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Last Updated: 4 years ago• Featured Tip
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A skin tag is a diminutive, harmless, extension of skin that is usually attached from beneath the skin by a tiny support stalk. These skin tags are seen in places which are exposed to frequent friction with clothes or areas that have more skin to skin friction. They hang out from the skin surface. They commonly occur in the neck, underarms, groin, and upper chest. Medically a skin tag is termed as an acrochordon. Often skin tags are also identified as soft warts, fibroma pendulum, pedunculated f...more
Last Updated: 5 years ago• Featured Tip
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A skin tag is a diminutive, harmless, extension of skin that is usually attached from beneath the skin by a tiny support stalk. These skin tags are seen in places which are exposed to frequent friction with clothes or areas that have more skin to skin friction. They hang out from the skin surface. They commonly occur in the neck, underarms, groin, and upper chest. Medically a skin tag is termed as an acrochordon. Often skin tags are also identified as soft warts, fibroma pendulum, pedunculated f...more
Last Updated: 6 years ago• Featured Tip
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A skin tag is a diminutive, harmless, extension of skin that is usually attached from beneath the skin by a tiny support stalk. These skin tags are seen in places which are exposed to frequent friction with clothes or areas that have more skin to skin friction. They hang out from the skin surface. They commonly occur in the neck, underarms, groin, and upper chest. Medically a skin tag is termed as an acrochordon. Often skin tags are also identified as soft warts, fibroma pendulum, pedunculated f...more
Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
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Skin tags, also known as acrochordons, are small brown or darker-than-skin tone growths on the surface of the skin. Tags are very common and harmless growths and tend to occur on the neck, under the breasts, armpits, eyelids and folds of the groin. They generally take place after midlife. About 25% of people report having skin tags after they cross the age of 50.
What causes skin tags to occur?
Skin tags are very common among diabetics and obese individuals. Pregnant women also...more
What causes skin tags to occur?
Skin tags are very common among diabetics and obese individuals. Pregnant women also...more
Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
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It is an inflammatory reaction to the hair shaft entering the skin, most common in blacks who shave regularly.
Who gets razor bumps?
About 50% of black males are said to be affected. Other races can also be affected. Though the condition is most commonly reported in men, women who remove unwanted hair also suffer from this condition.
What causes razor bumps?
The condition is caused by both genetic factors and various hair removal methods.
Genetic fact...more
Who gets razor bumps?
About 50% of black males are said to be affected. Other races can also be affected. Though the condition is most commonly reported in men, women who remove unwanted hair also suffer from this condition.
What causes razor bumps?
The condition is caused by both genetic factors and various hair removal methods.
Genetic fact...more
Last Updated: 1 year ago• Featured Tip
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What is hyperpigmentation and hypopigmentation?
Hyperpigmentation and hypopigmentation are two conditions that affect the skin's colour. Hyperpigmentation occurs when there is an increase in melanin, a pigment that gives colour to the skin. This can happen because of excess sun exposure, acne scarring, hormonal imbalances, ageing or even as a side effect of certain medications.
Hypopigmentation is the opposite and happens when there is a decrease in melanin in the sk...more
Last Updated: 1 year ago• Featured Tip
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General Physician•Alappuzha
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Bedsores: symptoms, causes and management
When we do some work for a long time or for the first time there is pressure on the skin of the area used for work, that pressure causes injury to skin and nearby tissue causing ulcers called pressure ulcers.
They are also known as bedsores and decubitus ulcers. Bedsores always happen to the place where skin is over bone and the gap between them is very low. Such areas are like heels, hands and sometimes...more
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Last Updated: 1 year ago• Featured Tip
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General Physician•Sonipat
When there is freezing of skin due to the environment, there is injury, due to freezing, of the skin and the underlying tissues is called frostbite. There are stages of frostbite. Earliest stage is known as frostnip in which there is no permanent damage to tissue and layers of skin. ;
There are few symptoms like cold skin and itching feeling. After sometime symptoms are followed by numbness to inflammation and discoloration of skin. At late stage of frostbite the sym...more
Last Updated: 1 year ago• Featured Tip
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1. Dr. Lipy gupta
Https://www. Lybrate. Com/delhi/doctor/dr-lipy-gupta-dermatologist-1
Md - dermatology, venereology & leprosy, mbbs
17 years experience 800 at clinic 1000 online
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Dr. Lipy gupta is a distinguished dermatologist and member of the cosmetology society of india (cdsi). She was a former assistant professor at Dr. Ram manohar lohia hospital and pgimer. She has extensive experience treating a variety of skin ...more
Last Updated: 1 year ago• Featured Tip
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What are essential amino acids?
An essential amino acid can be best defined as an amino acid that the body cannot produce on its own, unlike nonessential amino acids. It must instead be obtained through food sources, diet, or supplementation.
Furthermore, it must be noted that out of the 20 amino acids your body needs for growth and function, as many as nine are considered essential. And as mentioned above, a human body is not capable of producing them on it...more
Last Updated: 1 year ago• Featured Tip
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भारत में गोदना यानी कि टैटू का चलन आदिकाल से है। यहां तक कि पुराणों तक में इसका जिक्र मौजूद है। हालांकि पहले यह इतना प्रचलित नहीं था लेकिन बढ़ते समय के साथ ही अब युवाओं में इसका क्रेज बढ़ता ही जा रहा है। युवाओं में बढ़ते इस टैटू के क्रेज को ऐसे ही समझ सकते हैं कि कई युवा अपने शरीर पर एक या दो टैटू नहीं, बल्कि पूरे शरीर पर टैटू बनवाए नजर आ जाते हैं। तो चलिए जानते हैं कि टैटू के विषय में वो सारी बातें जिनका जानना आपके लिए बहुत जरूरी है। टैटू हमेशा एक प्रफेशनल आर्टिस्ट से ही बनवाना चाहिए, क्योंकि इसके...more
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Last Updated: 1 year ago• Featured Tip
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1. Dr. Pradeep kumari
Https://www. Lybrate. Com/pune/doctor/dr-pradeep-kumari-dermatologist-1
Mbbs, md - dermatology, f. C. P. S.(dermatology, venereology & leprosy), dvd, dnb (dermatology)
20 years experience 700 at clinic
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The dermatologist Dr. Pradeep kumari is very skilled and knowledgeable. Both the cosmetic dermatology society of india (cdsi) and the association of cosmetic surgeons of india hold her in high regard ...more
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Last Updated: 1 year ago• Featured Tip
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1. Dr. Anusree gangopadhyay
Https://www. Lybrate. Com/kolkata/doctor/dr-anusree-gangopadhyay-dermatologist
Mbbs, md - dermatology, specialty certificate, dermatology (uk)
14 years experience 600 - 990 at clinic
Dr. Anusree gangopadhyay is a renowned dermatologist who possesses a dermatology specialty certificate from the royal college of physicians and surgeons of the united kingdom. She earned a gold medal in medicine during her mbbs ...more
Last Updated: 2 years ago• Featured Tip
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Many people are not born with perfect skin, and that's okay! our skin usually has a pigment called melanin, which gives it colour.
However, there are times when external factors such as heat, pollution, and bacteria can make our skin produce more melanin. This can cause our skin to tan. While some people may find tanned skin to be beautiful, others may want to know how to prevent their skin from getting darker.
If you are looking to lighten the skin tone and...more
Last Updated: 2 years ago• Featured Tip
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Skin irritation is a common problem faced by many in day to day life in the form of rashes, skin infections, itching etc. There are many irritants present in the environment which may cause these problems. Some of these irritants are pollen grains, waste products of animals, moulds etc. It is most commonly observed in the spring and summer season because of excessive sweating. Excessive sweating can trigger the symptoms of the allergic reactions. Some other products which may...more
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