxide as “cosmetic agent”, by limiting the requests for testing and the use of a load of products containing it. This idea of the substantial safety of this substance for dental use. Under the supervision of an experienced dentist tooth bleaching gel with a basis of carbamide peroxide is safe and effective cosmetic treatment that can improve the aesthetics of the smile.
Rosacea is a skin disease that is characterized by facial erythematic, prolonged and persistent episodic flushing, Papulopustulosa Acne form, telangiectases and late fibro tic hypertrophy of the nose, could also affect the eye.
Although it is not known which is the cause of this disease has been linked to gastrointestinal disorders associated with Helicobacter pylori, by increasing parasitic skin saprophytes (Demodex folliculorum), inheritance (also known as the Celtic curse)
In climatic factors influencing its evolution, heat, alcohol, emotional stress.
At the beginning of this disease are frequent episodes of flushing (pre Rosacea)
When the table persists and progresses to different stages: …read the rest of this entry»
Laser hair removal is the method of choice to combat excess hair in unwanted areas.
The methods of hair removal by pulling (wax, tweezers and electrical machinery) has been stimulating growth and produce side effects such as pseudofoliculitis, Perifolicular hyper pigmentation and thickening of hair.
Frequently Asked Questions.
The laser is carcinogenic?
No. The wavelengths of lasers that are used in Dermatology and Aesthetic Surgery are visible and infrared light, so they are not cancer.
Is definitive?
After the sessions for each area, for example between 6 and 8 to chin, or 8 to 10 for the legs and between 4 to 6 for digging and armpits, hair reduction is achieved between 80% – 90%. The number of meetings is for women who have no endocrine problems. Hirsute women and men in general need to attend more meetings or more frequently. It is necessary to make one or two maintenance sessions per year, this happens because some follicles that remain standing for 6 years. However 80% of the hair will not grow more hair and he was probably sleep-type or villous atrophy, slightly pigmented, thin and of slower growth due to the heat spread from the follicles treated. …read the rest of this entry»
The snow, the waiting has finally arrived, and with it the desire to take a week or just a weekend of skiing and hiking in the snow. To disconnect from everyday life, oxygen, and, why not tan. The sun at high altitude, however, is stronger and potentially more harmful than it takes to the sea in summer. And the risk sunburn, but not only, is always around the corner. To address this winter sun safely we must never forget to protect the skin from sunlight and to take specific precautions.
We spoke with Dr. Roberta Lovreglio, dermatologist, head of Ambulatory Oncologico League of Dermatological Tumori in Bari
WHY THE SUN IN WINTER, A High, is a particularly insidious?
For several reasons. First Mountain ultraviolet rays penetrate more easily in epidermis because they are more powerful and abundant. The intensity of solar radiation increases with increasing altitude, while the atmospheric pressure is reduced, thereby diminishing its power filter. To make things worse then it puts the glare of snow, which should be reflected radiation strikes the skin, not only from above but also from the bottom up, a little ‘like a boat where you reflect on the UV water’s surface. The damage of the sun is then the sum of the wind and cold, making the skin more sensitive and reduces the normal barrier hydrolipidic favoring irritation or cracking which in turn increases the vulnerability to sunlight. The temperatures are particularly hard because they also have harmful effects “anesthetic” and alter the perception of heat on the skin, exposing even more dangerous to the risk of burns. So, never exposed to the sun without adequate protection. …read the rest of this entry»