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Moisturizer Allergies
Which Skin Care Product ingredients in moisturizers can cause allergic reactions?
Moisturizing skin care products are widely used around the world, most often safely and successfully to relieve dry flaky skin.
Moisturizers, however, can be complex compounds, that contain a wide variety of fragrances, preservatives, biologics and other ingredients.
It is these other ingredients that for the [...]
Leptin Levels Elevated in Psoriasis
One link between Psoriasis and Obesity
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin problem that causes a build up of thick, flaking scaly skin. Psoriasis is now recognized as associated with inflammatory disorders in other organs: patients with psoriasis have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and arthritis.
Dermatologists have long recognized that obesity [...]
What is Quercetin?
Why is Quercetin use in Skin Care Products?
Quercetin is a naturally occurring chemical, in the flavenoid family. Quercetin is found in a wide range of plants including red onion, capers, apples, tea,cherries, raspberries, leafy vegetables, red grapes, broccoli and cranberries, among others.
Quercetin is also known as “Natural Yellow 10″ dye.
Quercetin is used for [...]
Skin Care Products and Tips to protect your skin while on the ski slopes.
While you are flying down the slopes this winter, your skin can suffer.
Here are four skin care areas to think about to keep your skin as nimble as your moves on the mountain.
Dryness. High altitude, wind and low humidity contribute to [...]
What is Vitamin D? Why is Vitamin D important? What does Vitamin D have to do with Skin Care?
Vitamin D is a chemical or hormone that affects many body functions. Vitamin D is made from precursors in the skin. It requires several steps in various organs to become active and useful.
One of the first steps [...]
What is Epiduo Combination Acne Medication Skin Care Product?
Epiduo is the recently FDA approved combination topical prescription medication for acne.
Epiduo combines adapalene, a third generation retinoid with benzoyl peroxide.
Retinoids are synthetic Vitamin A derivatives.
The first generation topical retinoid, Retin-A, has been used successfully to treat acne for decades.
Adapalene, known as the prescription cream Differin, [...]
Green Skin Care Products! Skin Care Products from Fruits and Vegetables
Green products are fashionable now, and that includes in the skin care industry.
Many manufacturers are raiding the vegetable and produce aisles for natural substrates that can be turned into skin care creams and potions.
Some of these cosmetic grade extracts include:
tomato
mushroom
apple
spinach
chili pepper
pumpkin
sweet potato
melon
orange
carrot
Many of the vegetables [...]
Controversies in Skin Care Products…
How safe are Nano Particles in Skin Care Products?
Material science has boomed in recent years, enabling the development of more complex, sophisticated and smaller particles of many materials. Very small, or nano particles have been used in a variety of skin care products to enhance the delivery of substances into the [...]
What is Arbutin? Why is Arbutin used in some bleaching or whitening Skin Care Products?
Arbutin is a derivative of the bearberry plant, and
also found in other plants such as blueberry and pears.
Arbutin is the chemical name for a glucopyranoside derivative of hydroquinone.
Hydroquinone is the most widely recognized and prescribed chemical to attempt to induce lightening [...]
What is Atralin Gel For Acne Treatment?
Atralin is a prescription form of tretinoin for the treatment of acne.
Tretinoin has been a standard in prescription acne skin care products.
Tretinoin is effective in the treatment of both comedonal (blocked pores or blackhead and whitehead) acne as well as moderate inflammatory (pimple type) acne.
Tretinoin is a synthetic [...]