Importance of Skin Care

When you meet people, the first thing they look at, is your face. What impression your face leaves on people God knows better, but you naturally feel uncomfortable if your skin has a rough texture with rashes and acnes. The discomfort lingers on until you get a soft and spotless skin. In olden days people would rest on homemade recipes, but advancement of medical science has offered many ways to remove warts, spots, cicatrices and scars of bad tissues; and restore the natural complexion.

Skin comprises 16% of whole body weight. It plays very significant role in protecting human body against harmful substances and rays. An important function of skin is making vitamin D out of sunlight which helps in excretion of harmful fluids through the skin. Eczema, ringworm, fungal skin diseases, itching, pustules, pimples, discoloration of face, allergy, boil or abscess and other skin diseases caused by viruses not only deface women's look but men's too. Resultantly, they start avoiding parties and social events because of feeling themselves look-wise inferior.

It is generally assumed that having milk just after having fish leads to leucoderma. Researches done so far have revealed only that coloured cells of skin begin self-destructing due to some internal factors. leucoderma treatment have recently seen some developments. White spots on body are not necessarily a sign of leucoderma. They may be because of ringworm, fungal skin diseases, xeroderma or leprosy. Discoloration of face among women is generally caused by hormonal changes during pregnancy. Such spots disappear after pregnancy period is over.

Plenty of sunscreens are available in market. You are likely to get confused which one to choose. Therefore, better you rely on homemade lotions. Sesame oil is very useful to keep skin soft and can absorb sunrays. Mix half cup sesame oil or olive oil with pure vinegar, one teaspoon iodine and a few drops linder oil. linder oil not only makes it smell sweet but shoos away insects and mosquitoes. Lotion could be prepared with two third sunflower oil and one third lemon juice or vinegar. This lotion is used in many countries. Water mixed with salt removes dryness from body. After having applied salty water; it should be washed off the body with fresh water as soon as possible. If you on a holiday in winter spend a little more time basking in the sun and catch mild inflammation, apply on the body a mixture of vinegar and water or paste of cucumber. Green tea or milk also relieves inflammation.

In general teenagers get pimples but sometime they remain beyond teen-age. Apart from face, pimples may appear on chest and waist. Real cause could have not been discovered yet factors causing spots and pimples have been traced. Bacteria presence in men's hormones causes pimples. Oily skin is more prone to pimples, so people with such skin should wash their faces with soap every now and then. Women should avoid oily creams such as foundation and cold cream. Applying the paste of gourd leaves on face for half an hour then wash off is very useful to remove pimples. Salad leaves are also very effective for facial beauty. Women with oily skin should apply the paste of salad leaves, rose petals and lemon juice on their faces for half an hour then wash off with soap. It peels off the oily layer which causes pimples. Paste of the Kernel of walnut removes facial discoloration and scars caused by an injury. A new research reveals that taking fruits and vegetables oftentimes stops facial discoloration and works as anti-aging formula. Health specialists suggest increasing the fruits and vegetables intake to avoid discoloration instead of having plastic surgery. According to doctors fruits and vegetables include such ingredients which rejuvenate skin. Fruits have some anti-cancer ingredients too. Diet definitely affects skin.