Women Skin Care and Beauty

New research suggests that broccoli can prevent the damage from ultraviolet light that often leads to skin cancer. And, as many children would surely appreciate, you do not even have to eat it. The research suggests that people who lather themselves with an extract of broccoli sprouts are protected from the skin damage associated with ultraviolet radiation.
The results in human volunteers, backed by parallel evidence obtained in mice, show that the degree of skin redness (erythema) caused by UV rays, which is an accurate index of the inflammation and cell damage caused by UV radiation, is markedly reduced in extract-treated skin.

According to the findings, unlike a normal sunscreen, the extract did not absorb ultraviolet light to prevent it entering the skin. Instead, it worked inside the body by boosting the production of enzymes that protected cells against ultraviolet damage and the risk of skin cancer. Read more!

A class-action lawsuit filed last March in Los Angeles Superior Court alleges that five major U.S. makers of sunscreen lotion falsely tout that their products are waterproof and offer protection from the sun’s harmful rays. Neutrogena, Coppertone, Banana Boat, Hawaiian Tropic and Bullfrog are the sunscreen makers, argue they have not changed their labels because the Food and Drug Administration has not enforced the standardization of all sunscreen labels, which was proposed in 1999. Under new regulations, manufacturers cannot include misleading terms, such as “waterproof,” “sunblock,” “all-day protection” and “visible and/or infrared light protection.”

When you are exposed to the sun and sunlamps, your skin color changes because it’s protecting itself from damaging ultraviolet rays. These UV rays can cause sunburn and over time may lead to blemishes, wrinkling, cataracts and other eye problems, skin cancer and a weakened immune system, the institute reports. Read more!

More than 1 million new cases of skin cancer are diagnosed every year and we need to being proactive about learning ways to reduce the risk. As recently lawsuit against sunscreen manufacturers, some people asking what sunscreen do to protect our skin health and what should they do to reduce sun skin cancer risk.

Actually, most of skin health patients know the basics about sun protection. But Drs. Kay Judge and Maxine Barish-Wreden, medical directors of Sutter’s Downtown Integrative Medicine program, gives some facts that we may not know about sunscreen and sun protection. Read more!

Whatever your skin type, there are things you can do to protect and care for it during the warm weather. Women with oily facial skin should know that heat and humidity can double the amount of oil produced; sun exposure makes the oil thicker and more likely to clog pores.
Leave your cleanser on for an extra 10-15 seconds before rinsing and follow with an astringent. For the rest of your body, choose a daily wash with salicylic acid and exfoliate twice a week with a salt or sugar scrub. Avoid sunscreens with an SPF higher than 30 because the formulas tend to be very emollient. And look for a gel formula labeled “physical block” (titanium oxide or zinc oxide) rather than “chemical block” (rarely oil free).

If you have dry skin, exfoliate more frequently. If your skin is flaky, see a dermatologist to rule out a yeast-induced rash common in summer. Read more!

Your cycle begins on the first day of your period and can last anywhere from 21 to 40 days. In the first week after your period, your oestrogen level increases, helping to keep skin clear (oestrogen is the hormone that helps keep oil glands in check). When ovulation occurs around day 14 of your cycle, progesterone (another hormone) starts to surge and your potential for acne blemishes increases and peaks, just days before your period. That is when you will experience oily skin and acne breakouts.

Keeping skin acne free requires more than just diligent skincare. It is also a matter of timing your skin care according to your monthly hormonal surges. That is because monthly hormone fluctuations stimulate the skin’s sebaceous glands to secrete oil. The more oil our skin produces, the higher the possibility that acne problems will arise. Read more!

“It took me a long time to feel accepted for the skin I’m in,” says Trenesa Stanford-Danuser, 35, a vice president of global communications at the New York City-based cosmetics company Origins. While she has always prided herself on the quality of her skin (a flawless complexion that she credits to her mother’s genes), she was also aware, during her formative years, of the lack of options her skin tone was afforded within the beauty world. “I was fortunate to grow up surrounded by empowering, beautiful women in my family,” she says, “but it was frustrating to see our beauty so underrepresented.”

Her turning point

“It’s ironic,” says Stanford-Danuser, who is married to husband Chris and mother to a 4-year-old daughter, Dylan. “I’m part of the beauty industry now [13 years and counting], so I’m helping to amend the ideal of beauty rather than just getting frustrated by it.” Read more!

Interest in skin care supplements, or beauty foods, has been strong in Asia, and that trend is growing fast in Europe as well. These nutrient rich beauty foods make a good case for starting a beauty regime from within, one that is designed to prevent or reduce the effects of aging, like sagging skin.

Some products on the market include a supplement containing lacto-lycopene, vitamin C, and soy isoflavones. This is aimed at restoring firmness to the skin for women over 40, and was developed by Nestle and L’Oreal. Others have been developed using lycopene and grape seed extract, both antioxidants. Grape seed extract also stops enzymatic reactions that lead to collagen in the skin being broken down. Read more!

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