Nobody likes body flaws. Body distortions detract us from a positive feeling. Youthful appearance and fit looks give definite benefit in society and business. Men are lately becoming increasingly aware of this and turning to cosmetic procedures, popularly known as male plastic surgery.
Today, we live in a culture totally youth-oriented. Aspiration to get younger, healthier and beautiful (or handsome) is growing. Face is the most remarkable feature of a human body. We know someone by face as much as we know by one?s name and fame. But with age we loose the youthfulness and face is the striking human future that shows our loss in terms of health and beauty, by developing loose skins, fine lines and bags around the eyes.
In 1909, Hyde and Montgomery first described prurigo nodularis (PN) as pruritic nodules on the extensor surfaces of the lower extremities in middle-aged women.
An itch (Latin: pruritus) is a sensation felt on an area of skin that makes a person or animal want to scratch it. It is a distressing symptom that can cause discomfort. Scratching may cause breaks in the skin that may result in infection.
Hypertrichosis, or Human Werewolf Syndrome, is a medical term referring to a condition of excessive body hair.
Beau’s lines are deep grooved lines that run from side to side on the fingernail. They may look like indentations or ridges in the nail plate.
The nail is made of a hard protein called keratin – a protein which is one of the building blocks which make up the body. The nails help protecting the ends of the fingers and toes from trauma, and also help us picking up small objects.
People with diabetes face special skin challenges. Because diabetes affects the capillaries, the small vessels which feed the skin its blood supply, thickening of the skin increases the difficulty to supply nutrients to the skin.
The skin is often known as “the largest organ in the human body”. This applies to exterior surface, as it covers the body, appearing to have the largest surface area of all the organs.
Eating a lot of red meat could damage the body’s DNA and raise the risk of bowel cancer, a study says.