Caffeine Reduce Risk of Skin Cancer

Scientists continue to examine the benefits of the caffeine content of coffee. More recently, scientists in the United States claims that caffeine can help reduce the risk of one type of skin cancer called basal cell carcinoma. The findings are published in Cancer Research, a journal for the American Association for cancer research. In the study, researchers analyzed the data from Nurses Health Study, an long-term study that are meant to investigate factors that may affect health of women and Health Professionals Follow-up Study, for men.

The study involved nearly 113 000 participants. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston found that 22,786 participants were diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma during the 20-year period.

How to smooth Cracked Heel

Cracked heel can be very interfere with appearance and comfort. Besides pain, you definitely doubt to wear footwear that showed heel. People who have dry skin is more prone to have cracked heels. Too long standing or hold a heavy burden can also cause problems. Here are some solutions to overcome cracked heels, as reported by boldsky site.

Take warm water and add a few drops of lemon into it. Dip your feet in it for 5-6 minutes, then gently rub the cracked skin until dead skill off. Dry it and rub a moisturizer.

Add a few drops of mild shampoo in warm water and soak your feet in it for some time. Rub with pumice stone. The stone is natural foot scrub that removes all dead skin cells until it smooth and soft. Rub the moisturizer afterwards.

5 Recurring Mistakes of Skin Care

Have used a variety of skin care expensive products, but you still not get smooth skin as you want? Hmm ... try to look back and check your habit of daily facial care. Because according to New York dermatologist, Dr. Jeannette Graf, apparently there are some mistakes that are often done by women while treating facial skin.

Make sure you do not do any of them:

1. Doesn't clean the face before bed
   We were most frequently made mistakes in the evening. The body already tired, we are so lazy to do routine things, including cleaning your face before bed. "Sometimes a lot of people who sleep with cosmetics is still attached on the face. This will disturb the process of skin regeneration that occurs during sleep," said Graf.
   

Eye Color Affect Risk of Skin Diseases

Eye color was found to be an indicator of whether a person is at high risk of serious skin disease or not. A study led by scientists at University of Colorado School of Medicine, United States indicated that people with blue eyes are less likely to have vitiligo. While people with brown eyes may have lower risk of suffering from melanoma.

Vitiligo is autoimmune skin disease where white-colored spots will appear all over the body. Although like white spot looks like disease, but vitiligo is not disease. Vitiligo is like skin disorders. While melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer.

The study was published online in Nature Genetics journal. In the research, scientist involving nearly 3,000 people non-Hispanic races of European descent with vitiligo. The identification result show that there are 13 new genes that affect the emergence of vitiligo.

Poor Air Quality can Cause Acne

Maybe you've spent a lot of money to buy cleanser, toner, and other beauty products to get rid your acne. If the acne is still stubborn and continue to grow in the face, maybe the quality of water in your home is one of the cause.

Water quality has a great influence to the health of your skin. More than 85 percent of all water in the major cities have poor water quality because of pollution.

High mineral content in hard water can inhibit skin that react with soap to face. Instead to produce foam, it  creates a layer of soap on the skin. This not only can clog pores and cause acne, but also can cause skin irritations like itchy, scaly and dry.