As women age, fat is more likely to build around the midsection, rather than the hips and thighs. Too much belly fat can increase your risk for heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Now an important new study links belly fat to early death. Researchers followed about 360,000 Europeans enrolled in one of the largest, longest health studies in the world. They found that people … [Read more...]
Age Spots : Treatment Options and Prevention
One of these days, do you find yourself glancing worriedly at your own hands, face, shoulder and neck. Unprotected skin, on being excessively exposed to UV rays- whether from a tanning booth, a sunlamp or years of going without sunscreen, protects itself by producing an overabundance of melanin-the pigmented cells in your skin- resulting in uneven patches. Age spots known … [Read more...]
Melasma or PIH : Skin’s Natural Response to Inflammation
If your complexion is being punished by unsightly brown patches that never seem to go away, you may have melasma or post inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH). Post Inflammatory hyperpigmentation, or PIH, is the medical term given to discoloration of the skin that follows an inflammatory wound. It is the skin's natural response to inflammation. Post-inflammatory … [Read more...]
How Does Skin Work?
Skin is the largest of all the body organs & the one of which you are most aware of. Women Fitness in its effort to help you understand your skin and its management, will provide you with all the essential information you must possess to achieve a lifelong nourished skin. This water-proof covering and self-repairing body covering is a reflector of health and … [Read more...]
Chloasma: “The Mask of Pregnancy”
Darkened Skin is a common phenomena among pregnant women, commonly called the mask of pregnancy (but officially known as chloasma or melasma gravidarum). Women with darker complexion are more prone to this condition. Also you're also more likely to develop Melassma or Chloasma (melasma occuring during pregnancy) if it runs in your family and the effects of chloasma become more … [Read more...]
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