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By: Vinay Gupta Home | Health-and-Fitness | Diseases-and-Conditions


The skin is the largest organ of your body? It is, in terms of both weight, between 6 and 9 pounds, and surface area, about 2 square yards. Your skin separates the inside of your body from the outside world.

It has many important functions, these include

â€Protects you from bacteria and viruses
â€Helps you sense the outside world, such as whether it is hot or cold, wet or dry
â€Regulates your body temperature

Conditions that irritate, clog or inflame your skin can cause symptoms such as redness, swelling, burning and itching. Allergies, irritants, your genetic makeup and certain diseases and immune system problems can cause dermatitis, hives and other skin conditions. Many skin problems, such as acne, also affect your appearance. 'Facial skin care treatment' is more a matter of discipline than anything else. Cleansing helps in removing dust, pollutants, grease and extra oil from your skin, thereby preventing damage to your skin. Toning helps remove all traces of dirt, grease and excess cleanser. Exfoliation is again, kind of, optional step in everyday routine for facial skin care disorders. However, exfoliation is necessary at least once a week. The next thing in facial skin care is moisturizing.

If you suffer from frequent flare-ups and the annoying redness and blotchiness associated with Rosacea, do not wait any longer. Rosacea is a skin condition that over 16 million North Americans are identified as having. Many more are often misdiagnosed or not diagnosed at all.

There is no cure for psoriasis, but a broad range of treatments is available to reduce the symptoms, clear up the skin, and send the disease into remission. Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin disease in which skin cells replicate at an extremely rapid rate. New skin cells are produced about eight times faster than normal--over several days instead of a month--but the rate at which old cells slough off is unchanged.

Some spots are there at birth and some are born much later in life, but any sort of dark mark on the skin can run the gamut from disturbing to disfiguring. The last few years have brought to life lasers that lighten and color-changing creams, as well as other cosmetic procedures that in yesteryear were the stuff of cosmetic dreams. Once eczema is diagnosed, a treatment plan will be made based on: Type and severity of the eczema present; Age, health, and medical history (including presence of other conditions): History of previous treatment. Approximately 10 percent to 20 percent of the world population is affected by this chronic, relapsing, and very itchy rash at some point during childhood.

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