Inflammation is as Bad For The Skin as It is For the Heart

The amount of inflammation in our body is a critical component of overall health. 

Speaking to your consultant can help you figure out if you have high levels of inflammation. But also there are several ways to measure inflammation, but a simple test is for CRP, or c-reactive protein. The healthiest level is to be under 1 mg/L. It is likely you have an inflammatory disease if your levels are over 10 mg/L.

 It is thought that a major cause of heart disease, but it regulates the aging of our skin as well. 

Skin needs blood flow to carry oxygen, it needs the blood flow to carry away toxins, and it needs to be able to hydrate by carrying the fluid directly to the skin. 

Skin that is compromised by inflammation cannot even absorb the products that we use as effectively.

A Ray is A Ray

Neither indoor nor outdoor tanning is safe. People are reminded by the American Cancer Society that  that indoor and outdoor tanning poses risks.  If you have had sun exposure, a recent burn, or darkening of moles after tanning, check with your health care provider about what you can do that will heal your skin. This may include nutrition, changes in sun screen use, and antioxidant use.

An Organic Pre-Shampoo Trick That Will Improve Scalp Health

If your scalp is getting dry and flaky, especially if the scalp got sun burned, you would like to remove your flakes so that the scalp can heal and so that your hair can become clean. Before washing com olive oil through your hair, and gently massage into your scalp in areas of thinning hair or the part. Then wash your hair as you would naturally, a gentle shampoo can also help at this stage. Olive oil doesn't leave an odor, and washes out well, so is an ideal way to enhance natural scalp healing.

Abdominal Skin Scars and Internal Scars

In a new study published in February 2014 Fertility and Sterility a group of researchers specifically looked at the abdomen to see if they could find a relationship between the type of scarring externally and whether internal scars existed. They looked at the number of scars, the thickness of the scars, as well as the length of the scars. Prior to scheduled surgery women were recruited to have their abdominal scars evaluated. Indeed those with abdominal cars were more than twice as likely to have internal scaring, or what is known as adhesions, if they had external scars. How surgeons and gynecologists should apply this information is still a bit unclear, but perhaps future studies can guide operative decisions based on the knowledge of your external scar characteristics.