Stretch marks are a normal part of puberty for most girls and guys. When a person grows or gains weight really quickly (like during puberty), that person may get fine lines on the body called stretch marks. Stretch marks happen when the skin is pulled by rapid growth...
Sometimes you look in mirror and see again puffy eye bags – swelling, irritating and itchy. What could trigger puffy eye bags? In general puffy eye bags could be a symptom of allergy, lack of sleep, stress, poor diet, normal aging process or bad habits (intensive use...
Liver spots (so called “age spots” or “lentigo senilis”) are not really skin disease but it is very specific common skin condition characterized by a lesion which is induced by exposure to the sun. Although they called “liver spots”, they have no connection to liver...
Herpes zoster (Shingles, zoster, zona) is a very specific infection disease triggered by reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). This virus affects peripheral or cranial nerves and it develops painful blistering skin rash. Inflammation of the nerve axons...
Freckles are flat, dark, small spots seen on the skin. Freckles very often could be a problem for girls and women. Usually freckles appear very early – in childhood (before puberty). If women skin is exposed to sun, freckles could increase in numbers and in sizes....
Skin freckles (especially on the face) sometimes could be a problem for girls and women. Usually freckles appear very early – in childhood (before puberty). If women skin is exposed to sun, freckles could increase in numbers and in sizes. Skin freckles are thought to...
During life period many girls and women are experiencing different types and different sizes of skin scars (mainly acne scars or post-traumatic scars). Unfortunately skin scars could dramatically change women appearance especially if scars located on women face. What...
Blackheads could be on-going problem for many women. Some experts consider blackhead as the first stage of acne – the condition which can be triggered by poor hygiene, excess facial oils/sebum, stress, unhealthy diet, poor digestion and some hormonal disorders or...
Skin is the largest organ of the body and skin provides a barrier between the inside of the body and the outside environment. Skin rash can be considered as a signal about changes affected the skin. Actually the skin rash is a noticeable change in the texture or color...
Skin tags are benign, non-cancerous skin growths that look like a small piece of soft, hanging skin. Skin tags are harmless but unpleasant for women skin appearance. They can grow on any part of body – in most cases on eyelids, armpits, neck, breasts (under...
Blackheads (so called “open comedomes“) are small, tiny, dark spots on the skin – it is actually a wide opening on the skin (widened hair follicle) which is filled with skin debris, bacteria and oil with a blackened mass covering the hair follicle opening caused by...
Human Demodex are tiny mites that live in the hair follicle – mainly on face skin (forehead, cheeks, sides of the nose, eyelashes and external ear canals). Demodex mites are not visible and in normal concentrations never create any skin problems. But if for any reason...
It is well known that stress can damage our health and emotional status and at the same time the stress can damage our skin and our looking. Stress related skin conditions can be both temporary and permanently. Scientists discovered that our emotional reactions...
Cold sores (so called “fever blisters”) are pretty common health condition – it is lip blister or a group of blisters around the mouth which often create uncomfortable and unpleasant pain. Usually after cold sores first appear, they have a tendency to recur frequently...
Skin tags (medically called “acrochordon”) are tiny, benign raised bobbles of skin (skin growth). Skin tags often look like a small piece of soft, hanging skin but sometimes skin tags can grow big up to the size of a grape. Skin tags tissue is usually soft and often...
