12 Major Hair and Skin Issues -- Solved!

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Cause: Waldorf explains that "cysts occur when the sebaceous follicle or your pore, in laymen’s terms containing skin cells, sebum or oil, bacteria and white cells ruptures. This spreads inflammation to the surrounding skin and then your body tries to wall that off. It becomes like a balloon of inflammation.”Treatment: The injection of corticosteroid.

Cystic Acne

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Cause: Kauvar says "spider and varicose veins are usually inherited (thanks mom!) and more than half of women get them. They can be triggered by pregnancy and hormones, or by standing for long periods of time.“Treatment: Sclerotherapy

Spider and Varicose Veins


Home Treatment: Look for products with retinoids and/or vitamin C to stimulate collagen, which will help tighten the skin and minimize the look of depressed acne scarsOffice Treatment: Resurfacing lasers to cause new collagen growth. Another option is "subcision, where a needle is inserted beneath the skin to break up the scar tissue.

Acne Scars


Cause: Teuschler lays out a laundry list of breakage causes: chemical treatments and over-processing your hair, too much combing or brushing, too much heat styling, too much sun or even scratching your scalp too much.Treatment: Products with silicone, use deep conditioner weekly, anti-dandruff shampoo with pyrithione

Extreme Hair Breakage


Definition: "Melasma is known as 'the mask of pregnancy' and can occur in pregnancy, with birth control pills or with no additional hormones beyond those of being a woman," Waldrof says.Treatment: Topical retinoids and hydroquinone, microdermabrasion or light peels, Raxel laser

Melasma


Definition: "Psoriasis is a skin disorder characterized

by red scaly plaques classically on the elbows

and knees but also elsewhere on the body,"

Waldorf says. Treatment: Topical

moisturizers or steroids, biologic drug

Psoriasis


Susceptibility: Waldorf says this problem can be genetic

or hormonal. "If you have significant facial hair in a

male pattern area, it is important to have lab tests

by your physician," she says.

Treatment: Waxing and depilatories, shaving,

electrolysis or laser hair removal, Vaniqa Cream

Excessive Facial Hair or Hirsuitism


Home Treatment: Trygstad says most of the time when we mess up our hair color it

ends up too dark. To lighten it (or remove a color you're not happy

with), shampoo your hair as soon as possible, using the hottest water you can

stand and either a clarifying shampoo or dish

soap. This will help strip the color.

Completely Botched Hair Color


Definition: "Think of milia like a large whitehead or a

little cyst," Waldorf says. They look like small white

bumps on your skin. Treatment: Avoid

comedogenic products, topical retinoids,

microdermabrasion or products with salicylic acid.

Milia


Definition: Basically, this is an allergy-induced rash.

Poison ivy falls under this category, but allergies from cosmetics fall under this as

well. Common triggers: neomycin in Neosporin and

preservatives in makeup and fragrance.

Treatment: Steroids -- topical if the reaction is

mild, injectable and/or oral if it is severe (eyes swollen,

etc)

Contact Dermatitis


Cause: Dandruff is caused by a reaction to the fungus malassezia globosa (which

is actually on everyone's scalp, but only about 50

percent of the population reacts to it). The reaction

can cause redness, itching, flakes and oiliness.

Treatment: Shampoo and conditioner with pyrithione

zinc

Dandruff


Cause: Sagging skin is caused by a loss of collagen

and elastic tissue," Kauvar says. "These proteins give

the skin strength and structure, and their amount

decreases with age. Sun exposure also contributes.“

Prevention: Use of sunscreen and moisturizers

with collagen-boosting ingredients.

Treatment: Titan, Thermage and fractional CO2, surgery

Neck Wrinkles


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