Naweko San-Joyz
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Articles by Naweko San-Joyz
December 23, 2008
Why did Oprah really "fall off the wagon" and how can you learn from her slip up to get the health results you crave?
January 30, 2008
Not everyone is eager to expose their skin to lasers or chemicals peels for the sake of an even skin tone. For those consumers, reports the Harvard Women´s Health Watch, gentler topical skin bleaching drugs do exist.
January 30, 2008
One side effect that you may never anticipate from exercising is experiencing acne flare ups. Happily, acne breakouts at the gym are readily preventable.
January 29, 2008
Now the occasion is invigorating tired, dull skin and the melt-and-pour recipe takes just 15 minutes to make.
January 29, 2008
Relax, a new form of cold season healing has arrived. Now you can fight the spread of a nasty, unwanted cold in the shower with a stress-relieving, germ-releasing body scrub.
January 24, 2008
Now you can combine the healing and beautifying powers of soap into an organic skin lightener with just a few minutes of work. Here's how:
January 21, 2008
Looking for a natural way to cure acne? Try food.
January 21, 2008
Age spots becoming a concern? Try these home remedies for cosmetic relief.
January 21, 2008
The skin condition acne can arise from a variety of conditions including hormonal changes, congested skin and even immunological weaknesses. Herbs can help treat the health symptoms that can otherwise aggravate acne-prone skin.
January 17, 2008
Make a spa-grade body scrub at home and indulge yourself.
January 16, 2008
Will chewing gum help you lose weight faster or is it another marketing gimmick? The studies are in...
January 14, 2008
But how many classes of water should you drink a day? That depends on whose medical advice you believe.
January 14, 2008
Have you seen those tiny bottles of anti-aging creams that go for over $100 bucks a scoop? If you´re ready for the real deal on anti-aging, spend less money on over-hyped wrinkle creams and spend more money on proven anti-oxidant rich foods.
January 14, 2008
Spironolactone is generally prescribed as an "off label" acne treatment for women. This drug, though intended to help people with heart problems not zit problems, reduces the production of the hormone androgen. Androgen promotes excess facial oil secretion.
January 15, 2008
At one time, the link between stress and beauty problems like acne was considered mythical. But now, even dermatologists like Flor A. Mayoral, MD who serves as a clinical instructor at the University of Miami, can no longer deny the connection between stress and cosmetic problems.
January 15, 2008
Ever wonder how fitness models look so great in magazines? Well it is not all smoke, mirrors and Adobe Photoshop editing.
January 12, 2008
Are you storing your healthcare plan in the refrigerator? It’s not a bad idea actually. In fact, if you chose your foods wisely, you could help prevent colon cancer, osteoporosis, heart disease and diabetes with your groceries.
Colon Cancer
The fiber gleaned from a whole oat rich diet reduce...
January 12, 2008
What Causes of Body Acne?
Body acne can range from the relatively harmless forms of acne mechanica to the rare, yet debilitating forms of acne fulminans.
Body acne can arise from series of acne triggers. For instance, excessive rubbing or constriction by clothing can cause acne mechanica. On ...
January 11, 2008
If you plan to lose weight, do not let those 9-12 hours a day that you spend at the office get in the way of you and a trimmer waistline. Instead, use these three tips and reap the joys of a healthier, more fit you.
Method 1: Exercise at your desk
James A. Levine, M.D. Professor of Medicine...
January 11, 2008
Why do most people go on a diet—to lose weight, of course. But according to a study in Sex Roles, baby boomers who exercise merely to lose weight are blindly leading themselves to fat camps.
In fact, according to the report, women motivated to change their body image spend about 40 percent less ...
January 09, 2008
Is it your thyroid? Is it that lurking hormone cortisol? Maybe it’s menopause, your hectic lifestyle or even your genes. But, the true reason you find yourself battling those last 15 or 20 pounds all comes down to how you handle five major issues. Use these five tips to handle the issues that could ...
January 09, 2008
“Lose 30 pounds in twenty days”. “Eat this pill and watch the fat melt away.” Advertisements like these vex the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and apparently, make people fatter.
Since the advent of “Fit is in” widespread incredible claims of weight loss have mushroomed to a nationwide problem ...
January 09, 2008
Time is a precious. Anything that you can do to save a few minutes here and there is priceless. And meal time can save you time and improve your vitality when you let your foods do double duty. You eat to gain energy, to lower your cholesterol level, to maintain digestive health and, of course to he...
December 28, 2007
The New Year is approaching. It’s time to file your taxes and plan not to get any fatter. Regardless of what miracle diet you test drive to achieve your weight loss resolutions, by implementing these five tips into your program, a slender you can be a long-term reality.
Tip 1: Avoid fads
Ac...
December 27, 2007
If I have a wish, it is that one day; I can grow all my anti-aging skin care products in my backyard. That day ensues, I fantasize, thanks to potatoes.
Just researchers stumbled upon the wrinkle damping effect of Botox after using it to treat uncontrollable blinking and crossed eyes, potatoes will ...
December 27, 2007
Have you ever touched your skin and felt a zit forming beneath the surface? Or, have you ever felt a huge pimple growing on your skin getting full of pus, but you “knew” that you could not squeeze it?
Well there is an overnight remedy that will help you draw out that pus-filled pimple. Here goes...
December 23, 2007
Deep chemical peels are a relativey affordable to create a striking change in your looks. But a lot can also go wrong with a facial peel. For example, the extreme drying and burning the peel creates can provoke cracks and deep sores in the skin. You can prevent this facial damage and get the optimal...
December 23, 2007
It’s Christmas time. That usually means it time to spend your cash buying gifts for others. Well if you can steal a way minutes from your “ta-dah” list, you can fashion yourself an exquisite natural skin lightening toner. Better yet, you could give it away as a present.
You can locate natural ski...
December 20, 2007
If I have one goal as a beauty crusader, it is to help people break the naughty habit of daily squeezing blackheads from their nose and cheeks. But what's a flustered face to do? Glad you asked. Before you approach those clogged pores with your hands poised to pinch away blackheads- which could aggr...
December 19, 2007
Gym owners long for January. That is the month when overweight folks swear, “This is the year” they’ll lose that extra 20 pounds. Meanwhile, gym owners bet against the likelihood of those dieting dreams coming to fruition. And so, around mid-February, the “crash-dieting” crowd at the gym dissipates ...
December 19, 2007
The other day, I was watching the Discovery Channel and there was a show on about a tribe. So what right. The thing is that all of the people had a six-inch long piece of wood going through their lower lip. On top of that, all of the females over the age of five had a band of feathers glued to aroun...
December 14, 2007
Why would anyone need another skin care product like a beauty mist? Facial mists moisturize the skin and, when properly formulated, help you feel more refreshed in the morning.
Creating your own facial mist is easy and affordable. Here are the basic ingredients you will need for formulating your...
December 14, 2007
Soft, dewy skin is sexy. A dewy face says, “I’m youthful, I’m healthy, and Yes- I look good.” Any self-respecting fashionista has her secret tactics for getting that just kissed by a beauty-mist look. But if somehow, your recipe for getting your skin to glow without looking greasy has failed you, re...
December 11, 2007
Is a lead laced lipstick slowly making you senile? Is that $175 Petri dish of wrinkle cream mutating your skin cells into cancer cells? Is your teeth whitener covertly exaggerating your premenstrual symptoms?
A scary skin care product may be closer than you think. Just this week, United States M...
November 18, 2007
Bigger boobs, why? Huge breasts don’t make you smarter, taller or less likely to get cancer. And still breast size enhancement tops the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery’s 2006 list as the number one cosmetic surgical procedure performed on women.
We can find the real reason for bre...
November 15, 2007
Watch out: PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), is going to hate this. Scientists used rabbits to discover just how much of the “cosmeceutical” DMAE it takes to plump up a wrinkle ravaged face.
And so that those rabbits’ sacrifices to the world of beauty are not vain, let us use t...
November 14, 2007
“Hey Uncle Howard, let me borrow some of your Preparation-H®. I just used my last tube of generic StriVectin-SD® and I hear that hemorrhoid cream works wonders on wrinkles,” says Jennifer.
Since he’s on Medicare Part D, Uncle Howard has a tendency to play stingy with his meds, even if they are ov...
October 30, 2007
Makeup serves one purpose- to create an illusion. Makeup can create the illusion of having flawless skin, a smaller nose, larger eyes and smoother lips. But, when makeup is used haphazardly as a beauty utensil, it can magnify wrinkles, deepen the look of scars and make your pores look like moon crat...
October 30, 2007
Hormesis is a practice based on the premise that a little bit of biological harm- such as toxins, a backslap from an attentive mother or poisons- can affect long-term health benefits in organisms. Oncologists utilize hormesis when administering chemotherapy to cancer patients. Now, researchers have ...
October 30, 2007
Lasers have definitely garnered a respectable if not envious place in the world of corrective skin therapy. This new standing also makes lasers subject to much criticism and the chance to be dethroned as a primary minimally invasive skin treatment. One therapy looking to steal attention away from la...
October 23, 2007
What could be worse than being 20 pounds overweight? How about having lost 20 pounds, then gaining back 30 pounds six months later? Is there any sane way to lose the weight and truly “keep it off”? You bet there is and here’s how to do it.
Step 1:
Once your have reached your ideal body weigh...
October 23, 2007
Are you feeling a little too lonely? Don’t. Because somewhere, there’s a person just like you, hankering for love and attention. Now, in just five steps, you can make loneliness history, and fulfilling dating your future.
Step 1: Get the dating mindset
Frankly, Step 1 may seem pointless to ...
October 23, 2007
Living in San Diego has made me somewhat of a tequila aficionado, or more colloquially, a margarita nut. But there’s a huge problem I’ve encountered with the drink most dear to my buzz barometer. It’s the calories coming from pre-made margarita mixers. These mixers are loaded with sugar, which not o...
October 23, 2007
Excuse me. I’m about to start another conspiracy theory. Americans are fat because they plop spoonfuls of 300-calorie salad dressing on freshly prepared salads. It’s true. Now follow me, sheepishly, and I’ll show you how to escape stealthily fattening salad dressings and explain how to make your own...
October 23, 2007
Acne is a privately painful condition with several social repercussions. Acne can make its sufferer feel overly self-conscious, ashamed and less than attractive. It’s no wonder that people will bombard their skin with any promising acne treatment in hopes of getting this confidence stealer under con...
October 23, 2007
Sunscreen, wrinkles creams, Botox, skin fillers… The options for treating wrinkles grow daily. However, for too long, skin care manufactures have ignored the biggest wrinkle provoker of all time- gravity.
Yes, we have “wrinkles creams”, but no cream will save you from the effects of gravity, sav...
October 19, 2007
Do you sometimes feel too broke to even look good? Well get over it. Because now, for less than the cost of a towel bowl cleaner, you can design yourself one of the cheapest yet most effective acne treatments on the planet. Here goes…
Your insanely cheap shopping list:
1. Grab a 16-ounce bo...
October 19, 2007
If you’re like me, you sometimes get tired of looking at the same old face in the mirror. Not that your face is ugly or unappealing, it’s just perhaps you want a change of facial scenery. And this is easily done without knives and needles. Matter of fact, you probably have all the ingredients you ne...
July 24, 2007
Revealing your body to the public is always shrouded in angst. Maybe its the dimples in your buttocks, your birth mark that's three sizes too large, or its that scar on your knee you got while skiing. No matter what part of your body makes you anxious about strutting around half naked, acne does not...
July 23, 2007
When it comes to acne, it seems as if facial oil secretion plays that role as an eternal nemesis that invites unwanted bacteria and pimples to the skin. But that's not an accurate description of facial oils.
In fact, facial oils serve several beautifying tasks including: protecting the skin's barr...
July 23, 2007
Once upon a time, an observant physician loosely mused, “If there is more than one cure for a disease, then there is no real cure for the disease.” That could certainly be said for acne- a skin condition that has as many remedies as it does sufferers.
But in a maze of pimple preventing choices, ...
July 20, 2007
Home remedies for acne come in all flavors of weird. There's the egg yolk mask, handyman soap scrub, lidocaine rub and even a urine toner. And like any trial treatment, homemade treatments for acne may work sheerly because of the placebo effect. But, does toothpaste posses any properties that suppor...
July 20, 2007
Have you decided to invest in laser therapy to correct acne scarring? What do you expect to get for your money- a completely new look? You should because these services aren't cheap. No matter what your aims for laser skin corrections are, by using medical reviews of leading laser treatments for ac...
July 20, 2007
In 2006, microdermabrasion ranked as the forth most popular minimally invasive cosmetic procedure according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons . Yet, microdermabrasion treatments are not exclusive to the spa or doctor's office. In fact, microdermabrasions have dropped down the list of top a...
July 18, 2007
Random fact: Having liposuction can increase your breast size. No kidding. According to a study in Dermatological Surgery, 43% of the participating women experienced bosom expansion after liposuction. Later, thirty percent of these chicks had to hit Nordstrom's and start shopping for bras a whole cu...
July 18, 2007
Yeah, some good news for sun worshipers. Researchers at the Harvard-affiliated Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston provided reasons to be less paranoid about tanning. In an upcoming edition of the Harvard Health Letter, investigators clarified that a suntan is the body’s best effort to fend off ...
July 15, 2007
Cystic acne denies personal privacy. It's like wearing a billboard that screams, “Yes, something is wrong with my skin!” Acne poses multiple cosmetic and emotional problems for women, and as researchers Christina Williams and Alison Layton found, transforming a nodule infested face into flawless ski...
July 12, 2007
Needing a career change, divorcing a spouse, looking older than you feel: These are just a few of the reasons men and women opt for plastic surgery. Yet sometimes, the old bank account is not luxurious enough to cover the cost of getting a new look. No worries though. We live in an expanding and cre...
July 12, 2007
Softening deep acne scars resulting from severe bouts of cystic or nodular lesions requires a well thought out cosmetic corrective plan. And according to reports in Dermatologic Surgery, popularized scar removal options like laser resurfacing may not satisfactorily smooth away deep acne scars. Yet, ...
July 10, 2007
My first encounter with acne medicine, if you will, happened when I was twelve. My grandma just spotted a huge, swollen bubble of a zit on my cheek. Ached by the sight of my gruesome facial growth, grandma gestured me over to her medicine cabinet and pleaded, “Put some turpentine on that soar to suc...
July 10, 2007
Breasts should be curvy. Along with fatty tissue, muscles serve as your natural source of sexy, busty curves. And, without morphing into a female version of the Incredible Hulk, you can add a tad of voluptuous, breast lifting muscle to your décolletage using three at-home exercises.
The proceedin...
July 05, 2007
Spotted, saggy skin. That's not exactly the image that a soothing day at the beach congers up. Yet that's precisely how ill-protected skin ends up after years of fun in the sun gone wrong. You can fend off unwanted solar lentigines (those pigmented spots and freckles resulting from sun exposure) an...
July 03, 2007
You live in a world of customization. You can customize your hair color, manicure type, vehicle, health care plan and most certainly, your acne scar removal regime. But before you take one step in customizing anything- you plan. When it comes to getting rid of acne marks, you can plan to delete trac...
June 30, 2007
Home microdermabrasion treatments serve as an ideal approach do it yourself acne scar correction. And with four scientifically sound tweaks to your current dermabrasion regime, you can transform this skin treatment into a world-class spa experience with striking results.
1. Prep the skin with pr...
May 26, 2007
Regardless of whether it is true or not, people may feel uneasy about using strong chemicals like relaxers on their hair due to unknown cancer risks.
This week, a study in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention gave consumers a reason to not to fear hair relaxers. Researchers from Boston Uni...
May 26, 2007
If numbers tell the story, troubled sleeping habits could be turning Americans into fatties. According to the Food and Drug Administration, right now about 40 million people in the U.S. suffer from sleep problems. Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention counts 63.3 % of the noninst...
May 26, 2007
At buffets, not everyone rushes to grab Brussels spouts, cauliflower and turnips. That could change since researchers at the Maryland Anderson Cancer Center report that cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, kale, collards, radish and watercress may offer protection against bladder cancer.
Invest...
May 26, 2007
No tampons, no super-sized maxi pads, no cramps... Any Pamprin-pressed woman could rant off endless positives of a period-stopping birth control pill. But is this new menstruation vanishing drug safe and can it still provide acne protection?
What is “period-stopping”
Well, first the period endi...
May 23, 2007
3 Ways to Effectively Use Probiotics After Taking Acne Antibiotics
After getting acne under control, the first thing on your mind is probably socializing, shopping and generally leaving your skin related health woes behind. But if antibiotics were apart of your acne axing regime, you may want probi...
May 20, 2007
Dermatologists typically prescribe antibiotics like tetracycline, erythromycin and minocyclin to treat acne. Acne patients may rely on antibiotics for two to six months. But after a series of antibiotic therapy, do you need to take supplemental bacteria called “probiotics” to compensate for the anti...
May 18, 2007
The Food and Drug Administration has approved several lasers for treating acne scars. While these lasers come from various manufacturers, the lasers generally receive FDA approval because the functions and safety levels of one laser are almost identical to previously approved lasers.
For example...
May 18, 2007
What's the best way to get rid of acne: Fill your body with bacteria destroying antibiotics or attempt to boost your body's anti-inflammatory response? Here's a hint. According to a groundbreaking review of the causes of acne by a group of seven dermatologists, much of the success of modern acne dru...
May 15, 2007
When it comes to acne, a pimple reduced, is a scar avoided. That is, preventing the arrival of deep acne scars is a simple matter of controlling the size of an arising acne lesion.
Acne lesions like cysts, large pustules, papules and nodules notoriously leave behind indentations in the skin to m...
May 11, 2007
Intense pulsed light (IPL) therapy and lasers have garnered media attention as leading-edge acne treatments. Often times the effectiveness of phototherapy is credited to the destruction of a popular clear skin nemesis, the so-called “acne causing bacteria” Propionibacterium acnes (p. acnes). Yet iro...
May 11, 2007
One of the most common complaints I hear about the dating scene- next to misleading on-line photos- is the ridiculous costs of going out. Here in San Diego, courting soirées could come at $150-$200 an outing. But that’s just because bachelors and bachelorettes lapse into mundane and expensive dating...
May 09, 2007
Is mineral make-up causing your more cosmetic problems that it seems to be solving? Well, relax. In just four easy steps, you can overcome the most common complaints associated with applying mineral make-up including itchiness, dryness, color imperfections and messiness.
1. Ending the itchiness
...
May 09, 2007
Which ages your more- the sun or your emotions? If you chose the sun, you’ve obviously never heard of “emotional de-wrinkling” so read on.
The human body is a wrinkle factory. Genetics, supporting fat tissue wasting, ultra-violet-induced collagen loss and excessive muscle usage all help etch out...
May 04, 2007
I don’t know about you, but I can think of at least 20 ways to spend the growing portion of my monthly budget that goes to gas. Regardless of what side of the fence you’re on in “The Reason Gas Prices Are So High” debate, I still think a huge part of the price tag boils down to how creative consumer...
May 04, 2007
In addition to Cinco de Mayo and Memorial Day, May hosts yet another spectacular celebratory occasion. It’s officially salad month! But, if you’ve found salads just too boring to celebrate in the past, the Association for Dressings & Sauces (ADS) offers a number of ways to make this dish more tantal...
May 03, 2007
Pistachios boast the skin enriching nutrients vitamins A, C and E plus, zinc and folic acid. Yet, new research from University of Toronto's Department of Nutritional Sciences could add pistachios to a growing list of acne treatments that already includes benzoyl peroxide and antibiotics.
The stu...
May 02, 2007
Since its advent almost a decade ago, mineral make-up has made a potpourri of promises tempting enough to make any woman at least give this image altering cosmetic a try. One of the benefits headlining mineral make-up is its proclaimed ability to help control acne and hide acne scars.
Certainly,...
April 30, 2007
It’s Friday night. You’ve just downed your second post-work apple-tini and now you’re scanning your Sex In the City wardrobe for a get-up destined to entrap Mr. Huck-A-Burning-Love later tonight. Hold it! While surveying your garbs, you might want to consider other subtle- not to mention cheap- ways...
April 26, 2007
Microdermabrasion is one of the most versatile cosmetic treatments ever developed. This skin resurfacing treatment can correct hyperpigmentation, skin roughness, acne scarring and even acne. Yet, sometimes a funny thing happens with microdermabrasion- you end up with more acne.
This pimple uphea...
April 26, 2007
Have you tried to lighten your skin with over-the-counter lightening agents like hydroquinone but grew exasperated with waiting? Are you wondering what your options for removing age spots and acne scars will be if and when the Food and Drug Administration takes hydroquinone off the shelves? In that ...
April 24, 2007
Since 1970, the pioneers at the Earth Day Network (EDN) have strived to promote environmental activism around the world. Thanks in part to the organization’s efforts, millions of people work in unison to make our air cleaner, our forests larger and our landfills smaller. Now the EDN wants to broaden...
April 21, 2007
Would you like to see a cat fight? Just ask two cancer researchers whether hormone replacement therapy (HRT) causes cancer. This question certainly provoked several arguments in the medical community this week.
The first feud started once a report in the New England Journal of Medicine linked th...
April 19, 2007
How much will removing your acne scars cost? That depends on several factors like,
how severe is your scarring is; how deep on the scars are and will do you the scar correction yourself or pay a skin care professional. Regardless of how your get rid of your scars, you can save big money by using t...
April 17, 2007
Options for removing acne scars include the Fraxel laser, microdermabrasion and chemical peels. You may have considered the readily available and affordable supplement vitamin E for removing acne marks. For decades, people have trusted vitamin E to speed wounds healing and counteract natural aging o...
April 12, 2007
You might want to call it “one of the hardest working vitamins in your body”. Vitamin E protects the nerves, lungs and heart from oxidative damage. Along with these vital tasks, vitamin E still manages to stave off acne lesions.
There are eight different forms of vitamin E. The most active form ...
April 11, 2007
Since the 1960s’, vitamin A gained medical attention for its anti-acne traits. Because of this vitamin’s versatility and efficacy at treating acne, there are now over three generations of vitamin A derived medicines used to combat acne. So what is the secret to vitamin A’s pimple-preventing action? ...
April 04, 2007
How rich would you be if you had a nickel for every time you heard about some kooky acne cure? Was overcoming constipation included in that list? While, clinical studies of the relationship between acne and colon health are lacking, medical research does lend validity to the possible link. For examp...
April 04, 2007
Do you always get what you pay for when it comes to skin care? Let’s hope not. While cutting-edge lasers have proven themselves effective at removing acne scars, the premium price for laser treatments may not appeal to everyone. Happily, another more economical option for correcting facial scarring ...
April 03, 2007
Since the first caveman received a heavy gash from a preying beast, humankind has needed a way to quickly and safely heal wounds. While mud, resins and honey have at one point served to heal scars, surprisingly little has changed in the world of wound healing.
That is, there is still enormous re...
April 03, 2007
Among homeopathic treatments for acne, we find alleviating constipation. Yet presently, no medical studies have made the direct link between bowel regularity and acne. Nevertheless, there is a clear relationship between a hormonal imbalance called “insulin resistance” and acne. Moreover, according t...
March 31, 2007
For centuries woman have indulged in facials to hold back the signs of aging and to take a peaceful reprieve for the demands of daily life. Such acts of facial nurturing may include exfoliating the skin, extracting the pores and applying a mud mask.
While such facials create undeniably softer, b...
March 29, 2007
If you’re like most people, when you start a new acne facial regime to get your pimples under control, you’re optimistically awaiting the unveiling of your true, pristine and zit-free skin. Yet, something unexpected - be it new, larger acne lesions, or surprisingly unwanted skin rashes- can oftentim...
March 29, 2007
Whenever I have a problem, I want it solved as fast as possible. This is especially true when the problem is obvious like a saucer-size acne lesion that has left a scar. Kindly enough, Nature gave humankind ways to expedite the healing process. And so, in four simple steps, you can harness Nature’s ...
March 28, 2007
For more than two decades, acne sufferers have turned to the potent drug isotretinoin to control severe, unrelenting acne lesions. Even though reports of side effects like suicide and depression have plagued isotretinoin, this blockbuster drug still has appeal in the anti-aging market.
Much of i...
March 25, 2007
Are you searching near and far for a way to say “adios” to your acne scars. You could literally be staring the solution in the face. That is because researchers are now investigating ways to use your own skin cells as a dermal filler to correct facial imperfections like acne scars, indentations and ...
March 25, 2007
Respect for the environment has certainly gained acceptance around the world. Now, the concept of skin ecology, which involves consideration for the face’s environment including oils, cells and bacteria, is finally influencing developmental acne treatments.
Acne certainly opens its self up to a ...
March 21, 2007
Some call it the “acne antibiotic game”. First comes tetracycline, then comes doxycycline, and then your doctor finally recommends erythromycin. But what do you do when these common antibiotics fail to control your acne outbreaks? Well typically, your dermatologist might suggest isotretinoin- the ul...
March 14, 2007
Are you dreading lockers rooms and pools because you loathe exposing your pimple-laden backside? Fret not. Millions of people encounter unwanted acne lesions on their chest, back and buttocks but are oblivious to their cause. Now, instead of resting baffled by body acne, you can control body acne by...
March 14, 2007
“What a girl wants, what a girl needs…” Yes, that’s right, girls want tighter pores. Tighter pores give you that youthful, flirty look that exudes health. So how do you get that coveted look? You simply create healthier skin using three easy-to-follow steps
Step 1: Deeply cleanse your pores
My ...
March 14, 2007
Have you been eyeing a laser treatment to zap away those acne scars? Before you run over to your local medical spa, you way want to run over some numbers to make sure you can dish out the cash to get the unblemished skin you crave.
The best way to get those laser cost numbers is to look to someo...
March 07, 2007
The skin ravishing condition acne has opened itself to myth. Acne is tricky to treat and often time one medicine, like the antibiotic tetracycline, may prove successful in treating one person’s acne but completely leave another person endlessly visiting his dermatologist for a stronger acne drug.
...
March 02, 2007
On February 28, a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) likened vitamins A and beta carotene to death pills that can expedite your funeral date by as much as five percent. While this JAMA study may scare consumers away from the vitamin aisle, Harvard Medical School has iss...
February 22, 2007
Fending off the signs of aging sends humanity on a mad hunt for every plausible way to look younger. Beauty creams, face-lifts, chemical peels, Botox and dermal fillers all reverse the signs of aged skin. But could we have missed the kitchen in our crazed desire for agerasia?
In fact, scientific ...
February 21, 2007
There are countless ways to fight the natural sagging of the skin including Botox, collagen fillers, fat transplants and chemical peels. This preponderance of cosmetic options makes the age defiant individual ask herself, “How can I get the most out of my face lifting budget?”
Now researchers fr...
February 21, 2007
The Food and Drug administration has a plan to fight obesity. According to the FDA, this strategy includes “revising FDA guidance for developing drugs to treat obesity.” That could be part of the reason why in early February the FDA approved orlistat capsules as an over-the-counter (OTC) weight loss...
February 14, 2007
Marijuana- it’s legal in California, but then again it’s not. Maybe it’s the stigma of anti-government hippies and epithets of “free love” that overpowers the reality that marijuana can serve as a safe drug, and impels the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban marijuana for medical use in the Un...
February 13, 2007
Natural and organic skin care products are a thriving component of the cosmetic industry. Such products appeal to consumers because of the apparent lack of potentially toxic chemicals and absence of ill health effects.
Yet, while natural products may seem harmless, three young men from Colorado ...
February 13, 2007
Deep chemicals peels have evolved as a cosmetic stable for correcting blemishes like wrinkles, sagging skin, malignant lesions, age spots and acne scars. While the results from most properly administered deeps peels are astounding, this routine medical treatment does carry the risk of heart damage. ...
February 09, 2007
Scars come from numerous sources including surgery, accidents and acne. Regardless of the cause, one thing most people with scars have in common is a desire to remove them as fast as possible. While creams and laser treatments for scars abound, there is still one simple yet overlooked way to hasten ...
February 09, 2007
Valentine’s Day is about love, lingerie, chocolate and doing whatever is necessary to look absolutely drop-dead gorgeous on this national day of passion. But looking great is not about happenstance, it about taking calculated steps to look fabulous.
Typical pre-Valentine pretty preparations inc...
February 09, 2007
Be it frivolous or wishful, for years people have used the sun as an acne antidote. Some young men can even recount the days when there moms forced them to go to the tanning salon just to get rid of body acne. And, ironically- at least anecdotally- sunbathing did help alleviate acne outbreaks.
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February 08, 2007
I love donuts. But in excess, donuts make my buttocks giggle- even when I’m not doing the Jane Fonda.
Since the local CVS does not sell a “sugar-fat patch” to help wean me off my unrelenting addiction to the combo of butter, chocolate and fried bread (though Weight Watchers probably has one in t...
February 08, 2007
It’s all about mindset. One second you are losing weight and in a blink, you’ve reverted to the Porky-the-Pig patterns that caused your weight gain in the first place. How does a sensible weight loss plan that seems so easy- eat less, exercise more- spiral into the complexity of astro-physics when w...
February 08, 2007
In life, when the truly important things seem to go wrong, it seems as if everything goes wrong. This certainly seems true when one’s only major hope in life is to have clear skin. In the pursuit of perfect skin, teenagers and adults may run through three to ten different acne treatments yet, seemin...
January 25, 2007
Even though the result was unintended, this week’s meeting of the FDA Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee has led to a media blitz that sheds doubt on the effectiveness of birth control pills.
While the FDA has denounced such claims and declared that the true purpose of these meetings “...
January 25, 2007
The skin is a translucent material, and so, whatever lies beneath the skin will reveal itself in the upper layers of the skin. So, a complete skin lightening regime to treat blemishes like age spots, acne scars or melasma should consider other factors, above and below the skin, that contribute to t...
January 19, 2007
Two thousand and seven will be a testing year for the cosmetics industry. First, the Food and Drug Administration decides if the skin lightening drug hydroquinone is safe. Next, California enacts its Safe Cosmetics Act of 2005 which requires California cosmetics manufacturers to report product ingre...
January 19, 2007
In a matter of days, the Food and Drug Administration could decide to ban products containing the popular skin lightening agent hydroquinone. The anticipation of the FDA’s ruling on the safety of this skin lightening agent provides an opportunity to compare the safety and effectiveness of alternativ...
January 18, 2007
Yes, we’ve all heard it before, “Drink eight, eight-ounce glasses of water per day or your brain will shrink, your skin will crinkle and you will die of thirst.” Besides the Thalian death threats, do we really need to be paranoid about meeting the daily water quota?
Beverage superpower The Coca-...
January 12, 2007
Doubtless, preparing for a laser treatment involves many steps. These include finding a trained medical professional, determining the best laser treatment for the desired results and then budgeting for the cost of the treatments.
Yet even with all this planning, as Brian D. Zelickson, MD director...
January 09, 2007
First, the Food and Drug Administration restricted use of mercury as a lightening agent because of its caustic heath influences. Now, hydroquinone could face similar cosmetic prohibitions. But is the FDA’s recent finding of hydroquinone as generally unsafe and not effective justified? Dermatologists...
December 14, 2006
Peptides are one of the latest entrants into the world of cosmetic ingredients icons. But, do peptides work to correct skin imperfections like wrinkles and acne scars or do they just inflate the price of cosmeceuticals? To address this question, its important to understand the causes of skin damage ...
December 01, 2006
White scars and hypopigmentation (loss of skin coloring) can result from trauma to the skin.
Scars take on a white appearance because melanocyte production has been impaired. Melanocytes make melanin- the pigment that gives the skin its color. If melanocytes are damaged, so is the skin’s ability...
November 22, 2006
Pretty soon you might have Botox in your first-aid kit. This cosmetic panacea treats wrinkles, hemorrhoids, migraines and now it may treat scars.
This past August a study published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings found that Botox (trademarked name for Botulinum toxin type A), helped facial woun...
November 17, 2006
Do you have acne scarring but plastic surgery is out of the question? No need to worry. While you may not get Dr. 90210 like results, items available in your own kitchen can help improve acne scarring if done correctly.
In two simple steps, all you need to do to affordably improve your acne scar...
November 16, 2006
Those bumpy, puss-filled, red, round things on your back…they are acne lesions right? Maybe not. You might call them “Pityrosporum folliculitis” instead.
Pityrosporum folliculitis is a fungal infection provoked by excess amounts of a yeast known as Pityrosporum orbicular. Papules and pustules ...
November 15, 2006
You may have heard it as a never-ending cleanliness sermon from your mom, “Don’t pop your pimples, you’ll only make your acne worse…Blah, blah, blah… That’s why your skin looks awful now. Stop that!” But really, will popping zits make your acne worse or is it just another acne myth?
At the 63rd ...
November 15, 2006
Back in February of this year, a study in the International Journal of Dermatology made it official- severe facial blemishes do impact a woman’s quality of life. Not surprisingly, women hard-pressed to hide acne lesions go to extensive links to find the perfect concealer to lend a more polished look...
November 15, 2006
There’s a new laser on the market. No, it won’t bleach away age spots or iron away face furrows, but it will tell you how much collagen you’ve lost. And according to a study just released in Optics Letters, the novel laser finds that women lose collagen faster than men.
The laser uses ultra-br...
September 27, 2006
In about 25% of acne products, the therapeutic action involves destroying the so-called “acne causing” bacteria, Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes). For years, phototherapy for acne was considered effective because it apparently targeted and diminished p. acnes colonies. However, new research quas...
September 27, 2006
In the past five years medical grade cosmetic treatments like blue light, neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:YAG) and Fraxel lasers have grown in popolularity for correcting aesthetic blemishes like wrinkles and acne scarring.
Several differences exist between the effectiveness, downtime and ...
September 27, 2006
Given the choice between clear skin and nursing a cluster of acne scars, most sane people would go for the flawless face. But when it comes to acne scarring, achieving that ideal look can get costly.
Dermatologists across the country offer cosmetic services featuring neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-...
September 25, 2006
The key thing about anti-aging regimes is to have a plan. Lacking a plan, you could easily overlook a little detail that can quickly foil your entire age-defying ambitions.
With so much anti-wrinkle attention directed toward the face, its easy to forget the neck, but do not make that mistake.
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September 25, 2006
When it comes to cultivating your age-defying beauty regime, why limit yourself to wrinkles creams, face-lifts and mesotherapy injections?
You could easily shear a good five years off your looks just by undoing the unconscious, yet blatant habits the expose your real age.
Age Reversal Tip 1:...
September 25, 2006
Does this buyer’s dilemma sound familiar? You’re at the drug store, glancing over the acne products shelf and ponder, “If I buy this acne treatment, will it work or will I end up throwing it out in a few days?”
Researchers secretly posed this question to acne patients. The study, published in th...
September 11, 2006
You’ve seen the signs billing lasers at the new millennium cure for acne. But can a laser displace traditional acne treatments like oral contraceptives, antibiotics and even isotretinoin?
Laser fanatics tout these medical devices as obliterators of “acne causing bacteria” and excess oil.
But...
September 11, 2006
Are you desperate to shrink you pores back to their prepubescent proportions? No one can blame you. Smaller pores make your skin look firmer, younger and flawless.
The size of your skin’s pores are determined by a medley of factors, including your genes, sex, environment, nutritional intake, dru...
September 08, 2006
Browse through the skin care aisle of any drug store and you are certain to find a quaint collection of fade creams. For decades, such creams have served men and women seeking an affordable, though lengthy, way to remove age spots and skin discolorations. But now, the active ingredient of most skin ...
September 07, 2006
Acne scars result from skin damage caused by healed acne wounds. The types of acne scars are as varied as the types of acne lesions. This variety arises because of the multiplicity of ways an acne lesion can form.
For example, an acne eruption may originate deep within the fatty tissue of the ski...
September 06, 2006
All acne lesions will not necessarily result in acne scars. For example, inflamed “chin acne” that typically precedes menstruation in women, will not cause scarring if the inflammation is reduced quickly.
Yet once you experience an inflamed acne lesion, you can take measures to prevent you chance...
September 06, 2006
Looking at Grey’s Anatomy, there is no entry for “cottage cheese”. Still this is how millions of women would describe the dimpled flesh surrounding their buttocks and thighs.
While cellulite tops the list of cosmetic antagonists the question remains, “What is cellulite and is there is cellulite ...
September 06, 2006
Magnetic Resonance Images have shown that finding your cellulite cure will require reducing the layer of fat busting through the connective fibers of your skin.
Using specific cellulite reductions exercises that are targeted at building lean muscle tissue will help lessen the appearance of cellu...