Skin Care

Here are some useful methods and products to take care of your skin. To keep your skin healthy we apply skin moisturizers, skin cream, facial etc. One of the important solution to be used on skin is the skin toner. Yes, there are some disputes on using a toner amoung ourselves. In cosmetic as medical terms toner is nothing but lotion, its main purpose of using toner is to cleanse the skin and reduce the size of pores, toners are usually applied on face. Some people prefer to use water instead of using toner, though water is also an important ingreadient of toner. There are different ways and methods of applying toner either we use a cotton ball damped with the toner and clean the face or we use a vaporizer spraying it on the face or any other method. Usually after applying the moisturiser once the toner dries up.

There are different types of skin toners available. Some of them are skin freshner, skin astringents and skin tonics. Each of these toner types should be used according to the skin type. Depending on the skin type one should select the toner. Most of these toner contains same ingredients but in different proportions.

Skin freshners are made up of humectant for example glycerine and water. Some skin freshners contain no alcohol or very little percentage of alcohol. Humectants are required to keep the skin moist and lock the moisture within the skin. This moisture on your skin makes your skin soft. An example of skin freshner is rosewater. Skin freshners are very mild and can be used by dry or dehydrated skin.

Skin tonics are again made up of same ingrediants as mentioned above but the only difference is there is a small amount of alcohol is also added to the tonic. An example of such tonic is orange flower water. Such skin tonics can be used by people having normal, oily or combination type of skin.

Astringent are the strong form of toners. These contain high proportion of alcohol. Astringent as skin toners need to be applied or used depending on the prescription given by your dermatologist. These astrigent can be applied on oily skin. There could be a chain reaction after applying such astringent. Your body can generate more oil on the skin thinking that your skin is losing moisture and this may even look worst. It is better to apply such astringent on specific areas and spots. An example of an astringent is witch hazel.

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In many of our posts we have mentioned about dermatologist. We have been asked by many of our readers to give a brief discription about dermatologist. Dermatology is a medical stem related to the most important organ of our body, that is the skin. The diagnosis and treatment related to skin, hair and nails is dermatology. And doctors specialized in these fields are called Dermatologist. Most of the people are under impression that the docters who treat acne skin problems are Dermatologist, well that is not completely true, dermatologist solve many other skin problems like scars, eczema, acne, skin cancer, moles, tumors of skin, aging skin etc.

Some of the cosmetic disorders of the skin are treated by dermatologists. Dermatologists also able to give treatments related to botox, collagen, eyelid operation, liposuction etc.

Dermatology has multiple specialities. Dermatopathologist are specialist doctors who with the help of microscope diagnose the problem with skin, if it is immune system related or something else. The other sub speciality is pediatric dermatology, this stream focuses on common skin problems found in children. Neonatal dermatology is another sub specialization in dermatology, this set of physicians help treating childern having multiple complexities involved.

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Over the last few years plastic surgery has gained lot of importance in our lives. I am sure that most of us have heared about this surgery and some may be even knowing about it. For those who dont know what plastic surgery means? for them here is the description. Plastic surgery means surgery of skin. This surgery can be used for two purpose:

1. Reconstruction of specific parts of the body.
2. Cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance.

Reconstructive surgery is used for people who are not able to live their lives in a normal way for them this surgery is used.

Cosmetic surgery is used for improving the appearace of the body or the face. In cosmetic surgery there are different types of surgeries for differnt purposes. Facelifts, rhinoplasty, liposuction and breast augmentation. Facelift surgery is used to improve the face appearance, to change the looks. Liposuction is used to change the shape of the body, this surgery is used to remove the excess of fat from the body. Breast augmentation surgery is used for changing the size of the breast. Cosmetic surgeries are also used for treating birth marks, laser treated facial resurfacing which removes thin lines around mouth and eyes. Facelift tightens the skin of the face and around the neck.
Hair replacement surgeries are also conducted in which the patient’s own hair is used to fill up the bald area.

Cosmetic surgury is picking up more demand because of the showbiz and fashion. So many people what to change there looks and appearance to look preety.

Now people reading this will be having lot of questions in mind such as: What would be cost of plastic surgery? Does our insurance policies cover such surgeries? How much pain the patient will have to go though during and after the surgery? Your questions are valid and here are the answers to it, If you are thinking about cost then such operations/surgeries are costly. It also depends upon the complexity and the purpose of operation. If it is a reconsturction type of surgery then your insurance policy might be covering it, but it is always better to confirm with the insurance company for such operations. Plastic surgeries are carried out with local or general anesthetia so during the operation the patient feels no pain, but according to observations it is found that people complain about the pain after the surgery, this also depends on the kind and complexity of the surgery.

Now a days plastic surgery have become so sophesticated that a person can have a nose operation in the morning and by evening same day he is discharged is allowed to go home.

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As per our earlier article about the Skin Cancer you all know that the skin cancer is the uncontol growth of skin cells. In our previous post you might have read about the Basal cell carcinoma which is one of the common skin cancer diagnosed. To breif you about it, Basal cell carcinoma type of cancer can occur at the age of 40 or above. Majorly due to overexposuer to x-rays. Basal cell carcinoma type of cancer can spread to nearby tissues and can spread the infection to other parts.

Now we talk about other type of skin cancers like Squamous cell carcinoma and Melanoma.
In case of Squamous cell carcinoma the infection is found in the middle layers of the skin. The growth of Squamous cell carcinoma is more rapid as compaired to Basal cell carcinoma. Appart from its fast growth it also spreads the infection to other cells and in this way it starts infection other parts of the body.

Other skin cancer which we were talking about was Melanoma. This cancer is not so commonly found. But Melanoma is one of the dangerous skin cancers forms. The treatment for such skin cancer depends on various parameters such as, age of the patient, where this infection is occured etc. Depending on the sevierity of the infection it may require radiation treatments or chemotherapy.

Some of the tips to take care of skin is: avoid going out in the afternoon when the sun rays are strong. If atall it is necessery to go out in the afternoon when sun is high then please protect your skin by applying sunscreen lotion which has sun protection factor (SPF) 15 and above. Wear hand gloves to cover your hands from exposing to direct and strong sunlight. To protect your eyes dont forget to wear sunglasses.

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Does your nails are too white or yellowish in appearance? Are the nails thickening? Then there is a wide possibility that you might be having nail infection. The medical name for nail infection is Paronychia.

Now you would be thinking what is this nail infection? or some may be thinking about nail infection treatment.
Paronychia is a fugal infection, it infects skin around the nail. The diagnose is dependent on the appearance of the nail and the skin surrounding the nails. From diagnose it can be found out what kind of nail infection is caused? Is it the pus or something else. It is very mandatory not to neglect such observations, and always take professional advice from physician.

For those who were thinking about the treatment, the treatments for nail infections are not costly. And to treat such infection it is not difficult too. But the most important thing to know before starting the treatment is whether the infection is a nail bacterial infection or nail fungal infection.

During the nail infection treatment it might be adviced to soak your nails in warm water and perform the same activity for 3-4 times a day. May be the patient have to undergo a course of antibiotics. In sevear cases doctors may give antibiotics which drain the fluids out of the skin. But it is very important for the readers to take this as and information and not the steps to treat the problem. It is important that the treatment have to be given by a physician.

It is normally observed that the nail infections are always superficial. Normally the problems is with the skin around the nail. As earlier said it is easy the cure such nail infections. You might observe following simptoms in case of complications like formation of pus around the finger, mild fever because of the infection, shivering and some times muscular pain. But such complications are very rare.

It is very important to take care of nails. Nail care is important because even nails are our part of the body. All of us have to take proper steps to prevent nail infection, some of them are mentioned as below:

• Keep your nails short to avoid any injury.
• Take some nail care once in a week. Inspect nails and find for any infections or any fungal development over or around the nail. If found then contact your doctor and start his/her treatment
• Don’t bite your nails. Biting the nails damages them and it also distorts its shape
• Avoid applying any chemicals on your nails.
• Keep a balanced diet.

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