Vitamin D for skin, hair and antiaging

Everyone knows that vitamin D3 or cholecalciferol is important for keeping bones healthy and strong. This is because it is the precursor of the active steroid 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D3 (calcitriol), responsible for calcium metabolism. Three in four Americans are vitamin D deficient and, according to a recent blood test, that includes me. So I’ve been boning up on vitamin D and it turns out to be essential for skin and hair too.read more >>
 

Dealing with hair loss

The scientific term for hair loss is alopecia. At different stages in your life, you can experience periodic hair loss, which is normal. For example, babies and pregnant women go through a period where they experience thinning of the hair, due to a change or imbalance in hormones. After this imbalance is resolved, their hair will naturally grow back...read more >>

Taking care of your skin

Healthy skin is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle - and vice versa. For good skin care, start developing healthy habits that protect your skin from the outside and the inside....read more >>

Acne

Causes and risk factors

The skin has thousands of tiny hair follicles. Each has a sebaceous gland that produces an oily substance, sebum. An abnormal reaction of the sebaceous glands in the skin to the male hormone testosterone causes them to make more sebum. This characteristically occurs at puberty when production of hormones including testosterone increases in both boys and girls. Hormonal changes also cause the cells of the top layer of skin (the epidermis) to overgrow, forming a thicker layer which can block the outflow of sebum from the glands. As a result of overproduction of sebum and obstruction of its flow, the sebaceous glands become enlarged forming a pimple or spot....read more >>

Men and aesthetic medicine

It’s not just women who are interested in the way they look and feel. For some time now, men too have been conscious of the need to look good and take care of themselves in every way. They are conscious that in today’s modern world, image plays a vital role and in business, can be seen as their calling card, their letter of introduction. Because of this, they are giving the way they look the attention it deserves..... read more >>

Why the skin ages

Young skin is smooth, plump and supported from the inside by a matrix of collagen and elastin that gives the skin its firmness and elasticity. Young skin also has an abundance of growth factors that signal the fibroblast cells to produce and maintain this matrix. But growth factors become less plentiful with age, causing the fibroblasts to get sluggish. As the production of collagen- and elastin-producing fibroblasts slow down, enzymes in the skin begin to destroy the supportive matrix faster than it can be replenished, and that’s when fine lines , wrinkles, dullness and other signs of aging become apparent.

Why do we get wrinkles?

Wrinkles. Some women see them as the bane of their existence, and they actually go through all means they could possibly afford just to get those wrinkles off their faces, the means ranging from expensive creams to Botox to plastic surgery and facelift. Our culture and society is so youth-oriented that wrinkles, especially on women, have become totally undesirable.   .....  read more >>

Vitamin C and Your Skin

Have you noticed that Vitamin C is used in many skin care products?
Why? It helps in the formation of collagen (the skin s support fibers).
Does it work? It varies from person to person, but many people report that their skin s texture seems to be improving.
Usually you have to wait so long to see improvement in your skin s texture. Not so apparently with Vitamin C.

Dry Itchy Scalp

If you have any open sores or patches of dry skin contact your doctor for proper diagnoses. But if there are no patches or conditions then chances are you just need a good cleaning or moisturizing shampoo. .... read more >>


Age Spots

If you notice brown spots on your skin, up to about an inch in diameter, then you may have solar spots or solar lentigos. These age spots result from years of sun exposure. .... read more >>