Nutrition is a very important part of our health care. Through food intake, our body maintains its vital energy and stores vital substances* . * Vital substances include vitamins, minerals, trace elements, vital amino acids, vital fatty acids, etc. Personal strains such as stress, environmental influences, one-sided and irregular nutrition, pregnancy, illnesses, permanent medication, etc. … Vital Substance Analysis for Women
Oily skin can be suppressed by hormones or hormonal contraceptives (birth control pills) with antiandrogenic effects. Estrogen-emphasized birth control pills or birth control pills with additions of an antiandrogen (chlormadinone acetate: weaker-acting; cyproterone acetate: stronger-acting) have a positive effect on excessive skin oil production. The use of stronger-acting antiandrogens should be limited to cases of … Drug Therapy for Oily Skin (Seborrhea)
The eye area is a special problem zone. Signs of age show up here first. Eye care products (eye cosmetics) include mascara (mascara), eye shadow and eyelash curler. For the eye area, there are furthermore special care products such as fat-free eye gels or particularly rich creams. Bags and circles under the eyes Eye bags … Eye Care
A steam bath provides relaxation at a mild temperature and high humidity. Fill a large-size saucepan half full with water. Heat the water until it steams. Then place the pot on the table with a pad and sit in front of it at a comfortable distance. An optimal session lasts about 8-12 minutes. For oily … Steam Bath
Face masks (masks) are used for general skin health. However, they can also be used for specific skin conditions, for example, to treat hyperpigmentation. There are face masks that have a firming and smoothing effect. Signs of fatigue disappear. Small wrinkles are softened. There are so-called peel-off masks, which form an elastic film on the … Face Masks
An oil bath is an ordinary water bath with the addition of soap-free oil. Oil baths are important in the treatment of dry skin (xeroderma). A distinction is made between spreading and emulsion oil baths. Spreading oil baths (spreading oil baths) cover the skin with a film after the bath, grease particularly well, but cleanse … Oil Baths
Everyone wants a beautiful complexion and soft, clean skin. To achieve this, it is important to give the skin what it needs and not expose it to unnecessary stress.The skin is surrounded by a natural acid mantle. This is a hydrolipid film on the skin formed by the sweat and sebaceous glands, which has a … Cleaning and Care
Syndet is a compound term from the English “synthetic detergents or synthetic detergents”, which roughly means “artificially produced detergent”. The term syndet is used to distinguish them from soaps (alkali salts of natural fatty acids). Syndets contain surfactants (washing-active substances; see below) as foaming and cleaning components. For cleaning purposes, slightly acidic syndets are preferable … Syndets
A superficial light peeling can be applied once or twice a week after cleansing. This removes the dead skin scales from the top layer of skin (epidermis).Some peeling products contain small abrasive particles and glycolic acid or alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) for this purpose. The combination of mechanical peeling (fine abrasive particles) and mild biological … Tips and Tricks for Peeling
The following are the main diseases or complications that may be contributed by skin aging: Age spots (lentigo senilis). Desiccation eczema (exsiccation eczema). Itching due to old age (pruritus senilis) Age warts – seborrheic keratosis Actinic keratosis – chronic damage to the keratinized epidermis, caused by many years of intense exposure to sunlight (actinic = … Skin Diseases in Old Age
The skin is a hormone-dependent organ. It has steroid hormone receptors through which estrogens, progesterone and testosterone dock and can thus exert their effect. Hormone deficiencies can thus lead to dermatological problems. The modes of action It is considered certain that hormone therapies or supplemental hormone treatments have a beneficial effect on: Quality of the … Therapy the Mature Skin: Hormone Cosmetics
The word laser – Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation – is an abbreviation from the English language, which translates to “light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation”. The name of the laser indicates which medium is used to generate the laser light. Sunlight contains light of different colors, that is, of different wavelengths. … Laser Therapy: Effects
