Dermatology Association Calls for Tighter
Dermatology Association Calls for Tighter Regulations on Ind
For most teens, getting a tan during spring break or in preparation for the prom is as common as these rites of passage themselves. Although teens hear dermatologists? warnings that tanning is the most avoidable risk factor in the prevention of skin cancer, studies find they forgo this advice in favor of the bronzed look.
Speaking at the American Academy of Dermatology?s (AAD) Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month news conference, dermatologist James M. Spencer, M.D., vice chairman, department of dermatology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, addressed the incidence of teens and tanning and how the AAD is trying to combat it.
Neuropeptide - Amino Polypeptide Skin Care Comparison
Neuropeptide - Amino Polypetide Comparison
To determine why neuropeptide products are different from other effective antiaging skin care treatments
on the market, we first have to determine the difference between neuropeptide and amino polypetide ingredients.
Neuro- and pentapaptides are both
peptides but ?neuro? refers to the very specific functions of this peptide group, while ?penta? merely refers to the size of certain peptide molecules.
B Vitamin Hype: With Ambitions of Fighting Acne, Rosacea and
Vitamin B is no small time player in the high stakes game of the beauty. Just take the case of pellagra for example. Pellagra is a life threatening skin disease characterized by dementia, diarrhea, and dermatitis that results from a niacin (B vitamin) deficiency. In the early 20th century in the United States pellagra plagued thousands of people in the South and Midwest. The condition was thought to be contagious until investigators discovered the underlying nutritional deficiency.