How to outsmart zitsWritten by Naweko San-Joyz
In 2001, after comparing over 250 studies and 150 drugs, a team at Johns Hopkins Children's Center still has no clue as to how to successfully treat acne. With this lineup of intelligence failing to cure acne, how can any average Jane expect to free herself from a zit affliction? Simple; crack code of your zits. An effective acne treatment has remained elusive because deeper meanings behind information-packed pimples are too often neglected or unexamined, until now. “Listen to messages of your zits”, proclaims Naweko San-Joyz, author of Acne Messages: Crack code of your zits and say goodbye to acne. Zits are smart and full of knowledge about you and your lifestyle. Those pimples on your face act as little messengers from body to suggest beneficial changes to your lifestyle and areas of your life to which you should pay more attention. Acne Messages guides exacerbated acne sufferer to find out exactly what causes their unique case of acne. This is shortcoming of most acne prescriptions and creams; they treat acne as a target as opposed to probing into what emotional, physical, psychological and or nutritional needs set off acne trigger.
| | B Vitamin hype: With ambitions of fighting acne, rosacea and tumors, what can this vitamin really do for you?Written by Naweko San-Joyz
Vitamin B is no small time player in high stakes game of beauty. Just take case of pellagra for example. Pellagra is a life threatening skin disease characterized by dementia, diarrhea, and dermatitis that results from a niacin (B vitamin) deficiency. In early 20th century in United States pellagra plagued thousands of people in South and Midwest. The condition was thought to be contagious until investigators discovered underlying nutritional deficiency. Even today, importance of vitamin B is cultivating new roles in world of beauty. Dermatologist Leslie Baumann, MD forecasts topical vitamin B and its multiple derivatives as key ingredients in future anti-aging products. For example, one derivative of B vitamin niacin, nicotinamide, has been shown to improve ability of epidermis, upper-most layer of skin, to retain moisture. One study reports that topical nicotinamide, when applied to skin for six days reveals softer, smoother skin with less dryness and flakiness, and a reduction of fine lines. Even more promising is its anti-cancer influences. For instance, when applied to mouse skin, topical nicotinamide produced a 70 percent decrease in ultraviolet-induced skin cancer. Niacinamide, another byproduct of vitamin B, serves as an effective skin-lightening agent. In one clinical investigation, patients with hyperpigmentation applied a moisturizer containing five percent niacinamide. Four weeks later, computer analysis of hyperpigmentation and skin color revealed a decrease in hyperpigmentation along with an increase in skin lightness. Topical niacinamide also exhibits anti-inflammatory properties, which makes it a potential treatment for acne, rosacea and any blistering-type disease.
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