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Keep away from sun exposure is the only logical answer but who wants to live like a hermit? The key is to enjoy the sun sensibly, finding a balance between sun protection and summer activities like beach volleyball and swimming.

The protective or sunscreen that create a barrier against the sun’s harmful rays, are one of your best defenses to combat damage from the sun because they protect you without interfering with your comfort and activity level.

The rate of sunscreen lotion SPF indicates the level of protection provided. Sunscreens with a higher SPF confer greater protection against harmful UV rays. Read the rest of this entry »

How to produce a tan

The sun’s rays are divided into two types of ultraviolet radiation: UVA and UVB. UVB radiation burns the top layer of skin (epidermis), causing sunburns.

UVA radiation is what makes people tan. UVA rays penetrate the lower layers of the skin where they stimulate cells called melanocytes to produce melanin. Read the rest of this entry »

What is the main function of the liver?
The main function of the liver is to detoxify the blood when it comes to the colon, lymphatic system and lungs. After detoxification has been completed that provides oxygen and nutrients to the body. In the environment we live in today, our liver has difficulty keeping up with all the toxins we inhale and ingest. These toxins come from air pollution, cigarette smoke, pesticides, alcohol and processed foods. If you do not detoxify the liver a year, the liver becomes overloaded with toxins and not continue to function properly.

How Accumulation of Toxic Effects of Skin
When the liver toxins accumulate and can not function properly. All the toxins in the body begin to drive through the skin. Most people with acne have a hormonal imbalance. When the liver is not working properly all the hormones accumulate in the liver and this causes an overproduction of sebum (skin oil), which causes clogged pores and acne.

How to detoxify the liver
Before liver detoxification could try to add more fiber to your diet. More fiber helps trap excess hormones being injected into the bloodstream that produces less oil than it produces. That means less acne blemishes and that alone could help you get rid of acne. Read the rest of this entry »

Give your skin extra moisturizing
Which moisturizer that is right for you depends on several factors, such as skin type, age and whether you have acne.

If you have sensitive skin, look for products free of fragrance, color or other additives.

If you have very dry skin, oils (for example, baby oil) provide a good skin moisture. Butter oil into the skin while still wet, for example, right after a shower.

If you have oily skin, you may not need to use moisturizing products in all.

Barber right
Shaving is a common and cheap way to get rid of unwanted hair. Read the rest of this entry »

Good habits to ensure beautiful and healthy skin for years to come.

With age, the skin gradually becomes thinner and finer wrinkles. Production in the sebaceous glands decreases and the skin becomes drier. The number of blood vessels in the skin decreases, your skin becomes fragile and the youthful glow and the color disappears little by little.

Good habits can slow the aging process. They can also prevent skin problems such as pimples and acne.

Protect yourself from the sun
The best thing you can do to take care of your skin is to protect it from the sun. Read the rest of this entry »

Treatment
In a first attempt to solve the phimosis problem, the doctor may use special creams to soften the foreskin and shrink sessions. Should not be successful surgical management shall be through an incision (preputial plasty) thus retain their functions (sexual activity and protection), or failing that complete removal of the skin (circumcision).

Complications
The most common complication is inflammation and infection of the glans, by accumulation of bacteria, and sebum secretion. Added to this, in older people may have trouble maintaining satisfactory sexual intercourse because of erection is often annoying and painful.

Prevention
In all children presenting with this problem, please consult and follow your doctor’s instructions. If retraction maneuvers are performed must be medically supervised and never be forced out of the penis head.

Phimosis
It is a very common disorder of the skin covering the head of the penis and cause of much concern and anxiety in parents. There is a serious problem, however treatment can be very traumatic for the child who suffers.

Considerations
It is a condition peculiar to children. The anomaly is the presence of a fibrous ring that causes narrowing or low price elasticity of skin covering the top of the penis, which is known as foreskin, which hinders or prevents its retraction to appear at the top of the male . Most children born with phimosis, but during the first months of life it is disappearing. Their presence is considered normal until age two. After the first three years about 10% continued with the problem, and only a small number (1%) was still held 17 years.

Causes
It is considered that their origin is congenital (born with the problem), but many cases are caused due to ignorance by forcing the foreskin to its retraction. There is also a condition called paraphimosis solely due to inflammation of the foreskin, which has the same manifestations and treatment of phimosis.

Events
In young children the parents or pediatrician are the first to notice the problem. In older children referred pain and effort on urination and inflammation of the foreskin because of the difficulty to remove urine. It is possible that the child has on their genitals and smelly discharge due to repeated infections. In adults apart from the problems in maintaining proper hygiene, which causes frequent infections, is discomfort and difficulty urinating sex rewarding.