Saturday, March 5, 2011

Alopecia Areata

Alopecia Areata (AA) is a condition in which there is a loss of hair on the scalp or the body.

It is affecting 1 percent of the population mostly the children.

Even adults are also affected by Alopecia Areata and it can occur at any age.

According to scientists, it is an autoimmune disease in which hair follicles are attacked by WBC from the immune system and kept them away from the producing hairs.

TYPES

Alopecia areata multilocularis
Alopecia areata barbae
Alopecia areata totalis
Alopecia areata monolocularis
Diffuse alopecia areata
Alopecia areata universalis

CAUSES

It is an autoimmune disease and not considered as contagious. The cause for Alopecia Areata is not known. Genetic factor can be one of the causes for AA.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF AA

It starts with one or small, coin size, round, bare patches. It is mostly common on the scalp and even includes eyelashes, eyebrows and beards. Hair grows with the full hair regrowth.

There is no such symptom which can cause Alopecia areata but there can be itching or minor discomfort when a new patch is developed. Nails also become distorted and can have tiny pinpoint dents. This is not a serious disease and the person can have risk of asthma, atopic eczema, allergies etc.

DIAGNOSIS

It occurs mostly in the late teenage years and with almost people of all ages. Fingernails can also be affected along with the hair loss. Diagnosis is done in which other treatable diseases are excluded that can be the cause for hair loss such as tinea capitis and trichotillomania. Patches of broken hair and no skin changes which are associated with the alopecia areata can be found in trichotillomania.

TREATMENT

There is no permanent cure or treatment for alopecia areata but these treatments promote new patches of hair loss and hair growth. Many treatments are available and they are:-

Anthralin – It is a substance which looks like a synthetic tar that alters immune system which affects the skin. It can be applied for 20 to 60 minutes and should be washed off to protect from skin irritation.
Corticosteroids – These drugs are taken as pills and given in the form of injections in the areas of hair loss. Steroid injections can also be given in the patches on the scalp and any hair bearing skin. Corticosteroids will have positive side effects if taken by mouth.
Topical minoxidil 5% solution – This solution can be applied twice to the scalp which promotes the hair growth in children and adults and new hair will appear in 12 weeks.

Caps, hats and wigs are worn by the people having alopecia areata and it does not affect the general health.

Bare Escentuals bareMinerals – Mineral Makeup Starter Kit

Posted on February 15th, 2011 | Categories: Bronzer, Deals & Discounts, Free Beauty Samples, Free Makeup Samples, Free Mineral Makeup Samples, Free Offers, How to Apply Makeup, Makeup Brushes | Reviews & Makeup Tips, Mineral Makeup | Reviews & Makeup Tips, Organic Makeup

Get a free bareMinerals mineral makeup starter kit from Bare Escentuals by participating in this offer. Bare Escentuals is one of the most popular and most trusted mineral makeup brands in the world. Their bareMinerals line is adored by mineral makeup lovers all over the world. The set retails for $174 and comes with three

Details of data retention

General expectations

IP and other technical information

When a visitor requests or reads a page, or sends email to a Wikimedia server, no more information is collected than is typically collected by web sites. The Wikimedia Foundation may keep raw logs of such transactions, but these will not be published or used to track legitimate users.

When a page is edited by a logged-in editor, the server confidentially stores related IP information for a limited period of time. This information is automatically deleted after a set period. For editors who do not log in, the IP address used is publicly and permanently credited as the author of the edit. It may be possible for a third party to identify the author from this IP address in conjunction with other information available. Logging in with a registered username allows for better preservation of privacy.

Cookies

The sites set a temporary session cookie on a visitor's computer whenever a Project page is visited. Readers who do not intend to log in or edit may deny this cookie; it will be deleted at the end of the browser's session. More cookies may be set when one logs in to maintain logged-in status. If one saves a user name or password in one's browser, that information will be saved for up to 30 days, and this information will be resent to the server on every visit to the same Project. Contributors using a public machine who do not wish to show their username to future users of the machine should clear these cookies after use.

Page history

Edits or other contributions to a Project on its articles, user pages and talk pages are generally retained forever. Removing text from a project does not permanently delete it. Normally, in projects, anyone can look at a previous version of an article and see what was there. Even if an article is "deleted", a user entrusted with higher level of access may still see what was removed from public view. Information can be permanently deleted by individuals with access to Wikimedia servers, but aside from the rare circumstance when the Foundation is required to delete editing-history material in response to a court order or equivalent legal process, there is no guarantee any permanent deletion will happen.

User contribution

User contributions are also aggregated and publicly available. User contributions are aggregated according to their registration and login status. Data on user contributions, such as the times at which users edited and the number of edits they have made, are publicly available via user contributions lists, and in aggregated forms published by other users.

Reading projects

No more information on users and other visitors reading pages is collected than is typically collected in server logs by web sites. Aside from the above raw log data collected for general purposes, page visits do not expose a visitor's identity publicly. Sampled raw log data may include the IP address of any user, but it is not reproduced publicly.

Editing projects

Edits to Project pages are identified with the username or network IP address of the editor, and editing history is aggregated by author in a contribution list. Such information will be available permanently on the projects.

Logged in registered users:

Logged in users do not expose their IP address to the public except in cases of abuse, including vandalism of a wiki page by the user or by another user with the same IP address. A user's IP address is stored on the wiki servers for a period of time, during which it can be seen by server administrators and by users who have been granted CheckUser access.

IP address information, and its connection to any usernames that share it, may be released under certain circumstances (see below).

Editors using a company mail server from home or telecommuting over a DSL or cable Internet connection, are likely to be easy to identify by their IP address; in which case it may be easy to cross-identify all contributions to various Projects made by that IP. Using a username is a better way of preserving privacy in this situation.

Unlogged-in registered users and unregistered users:

Editors who have not logged in may be identified by network IP address. Depending on one's connection, this IP address may be traceable to a large Internet service provider or more specifically to a school, place of business or home. It may be possible to use this information in combination with other information, including editing style and preferences, to identify an author completely.

Discussions

On wiki discussion pages:

Any editable page can theoretically be the location of a discussion. In general, discussions on Foundation projects occur on user talk pages (associated with particular users), on article talk pages (associated with particular articles) or in pages specially designated to function as forums (e.g., the Village Pump). Privacy expectations apply to discussion pages in the same way as they do elsewhere.

Via email:

Users are not required to list an email address when registering. Users who provide a valid email address can enable other logged-in users to send email to them through the wiki. When receiving an email from other users through this system, one's email address is not revealed to them. When choosing to send an email to other users, one's email is displayed as the sender.

The email address put into one's user preferences may be used by the Foundation for communication. Users whose accounts do not have a valid email address will not be able to reset their password if it is lost. In such a situation, however, users may be able to contact one of the Wikimedia server administrators to enter a new e-mail address. A user can remove the account's email address from his preferences at any time to prevent it from being used. Private correspondence between users may be saved at those users' discretion and is not subject to Wikimedia Foundation policy.

On mailing lists:

The email addresses used to subscribe and post to Project mailing lists are exposed to other subscribers. The list archives of most such mailing lists are public, and searches of public archives may be performed on the Web. Subscribers' addresses may also be quoted in other users' messages. These email addresses and any messages sent to a mailing list may be archived and may remain available to the public permanently.

Via OTRS:

Some e-mail addresses (such as info-en at wikimedia dot org) forward mail to a team of volunteers trusted by the Foundation to use a ticket system, such as OTRS, to respond. Mail sent to this system is not publicly visible, but volunteers selected by the Foundation will have access to it. The ticket system team may discuss the contents of received mail with other contributors in order to respond effectively. Mail to private addresses of members of Board of Trustees and to staff of the Foundation may also be forwarded to the OTRS team. These messages and e-mail addresses may be saved by members of the OTRS team and any email service they use, and may remain available to them.

On IRC:

IRC channels are not officially part of the Wikimedia Foundation and are not operated on Wikimedia controlled servers. The IP address of users who chat over such a service may be exposed to other participants. IRC users' privacy on each channel can only be protected according to the policies of the respective service and channel. Different channels have different policies on whether logs may be published.

Purpose of the collection of private information

The Foundation limits the collection of personally identifiable user data to purposes which serve the well-being of its projects, including but not limited to the following:

To enhance the public accountability of the projects. The Foundation recognizes that any system that is open enough to allow the greatest possible participation of the general public will also be vulnerable to certain kinds of abuse and counterproductive behavior. The Foundation and the project communities have established a number of mechanisms to prevent or remedy abusive activities. For example, when investigating abuse on a project, including the suspected use of malicious “sockpuppets” (duplicate accounts), vandalism, harassment of other users, or disruptive behavior, the IP addresses of users (derived either from those logs or from records in the database) may be used to identify the source(s) of the abusive behavior. This information may be shared by users with administrative authority who are charged by their communities with protecting the projects.

To provide site statistics. The Foundation statistically samples raw log data from users' visits. These logs are used to produce the site statistics pages; the raw log data is not made public.

To solve technical problems. Log data may be examined by developers in the course of solving technical problems and in tracking down badly-behaved web spiders that overwhelm the site

User accounts and authorship

The Foundation does not require editors to register with a project. Anyone can edit without logging in with a username, in which case they will be identified by network IP address. Users that do register are identified by their chosen username. Users select a password, which is confidential and used to verify the integrity of their account. Except insofar as it may be required by law, no person should disclose, or knowingly expose, either user passwords and/or cookies generated to identify a user. Once created, user accounts will not be removed. It may be possible for a username to be changed, depending on the policies of individual projects. The Foundation does not guarantee that a username will be changed on request.

General Scope

This policy covers personally identifiable information collected or stored by the Foundation on its servers in relation to the Projects and their communities. Consistent with its Data Retention Policy, the Foundation collects and retains the least amount of personally identifiable information needed to fulfill the Projects' operational needs.

The public and collaborative nature of the projects

All Projects of the Wikimedia Foundation are collaboratively developed by its users using the MediaWiki software. Anyone with Internet access (and not otherwise restricted from doing so) may edit the publicly editable pages of these sites with or without logging in as a registered user. By doing this, editors create a published document, and a public record of every word added, subtracted, or changed. This is a public act, and editors are identified publicly as the author of such changes. All contributions made to a Project, and all publicly available information about those contributions, are irrevocably licensed and may be freely copied, quoted, reused and adapted by third parties with few restrictions

Laser resurfacing

Laser resurfacing is a technique used during laser surgery wherein molecular bonds are dissolved by laser. It is used for the treatment of wrinkles, solar lentigenes, sun damage, scars (see acne scar treatment), stretch marks, actinic keratosis and telangiectasias or "spider veins".

It can be combined with liposuction to remove excess fat from the chin and jaw area. The skin may be wrinkled after fat is removed and laser resurfacing can help tighten and smooth over the new contours.

Laser resurfacing is usually done with a 2940 nm Er:YAG laser or a 10,600 nm CO₂ laser. Complete resurfacing was first done with a CO₂ laser. More commonly now, laser resurfacing is done with a fractional laser. The term fractional pertains to the method in which the laser light is transferred. Tiny pinpoints of laser light are used to deliver the laser to the surface of the skin in only a fraction of the area. Several hundred or thousands of laser pinpoints may be used per square inch, leaving healthy skin in between the ablated areas, to allow more rapid healing and lower risk.

Skin resurfacing can also be performed with a plasma-based device instead of a laser. At least one manufacturer of such a plasma device^[who?] claims "It’s the only treatment proven to generate new skin, at the fundamental levels, for as long as a year after treatment".^[3] However these claims do not have supporting evidence published in a peer-reviewed medical journal, and have not been verified by any independently funded studies. Superiority to laser-based devices remains an open question.

Fractional photothermolysis (FP) is another form of laser treatment with several devices currently on the market. Some doctors claim FP provides similar results to CO₂ laser resurfacing without risk of scarring or significant downtime. As of January 2008, there are a number of papers referenced on PubMed which mostly support those claims.^{[citation needed]} Complications observed in a study of 961 treatments included acneiform eruptions (1.87%) and herpes simplex virus outbreaks (1.77%). Side effects and complications observed in this study were of a temporary nature.^[4] There have been, however, anecdotal negative accounts of bad scarring and hyperpigmentation without any findings of infection.^[5]

When compared to a chemical peel, dermabrasion or other forms of laser treatment, a laser allows the surgeon to customize the surgery not only for each patient but also to each area of the face.

CO₂ laser resurfacing has been shown to have an increased risk of hypopigmentation and scarring when compared to the erbium lasers. This is due to the high degree of coagulation and thus heat production that occurs as a nature of the CO₂ wavelength. Both Erbium and Co2 fractional systems have a better safety profile than lasers of the past.

Both Erbium and CO₂ are used to treat deep rhytides, sun damage and age spots. Through the heating of the deep dermis, fibroblasts are stimulated to form new collagen and elastin helping to bring increased turgor and thickness to the skin.

Puffy Eyes - How To Get Rid of Puffy Eyes

Puffy eye is that when you awake the eyes are puffiest. Skin around and under your eyes are the thinnest and most sensitive of your body. Puffy eyes can also be a heredity problem. Late nights, allergies, high salt intake or general stress can cause the unsightly phenomenon of puffy eyes. Puffy eyes can also result from a build-up of toxins and wastes in the system.

Preventing dryness around the eyes can also be very helpful in reducing swelling. If dryness is your problem, a lightweight, fragrance-free moisturizer will help. Be certain the moisturizer does not contain any irritating ingredients that could make matters worse. Reduce your puffy eyes by taking some measures which can cause puffy eyes. Reduce puffy eyes through exercise also, move your eyes in wide circular motion, first in one direction and then the other. Move the eyes to the right and left and then up and down.You can try our home remedy for puffy eyes to be reduce.

Puffy eyes Information - Symptoms of Puffy Eyes.

Swelling around the eyes.
Swollen eyelid.
Itching eyes.
Puffy eyelids.
Eye redness or pink eyes.
Inability to closing or opening of the eyes is most common symptom of puffy eyes.

These above are the possible symptoms of the puffy eyes.

Puffy eyes Information - Causes of Puffy Eyes.

Puffy eyes can be a heredity problem.
If itching or redness accompanies the puffiness, it may be due to an allergy or dermatitis.
Drinking alcohol more the then capacity results in hangovers and they also produce puffy eyes.
Changes in your body's fluid balance such as due to weather changes, travel or hormone fluctuations.
Contact lenses can cause irritation and swelling, results in puffy eyes, so be sure that you are wearing the most comfortable type for your vision correction.
Lack of sleep may also results in puffy eyes.
Fluids get trapped in the tissues under the eyes. Usually the eyes are puffiest when you awake. Puffy eyes can also be a sign of sinus and allergy problems.

Home remedies to get rid of puffy eyes.

Cut out thin slices of cucumber. Chill them. Now lie down and shut your eyes. Apply chilled cucumber slices over and under-eye areas and relax. Leave it on for 15 mintues. Gently rub the slices over and under-eye areas, and then wash off. You will feel relaxed and refreshed. The natural moisture from cucumber acts as a healing tonic while the cucumber juice helps to lighten the skin too. A great relief for tired and puffy eyes.
Drink of enough water will also reduce eye puffiness. When a person is dehydrated the body starts storing water as a defense system and this will add to puffy eyes, so drink around 8-10 glass of water daily to get rid of puffy eyes.
Lie in a quiet room down for 15 minutes, with either a slice of raw potato or cucumber over your eyes, or cotton wool pads soaked in witch hazel (which reduces swelling) or iced water. Your eyes will sparkle and any puffiness will magically disappear.
Remove contact lenses each night before bed to avoid puffiness caused by lens irritation and drying.
Soak cotton wool pads in rose water and use them as eye pads, over closed eyes, this will help to get rid of puffy eyes and reduce your puffiness.
Mix one teaspoon of salt in a pint of hot water; apply pads soaked in the saline solution on the puffy areas. A great relief for tired and puffy eyes.
Gently tap your skin with your ring finger when you are applying eye cream to encourage the excess fluid to drain away.
Wash your entire face with the coldest water you can stand immediately after you wake up. Use either cold tap water or a mixture of cold water and ice cubes in a large bowl or tub. Splash your face for up to 5 minutes, if possible. This helps in reduction of puffy eyes.

All above are simple home remedy to get rid of puffy eyes. If the still eyes are puffy then see your doctor. Your doctor will want to rule out other possible causes such as thyroid or kidney problems.

Recommended Puffy Eyes Reduction Gel

Spa Sciences Puffy Eyes Reduction Gel

Murad Redness Therapy Recovery Treatment Gel For Puffy Eyes

Murad Redness Therapy Neutralizing Treatment Powder is best for Puffy Eyes

Chapped Lips, Causes, Symptoms And Home remedies - Severe and Chronic Chapped Lips Treatment Chapped Lips, Causes, Symptoms And Home remedies - Sev

Chapped Lips, Causes, Symptoms And Home remedies - Severe and Chronic Chapped Lips Treatment

Severe and chronic chapped lips are a result of very dry skin on the lips. Dry skin occurs when the moisture, or water, content of the skin is decreased for any reason.The skin on our lips is actually mucous membrane, so for them to remain smooth and chap free is a bit of a challenge.

Causes of chapped lips

Common cause of severe and chronic chapped lip are allergic reaction to cosmetics, skin infections, extreme weather conditions like excess sun and wind exposure, biting of the lips or a vitamin B deficiency. If dryness, cracking or soreness of the lip has already developed, it is especially important to use a medicated product to provide relief. Use a lip care product as part of a daily regimen to Daily treatment of the lip helps maintain a smooth feel and appearance, moisturize your lips and maintain their healthy condition. Some of the common causes of chapped lips are :

A lack of essential fatty acids and/or B vitamins, poor diet and dehydration.
Allergic reaction to cosmetics like lipsticks, lip gloss.
Extreme weather conditions like excess sun and wind exposure.

A product with a penetrating analgesic can soothe the lip quickly and effectively. Massage dry lip with lip balm or petroleum jelly. You can also try coating your lip with skin moisturizer, vitamin E oil or aloe vera gel. These greasy products help keep your lip properly moisturized.

What are the symptoms of severe and chronic Chapped Lips:-

When the Lip are severe and chronic chapped they usually have the following qualities roughness, dryness, redness, peeling, cracking, sensitivity and tenderness.

Here are some simple home steps to Cure Severe and chronic Chapped Lips:

Avoid going out in dry, cold weather without putting on lip balm or lipstick.
Keep lips soft by not licking them.
Try to keep the air in your home humid.
Use a sunscreen on your lips when outside in sunny weather.
Avoid excessive sun exposure.
Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables.
Drink plenty of water to prevent dehydration.
Take vitamin B, C foods in diet.
Hot water fomentation, followed by a mixture of Vaseline and honey applied on the lips at least thrice a week will prevent lips from chapping.
Give dry, flaky lip the brush-off; Once a week exfoliate your lip. Wet a soft toothbrush and gently brush your lip with a circular motion.
When participating in outdoor activity, use a lip balm that contains a sun block to prevent sunburn.
If lip become chapped, avoid wearing lipsticks while lip are recovering as drying products in color pigments may irritate chapped lip.

Home made Remedies to Cure the Severe Chapped Lips

With Glycerine and Milk Cream you can cure severe and chronic chapped dry lips

Mix 2 drops of glycerine with 1 tsp of cream on the top of milk and apply to lip to cure the chapped lip and keep overnight to get smooth and shiny lip. Helps to cure dry chapped lip.
Grind rose petals with cream on the top of milk and apply on lip to cure the severe and chronic chapped lip. Helps to cure severe and chronic chapped lip.

Mentholatum are the remedy for severe chapped lips

Before you go to bed at night rub some Mentholatum on your chapped lip. Use as much as you would if you were applying chap stick. When you wake in the morning the dryness is gone. Works especially well with cracked and severe chapped lip.This remedy leaves your lip soft and supple.

Petroleum jelly is the best Home Remedy to cure the severe and chronic Chapped Lips

Apply petroleum jelly to your lips 3-5 times a day. The great part is that it's clear and thin, so it looks great over your lipstick because it's shiny! Try it! It helps in great deal to cure the severe and chronic chapped lips.

Unsalted Butter to cure the Severe and Chronic Chapped lips

Rub melted unsalted butter on your lip. Yummy! Just doing this once or twice weekly can prevent chapped lip. During extreme winters, apply vaseline at nights and carry a chap stick for use when needed. This will help to cure from the severe and chronic chapped lips.

Olive Oil is another method to cure the Chronic Chapped lips

All you have to do is take a little bit of olive oil on the tip of your figure, and place on your chronic chapped lips as you would chap stick. You will have immediate results. Just apply when you feel you need it.

All above Homemade remedies are best to cure the chronic and severe chapped lip, you must follows the above home steps to cure the chronic and Severe Chapped Lip.

Fruity Lip Gloss

Ingredients:

2 Tbs solid shortening
1 Tbs fruit-flavored powdered drink mix
35 mm film container

Mix shortening & drink mix together in a microwave safe bowl till smooth!
Place in microwave on high for 30 seconds until mix becomes a liquid!
Pour into clean (wash thoroughly before use) film container, or any other small airtight container!
Place mix into fridge for 20-30 minutes or till firm!

Pool Spa

Who doesn't want to be pampered and treated like a king/queen? Everyone is not blessed with riches. But, there are certain things that you can indulge in to make yourself feel really special. Well, we are talking about the pool spa, which is one of the most blissful experiences. We all love to be taken care of. Give yourself this lavish treatment of swim pool spa and experience the worldly charms. Read to know more about swimming pool and spa…

Pool spa followed by sauna session will relax you completely. It will revive your energy and add spice to your life. You will feel more fervent and zealous after the end of pool spa. Ladies usually insist on including manicure and pedicure in the pool spa package. As more and more people are becoming increasingly aware of the spa massages, there has been a tremendous rise in the demand for swimming pool spas.

Pool spa and sauna bath give equivalent reward as the cardio workout. The heat generated has therapeutic properties and thus, helps a great deal in curing various kinds of ailments. The heat also brings about a rise in the rate of heart pumping, thereby providing similar benefits as the brisk walk renders. Modern luxury homes of today are well equipped with spa amenities.

Body Piercing Methods

The basic idea of getting the body pierced is to wear beautiful jewelry in the opening created. It is one of the best means to adorn and accentuate your body. Body piercing is one of the most popular fashions, which is swaying the entire nation. It is gaining momentum not just amongst the girls, but also is extremely popular among the boys. There are different kinds of methods available for body piercing. In this article, we will provide you with information on the body piercing technique…

Different Methods of Body Piercing

Needle Method
Needle method is one of the most common methods used for body piercing. As the name suggests, it involves the use of medical hollow needle. Using the needle, a hole is created in the skin. While the needle is still inside the pierced body part, the initial jewelry is inserted into it. Needle method is the standard practice that is followed in most of the countries.

Piercing Guns
Piercing gun method is increasingly gaining popularity, due to the ease that it provides. There is a gun device that pierces by forcefully pushing a stud through the body part. The concept of piercing gun works on the same principle as stapler. Gun method is more often brought to use by non professional piercers. It is not a very safe method, as it is cumbersome to sterilize the piercing gun.

Cannula Method
This method is almost the same as the standard needle method. The only difference lies in the fact that instead of inserting the initial jewelry into the pierced body part, it is pushed inside a hollow plastic tube, known as cannula.

Scalpel Method
If you wish to have a large gauge body piercing, medical scalpel solves the purpose by making a bigger cut. This technique has also proved to be effective in correcting asymmetry if there is any.

Pierce and Taper
This technique is basically used for larger gauge piercings. It is apt for piercing body parts that have a very elastic skin. It is an extension of the standard needle method. After having pierced the body part using a needle, it involves the inserting of a tapered steel bar so as to widen the opening. Following the tapered bar, the jewelry is inserted.

Dermal Punching
Dermal punching is a method that ensures that the hole created would sustain for a longer period of time. It is mainly used in case of upper ear piercing. It demands the removal of skin and cartilage so as to life the pressure generated due to piercing.