Health Issues is a general health based blog concentrating on multiple health topics. » Skin Care http://healthprodc.net From fighting cancer to fine tuning your overall look. We have it all! Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:27:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 COSMETIC SURGERY FOR AGEING SKIN: LASER SURGERY http://healthprodc.net/2011/04/cosmetic-surgery-for-ageing-skin-laser-surgery http://healthprodc.net/2011/04/cosmetic-surgery-for-ageing-skin-laser-surgery#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 13:26:33 +0000 admin http://healthprodc.net/?p=164 The use of lasers over the last ten years has attracted a lot of media attention. Lasers have revolutionized cosmetic dermatology, so that many procedures can now be performed with less bruising and bleeding, and quicker recovery. Applications in areas such as eyelid surgery, skin resurfacing and face-lifting are slowly replacing traditional surgical techniques. Disfiguring birthmarks, which prior to lasers could not be treated satisfactorily, can now be vastly improved. Despite the effectiveness of laser surgery, however, it is not a panacea for every skin blemish.Laser stands for Light Amplification Stimulated by Electromagnetic Radiation. So laser is a light energy derived from a heat source which can selectively destroy certain components of the skin. Laser energy behaves like a magnet – it is attracted to a specific target and does not damage nearby healthy tissue. The great attraction of lasers, then, is that they are very selective as well as clean and bloodless. In this era of AIDS, hepatitis and other serious communicable diseases, lasers provide a very safe alternative to conventional forms of surgery. Using lasers does, however, require a degree of specialized training and experience which is different to that for traditional surgery. It is therefore important to check a doctor’s credentials if you are contemplating any sort of laser surgery. In addition, because the equipment is so costly, laser treatments can be very expensive.
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]]> http://healthprodc.net/2011/04/cosmetic-surgery-for-ageing-skin-laser-surgery/feed 0 SKIN CARE: TREATMENT OF PSORIASIS http://healthprodc.net/2009/05/skin-care-treatment-of-psoriasis http://healthprodc.net/2009/05/skin-care-treatment-of-psoriasis#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 14:28:59 +0000 admin http://healthprodc.net/2009/05/skin-care-treatment-of-psoriasis More recently a relatively new treatment for psoriasis, known as PUVA has been tried. This involves the taking of a photosensitizing drug, Methoxsalen, and following this by exposure to long-wave ultraviolet light (UVA) at 365 nm. This drug is thought to unite with DNA, forming cross linkages and hence reducing epidermal cell turnover. The treatment is usually given two or three times a week initially, and must be maintained from time to time. The advantages of this treatment are that it is usually very effective and has the bonus of providing the patient with a tan. The disadvantages, however, are that serious burns may result if the dosage is incorrect or if the patient does not protect himself from sunlight for eight to ten hours after taking the treatment. Furthermore cataracts have been reported in animals undergoing this type of treatment, and therefore patients must wear suitable goggles for treatment and for at least eight hours after treatment. More important still, it now appears that patients who have received this treatment for some period of time, particularly those who are also exposed to moderately large amounts of normal sunlight, are much more prone to developing skin cancers. Unfortunately these cancers are not always the relatively benign basal cell carcinomas, but are more commonly the malignant squamous cell carcinoma or even melanoma.

On a brighter note it is worth remembering that research la progressing and new treatments are being developed. One of the more exciting drug groups currently being investigated are the ‘retinoids’, which are based on vitamin A; these may have a great future.

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