Women's Wellbeing > Skin Hair
and Nails
Keeping your good looks, preventing sagging, lines and wrinkles
Healthy Skin requires a healthy body.
Our skin from birth is exposed to sun, dirt and grime, and
then washed with various combinations of chemicals. It
is also susceptible to the process of aging and after
many years can resemble that of a reptile. But there is
hope for lovely soft, clear skin, but first lets think
about the skin, it's functions and requirements:
Your Skin is a barrier to keep your insides in, and to
keep the outside world out.
The skin is extremely tough and yet sensitive and can
heal itself after injury, like the rest of the body, if
given the optimal conditions, it is a complete, self
regenerating system.
Throughout history, people have been applying various
potions to the skin in the attempt to maintain a
youthful complexion, for some, it works to a degree, for
others no matter how many or how expensive the potions
used, their skin looks more like our lizard friend
above.
If mirrors were not invented, would vanity be a
problem?
The health of your skin is dependant on the health of
your body, the more vital and well nourished your body,
your skin will likely remain youthful for longer unless
some disease is present.
Tips to maintain healthy skin:
- Ensure your body has optimal nutrition
- Use soaps and detergents very sparingly
- Avoid harsh chemicals
- Only use natural / edible oils and cosmetics
- Wash in warm water - rinse off with cold water
Skin problems:
- Dry Skin
- Eat more leafy green vegetables
- For pimples, infections and cold sores try
- Colloidal silver cream
- Pure essential oil, i.e. lavender
- Chronic problems like psoriasis
- Colloidal silver cream
- Invest in your health by finding a health
practitioner who can assist with real healing.
Natures Drug Store
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Colloidal silver cream and essential oils are widely
available from health stores and pharmacies. Colloidal
silver cream can also be purchased
on line
and
learn more about your skin.
Hair and Nails
The fact that we still have head hair (or at
least most of us do when young) probably relates mostly to its importance in
sexual attraction. While loss of head hair is common in men, it can occur in
women, but when it does, it is generally a thinning of
the hair rather than male pattern baldness.
Most of us desire to have thick luxurious hair but sadly
many people suffer with limp and lackluster hair which
must be constantly bolstered by various enhancing
shampoos and treatments.
However the guidelines as above for
a healthy skin also apply to hair and nails although the
cold rinse does not necessarily apply. Lackluster hair
is often a sign of general poor health and mineral
deficiency or a mineral imbalance which may be corrected
with a
mineral supplement.
Learn more about
minerals and mineral nutrition.
- Hair and Nail Care Tips
- Regularly trim hair to remove split ends
- Avoid harsh colourants, shampoos and conditioners that not only damage
the hair, but may also damage the scalp and the hair roots
- Do not wash hair more than once daily and 2 - 3 times weekly is often
sufficient
- When having a bad hair day, oil your hair with almost any vegetable oil
and wash out after an hour or so. This will make your hair look great.
- Nails
Nail polish removers don't do your nails any favours.
Keep nails trimmed to avoid breakages
When nails are ingrown, cut more straight across
- Also see the skin care guidelines as above
Hair care and removal product reviews
* Collagen is absent from the underside of the male foreskin which allows easy
transmission of sexually transmitted diseases.
