Botox is a brand name of a botulinum toxin. This toxin is produced by a bacterium, used for skin treatment and anti aging. This has beneficial effects on our body and skin but if present or injected in a large quantity, it is akin to food poisoning. Another serious side effect is development of paralysis….
Collagen is a protein necessary for connective tissues. This protein constitutes about thirty percent of the entire body protein content. This is the main component of bones, ligaments and human skin. This protein provides strength and elasticity to our skin. As we age, the collagen content starts to decrease, leading to formation of wrinkles and…
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…
Wrinkles are the direct effect of aging on the skin of a person. Wrinkles appear mainly on the areas of the body which remain exposed to sunlight. These include the face, neck, back of hands and forearms. Wrinkles can broadly be classified as being of two types, fine lines that appear on the surface of…
You should not stop caring for your skin just because you have hit fifty. You had been taking care of your skin for the last more than forty years and this needs to be carried on further. With increase in age the type of care needed differs from what you had been doing earlier and…
As a person grows old the skin loses its youth and a he or she start getting wrinkles under the eyes. In addition to the wrinkles a person gets sagging eyelids and also black circles around the eyes. At times it was considered a natural phenomenon and that it could not be avoided after a…
The concept of a night cream has come from the United States where women since long were in a habit of using them. A night cream is very different from the regular day creams for the mere reason that they are meant to be applied on the face and neck and left all night long,…