Skin Care ProductsWritten by Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, Ph.D, ND, DACBN
You are never too young or too old to start taking care of your skin. In fact, skin care and protection should be an essential part of your health, fitness, and beauty regime. If you take care of your skin, your skin will take care of you! But with all of lotions, creams, and potions on market, it can be difficult to know which product will work for you. Many products claim to remove wrinkles or heal dry skin. Others claim to contain expensive ingredients that they say will improve effects of product. Here is a guide to basic skin care products on market, and how you can decipher which product will work best for you.A Look At The Products There are several types of skin care products that may make a useful additional to your daily skin care. These include cleansers, sunscreens, moisturizers, eye creams, toners, exfoliants, retinoids, herbals, and skin care supplements. Cleansers: Cleansers help to remove dirt, debris, pollutants and perspiration that accumulate on your skin throughout day. They may come in liquid, foam, or bar form. Sunscreen: Sunscreen is an essential product for care and protection of your skin. While it is true that some exposure to sunshine is necessary for body to synthesize vitamin D, you really only need 10-15 minutes each day to accomplish this. Excess sun exposure can cause changes in skin cells leading to damage. People with fair skin need to be much more careful than those with darker skin. But dark skin can become damaged too. Applying a liberal amount of a natural sunscreen with at least an SPF 15 will prevent sun damage and lower your risk of developing skin cancer. Many moisturizers come with sunscreen already included. Moisturizer: Moisturizers can soothe dry skin and make wrinkles less noticeable. They come in cream, lotion, and oil form. Oil based moisturizers are good for severely dry skin on body whereas a cream or lotion is a better choice for face as it will leave face feeling less heavy and greasy. Use a moisturizer right after bathing to seal moisture into your skin. Eye Creams: An eye cream can help to improve condition of fragile skin around eyes. It helps to hydrate and protect this area and it may even help to minimize dark circles or temporarily tighten fine lines. Toners: Skin toners offer a bit of extra cleansing to skin that tends to be combination or oily. But if your skin has become dry, avoid using a skin toner. These skin care products often contain alcohol or acetone, and they can aggravate dry or sensitive skin.
| | Thousands of Anxiety and Panic Attack Sufferers Missing Out On UK Disability BenefitsWritten by Ali Sinclair
Thousands of Anxiety and Panic Attack sufferers miss out on Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance in United Kingdom every year. Why? Because many are not aware that they are eligible and so simply do not apply.Disability Benefits are not means tested and are not affected by savings. Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance are awarded based on applicants need. Anxiety and Panic Attack sufferers aged 16 to 65 should claim Disability Living Allowance if their condition is such that they require help from another person with personal care and/or getting around. Disability Living Allowance comprises two components, care component and mobility component, applicant must have needed support for a minimum of three months. If Anxiety or Panic Attacks inhibit a persons mobility to extent where they are unable to go out without support of another person, because they may Panic, run off into Road, or need support and encouragement, then they may be eligible for Lower Rate of Mobility Component of Disability Living Allowance. To qualify, applicant must satisfy disability condition for lower rate mobility, applicant must be ‘so severely disabled physically or mentally’, that they cannot walk outdoors ‘without guidance or supervision from another person most of time’. If sufferer needs support and encouragement from another person to manage their personal care, such as reminding to have a wash, help washing and bathing, reminding to take medication, help choosing clothes and getting dressed, support when having an Anxiety or Panic Attack, then they may be eligible for care component of Disability Living Allowance. The lower rate care component may be awarded if ‘you are so severely disabled physically or mentally that you cannot prepare a meal for yourself if you have ingredients’ or ‘you are so severely disabled physically or mentally that you require in connection with your bodily functions, attention from another person for a significant portion of day, whether during a single period or a number of periods’. To qualify for middle rate care component, sufferer must require ‘continual supervision throughout day in order to avoid substantial danger to yourself or others’, or require similar supervision throughout night. The higher rate may be awarded if sufferer requires supervision both day and night.
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