5 Tips To Cure Your AcneWritten by Tony Newton
Reports show that over 90 percent of all adolescents and almost 25 percent of all adults are acne sufferers. And although acne affects about 50 percent of all adult women, acne does affect males and females worldwide, regardless of nationality.Here are 5 tips to help with acne prevention and treatment and skin maintenance. They are listed in no particular order of importance. 1. Get plenty of fresh air and sunshine for vitamin D, ingredients for healthy skin. Not only will your skin appreciate vitamin D, your body and mind will enjoy oxygen and stress reducer of a daily jaunt outdoors. But don't overdo it and get a sunburn! Remember to use sun protection / tanning lotions if you'll be out long. You don't want to get caught up in that cycle of burned, dead skin cells blocking pores, resulting in acne scenario. 2. Remember, even "good" stress can trigger internal chemical responses that result in acne, too. So plan ahead to deal with extra stress when planning a wedding, graduation, a move, a new job, a job transfer, a new baby, etc. Journal a little extra, focusing on upcoming issue or issues and plan in some extra rest (use relaxation or meditation tools - cassettes, workshops, etc.) Get help around house, take time off, exercise (yoga and T'ai Chi are highly recommended), have fun or whatever you need to do.
| | Top 4 Sunless Tanning MethodsWritten by Tony Newton
Tanning products, both sunless and sun, go to work on epidermis, or outside layer of your skin, and not dermis or inner layer. However, layer of epidermis that is affected by sunless versus layer affected by sun tanning products differs. Sun tanning lotions, sprays, gels and other assorted items, go to work on stratum basale or deepest layer. And sunless tanning items go to work on stratum corneum or outermost layer.Method 1 - Sunless Bronzers Some sunless tanning products come in form of moisturizers (as lotions and crèmes) and powders and are referred to as bronzers. Basically you simply apply these to your skin as you would make up products for a temporary "tan" appearance, similar to effects of applied makeup leaving a "tint." Then you just wash bronzers off with soap and water; "tan is removed with washing. Caution is needed so that products do not stain clothing or other fabric. And care needs to be taken so that applications do not streak or run when wet, similar to results of mascara running. And finally, make sure that if you wear these products outdoors, they contain sunscreen in ingredients; otherwise wear protective clothing, eyewear, etc. Method 2 - Sunless Tanning Booths Sunless tanning booths are becoming more popular. With an air compressor and an airbrush delivery system in one of these booths, skin receives a "tan." What happens is that pistons in compressor quickly press or force air out via a nozzle in an airbrush or spray head. This air mixes with a tanning solution containing DHA that's inside compartments within airbrush, and sprays this in a fine mist over outer skin layer. Some tanning booths have up to 36 of these airbrushes connected to compressor and they are all either in fixed positions or moving. Thus tanning clients then either move under fixed sprayers so that skin is covered all over. Or else tanner parts move to spray different body parts (these types pose more mechanical maintenance issues though.)
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