Could there be anything more luxurious for your baby’s rash and irritated skin needs‚ than velvety soft rose petals, gently blended with healing herbs, rich oils and vitamins in an all natural and earth friendly salve?‚ Bums ¢‚¬Ën Roses‚® from Healing Leaf LLC is the ultimate pampering tool for today discerning parents. Read the rest of this entry »
To a teenager, few things are more traumatic than a giant zit, unless it is a persistent case of acne that plagues a young person throughout those teenage and socially formative years.‚ Acne can cause feelings of inferiority, insecurity and isolation. Therefore, it is imperative parents take their child anxiety regarding acne seriously.‚ What can you do to help? Read the rest of this entry »
Nasal congestion is one of the most miserable aspects of a cold, flu or allergies.‚ It is usually caused when nasal membranes lining the nose become swollen due to inflamed blood vessels. It is also known as nasal blockage, nasal obstruction, blocked nose, and stuffy nose.‚ Need help with it? Read the rest of this entry »
Sometimes it seems that sensitive skin has only one definition: Everything everyone else uses, everything that is new and cool in magazines, everything you WANT to use is the very thing that causes you to suffer red rash-covered skin, itching and a generally miserable result.‚ ‚ Sound familiar? Read the rest of this entry »
Dry skin can creep up on a woman.‚ First she might think it‚ is caused by too much hot water, housecleaning, or some other temporary cause.‚ She might or might not pause to use hand lotion.‚ But as we age, there is a growing tendency toward dry skin.‚ And the damage is serious.‚ Dry skin flakes.‚ It gets irritated.‚ More important¢‚¬¦it wrinkles.‚ And those wrinkles are just like a shirt left too long in a cold dryer.‚ They don want to go away. Read the rest of this entry »
These days more and more people are complaining about sensitive skin, rashes, and reactions to soap, detergents and‚ hundreds of other products.‚ Perhaps it is the ever increasing numbers of chemicals making their way into our make-up, moisturizers, shaving cream, workplaces, and homes.‚ Even the great outdoors seems to teem with emissions, chemical sludge and pollution.‚ So what do we do? Read the rest of this entry »
Psoriasis is so much more than a rash, a skin condition and even more than its famous ¢‚¬Ëheartbreak¢‚¬„¢ moniker.‚ Psoriasis is painful, embarrassing, depressing and image assaulting.‚ Serious and life altering for older people, it can be crushing to teenagers and young adults.‚ Psoriasis can retreat at times and then flare.‚ The medications used to deal with those flares sat times can seem as debilitating as the condition itself.‚ There is an intense itching that can consume sufferers and cause them to do serious damage to their skin.‚ So is there any hope? Read the rest of this entry »
Dry skin, the kind we all experience from time to time, isn’t usually serious, but it can be painful and unsightly, turning normal cells into shriveled ones and creating fine lines and wrinkles. More serious dry skin conditions, such as the inherited group of disorders called ichthyosis, can sometimes be disfiguring enough to cause psychological distress.‚ So if you suffer from dry itching skin and you are tired of feeling like your face could pass for sand paper, read on. Read the rest of this entry »
I can remember my gym teacher in junior high yelling every time she caught one of us running through the locker room barefoot.‚ She would point to a graphic poster on the wall and remind us of all the invisible little critters waiting to attack our feet.‚ Turns out‚ she was‚ right.‚ A new study confirms that foot infections like athlete’s foot and toenail fungus do spread from person to person in locker rooms, swimming pool areas and even between family members. Read the rest of this entry »
Sometimes it seems toenail fungus and skin fungus‚ are just everywhere.‚ Gyms.‚ Locker rooms.‚ Nail salons.‚ Swimming pools.‚ But there ARE ways you can reduce your risk.‚ Not everyone has the same susceptibility.‚ What is yours?‚ What is your history? Read the rest of this entry »



