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Self or sunless tanners are lotions that create a fake tan. Most use dihydroxyacetone (DHA) which reacts with protein in your skin, turning it brown (it’s the same chemical reaction that turns bread brown when it’s toasted!) The higher the concentration of the DHA, the darker your skin. Color from DHA develops in hours. Some self tanners . . . → Read More: How to Avoid a Self Tanning Disaster
A patient of mine with severe hand dermatitis has an identity problem. She applied for a job that she is well qualified to get, except she doesn’t have any fingerprints. Her job requires a security clearance, and she has to have fingerprints to verify her identity (and to verify that she isn’t wanted in . . . → Read More: Why Do We Have Fingerprints?  8 comments  Uncategorized  eczema, fingerprint, fingertips, genetic conditions, Hands, Psoriasis, ridges, scar, science, sensitive receptors, touch, why do we have fingerprints
Argh! You cleaned out your high school locker years ago and now you have acne pimples on your jaw this morning. You’re not alone — 1 in every 5 women over 25 has acne. Adult acne, in contrast to the teenage type, occurs more often in women. For some women, this is the first time they . . . → Read More: What You Need To Know About Adult Acne 21 comments Uncategorized Acne, acne pimples, acne treatments, adult, birth control pills, Cosmetics, eating chocolate, hormonal imbalances, pantene, skin, sunscreen, tips, treatment, women
Right now your hands are teeming with bacteria. Countless trillions of organisms call your skin home, and that’s a good thing. Skin infections do not arise because you have bacteria on your skin. Rather, they arise because the type of bacteria on infected skin is not healthy bacteria but aggressive pathogenic bacteria. Determining which bacteria . . . → Read More: Your Hands Are Teeming With Bacteria |
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