Most women get stretch marks during pregnancy. They’re a sign that your skin has stretched as your body grows to accommodate your baby. They occur when skin distension is faster than new skin tissue production. The medical term is…
Chicken Pox is a disease which not only leaves your skin scarred but it also is a painful and traumatic experience. Typically, chicken pox scars appear as round, depressed marks on the face. Inflammation of the skin, which is…
We hate to be the bearers of bad news but stretch mark creams might not be the miraculous skin-savers some of us thought they were. We all want beautiful skin, but somewhere deep down, we’re afraid to develop those…
Keloids are caused by a hereditary condition. This condition causes scar tissue to over grow after damage to the skin. These lumps on the skin are made of collagen and are not communicable to others. Keloids may be slightly…
Many individuals suffer from unsightly and often painful keloid scarring. You don’t have to live out your life being embarrassed by these scars. You can easily regain your confidence, and these scars do not have to be permanent since…
Stretch marks after pregnancy is a harsh reality you have to deal with, just like busy schedules and swollen ankles. When a baby is healthy and is rapidly growing, tissue tension is bound to cause stretch marks and when…
Keloids are the inherent defect in the body’s wound healing process. They’re a type of raised scar. They occur where the skin has healed after an injury, and can grow to be much larger than the original injury that…
For many of us, stretch marks are those unwelcome scars that we’d like to just magically disappear. Stretch marks, or striae, mostly emerge on the abdomen, buttocks, thighs and breasts due to a certain kind of tension on skin…
“Be the type of person who leaves a mark.” While this statement is highly motivational, the irony is that no one would want anything to leave a mark on their skin. Burn scars are not just a mark on…
Burn injuries are predominantly caused due to touching any hot object or getting burnt, which is often accidental. When the burn is very superficial affecting only the epidermis, it heals without scarring. But when it breaches the dermis, the deeper layer of skin,…