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Pregnancy comes with many tough symptoms, one of which is feeling tired. Of course, it makes sense that you'd be tired, with your body creating another human and then, after your baby has arrived, waking up throughout the night. As if it's not hard enough to feel tired all the time, that sleep deprivation can show up on your face as well. This is especially true of the eye area, where you'll probably notice bags and dark circles under...

Learn about Green Tea Extract Benefits & How it Can Protect Your Skin Green tea is made from the buds and leaves of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis), although it doesn’t undergo the oxidation process that oolong and black tea does. The lack of oxidation means that green tea has a higher concentration of volatile organic compounds, many of which scientists are studying for their health benefits. Green tea has been consumed as a beverage an...

Don't Let the Dry Air of the Winter or Summer Take a Toll on Your Skin Skin is your body’s largest and fastest growing organ. It’s also one of the best indicators of health and vitality. While much has been written about summertime damage to your skin, less is said regarding the toll winter can take. Cold weather, coupled with low humidity, results in air dry enough to rob moisture from your skin throughout the day. Without careful att...

Understand Why You Get Stretch Marks and How You Can Minimize or Eliminate Them Stretch marks, known medically as striae, are a type of scarring that occurs when the dermis layer of skin tears. They’re generally the result of rapid body growth that causes the skin to stretch faster than its elastic limits will allow without tearing. Stretch marks are most common during pregnancy, but they can also occur from other types of weight gain such as p...

Learn How to Protect Your Skin Skin care consists of many practices that benefit the skin, but their objectives are generally to improve the skin’s appearance, maintain its integrity and relieve specific skin conditions. Practices that improve the skin’s appearance include cosmetics, exfoliation and medical procedures such as microdermabrasion, dermal fillers, laser resurfacing, peels and retinol therapy. Maintaining the skin’s integrity invol...