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Basic Skin Care and Skin Health

The skin is the largest organ of the body. Being the outer covering of the body and readily visible, healthy skin has often been equated to beauty and youth. Hence, persons desiring to remain young and radiant-looking tend to put much importance to skin health and care, It must be emphasized, however, that the skin plays a number of more vital roles in maintaining the overall health of individuals. Hence, proper care should not only be to keep it more attractive, but more importantly, to ensure that the skin functions properly. Basic Skin Structure The skin is composed of three layers: the epidermis... [...]

Common Skin Problems in Babies

It is very common to hear mothers complain of rashes on their babies, that it is probably safe to assume that anything red or elevated found on their babies’ skin is referred to as a “rash.” It is thus necessary to differentiate those that are potentially dangerous or life-threatening and those that are milder and treatable on an out-patient basis. This article discusses some of the more common ones. In the immediate newborn period there are transient skin diseases, problems that appear at birth and are resolved in 30 days. Milia are pinpoint papules (butlig na walang tubig) on the forehead,... [...]