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Products for improving your skin’s condition are widely available, however many of these products do not work the way you are expecting them too. For instance, if you have a dry outer body and purchase a moisturizer specifically made for this condition, you would expect it to work, right? Wrong! Why is this? Because you must also examine the product’s ingredients to ensure that you are not using a product that is causing more harm than good in the long run.

Think about the number of products you use every day. Chances are you use a body wash, toner, lotion, fragrance, deodorant, and makeup–as well as specialty products for fine lines, sags-and-bags, blemishes, or other dermal conditions.

Smart consumers realize that an attractive label or well-known brand name does not guarantee the absence of ingredients that could undermine the health of your bodies surface Most of us are aware of the necessity of guarding our bodies from environmental pollutants or damaging sunburns. However, we may not know how to protect the condition of our bodies from damage caused by the products we use daily. Read the rest of this entry »

Eczema is much less frequent in adolescence than in the first years of childhood. In teen-agers it usually causes a thickening, dryness, and redness of the skin. Itching, and at times pain, may accompany the rash. At this age, eczema is most frequently found in the folds of the elbows and knees and on the wrists. Another common location is the back of the neck and ears.

Eczema may bring scaling of the skin. At times there is marked splitting of the skin and sometimes blisters appear, filled with clear fluid or pus.

The cause of eczema is usually an allergy. Though in infancy, the allergens (allergy causers) are nearly always foods, in later years the eczema is just as likely to be a reaction to wool, nylon, or other materials. Reactions to various plants can also cause the rash. The reactions may be from touching the plants or from inhaling their pollens.

Edna has severe eczema. She has had to give her dog away and must avoid visiting homes where cats or birds are kept as pets, as she is allergic to these animals. Read the rest of this entry »