Are you are suffering with skin related problems, majorly the ups and down of the skin? Now, there is certainly no need for you to suffer in silence any more. Knightsbridge Laser Clinic offers you a course of IPL treatment especially for your skin. They have devised this new method of IPL treatment for treating acne related problems of your skin.

This method mainly utilizes the light for combating acne. This light in turned into heat energy and goes further into the skin, thereby producing some light reaction with sebaceous glands. The heat energy helps in slowing down the further production of oil from your skin which was mainly responsible for acne. As there is less amount of sebum that is produced, therefore, the skin starts becoming clearer by day.

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Cellulitis is a common inflammation of the connective tissue underlying the skin. It appears when bacteria occupy broken or normal skin, cuts, burns, insect bites, surgical wounds, or sites of endovenous catheter insertion and start to spread just beneath the skin or in the skin itself.

Cellulitis can occur anywhere on the body. In adults, it often occurs on the legs, face, or arms. In children, it is most common on the face or around the anus. An infection on the face could lead to a dangerous eye infection. You can find the ways to prevent cellulitis and keep you in healthy.

In some cases, cellulites can develop without any type of cut in individuals with a weak immune system or diabetes. So it can happen with everyone even you are fit and healthy. However, there are many ways to treat and avoid the cellulitis coming back to your body. (more…)

Pegaga is mostly found at Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Madagascar and southern region of US and Africa. It easily grows on the warm ground, low and wet areas of both hemispheres, especially abundant in the swampy areas of India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka up to an altitude of approximately 700 meters.

Traditionally pegaga is put inside the Malay meal. It is so delicious eating with salads and vegetable. You can find this kind of meal at malay restaurant especially at Malaysia and Indonesia until now. The fragrant leaves can act as an appetizer. We can either eat it raw or cook it as part of a soup. The local people believe that pegaga will help to promote wound healing.

On scientific name pegaga is called Centella asiatica. It is a polymorphous, creeping plant, rooting at nodes, with sometimes significant tap root, cylindrical and glabrous stems. This plant, dried and crushed, has been used in the treatment of leprosy, bronchitis, asthma, syphilis, and as a wound healing agent.

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Blackhead is a yellowish or blackish bump or plug on the skin. A blackhead is a type of acne vulgaris. It is caused by excess oils that have accumulated in the sebaceous gland’s duct. The substance found in these bumps mostly consists of keratin and modified sebum (an oily secretion of the sebaceous gland), which darkens (resembling dirt) as it oxidizes.

So how to rid of the blackhead?

1) You can squeeze it out with your nails. But it is not recommended.

2) Wash your face regularly with lukewarm water and a good cleanser at least 3 times a day. Keep on splashing water on the skin because blackheads usually appear on the oily skin.

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Skin cancer is actually the most common of all human cancers in Western countries like the United States. It is not as common here as breast or lung cancer because although we are exposed to the sun, we have plenty of pigmentation in our skin compared to Caucasians to protect us.

This does not however mean we won’t get skin cancer, just that our incidence compared to other cancers is not as high.

There 3 Factor are causing of Skin Cancer :

1) Sunburn and Sunlight – Very simply, sunburn and UV light can damage your skin, and this damage can lead to skin cancer

2) Heredity – If there is a history of skin cancer in your family, you are probably at a higher risk. People with fair skin, with a northern European heritage appear to be most susceptible.

3) Environment – The level of UV light today is higher than it was 50 or 100 years ago. This is due to a reduction of ozone in the earth’s atmosphere (the Ozone Hole). Ozone serves as a filter to screen out and reduce the amount of UV light that we are exposed to.

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Acne is commonly occurred on your skin. Acne is what we commonly refer to as pimples.

Acne occurs when:

• A hair follicle is clogged by thickening of the skin at the opening of hair follicles, oil from cosmetic products or tar
• There is increased oil excretion by the oil gland (sebaceous gland), which is a genetically determined and hormone dependent condition
• There is bacterial infection of the ducts (bacteria mainly responsible is Propionebacterium acnes

Acne is not due to oily foods such as peanuts or chocolate. It is also not due to allergic rhiniti. Acne can present as White head or blackhead which is called comedone, Red bumps with or without pus or Nodules and cyst formation which may cause permanent scar.

It can affect anyone. It is usually worse among teenagers, especially boys. Acne can also show up at any time in your life, even beyond 50 years of age. If your parents have had significant acne, chances are you will have it too.

What can make acne worse?

Things that can worsen acne are : (more…)