Archive for July, 2009
What Are the Symptoms of Menopause and Low Estrogen Levels.
In women, estrogen helps move the fertilized egg to the uterus from the ovaries. When menopause occurs, symptoms of low estrogen levels are often hot flashes and night sweats.
Women go through many changes during menopause. Even the skin is affected, resulting in dry skin, and possibly acne. Estrogen replacement therapy can often cure the dryness. [...]
UVA and UVB Protection is a Must
It doesn’t matter if you’re spending the summer on your balcony, or you’re heading to some exotic place, sunscreen, must be given a lot of thought. If you are concerned with antiaging and want to avoid premature aging, you should be purchasing or a sunscreen that will protect you and your loved ones from both [...]
What are the Causes of Dark Under Eye Circles and Bags and How to Fight Them
The skin is an ever-changing organ. With age, it sags or slacks because it loses its elasticity and the collagen, which plumps the skin, decreases. Age begins to show on our skin, more particularily around the eyes.
Metabolism also slows with age. Fat takes the place of muscle. Dark circles are noticable as are sinking eyes [...]
Nose to Mouth Lines Cosmetic Procedures
Premature aging begins with some signs, of the first are the nose to mouth lines, or nasal labial folds. They usually form in people’s 30s or 40s. As the skin loses elasticity and collagen, the skin falls, resulting in these lines. Of course, they are a lifetime of expressions that become deeper with age.
The cheekbone [...]
How to Prevent Wrinkles and Slow Aging
What are wrinkles, really? Wrinkles are simply aging factors that occur externally. It is however, normal to lose a bit of muscle tone and elasticity. There are ways to prevent wrinkles and slow aging.
Following are the top 5 contributing risk factors to wrinkles and aging:
1. Exposure to the sun, as well as tanning beds, due [...]
How to Get Healthier and More Beautiful Skin
There are unlimited products on the market that claim to do wonders for your skin. Certainly, these products may actually work, however, there are a few tips that can maximize the results and work hand in hand with those products to help you get healthier and more beautiful skin than ever before.
1. Drink the minimum [...]
Vitamin K
Vitamin K plays an important role in anti-aging or premature aging. Apart from the aforementioned, it helps the liver function normally, helps to avoid blood clots and reduces heavy menstrual periods.
A diet lacking in this vitamin can result in premature aging, colitis, increased amounts of bile salt build-up in the intestines and reduced energy.
Foods that [...]
Vitamin E
How can one effectively use vitamin E in anti-aging? Well, for one, it prevents the formation of scars in burns, acne, and post-operative situations. It increases fertility in both males and females and is said to reestablish male potency. Vitamin E also protects the body and the skin from environmental toxins. It also aids fat [...]
Vitamin D.
Vitamin D is naturally supplied by the sun, so 10 minutes each day is all that is required. Besides the sun, it is also found in milk, eggs, and fish. So how does vitamin D aid anti-aging? This vitamin is vital for the formation of teeth and bones as well as maintaining a healthy thyroid. [...]
Vitamin C or Ascorbic Acid
Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid is responsible for the normal growth and preservation of almost all body tissues. It is especially useful with teeth and gums, joints and bones. Antiaging with Vitamin C is possible, because it slows premature aging, and speeds up the healing process in tissues. It helps the body fight [...]
