Treating a wound properly helps repair the breaks that occur in the skin or the mucous membrane. Cuts, burns, scrapes, punctures and lacerations all need proper treatment so healing can occur without complication. Complications usually refer to severe wounds with extensive blood loss, affected blood vessels, nerves, tendons or infections. If any foreign particles are [...]
Skin problems are very common these days for adults as much as pubescent teens. Bad skin refers to a complexion with eruptions and blemishes. Some of the most common skin problems are acne, pimples, dandruff and blackheads. In today’s aesthetically obsessed society, these kinds of things can embarrass anyone.
Recently, studies revealed that skin problems are [...]
Everyone knows that smoking greatly increases the risk of getting lung cancer, but did you know that it harms your skin as well? It’s true. Smoking and alcohol are two major threats to the skin besides the sun’s infamous UV rays. Tobacco and other related chemicals are regarded as skin aging accelerators and one of [...]
Antioxidant is a common term used in lots of health and skin related writing. Fads involving antioxidants have been ruling several industries for years now. However, antioxidants have proved to be a potent and effective skin care treatment and there are a lot of benefits of antioxidants for skin. In addition to be holistic and [...]
Advanced Glycation End Products or AGEs are products generated by certain chemical reaction chains that occur due to an improper bonding between sugars and proteins. These reactions lead to damaged and inflexible tissue, especially within the skin . It is one of the primary causes of cellular aging and subsequent ill health
AGEs occur to [...]
Nanotechnology has been in the news for quite sometime now and it is one of the most innovative technologies in treating different complications related to skin and hair. It is undoubtedly a medical technology but with a difference, as it combines science, physics, chemistry, biology and engineering. Nanometer-sized particles are very tiny and can only [...]
Aging is a natural process that levels the playing field when it comes to men and women. Skin responds to two different processes of aging the moment you are born. Research states that these two distinct processes are: intrinsic and extrinsic.
Intrinsic aging is said to be hereditary. It is directly related to the [...]
Scars are a natural part of the healing process and are fibrous tissues that replace the natural skin. When an injury is caused, the skin tends to produce more cells so that there is a re-growth of the skin that has been punctured. The new tissue in repairing the broken tissues or injury is in [...]
Hormone fluctuation is a normal part of our life cycle and it causes several changes in the body. Contrary to many old myths, both men and women experience hormone fluctuation. However, women are more vulnerable due to their intricate internal structure. Moreover, women bear the children and the pregnancy process obviously involves lots of hormonal [...]
Scars occur due to the disruption of the process of wound healing. This disruption can be the result of different biological factors like excess collagen in the skin or reduced collagen in the skin. There are several different types of scars and the most common ones include:
• Keloid scarring.
• Hypertrophic scarring.
• Atrophic scarring.
• Acne scarring.
Scars [...]
