Health knowledge made personal

Skin

Ask a Health Maven

Featured Health Experts

skin communitiesCommunities related to skin

 

skin membersMembers related to skin

 
MikeB Manchester, UK
nena longford, IE
hotyoga Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
slevin_kalivra Kathmandu, NP

skin Blogs and DiscussionsArticles

 
Dry Skin - Prevent Dry Skin By Adopting The Right Skin Care Regime by Danny & Susan S. Health Maven Simple daily routines, such as bathing, showering and towel drying, may actually promote dry skin. This is because the heat from the shower/bath will open the pores of the skin and thus lead to loss of moisture...
Can a Skin Care Cream Really Alter Your Skin’s DNA? by Nicki Z. Patient Expert .  A few skin care companies have started to use biological sciences-like terms in their skin care... is made into proteins.  Skin care companies are claiming that their ingredients are able to manipulate the genes...
Can a Skin Care Cream Really Alter Your Skin’s DNA? by Nicki Z. Patient Expert .  A few skin care companies have started to use biological sciences-like terms in their skin care....  Skin care companies are claiming that their ingredients are able to manipulate the genes, the proteins...
Fitzpatrick Skin-Type Scale - Use the Fitzpatrick Skin Type Chart to calculate your skin type by Danny & Susan S. Health Maven One fundamental property of the skin is its ability to respond to ultraviolet radiation (UVR..., which is adaptive in facilitating the development of darker skin on exposed regions of the body protecting...
Facial Skin versus Body Skin: How should the body's skin be cared for? by Danny & Susan S. Health Maven Most of us look after our facial skin on a daily basis. Why? Because it is on display to the world, however, the rest of our skin should receive just as much attention and the use of a good quality, natural...
New Skin Care Range: ZO Skin Health by britishbeautyblogger. Patient Expert 't know about skin health and function probably isn't worth knowing. Which is probably why his latest venture, ZO Skin Health, has been snapped up as an exclusive by Harrods from August, and then Selfridges...
Summer Skin Care 101 by the makers of Clearly Beautiful Skin Care by Amanda Patient Expert can have on the skin.  As the summer winds down, many families are preparing for their last summer vacation.... Patrick Bitter, Jr. offers some essential tips to help parents keep their children’s skin safe...
Love-Renaissance Skin Care: New to the U.S…and New to My Skin Care Regimen! by Nicki Z. Patient Expert , while on vacation in Hawaii, I came across a lovely skin care store called Love-Renaissance.  Established... in only Hawaii thus far.  And while I visited many skin care stores and spas during my visit to Hawaii...
Natural Skin Care for Oily Skin by Lucy J. Patient Expert There are several natural ways to treat your oily skin, though whether they work depends on the severity of the oily skin and how dedicated you are to applying them. It is best that you to contact...
Skin Rash: Skin rashes are common and due to many factors ranging from serious diseases or allergic by Danny & Susan S. Health Maven Skin rashes come in all shapes and sizes and have many different causes, ranging from an allergic reactions to rashes caused from bites and stings. Skin rashes are mostly temporary and self...

skin videosVideos

 
vitiligo is a common skin problem in which white...
 
Great looking skin requires nothing more then a basic...
 
In Summer our skin looks great but in Winter it feels...
 
Ten ways to improve your skin if you have an acne...

skin photosPictures

 

skin trusted partner sitesTrusted Partner Sites

 
I got a pretty bad sunburn and now I have little bumps that itch, and bleed if I scratch them....
It appears to be little "pimple" like bumps and the itching is insane.... karlacrap

Really intensive itching in right breast and sometimes in both breasts. Have I got breast cancer?
Am extrememly concerned about itchy breasts, that began intensley itching about a month ago.  No crap

Does Tanning Really Clear Up Acne?
Reader: The last time I tanned, my skin looked better. I also just read that UV light therapy helps acne. Doesn't that mean that tanning will clear up your skin?     Sue: I have to admit it..., I also noticed that my acne seemed to be gone. I figured that tanning did something that helped clear up my skin...crap

Girls: Do you wear tampons with your diapers during menses?
I use to get itchiness with tapons so I stop wearing them. amandalu2crap

POPS
Can you get hives if you switch from advair100 to 200? popscrap

my 5 yr old has a rash which developed the last couple days since hes been out playing in the sun,
it looks like what i had when i was tanning in tanning bed Teresacrap