The name Eczema comes from the Greek word meaning “to boil”. This best describes the inflamed itchy red rash which many suffer from. In more severe cases, the skin is broken and becomes weepy and scabbed. Also known as Dermatitis, eczema comes in several forms – Atopic, contact, seborrhoeic and others less common. Dermatitis usually [...]
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Pregnancy and Your Skin
As a specialist in Pregnancy reflexology & massage I have seen some of the very different skin problems that women experience during pregnancy. Most women will experience radiant, blooming complexions, this is due to an increase in blood flow during pregnancy and more blood getting into the tiny blood vessels in the surface of the skin. Also increased Oestrogen levels, [...]
The Management of Oily Skin
Oily skin produces excessive amounts of Sebum (the opposite of dry skin), which is produced from your sebaceous glands. Sebum is a lipid rich protective substance that helps form the skin barrier. Sebum is made up of – Squalene, Sterols, Wax Esters, Sterol Esters, Triglycerides – these are the most abundant. The reason that the [...]
The Sun and Smart Protection
The skin is a wonderful record keeper! every time you expose your skin to daylight, your skin adds up all those times like money in the bank! – the trouble is eventually the payoff catches up with you!, in the form of premature ageing, wrinkles and hyper-pigmentation and the risk of skin cancers. This world [...]
Red Alert For Rosacea
Rosacea is actually quite a common skin problem. One in twenty people suffer from it to varying degrees, though many never realise they have it. About three times as many women have it as men. Multiple factors contribute to an alarming rise in this progressive neurovascular disorder which generally affects the facial skin. The bad [...]
Psoriasis
Psoriasis is a distressing skin condition in which the skin cells renew too quickly, leading to scaliness and flaking, in other words abnormal skin growth. Usually the outer cells (Stratum Corneum) are shed so slowly that we barely notice, but in people with psoriasis, new cells are formed about a thousand times more quickly than usual, [...]
Skin Sensitivity – A Sore Subject
Skin Sensitivity: Genetic or Environmental? No other skin is as misunderstood and hard to diagnose as Sensitive skin. In fact, most of us would have had some skin sensitivity at some point in our lives. A true Sensitive skin is caused by a genetic predisposition , mostly affecting very light/fair skinned individuals and usually of [...]
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