solar keratosis

Solar Keratosis Treatment

April 15, 2011

Solar Keratosis is a skin disorder caused by excessive exposure to the sun. Sunlight is essential for our body to form vitamin D, however some of us have less natural protection from the sun in the form of melanin which gives us light and dark skin color. Our skin also produces keratin. Keratin is good [...]

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Is Actinic Keratosis Dangerous?

April 2, 2011

Actinic keratosis or solar keratosis is a skin disorder that causes lesions that are mostly pink to appear on the skin. These lesions are normally painful and sore and are also crusty and scaly. This type of keratosis is acquired through over exposure to the sun over the years. Indoor tanning can also lead to [...]

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Actinic Keratosis: Time Bomb?

January 7, 2011

Actinic Keratosis: Is this the time bomb of the sun spot family? Though usually not cancerous, actinic keratosis can prove especially troublesome to remove because they tend to come back after a number of years, unless you live in a cave out of the sunlight. These are the types of growths that can become cancerous. [...]

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Should I Worry About Keratosis?

December 31, 2010

Keratosis is a growth of keratin on the skin and it can more specifically refer to actinic keratosis also known as solar keratosis, hydrocarbon keratosis, keratosis pilaris also known as  follicular keratosis or seborrheic keratosis. Many people have not heard about keratosis, a condition that is characterized by an overgrowth of the keratin in some [...]

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Keratosis Pilaris: 11 Variations On A Treatable Theme

November 14, 2010

Although no one would call it an epidemic, since the disorder itself is harmless, one could say it is at epidemic propotions as estimates have put the number of keratosis pilaris sufferers at 40 to 50 percent of the adult population and 50 to 80 percent of adolescents. Think about those number for a moment, [...]

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KERATOSIS PILARIS

November 8, 2010

Skin conditions have become very common in today’s society. They are caused by different reasons one of which is the sun. The sun does play a major role in our lives including being the number one cause for most skin conditions today. However, some skin conditions can be avoided altogether by simply changing our lifestyles.

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KERATOSIS

October 17, 2010

Keratosis is one of the many skin conditions that plague society today. It is as a result of the overproduction of keratin which is responsible for skin, nail and hair growth. This will result in hard crusted skin. Keratosis has many forms and one of them is actinic keratosis. Actinic keratosis This is a type [...]

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Removing Age Spots

October 12, 2010

Almost everybody can have age spots, which also goes by the name sun spots or solar lentigines. It is hard to stop because we can’t hide from the sun. Age spots treatments are just around so you can seek ways to get rid of them. You can remedy them at home or have it treated [...]

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Why Are There So Many Names For Age Spots?

October 11, 2010

Regardless of the type of person who has it or its position in the body, an age spots are age spots. But if an age spot is relatively the same for each person who has it, why does it have several incarnations in the English language? Each of the terms used to describe an age [...]

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Herbs As Compelling Instruments In Removing Age Spots

October 8, 2010

The developmental process of aging is accompanied by the coming into sight of brownish, grayish or even blackish lesions on facial or body skin called age spots and which are also usually known as liver spots. However, aging is not the only reason to be blamed for the appearance of liver spots for staying unprotected [...]

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