Thursday, January 6, 2011

What You Should Know About Lips

You know those lips actually included important organ for women because the lips form very decisive physical artistic values a woman. Isn't it? But although it is not rare that women are ignoring the health lips. Oh well too bad. But some are for the sake of appearance, the women are willing to do whatever it takes to form lips look sexy. If necessary, undergoing surgery for fuller lips form and proportion. Just imagine if the skin is dry and peeling lips. Whatever is in contact with the lip will cause the pain. Wow if you've eaten and drunk so rich was tortured, as well as the activities of talking, laughing, or yawning. In fact, not infrequently, skin chapped lips cause bleeding. Scary...


But usually, people lay claim such conditions as a symptom of "heartburn", although in a medical dictionary, the term is never hot in there. When found chapped lips, people compete to consume a variety of "cooling drinks" or "hot drug in". And, in fact chapped lips is just one indication of improper treatment of the lips, or when a gradual peeling, then changing the new skin, it is a common natural phenomenon.

Actually color, shape, and the tendency of the condition of every person's lips are very dependent on heredity. However, in terms of circumstances or the nature of the lips skin, heredity does not always play a role. Parents who have a blackish-colored lips for example, do not always reduce the situation to her son. However, symptoms may arise because of bad habits.

Weather conditions also affect the lip surface. Those who live in low-temperature regions tend to have dry lips. Actually, not a dry cold, but due to low humidity. As a result, dry skin and peeling. As a result, lip color so dreary and dull.

In addition to weather factors, in women, the lip surface is also dependent on the estrogen hormone balance. If enough estrogen, the lips look fine and healthy. However, estrogen is too much or too little can invite disaster. For example, lip color tends to black. Effect of estrogen also appear on the skin in other body parts. Pregnant woman's face for example, are often more luminous. This is due to hormones that stimulate blood vessel expansion.

Estrogen is also known to help the skin repair and replacement (regeneration), including the skin of the lips. This occurs regularly and continuously for estrogen is still there. During menopause, estrogen levels decline sharply and the regeneration of weakened, to be at a standstill. Without regeneration, the skin can not protect and moisturize yourself and gradually shrink, and then relax.

While the habit of smoking, in fact everyone knows that this also brings harm to the health of the lips. Initially, the effect of smoking is not so pronounced. However, after pengisapnya trapped in dependency, the lips that had looked bright, slowly turned into a blackish purple color. The color change is caused by the influence of temperature.

When smoked, smoking hot on the lips so red blood cells become "scorched" and experienced death. Red blood cells that die earlier will produce the pigment which is then buried in the lips and the black lead on the outer lip. In addition, each cigarette from burning on the tip would lead to carbon, which also will add a dark lip color.

Please note, in addition to inviting bad effect on the skin and lips, smoking is also very disturbing appearance of the tooth. Yes, however smoking is definitely through his mouth immediately tar contained in cigarettes come in contact with teeth. Initially, the teeth became yellowish. Sometime later, turned into brown, then black.

If the lips are black, and also participated discolored teeth, gone are the charm of the smile of a woman. There was no choice but to quit smoking. In addition, to restore growth and exchange of red blood cells, try megonsumsi food containing A, B, C and E. Oh yah also quite complicated but it is the knowledge that we should know especially for a woman.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Healthy Food For Beautiful Skin

Under the blazing sun too often, shown to accelerate the skin aging process. Although using sunscreen can block the process of aging, but some dermatologists do not recommend it on the grounds has many negative side effects. Dermatologists would suggest for a healthy diet to keep skin youthful.

Foods that contain lots of collagen, the fibrous protein and is highly recommended to maintain skin beauty. To that end, here are some wrinkle-preventing foods you should consume from now on:

Strawberries
Foods rich in vitamin C such as strawberries, can help prevent wrinkles and dryness associated with age. Savor strawberries has also been tested through a 2007 study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Vitamin C has the effect of smoothing the skin and be able to stop the free radicals produced from ultraviolet light and also its role in the synthesis of collagen.


Vitamin C is essential for collagen production, you can find vitamin C in many cosmetics, but will be even better if you immediately get the benefits of vitamin C through natural ingredients such as fruit and exciting. Besides strawberries, papaya, broccoli, and oranges are a source of vitamin C is very good.

Tomatoes
Tomato red color comes from lycopene, a carotenoid that can help keep your skin stays smooth. In a study published in 2008 in the European Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutics, researchers found that of the 20 people studied, those who eat foods containing high lycopene have smooth skin.

Increase your intake of lycopene intake from now. When summer watermelon and carrots can also be consumed as food healthy skin.



Tofu
Tofu and other soyfoods such as edamame and soy milk, can help preserve skin firming collagen because they are rich in isoflavones.

In a study published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, rats who consumed isoflavones and exposed to ultraviolet radiation have fewer wrinkles and smoother skin than mice exposed to UV light but no isoflavones. The researchers believe that isoflavones help prevent damage to collagen.

Tuna
Eating fish that contain omega-3 such as tuna, salmon, sardines and trout can help keep skin healthy. Benefits of omega-3 fats EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) have been shown capable of maintaining collagen.