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How Pain Serves as Your Body's Warning Signal
Pain is like the warning lights on your car's dashboard. It alerts you to something that needs investigation. Pain serves an important function. It's your body's way of saying, "Pay attention." We all avoid pain. You wouldn't knowingly slam your...
I Wish It Could Have Been Otherwise
This was written for an academic journal about people with disabilities and what that means concerning their parent-child relationships.
As far back as I can remember, I have been hearing voices. It started when I was just three months old. I...
Reducing the Risk of Breast Cancer
We hear it all the time…lose weight for your health. Few people however, realize the extent to which this is critical to their physical well-being and ultimately their life expectancy. In January 2003, the Journal of the American Medical...
The Reasons Behind Smoking
So what are the reasons behind smoking. Both you and me know
that it is not good for our health? There are very many reasons
to it but in this article we will look over the biggest reason
in today's world and that is to release STRESS. So what...
WEIGHT LOSS DIETS: HOW TO MAKE THEM WORK
As we all know, weight loss diets are big business. And looking
at the statistics, it's easy to see why. Currently, an estimated
58 million American adults are overweight (BMI 25+), of whom an
estimated 40 million are obese (BMI 30+), 9.6 million...
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Suntan - More Than Just Change Of Skin Color
Getting a suntan or sunburn are two different things. As we all
know sunlight is very important part of our lives as it provides
Vitamin D to us. A normal tan if one get is fine as long as you
are not overexposed to sunlight causing your skin to burn. As
sunlight falls on you it helps in creation of melanin which
regulates the skin color.
There are different psychological reasons for people getting
their skin tanned. For many it is a fashion statement and
sometimes these prove to be very harmful for ones skin. Suntan
affects differently to the different skin types. They are
slotted into six categories which depend on the different skin
types.
The different skin types are 1. Very sensitive which burns and
never tans 2. Tanning is very little but can burn easily 3.
Tanning is gradual and burning is moderate 4. Easily tans with
less burns 5. Tans abundantly and very rarely burns 6. Least
sensitive with less burns and heavy tanning
Some
of the precautions you can take to avoid over exposure of
your skin, so as to avoid the UV rays which can be very
cancerous. Rates of breast, prostrate and other cancerous
disease have increased mainly due to the UV rays. Whenever you
are out, try wearing a cap to avoid the rays.
There are higher chances of damage to your skin due to the sun.
Whenever you are out apply sunscreen which is effective enough
to protect your skin and try putting the sunscreen 15-20 minutes
before you move out in the open. Wearing proper clothing also
helps as it would be covering most parts of your body. Don't
stop using sunscreen as it is cloudy weather, use it all the
times.
About the author:
Kevin Pederson has been managing a number of sites related to
hair and skin care which have information on hair care tips,
skin care tips, guide to avoid suntan, protection to be used,
knowing your skin type.
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