Archive for July, 2007:
Types and Forms of Acne
We’ve discussed about types of skins and we’ve been drawing a general overview on acne. You’ve also found out about the major potential enemies of your skin and about the major factors that could produce acne.
It’s high time for you to learn about the types of acne too, that is the forms in which [...]
Oily and Sensitive Skins Are Prone to Acne
As you’ve just read the more oil your skin naturally produces, the more prone to acne the skin is. Everyone could recognize an oily skin by the fact it is shiny and coarse in its texture. Oily-skinned persons might have recurring blackheads and also enlarged pores, their skin may show flakiness around their noses [...]
Types of Skin: Normal, Dry and Oily Skin
Your skin can be divided into three types: the dry skin, the normal skin and the oily skin. As you may imagine only the normal skin is the healthy one, as it is not being affected by special skin disorders such as acne or others.
On the other hand you must know that apart from these [...]
Know Your Skin, It’s Yours!
We’ve discussed a little bit about acne and acne myths, you’ve found out that some of the common beliefs are true and some of them are wrong and that you should treat acne with maximum seriousness, as it is a real not-temporary skin disorder, which can worsen and cause scars and a lot of discomfort. [...]
Acne Myth No. 8
Hormones Are Related to Acne – RIGHT
The fact the hormones have something to do with acne is not longer a myth, it’s reality. Acne is directly related to hormones, as these ones are some of the most sensitive and important elements from the human body, which influence or cause a lot of disorders and health [...]
Acne Myth No. 7
Dirt Is a Cause for Acne – WRONG
The fact that dirt or dust could cause acne is one of those grandma’s beliefs! As you will see, it’s nothing more than a common belief, or a groundless myth about this annoying skin disorder.
Common people have always believed only in what they could see, touch, taste etc. [...]
Acne Myth No. 6 - Part IV
Stay Away from Skin Products that Are “Oil Free”, as well as from Those Containing Lanolin!
Although this is not some sort of battle against the producers of cosmetics, but against acne, you should know that these fellows are somehow tricky. As the products containing oil have been recently discovered as being harmful for your skin, [...]
Acne Myth No. 6 - Part III
The More Oil Your Skin Is Provided with, the More Beautiful It Will Be! - WRONG
An ironically funny thing is that there are so many products that are in fact causing acne that the doctors have even invented a word for calling these products’ ability to induce the skin disorder: “acnegenicity”. Acnegenicity refers to both [...]
Acne Myth No. 6 - Part II
About Acne Cosmetica
You’ve already found out from the previous post that acne cosmetica is directly caused by cosmetics, that is make-up and those many products pretending that will make you even more beautiful that you already are. Unfortunately, acne cosmetica is on the rise in the present, which means that for more and more people [...]
Myth Acne No. 6 - Part I
Cosmetics Are a Direct Cause for Acne – TRUE
The fact the cosmetics cause acne isn’t a myth anymore, it is a reality proved by medical researches. There exists in fact a type of acne that is called acne cosmetica, which is a common form of acne that is caused directly by the cosmetics people used. [...]