The Skinny on Skin Cancer
Do we really need to worry about skin cancer in Singapore?
Consultant Dermatologist of The National Skin Centre, says yes.
What is the incidence of skin cancer?
Skin cancer is on the list of top 10 cancers in both males and females, with an average of 325 cases a year. In 2007, about 400 new cases of skin cancer were diagnosed and treated at the National Skin Centre. The majority were either basal or squamous cell carcinomas.
Have the figures of skin cancer increased over the years?
Statistics from other Asian countries show that skin cancer is on the rise. Read the rest of this entry »
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Beautiful Skin
Living in a smog-filled city makes me wish I could frolic in the sea or skip in a meadow whenever I need a little perk-me-up. But if breathing in the ocean air or leaping on fresh-cut grass seems impossible, here’s what you can do to look and feel as blooming fresh as this dress I’m wearing.
1. Give yourself a damn good scrub.
Your skin will thank you for sloughing away all that surface dirt and cellular build-up. You’ll be rewarded with skin so smooth and clean, you’ll want to roll around in bed naked check out more exciting new scrubs.
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Professional Whitening
Step 1. A gingival barrier is applied onto the gums to protect is soft pink tissues
Step 2. Whitening gel is then applied onto the tooth surface, one row at a time
Step 3. A standard curing light is then actived on each tooth for 30 seconds each. This light source is the same one dentists use to cure dental bonding (white fillings). Read the rest of this entry »
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Perfect Your Brows - Clearly Defined
Clearly Defined
If you’re after a more glamorous and sophisticated look, then drawing to give your brows more definition is a must.
Step 1.
Depending on your preference, you may use an eyebrow to fill in the gaps - especially if your brows are sparse. With a pencil, draw in up and outward strokes in the direction of hair growth.
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Perfect Your Brows - Au Natural
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Au Natural
If your brows are decently lush, then lucky you! All you have to do is neaten and shape them.
Step 1.
Take an eyeliner pencil or makeup brush and place it vertically against the side of your nose to the tear duct of the eye. This is where your eyebrow should start.
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Skin Solutions
First off, stop squeezing your pimples!
This will harm the skin’s surface causing further inflammation on worse, scarring! Adult acne is a common occurrence and is due mainly to the following reasons:
1. Changing hormonal levels that cause sebaceous glands to produce more sebum, making skin greasier and more prone to breakouts.
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10 Things You Always Wanted To Know About Breast Cancer - Part 3
7. I’ve heard that high levels of the hormone oestrogen play a part in getting the disease. But isn’t that a normal female hormone?
Yes, and in fact it is essential for all of us, including men. It doesn’t come down to some woman having “more” oestrogen than another, but some women may be more sensitive to it than others and is known to play a part in the development of breast cancer in some people. The drug tamoxifen can be highly effective in those cases, as it blocks the hormone’s action. There are still a lot of unanswered questions about the role of oestrogen, but this is a major area of cancer research.
8. Is it possible for breast cancer to go away without being treated?
No. All our experts agreed that if you have it, you have to be treated for it.
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4. How quickly do tumors grow?
This depends on the individual woman and the type of tumor she has, and there are no hard and fast rules about the speed with which tumors gros. Some may take years, while in inflammatory types of the disease, they can grow very quickly. Being breast aware will help you pick up any changes quickly.
5. It sounds like a daft question, but does breast cancer hurt? Read the rest of this entry »
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But were Afraid to ask :)
1. What are my chances of getting breast cancer?
According to Executive Director of the National Cancer Society Malaysia, one in 19 Malaysian women have a lifetime risk of developing breast cancer. That’s calculated by a mind-bogglingly complicated formula based on current figures and the percent-ages of women of different generations who get the disease.
According to the Second Report Of the National Cancer Registry, Cancer Incidence In Malaysia 2003, breast cancer was the most common cancer in all ethnic groups and all age groups and all age groups in females from the age of 15 years. The age pattern in 2003 showed a peak age specific incidence rate at 50-59 age group in Malays, Chinese, and Indians, and the rates then declined in the older age groups.
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Saving Your Neck - Sagging skin
The problem: The culprits behind the dreaded wattle are easier to explain than they are to defeat. As collagen and elastin deteriorate with age, “skin loses elasticity, so it’s not as sprungy,” Waldorf says. Sun damages makes it worse, rendering that thinning elastin and collagen ineffective. But the real problem is what lies beneath. “the muscles are fallin, and fat is moving, creating an overall loss of volume in the jaw area,” Graf says, which can lead to a soft pendulum of loose skin under the chin.
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