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Normal Skin Care - Top Facts And Tips

POSTED BY admin on Feb 23, 2008 under Health and Fitness

Human skin is a complicated, vital and fascinating organ. The skin is the largest human, covering 1 to 2 square meters (10 to 20 square feet). It forms a important boundary separating the outside world from the inside of your body.

The skin is an extremely versatile organ: it is flexible yet waterproof; helps keep you warm and cool; and protects you from, foreign substances and invading organisms that can cause infections and from the environment. The skin efficiently helps regulate the body’s temperature (like a house thermostat). Since the temperature of the external environment is constantly changing, the skin must work constantly, in co-ordination with specialised areas of the brain, to keep the body’s temperature within a narrow set range. The skin is versatile and tough enough to protect you from the tough environment, helps control a complex immune regulation of the skin and body, yet still provides one of our most delicate functions—the sensation of touch.

How Do You Know If Your Skin Cancer Is Potentially Fatal?

POSTED BY admin on Jan 22, 2008 under Health and Fitness

Technically speaking, all skin cancer is potentially lethal if not treated. However, there are more serious forms of the condition, though they are a lot rarer.

Mycosis Fungoides

Mycosis Fungoides is an extremely rare form of skin cancer and it tends to affect twice as many men as it does women. Many people assume that it is an innocent fungal infection when they first hear the name; however it is in fact a much more sinister condition which is a type of cutaneous T cell Lymphoma.

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