Some of you may have had to suffer embarrassment due to dark armpit skin. It causes low self esteem and you cannot enjoy water and other sports. You try to cover your armpits with sleeves. Armpits tend to darken, irritation, rashes due to a number of factors: The foremost being constant friction due to rubbing…
Wrinkles begin to appear on the face of a person when he is in the late forties or after he or she enters fifties. The primary cause of wrinkling of the skin is loss of elasticity, firmness and moisture. At this time of life, the fat layer under the skin also starts to decrease and…
Like all wrinkles which appear on the face of any person, wrinkles under the eye are also a result of the aging process. Whenever a person blinks the eyes or squints, there is a movement of muscles. Over a period of time due to continuous use, the wrinkling process sets in. If the facial skin…
Head lice are small insects which travel from one person to the other through contact. These are parasites and are of black or brown color. They live on the blood sucked from the scalp. They lay small yellow color eggs called nits which cling to the shaft of the hair. Being very small these eggs…
A blackhead is a blackish plug found in the skin of a person. These are mainly found on the face and more prominently on or around the nose and on the ears. They can also appear on other parts of the body. There is a misconception that blackheads are caused by poor hygiene or improper…
Skin rashes are caused due to a number of reasons. They can be caused due to the clothes which a person wears or due to application of some cosmetics or soaps or shampoos. These can also be caused due to unhygienic conditions. Rashes result in redness of skin accompanied with itching and swelling. In medical…
Oil is secreted by sebaceous glands present in the scalp. This oil helps to maintain a balance of moisture and oil in the head and provides lubrication to hair follicles and scalp. The people with dry scalp often complain of itching or flaking of skin and the incidence of hair loss is quite high. Dry…
Acne or pimples, as they are called in general terms, manifest mostly on the face. Sometimes they also appear on the back. They mostly appear when a girl reaches the age of puberty. In boys they may show up when he is in his teens. One of the reasons for acne are hormonal changes that…
We all have experienced sunburns sometimes in our lives. Sunburns are a nasty conditions which visit you every summers. Although fair skinned people are more prone to them, however, darker skinned people are not fully protected from sunburns. You can try some home remedies which will help sooth the pain and blisters caused due to…
Each and every individual has different kind of skin. The problems associated with the skin can be that it is too oily, dry and dull or patchy. The skin care products for oily skin manufactured by some multinationals are too costly and beyond the reach of every individual. Now we will deal with treatment of…
Wrinkles have the ability to psychologically wound the self esteem of a whole lot of women who, dread to even discuss the topic for various reasons. It is true that when you physically frown more than two hundred times on one single day, you start getting wrinkles. Time is moving and there is no one…
Often when you stay up all night attending parties of studying for your finals, you end up with puffy or swollen eyes. It is very natural for the skin around the eyes to swell up when you over work your poor little eyes. They look tired and often give you a feeling that you just…