What Causes Cracked Heels

What are Cracked Heels?

Cracked heels are caused by cracking and splitting of the skin. It is also a sign of lack of attention to foot care. When the skin around the heels becomes thickened and dry, it loses the suppleness and elasticity. Sometime, it can split under simple pressures like walking. The daily activities such as walking and standing for long hours may lead to unsightly, painful and even bleeding cracked heels.

Causes of Cracked Heels

•     Naturally dry and thick skin around the heel is highly likely to crack due to excessive feet activity.

•       Prolonged standing at work or home.

•     Overweight may increase the pressure on the normal fat pad under the heel.

•    Back-open shoes affect the fat under the heel to expand sideways and increase the possibility to get cracked heels.

•    Skin diseases or skin disorder such as Athlete’s foot, Eczema and Diabetes may cause cracked heels.

•      Excessive exposure to the water can strip the natural oils and leave skin dry and rough.

•       Circulation problems.

•       Deficiency of vitamins, minerals, zinc and malnutrition.

•       Unhygienic circumstances or conditions.

Solutions to Cure Cracked Heels

Vegetable Oils

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A variety of vegetable oils can be used to treat and prevent cracked heels. Vegetable oils such as sesame oil, olive oil and coconut oil will work. Firstly, soak your feet in the soapy water and scrub it with pumice stone. Wash your feet and dry them with clean water. After that, apply any vegetable oil on your feet and put on a pair of clean socks and leave them overnight while you sleep. Repeat the steps for few days until the cracks on your heels gone completely.

Lemons

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Method 1:

Soak the feet in lemon juice for about 10 minutes. Follow this therapy on a weekly basis until one finds a change. Lemon juice is a very mild natural acid and helps to dissolve dead and dry skin so that it can be easily removed. It is best to soak your feet in a lemon juice solution and then lightly scrub it with soft foot brush to gently exfoliate the top layers of dead skin that cause dry cracked heels.

Method 2:

Combine one teaspoon of Vaseline and juice from one whole lemon. Wash your feet and pat them dry before applying. Apply to the dry areas and heels of your feet until you’ve used the entire batch. You should do this just before bed and wear wool socks to lock in the moisture.

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色斑是怎样形成的？

为什么人会长色斑？

色斑是由于皮肤黑色素的增加而形成的一种常见面部呈褐色或黑色素沉淀，损容性的皮肤疾病，通常斑会长在脸颊和前额部位，日晒后斑会更严重。女性长斑的机率一般比男性高。

很多人都说要找有效祛斑的方法，但色斑是怎样形成的，很多人都不知道。这也是为什么一直找不到对症下药的方法。

色斑是怎样形成的？

荷尔蒙分泌失调

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避孕药里含有的女性荷尔蒙雌激素会刺激黑色素细胞分泌来形成不均匀的斑点。斑虽然在服药中断后停止生长但还是会在皮肤上停留一段蛮长的时间。怀孕中的女性因荷尔蒙雌激素增加而从怀孕第四到第五个月会比较容易长斑，这时候出现的斑在产后大部分会消失。可是，新陈代谢不正常以及皮肤在紫外线照射下或精神上受到压力都会使斑加深。有些新长的斑在产后也未必会消失，所以平常要更加注意。

新陈代谢

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新陈代谢不正常或卵巢功能减退的时侯斑也会出现。因新陈代谢不顺畅或内分泌失调身体处于敏感状态，这会使色素问题更严重而且便秘会形成斑。这其实就是内分泌失调导致过敏体质而形成的。

压力太大

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当一个人感到压力时就会分泌肾上腺素，这个原理是为了对付压力而做准备。可是一个人长期受到压力，人体新陈代谢的平衡就会遭到破坏，皮肤所需的营养供应趋于缓慢，色素母细胞就会变得活跃。

不良生活习惯

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吸烟成瘾会引起色素发黄，身体里色素分布不均匀，色素分泌紊乱而形成了色斑。除此之外，从来不注重防晒，不做防晒措施会让阳光的照射产生黑色素造成黄褐斑。生活不规律或不稳定导致血液循环不顺畅，毛血管阻塞，血液淤积，色素沉淀而出现色斑。夜生活频繁又不积极休息会导致生理现象昼夜颠倒，出现色素分泌紊乱，色素凝滞的色斑人群。

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Top 5 Reason You Should Quit Drinking

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Drinking alcohol affects body in many ways. The effects can lead to physical and mental changes that can put drinkers at risk of injury or death. When a person drinks, the alcohol is quickly absorbed in the blood and then carried throughout the body. A drink of alcohol stays in the body for around 2 hours after being consumed; the period of time can vary depending on the person’s weight, gender and other factors. Alcohol makes drinker feel sleepy or confused.

The effects of alcohol

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Brain Damage

Binge drinking causes blackouts, memory loss and anxiety. Long term drinking can cause permanent brain damage, serious mental health problems and alcoholism. Young people’s brain is still developing during teenage years. Alcohol can damage parts of the brain and affect oneself ability to learn and remember as well as behavior.

Cancers

Drinking alcohol is a risk factor that causes cancer. It can be especially harmful to the liver, the organ that metabolizes alcohol and other substances. Heavy drinkers may develop diseases such as liver inflammation (alcoholic hepatitis) or severe liver scarring (cirrhosis). The diseases related to alcohol can cause death.

Alcohol affects the heart in good and bad way. According to the studies, it shown that moderate drinking can lower the chances of developing heart disease. Two drinks per day for men and one drink per day for women. However, long term alcohol users can result in high blood pressure, it will increase the risk of developing heart disease. The blood pressure can go back to normal within few months when a person stop drinking if there is not much damage to the heart. Excessive alcohol consumption can also lead to kidney failure.

Alcohol also affects your appearance

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Skin

Alcohol dehydrates your body including the skin, the largest organ of your body. It happens every time you drink. Excessive drinking is thought to dispose the skin of vital vitamins and nutrients. Moreover, heavy drinkers can have more permanent effects on the skin. One of the effect is Rosacea, many people with rosacea have a history of frequent blushing or flushing. This facial redness may come and go, and is often the earliest sign of the disorder.

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Beer Belly

When you drink beer, your liver has to go into overdrive to detoxify the alcohol. Beer consists average 150 calories that’s why beer makes you fat. Men after the age of 35 will easily get beer belly because the metabolism rate is getting slower in this age. Women fat stores normally go on their backside and hips.

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Smells

Long term alcohol users don’t smell good. Although the liver processes most of the alcohol you drink but some leaves the body through breath, sweat and urine.

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镭射除毛须知

谁适合做镭射除毛？有禁忌吗？

随着科技的进步，除毛已经渐渐普遍，现在的科技很少会产生副作用。通常皮肤白皙，毛发粗黑，这些特征对镭射反应比较理想。东方人皮肤表层内有比较多的黑色素会影响镭射吸收也能产生色素沉淀，所以除毛时，镭射机器和能量选择很重要，有经验的医师也是纳入考量的因素之一。

一般人都可以进行除毛镭射，但哪些人是不适合的呢?

• 皮肤比较黑，对光感受性较强的人容易灼伤。

• 色素沉淀或晒黑者会影响镭射穿透，最好等色素消退再做镭射。

• 当除毛部位有伤口或发炎必须让皮肤保持良好的状况。

• 西方人或皮肤颜色较浅的人对镭射反应比较差。

• 怀孕或哺乳期间需让医师充分评估后才进行除毛治疗，这虽然不会造成不良影响但可能会让孕妇增加心理负担。

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除毛后毛囊和毛发有什么反应？

治疗后的两个星期是毛发排除期，毛囊被破坏再慢慢将毛根排除。治疗后有些毛发会长的比一般的快。

治疗后一个月，毛囊被镭射去除，毛根在治疗后脱落，皮肤也会变得光滑细致。镭射治疗后破坏约20%的毛囊，治疗后毛根受破坏，毛孔本身也会因此萎缩而变小，但还是有些未完全破坏的毛发进入休止期，经过一段时间还是会陆续长出来。

镭射除毛治疗需要几次疗程才能看到效果？

治疗视每个人的发量而定。6-8次的除毛治疗是达到永久除毛的基本次数，这通常要用半年的时间完成这个治疗以达到理想效果。在施打镭射的期间，毛发生长速度会减慢也会变得比较细软。可是有时候即使进行了10次除毛镭射治疗仍可能会有极少量的细毛无法永久性的去除。原因是对于较细的毛发，毛囊对镭射的吸光能力会下降。

镭射除毛会不会痛？

会有感觉但是疼痛是在可以忍受的范围内。第一次施打镭射会比较痛，那是因为毛发越粗越痛，之后疼痛感会慢慢减少。

永久除毛有后遗症吗？

有人说‘永久除毛会让毛囊坏死’，‘腋下除毛后不会再流汗’，‘除毛过的部位不会再长毛但其他部位会长毛’。

坊间流传的都是错误的信息。永久除毛不会让毛囊坏死以及对健康也不会有阻碍。除毛囊和除汗腺是不一样的领域，所以永久除毛不等于除汗腺。至于除掉的毛囊会从其他部位长出来是没有根据的。

进行除毛疗程前要先刮毛吗？

留一点毛发再进行除毛治疗效果会更好。因为留一点黑头毛囊才能吸收光能，但毛发太长也会分散能量。最好的作法是在接受治疗前3到5天刮，这样治疗当天长出来的毛发长度就刚刚好。

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You Looked Tired

When someone told you:

YOU LOOKED TIRED TODAY

You be like....

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What Causes Dark Circles

Heredity

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Dark circles are hereditary and research indicates that genetics play a major role in passing down dark circles in coming generations.

Excessive exposure to sun

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Body produces more melanin when you expose too much to the sun. 

Lifestyle

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Consumption of alcohol and smoking are the cause to get dark circles under eyes.

Lack of sleep

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The skin become pale and dark circles are more prominent when you did not get enough sleep, minimum 8 hours sleep are needed.

Aging

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As we grow older, the skin around the eye area is delicate and thin, the thin skin makes the blood vessel more prominent.

Not removing eye makeup

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Ensure to remove eye makeup clean and clear before you go to bed.

Allergies

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Veins around sinuses are darkened and lead to dark circles problem. Take multivitamin may help to reduce the dark circles.

How to Get Rid of Dark Circles

Home Remedies

• Get enough of sleep is very important to improve the dark circles. Put extra effort to have an early night.
• Use dark circle eye cream recommended by your dermatologist to reduce dark circles caused by hyperpigmentation from sun damage and melasma. 
• Avoid direct expose to the sun; wear a big sunglasses that can cover the eye areas in daytime.
• Avoid salty food at night before important event and keep your head raised on an extra pillow in bed to minimize fluid build-up.
• Green tea bags soaked in warm water and put it on the eyes for 5 minutes.
• Do not rub your eyes too often as it may hurt the skin around the eye areas.

Treatment in Meridian Clinic

Eye Circles Laser

Pigmentation may be addresses by delivering an intense beam of light to specifically target the melanin that are caused by pigmentation. The light absorbed and converted into heat and destroys the melanin cells which carry by pigment molecule.

Laser then target the source of dark circles and the light will transfer into skin under the eye areas. The light is absorbed by blood vessels and pigmented areas in the skin. Laser is able to resurface the skin and reduce the fine lines on the skin which helps to improve the overall appearance of the eyes. In addition, laser helps to reduce dark circles.

Filler Injection- Hyaluronic Acid (HA)

Injectable fillers are used to correct the under eye dark circles, hyaluronic acid filler used to soften the shadow and restore the volume to the tear trough.

Pigment-Prevention Injection

It used to destroy the melanin cells cause by pigmentation. It has whitening effect which can reduce the dark circles.

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