Anatomy & Physiology

Wound Healing

The skin has various regeneration and repair mechanisms. These are employed to eliminate any damage caused by external influences and to restore lost function Reactions of the horny layer The action of external mechanical, physical or chemical irritants causes the horny layer to thicken. Typical examples are the thickening found after intensive UV radiation and the formation of calluses on area..

A New Breakthrough in the cause of Rosacea

A New Breakthrough in the cause of Rosacea!Acne rosacea appears to be caused by an overly zealous innate immune response and not by bacteria. Dr Richard L. Gallo, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of California in San Diego has made some interesting discoveries.... This new information means that we now need to explain to clients that acne rosacea, or "adult" acne, may be caused by an overabundance..

Cellulite & Orange Peel Skin

Call the appearance of dimpled skin what you will or even, as some do refuse to acknowledge that there is such a concern as Cellulite/ Orange Peel skin The appearance of the body skin is usually of great concern and one of the main reasons for clients to seek body treatment in salon. So what is cellulite/orange peel skin and can we, as skin care therapists do anything about it? This is usua..

Treating Lipofuscin

Have you observed at the end of a long treatment program for pigmentation that some pigment just does not respond to treatment? The frustration, disappointment and dashed expectation experienced by both client and therapist cannot be described. The pigmented anomalies you are observing are not pigmented lesions caused by melanin, but a colored anomaly that has a similar appearance: Lipofuscins...

Hormones and the skin: An overview

By Janine TaitBeauty TherapistITEC, CIDESCO, CIBTAC, ABThNZ Beauty Therapist, Janine Tait of Tauranga, New Zealand has been a therapist for the last 25 years. She has specialised as a skin therapist treating skin problems such as severe acne and eczema using Janesce skin care and nutritional advice.Janine says: Giving nutritional advice is now an accepted part of a therapists recom..

Human Growth Hormone

The Human Growth Hormone: Is this the answer to slowing down the ageing process or is it amino acids? Hormones are secreted by the endocrine system & used at the cellar level for communication between body tissues including the brain, organs, other glands, muscles and other tissues of the body. Our growth, mood, digestion, respiration, sense of thirst and hunger, sexual functions, fat met..

Hormones and their effect on the skin

Hormones, as we are all aware, are very potent chemicals released by the body to help regulate the bodys metabolic processes and have specific effects on the various bodily systems. Im sure weve all nurtured clients through the agony of adolescent acne, pre-menstrual breakouts, seen skin bloom or deteriorate during pregnancy, and puzzled over changes experienced in the lead up to, and ..

Collagen Stimulating Supplements

In the past five years the beauty industry has seen a shift towards the understanding that skin nutritional supplements may prove to be more effective than topically applied products.The saying You are what you eat certainly is proving to be true, with an increase in skin disorders like eczema, allergic contact dermatitis and itchyosis. A rise in childhood obesity and medical conditions like dia..

Holding it all together

Have you ever wondered what it is that your peeling solutions are affecting or how they work? The old saying "softening and loosening the bonds that hold the corneocyte in place" didnt do it for me. I wanted to know more, hence my research into cell junctions and the role they play in skin adhesion. In addition I wanted to know the effect that different acids had on those cell junctions..