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About Tattoos
Today, people choose to be tattooed for cosmetic, medical, religious, and magical reasons. They may also use tattooing as a symbol of belonging to or identification with particular groups. Tattooing could be also used as a form of cosmetic surgery for hiding or to neutralize skin discolorations or some other medical reasons (medical tattoo). ... more>

Did You Inherit Fat Genes? The Truth About Biology And Body Fat
While genetics are definitely a factor, believing you are destined to be overweight for life because you've inherited "fat genes" is the most disempowering and self-defeating attitude you could ever adopt. The only way you’ll lose... more>

Why The History Of Perfume Is Not As Glamorous As You Might Think!
For many years, French aristocrats wore gloves drenched in perfume so that they could just elevate a royal finger to the nose to shield themselves from the olfactory assaults... more>

The Truth About Counting Calories And Weight Loss
Calories do count! Any diet program that tells you, "calories don't count" or you can "eat all you want and still lose weight" is a diet you should avoid because you are being lied to. The truth is, that line is a bunch of baloney designed to make a diet sound easier to follow... more>

Acne Diet Link Exposed: Is There an Acne Cure Diet that Works? - Fact is, countless of acne sufferers have reported that their acne seemed to get worse when they consumed certain foods and saw dramatic positive change over their acne condition when they eliminated the same foods from their diet and when certain foods with specific nutritional value were incorporated into their diet... more>

Glycemic Index - Key To Fat Loss Or Just Another Diet Gimmick?
The glycemic index (GI) is a scale from 1 to 100 that measures how quickly carbohydrate foods are broken down into glucose. The original purpose for the glycemic index was to help diabetics keep their blood sugar under control. The glycemic index has recently attracted a lot of attention in the bodybuilding, fitness and weight loss world and has even become the central theme in numerous best-selling diet books as a method... more>

Accutane Side Effects Exposed: Side Effects of the Miracle Drug and the Alternative
Accutane is not the solution to acne. Not only does it treat the symptoms of the disease and not the internal cause, stopping your skin's natural oil production, can in most cases, result in extra dryness combined with the acceleration of the skin's aging process (yes! your skin will look older). Moreover, Accutane severely damages your liver function among other side effects, which in turn destroys your delicate inner balance... more>

Acne Cures: Is there a Natural Acne Cure that Works?
Most doctors work in conjunction with the pharmaceutical and drug companies and the latter is not motivated, so to speak, at discovering a cure for Acne or Aids or Cancer - simply because hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on finding treatments for the symptoms of diseases. Why? simply because their global aim is to make more profit by creating consumer dependency. By applying medications and creams that deal merely with the symptoms while ignoring the source or the internal cause of the disease, acne will never be cured. The average acne sufferer will become more and more reliant on drugs that temporarily calm the symptoms and that means steady income for the drug and pharmaceutical companies... more>

Quick Acne Treatments Exposed: The Truth Behind Miracle Acne Cures
The recent proliferation of quick fix acne treatments, miracle cures, and instant acne formulas, has caused consumers to wonder if these alternatives are actually worth their hopes and hard earned cash. Can there be an overwhelmingly easy to follow and quick acne treatments that produce results in days? more>

Acne Bacteria and The Acne Environment
Acne bacteria are not contagious and everyone has acne bacteria on their skin, regardless if the individual suffers from acne or not. Streptococcus bacteria, for example, exist in everyone's throat, but it doesn’t always cause a strep throat or tonsillitis. The reason is that similar to the acne bacteria these bacteria will not trigger the formation of a strep throat (or acne in the case of the acne bacteria) unless the specific condition or the right “environment” is created. more>

Acne Don’ts: The 7 Things You Should Never Do To Your Skin When You Have Acne (And Even If You Don’t)
You skin is the largest organ in your body. Besides helping the body in the process of toxic elimination (One of the main acne contributing factors), it also protects your body against temperature changes, and from harmful invaders. By working with your skin and not against it you pave the way to an enhanced healing of the skin. Your skin will look and feel better; it will become more even toned and vibrant. more>

External Acne Care: The Pros and Cons of Washing Your Face
Acne is basically an internal condition triggered by several underlying factors. However, there are additional external acne symptoms that may enhance the formation of acne or interfere with the healing process of your existing acne on the external level (e.g. the external acne environment). Without handling these external triggers, it will be very difficult for anyone to overcome their acne challenge, especially when the holistic treatment is performed while the individual still suffers from “live” and “evolving” acne. more>

Temporary Tattoo
This temporary tattoo art, popularly used in Middle Eastern, North-African and Asia, is usually drawn, often with intricate patterns and designs, on the hands and feet since the stratum corneum is thickest there (especially for males) and the stain will last for... more>