In the ongoing battle against aging and growing older, researchers in Germany are studying the impact of LED lights compared to Botox. When LED light was applied to the skin at high levels for several weeks, skin was firmer, more youthful looking, and had fewer wrinkles. Skin also demonstrated increased elasticity, which means it was quicker to "spring back" after being touched.
It isn't enough that athletes have to worry about their sleep, stress, and nutrition; they now have to worry about skin infections. Skin infections are on the rise in high contact sports, accounting for up to 10% of missed playing time, especially at the high school level. One team of professionals in Minnesota are seeking to quell the rise of MRSA, herpes, and ringworm in their high school athletic population.
Death Sauce (an extremely hot brand of pepper sauce) may be the newest contestant in the fight against wrinkles.
Discovered by accident, the capsaicin in this blend has the power to fight the effects of aging on skin.
The "Lousebuster"- a device that looks like a blend of a hair dryer and a vacuum cleaner could soon be in a drugstore near you.
As it's name suggests, the Lousebuster gets rid of lice, with a "near perfect success rate", according to one of its inventors.
Children are prone to picking up lice while at school, and the treatment of choice has been special lice combs and insecticides. The problem is that the lice combs take a very long time to use, and most parents don't feel comfortable about putting insecticides on their children.
In clinical tests, Coffeeberry has been shown to decrease superficial damage from sun exposure and free radicals.
Coffeeberry does this by the fact of being made of four powerful phenol antioxidants. The fact that it contains so many phenols makes coffeeberry stronger and more effective than green tea, vitamin C, vitamin E, pomegranates and blueberries.
New technology changes skin cells, offers new hope for treatment of hair and skin disorders.
It's common wisdom that drinking water is good for skin. Proper hydration helps keep skin clear, clean, and glowing. Drinking enough water can actually improve the thickness and density of the skin; both factors are associated with a more youthful, healthy appearance.
While drinking water is definitely a good skin care habit, which kind of water is better: regular old tap water or mineral water?
A new study identifies that tanning may be an addictive behavior, similar to an addiction to drugs or alcohol.
You've probably heard that smoking has been linked to an increase in facial wrinkles. This is thought to occur from the combined effects of dehydration from the smoke, and the constant pulling of the skin around the mouth as you inhale.
The Archives of Dermatology reports that facial wrinkles aren't the only thing to be concerned about. Smoking may increase body wrinkles, too- even on parts of the body which are normally covered by clothes.
A study recently published in Psychosomatic Medicine found that being in a happy, positive mood may be the best defense against catching a cold.
In this experiment, healthy volunteers were exposed to a cold or flu virus, and the people with a "positive emotional style" were better able to ward off colds and illness compared to their counterparts.
Mouth ulcers, the official name for canker sores, affect more than 58 million Americans. Canker sores tend to occur on the insides of the gums, lips, and cheeks. They begin as a small reddened bump, and then quickly become an irritated sore, covered by a white or yellowish membrane. Without treatment, most canker sores will heal by themselves- but it can take two weeks or more.
Skin care just keeps getting more and more decadent. If it wasn't enough to have chocolate, fruits, teas, and coffees in your skin products, a new spa in New York: Delluva is now set to offer vinotherapy skin care. (Vino as in wine.)
New research from the University of California, Riverside, has found that applying insulin directly to wounds of the skin significantly enhances the natural healing process.
Insulin is most well known for its capacity to regulate blood sugar levels, but it now also appears to play a role in improved wound healing.
A new study outlines the benefits of tea extracts on skin damage after radiation therapy for cancer.
In this study, researchers found that duration of skin toxicity following radiotherapy decreased by 5 to 10 days after treatment of the skin with tea extracts.
Austrian researchers recently reported that Caucasian marathon runners may have a greater risk of skin cancer due to prolonged sun exposure while running.
This risk seemed to increase with the number of miles run each week. Those marathoners who ran more than 43.5 miles per week had the highest rates of skin cancer.
The World Health Organization (WHO) released a report last week stating that alcohol-based hand cleaners for hospital staff, which are easier and faster to use than soap and water could save thousands of dollars in healthcare costs, by reducing patient infection and need to treat those infections.
In early October, 2006, the drug Zolinza was approved by the FDA to treat CTCL (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma), a rare form of skin cancer.
Zolinza is permitted for use if the disease gets worse, persists, or recurs after treatment with other skin cancer medications.
Gaithersburg, MD based Iomai Corp. has just begun testing two types of skin patch vaccines, one to prevent the flu, and the other to prevent travelers' diarrhea. Tests are being conducted on hundreds of volunteers, with funding and assistance from The National Institutes of Health.
The National Institutes of Health is interested in skin patch research (also called transdermal delivery mechanisms) as skin patch vaccines may replace some existing vaccine technologies, and may be used to provide an extra boost to others when needed (such as in the case of a super-bug or pandemic).
The BBC recently reported that more than half of the UK's hairdressers and barbers are suffering from contact dermatitis, mainly due to their work.
Contact dermatitis is an irritation of the skin, often caused by chemicals, or frequent washing or wetting of the hands.
Teams of researchers in the UK and Austria have now shown that repeated computer imaging of skin lesions over time accurately and effectively identifies skin cancers before they are recognized by other clinical procedures.
Using sequential dermoscopy (where skin is repeatedly imaged over time) provides significant assistance in tracking so called "featureless melanomas", which are melanomas which are malignant, but don't look to be malignant. By tracking the computer images of moles over time, scientists can detect these melanomas much earlier than other methods.
