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A double chin decorates nobody especially women. Women’s neck must be simply ideal!
But things go on not always as we want. Even young men and women may have such unpleasant problem as a double chin.
The reason that fat accumulates in lower part of the face is not always excess weight. Sometimes even slim men and women have this problem.
Drastic weight loss can also be the reason. In this case skin may not grow short when one lose fat and be weighed down. The reason can be in genetic predisposition of a person or in individual features of face structure.
However the main reason is that fact that muscles become weaker with the age. How to avoid it or slow down the process?
Here are some simple recommendations.
1. Sleep on flat pillows. You may take a special orthopedic pillow that helps your head to be in right position during the sleep.
2. Look for your bearing. Try to keep your chin up. If you sit long before computer screen during your working day strain your neck muscles 10-15 times an hour. This exercise will strengthen your neck muscles and you feel it soon.
3. Make face exercises to make nice line of your chin. Here is the simplest of this sort: Down your head to the chest. Open your mouth wide and slowly up your head. When you fall back your head shut your mouth abruptly. If you feel muscles of your neck and chin then you make this exercise right. Make it 3-4 times a day 15-20 ups and back.
4. Take a contrast shower every day. Direct strong stream to your neck and chin and slowly change the temperature of water. It is very helpful for neck and chin muscles.
Moreover there are some simple rules that help you to decrease this defect using slightly changes in your image.
1. Open your neck that it looks longer and beautiful. Have short hair-dress or hair-dresses that hold your hair up.
2. Make accent in your make-up on eyes or cheek-bones but not together.
3. Do not wear dresses with stand-up collar but with décolleté.
4. Do not wear long earrings not to attract attention to your chin. Try to avoid neckerchiefs and short necklaces.
Your beauty is in your hands. Try these simple advices and exercises to be beautiful.
Good luck.
Say No To Double Chin
How to Get Rid of Scars and Cuts Left by Acne
So you popped a zit, it starts to bleed, and then it turns into a wee scratch. To top it off, a few days later you have this little dry scab. Well, here are some ways to prevent the rupturing of Acne, and a bit of aid in the healing scars.
Steps
1. Stop popping! It's tempting, but honestly, it make things worse. If you absolutely must pop, make sure that the area (and your fingers) are clean and disinfected. After you pop, gently clean the area with warm water and a washcloth, then cover the popped pimple with ice for a minute or two. This will reduce the swelling. With a cleaner pop, and a smaller area to infect, you greatly reduce your chances of getting a scab or scar.
2. Keep with your regular acne routine. Continue your routine to make sure that no new acne appears. If you don't have a very regulated method of treating and preventing acne, then it's time to start one.
3. Allow to heal naturally. Sometimes, the best method of dealing with acne scars and cuts is just to let your body do the works. Keep the irritated area clean and use as little make-up on the area as possible.
4. Use a Scar Treatment. For post-inflammatory hyper-pigmentation (brown or red marks on the skin) try something like Neutrogena Advanced Solutions Acne Mark Fading Peel. Mederma is also a good "spot" treatment. For "ice picks" or "crater-like" scars, which are actual dents in the skin, often the most effective treatment is seeing a doctor.
5. Moisturize and protect. Always use an oil-free moisturizer that has SPF. Try Body Guard Exquisitely Light SPF 30 For Face & Body.
Tips
* Avoid touching your face. Your hands can transfer additional oil to an infected area.
* Scars tend to be more noticeable on pale skin. You can combat this with a safe self-tanner (not to be confused with tanning booths and/or sun-tanning, which are unhealthy for your skin). You could also buy a natural redness - countering concealer.
* Neosporin is ideal for speeding up healing time thus causing lesser scarring. There is also Neosporin Scar Solution.
* You can use plain yogurt to help fade scars. Apply it to your face twice daily. It will moisturize your face, purify it and your skin will heal much faster.
* Apply aloe vera or vitamin E; it will speed up the healing process.
* Cocoa butter is a rich moisturizer that is very effective. Try Palmer's Scar Serum. It contains Cocoa butter, Vitamin E, Shark Liver Oil,, Silicone and Allium CEPA and is around $15 available from most chemists.
* Use lemon on scars daily. But use moisturizer before going to bed as the lemon may cause dry skin.
* Honey Mixed with lemon & almond oil and milk = acne free
* Moisture helps scars heal, so be sure to moisturize. (but be careful of heavy moisturizers that can clog pores)
* Do TCA peels of 12% three weeks apart. Amazing, effective, and inexpensive.
Warnings
* Picking at the scabs and scars will only make things worse.
* If your acne ruptures even when you don't touch it, you need to see a dermatologist. Bleeding or excessive acne is not natural, and may be the result of an infection or allergies. Get treatment as soon as possible.
* Acne is caused by a bacterial infections - more times than not. So understand that popping zits only spreads the infection.
* Do not use Neosporin if you are allergic to it!
* Excessive sun exposure without using SPF can make scars darker and more permanent.
How to Cope With Acne
If you are one of the three fourths of teens with acne and have tried using medicine to no avail, all you can do is accept the fact that you have it and wait it out.
Steps
1. Accept that you have it. You are not the only person in the world to have acne. Most people have had acne at some point of their life.
2. Keep in mind that you will not have it all your life. Simply wait for it to go away. Avoid popping pimples, which often leads to scarring.
3. Don't give up hopes for a cure. There may be a medicine invented that is effective on you. Make sure you see a dermatologist regularly.
Tips
* Perhaps the problem is that you are only trying over-the-counter medicine. See a dermatologist.
* Get a lot of sleep, keep your face clean and dry and don't touch your face to prevent it from becoming worse.
* Remember the quote: "Try to change something you don't like, and if you really can't change it, change your attitude towards it."
How to Remove Blackheads and Whiteheads with a Comedo Extractor
Finally be free of unsightly, annoying blackheads and whiteheads without scarring or bleeding!
Steps
1. Purchase a comedo extractor (about $2) and magnifying mirror (about $5) from any drugstore such as Wal-Mart, CVS, Walgreens, etc.
2. Boil water in a pot (just enough water to cause steam!)
3. Put your face over the steam with a towel over your head for 4-8 minutes. Any length of time is up to you. Generally, four minutes is enough to open up all of your pores.
4. Sterilize the blackhead remover by soaking it in 91% isopropyl alcohol for 1 minute before using.
5. Use the comedo extractor loop on any side you choose, place it over your blackhead or whitehead and press down gently while looking into the magnifying mirror (this will help you see particularly small blackheads with ease). The blackhead will pop out of the loop!
6. For whiteheads, gently press down, then roll the loop over the whitehead, this helps to remove the whitehead completely.
7. After you successfully removed any/all blackheads or whiteheads, apply a small amount of alcohol or Benzoyl Peroxide to the affected areas to keep your pores free of bacteria.
Tips
* This tool is an excellent way to prevent touching your face directly and prevents scarring and bleeding.
* This will have to be repeated on a weekly to monthly basis depending on your skin type. Getting rid of blackheads is particularly a never-ending job, so be patient. Your pores will temporarily appear larger when you remove blackheads from around your nose, but that's because the pores are empty, which makes them look darker and larger.
* A good tip to help sanitize your face before using the comedo extractor is to put laxative leaves in your pot while boiling. This can be bought at any vitamin store (they look like parsley leaves) and is fairly inexpensive.
* Before and after using the extractor tool, soak it in rubbing alcohol to prevent the spread of bacteria on your face.
* Redness is normal during the "steam phase" of removing your blackheads/whiteheads.
Warnings
* Be sure never to press too hard with the tool. It can leave unsightly "loop" marks on your face that take a while to go away.
* Many people are very sensitive to alcohol and Benzoyl Peroxide. Apply sparingly until your skin gets used to the formula. Redness will occur at first if you have never used either formula on your face before.
* Be careful when holding your face over the steam. Breathe slowly and don't get too close so as to burn yourself!
Things You'll Need
* A comedo extractor
* A magnifying mirror or vanity mirror (optional)
* Some rubbing alcohol, Benzoyl Peroxide, or any good astringent
* A pot
* Some laxative leaves (optional)
How to Remove Blackheads
No matter how much we scrub and wash our faces, black heads just seem to appear all over our noses. Here are some good ways to keep your skin clear and avoid blackheads
Nose-Strip Method
1. Wet your nose with a clean face cloth and then dry your hands.
2. Open the packet that the nose strip is in, and rip the little tabs for a better fit on your nose.
3. Put the sticky side on your nose and wait for around 10 minutes.
4. After 10 minutes, the nose strip should be as hard as papier mache. Remove it.
Removing Tool Method
1. Fill a sink or bathtub with hot (but not boiling) water.
2. Rest your head over the water, so that your face can take advantage of the steam.
3. Empty the sink or bathtub and clean the blackhead removing tool with soap and water. Proceed to use the removing tool, carefully following the instructions.
Facial Scrub Method
1. Wash your face and rinse with water. Do not bother to dry it.
2. Take a quarter-sized amount of facial scrub and lather through clean hands.
3. Massage your face with the scrub to exfoliate the skin.
4. Rinse and wash face again if necessary.
Waxing At Salon
1. This is a little unheard of but it is a myth that black hair will grow where you wax.
2. Just have the beautician wax nose and other places with blackheads. Most beauticians have done this before.
Things You'll Need
* Nose-Strips, try Biore.
* Soap
* Facial Scrub, try Clean & Clear.
* Blackhead Removing Tool, available at Sephora.
* A good oil-free moisturizer, or Enzymion (from Lush). This is fast-acting and the fruit enzymes in it break down oil on the skin's surface- no more shiny noses!
Tips
* Only use the strips once a week.
* Don't keep the strips on for longer than ten minutes. Otherwise, the adhesive will stick to your nose, and will not remove the blackheads.
* Try not to touch your face. It's a hard habit to break, but dirt, oil, and germs will get into your face and block your pores.
Cause of Oily Face
An oily face or oily skin in general is a skin care problem for many individuals from any age, race, or gender. The face usually experiences this skin problem in the forehead region, along the nose, and along the chin. In these areas of the face, the oil glands are bigger and more active. The neck, chest, and back areas also have many active sebaceous glands and oily skin can be a problem in these areas as well.
To properly care for oily skin, it is important to understand the reasons why oily skin occurs in the first place. In some cases, it is possible to avoid the causes of oily skin, whereas in others the individual may be stuck with this skin care problem for life.
An oily face or oily skin occurs when there is an overproduction of sebum. Sebum is an oily compound produced naturally by oil glands, known as sebaceous glands, in the skin. In the right amounts, this oil functions effectively to moisturize and protect the skin from the harsh environment we live in. However, in excess amounts, sebum will cause skin care problems. Most notable of the skin care problems are acne and acne related blemishes.
Let us take a closer look at why many people have an oily face or oily skin problem.
Genetics
Our genetic make-up determines how much oil our sebaceous glands will produce. As a result, the skin of some individuals will naturally produce more oil than others. If oily skin is a common problem in the family, then the odds are that you will also have the same skin care problem. There is not much that can be done because this condition is pre-programmed into our bodies. Fortunately, as a person ages, the sebaceous glands produce less oil and an oily face or oily skin becomes less of a problem.
Hormones and Hormone Imbalances
Certain hormones act on the sebaceous glands and stimulate them to produce more than the normal amount of sebum. Every person is different and every person’s oil glands are likely to respond differently to hormones.
During adolescence, there is a rise in the amount of sex hormones called androgens. These hormones, in addition to being responsible for the development of secondary sex characteristics, also stimulate and enlarge the sebaceous glands. Therefore, the skin produces more sebum or oil and teenagers often have an oily face or oily skin. If the face or skin is not properly cleansed, then the excess oil will lead to acne, which of course is common in adolescents.
Pregnancy, menopause, and the use of birth control pills also create hormonal imbalances or changes in the levels of hormones in the body. Once again, this creates a situation where the oil glands get stimulated and produce more oil. The end result is an oily face or oily skin.
Cosmetics
If a person has an oily face, then oil-based cosmetics should be avoided. Oil based cosmetic products will simply aggravate the oily skin problem. Choose cosmetics and skin care products that are specifically formulated for oily skin. In addition, avoid greasy cold creams and lotions, which will also increase the oiliness of the skin.
Soaps and Skin Cleaning
Soaps and especially harsh soaps or high alcohol containing skin care products are not recommended for individuals with an oily skin problem. These products will disturb the skin’s natural protective layer and aggravate the sebaceous glands. These oil glands will then be stimulated to produce more skin oil, resulting in the oily skin problem becoming worse.
Washing the face too frequently also removes the skin’s essential oils and stimulates the oil glands to overproduce oil.
Diet
Some believe that certain foods lead directly to oily skin. Examples are chocolate, soft drinks, and greasy fried foods. However, there are no valid studies that connect these foods specifically to oily skin.
Nevertheless, diet still does play a role in whether you have an oily face or not. The important factor to consider is that if you have a good diet your body will function better. If your body is functioning properly as a whole, then there is a greater chance that the oil glands will also function as they should and not overproduce oil.
There is also a possible link between a deficiency in vitamin B2 and vitamin B5 and oily skin. A deficiency in these vitamins could promote the formation of an oily skin problem. Whole grains, beans, and nuts are good sources of these vitamins.
Other Factors
In addition to the factors mentioned above, an oily face or oily skin may be caused by:
* some medications can lead to an increase in production of skin oil
* heat and humidity can also stimulate oil production from the glands and lead to an oily face
* the working conditions that an individual is exposed to on a daily basis can influence the amount of oil on the face
* smoking promotes the enlargement of skin pores and therefore the skin is able to excrete more oil to the surface of the skin
Get Rid Of Pimples or Acne
Pimples are a serious adolescence problem. They appear on the cheeks, forehead and the nose. Six out of ten teenagers suffer from this problem. It is very common among teenagers and people in their twenties.
Why do Pimples and Acne flare up in Youth?
Acne is not caused by germs. The male sex hormones cause acne. As soon as one crosses childhood and enters the threshold of adolescence, different parts of our body start developing. The oil glands underneath the skin become over-active and ooze grease. This often blocks the pores and pimples sprout.
What to do in case of pimples?
* Use sulfur soap to keep oil glands clean.
* Clean the day's make-up at night before going to bed.
* Steam your face once in a week to keep the pores open.
* A Fuller's earth (Multani mitti) pack is an effective means of controlling pimples.
* Take a spoonful of honey mixed with rose water daily.
* Apply cucumber juice mixed with rose water.
What to Avoid?
* Do not neglect pimples. Be alert as soon as they start appearing.
* Cut down blood heating foods, such as sweets, fats and spicy foods.
* Do not peel off pimples - that makes them septic and they may leave behind permanent marks and damage your looks.
Answers to Few Queries:
Do only Teenagers get Acne?
NO. Although acne is most common between the ages of 13 to 18 years, it can also be found in adults. But a thorough survey indicates that almost 80 per cent of teenagers suffer from acne.
Will squeezing an acne blemish cause scarring?
Yes, Remember, each time you squeeze a pimple, you are at risk to scarring. It also depends on the severity of your acne and your skin’s tendency to mark easily. Early treatment by a skin specialist reduces the risk of aggravation.
Is wearing lots of make-up harmful?
Yes, excess of make-up can worsen acne. It may cause an outbreak or irritate acne that's already there. Don't use moisturizers that are too heavy as they may block skin pores. Always use water based make-up and moisturizers.
What anti acne products are available at chemists?
There are several creams and lotions available in the market that can help reduce acne. But since acne can vary from being an odd spot to a serious outbreak, a skin specialist will be the right person to advise you on the correct treatment.
Are chocolates and fatty foods harmful for Acne?
Not always, these days diet is not usually restricted, although sometimes there are exceptions. It is better to avoid eating fried and heavy foods. The best diet for those with acne is a well-balanced one as good nutrition will strengthen the body and keep your skin healthy and sparkling.
Does stress cause acne and pimples?
No, emotional stress does not cause pimples and acne but can make it worse. If you suffer from stress, have a full night sleep.