Brazilian model Barbara Fialho, who has walked the runway for Victoria's Secret, swears by velaterapia - a procedure which uses an open flame to burn off spit ends. According to Maria Clara Povia, the beauty director at Marie Claire Brazil, women in Brazil spend a whopping 10 percent of their salaries on hair care alone. Velaterapia is a process in which the hair is … [Read more...]
Scleroderma: Symptoms & Management
Scleroderma is an autoimmune disease meaning hard skin. In an autoimmune disease, the immune system mistakes a person’s own tissues as foreign invaders and sets up a protective attack that backfires to cause problems. According to experts, approximately 1 in every 4,000 people has some form of scleroderma. It is rare in children, and is more common in females than males. It … [Read more...]
Prickly Heat: Therapeutic Management
Prickly heat (Miliaria Rubra) is a skin disorder which produces an irritating skin rash as the result of obstructed sweat-glands. When the narrow ducts carrying sweat to the skin surface get clogged, the trapped sweat causes inflammation, which produces irritation (prickling) and itching. Prickly heat usually consists of a rash of very tiny blisters but also can appear as … [Read more...]
Amblyopia or Lazy Eyes
Amblyopia is an eye condition when the nerves that connect one of the eyes to the brain do not develop correctly during childhood. As a result, the person sends blurry or wrong images to their brain, which results in the brain ignoring the information and favoring the other eye. Patients are seen using one eye more or may have problems with depth perception. Two to three out of … [Read more...]
Binocular Vision Disorder: An Age-Related Phenomena
As many as 27 per cent of adults in their sixties have an actual binocular vision or eye movement disorder. This number rises to 38 per cent for those over age 80. About 20 per cent of the general population suffers from a binocular vision disorder, which affects depth perception and therefore may increase the risk of falls. A research team from the University of Waterloo, … [Read more...]
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