
SKIN HEALTH NEPAL
Healthy skin for all
Healthy skin gives you your desired and young look and also makes you confident. In this blog, I will write about common skin and hair problems and how to take care of them.
- Prof. Dr. Dwarika P. Shrestha

Simple tips to keep your skin healthy
· Avoid using many products · Keep your skin moist. Use a moisturizer. Cream for dry skin, lotion for normal skin and gel...

Excessive hair fall - may be Telogen Effluvium
You may be noticing too many fallen hairs, while taking shower or combing. This may be a condition known as telogen effluvium (TE), when...

Skin disease myth - Painting Singha to Treat Janai Khatira
Janai khatira or herpes zoster is a viral skin disease. Presents with pani khatira, pain and burning, mainly on the janai wearing sites...

Skin Care in winter - Take care of dry skin
In winter our skin becomes dry, as it loses moisture, due to decrease in the environmental humidity. How dry the skin becomes varies from...

Non healing wound – exclude skin cancer
When there is a skin lesion, which is not itchy/painful, present for a long time, more than an year, among other skin diseases, it is...

Janai Khatira - Painting Tiger/Lion is a myth
Herpes zoster or Janai Khatira is a viral disease. The virus which cause chicken pox in childhood , varicella zoster virus, also causes...

Itchy rashes in summer - Can be insect bites or insect allergies
In summer, more commonly in children, there can be small, very itchy rashes, commonly with a central point or punctum. This may be due to...

Summer skin problem - P. versicolor (Khairo dubi)
Summer has already begun, it is hot and humid; we sweat a lot. We need to wash regularly to remove sweat and keep our body cool. If we...

Moles - when you do not like them
Most of the times moles do not alter the look. Some, even enhance the look, so called beauty moles. There are those, youngsters, who do...

Moles - medical reason to remove them
Most moles are good or benign. It is good habit to have them checked periodically, once every 6 months or an year. There are signs and...

Moles - the ABCD rule
Moles or nevi are abnormal growth of normal cells. The most common moles are pigmented- brown to blackish and are known as melanocytic...

Soap and syndet (synthetic soap)
Cleaning the skin consists in the removal of dirt, oil, dead cells and cosmetics. This keeps the skin healthy and gives a desirable look....

Petroleum jelly (Vaseline) - cheap and effective moisturizer
All of you may have come across the brand name Vaseline, which is the most common petroleum jelly available in the market. What you may...

Chapped lips in winter - how to take care
Chapped lips or cheilitis is a common winter skin problem. The lips are erythematous (red), scaly and dry. There can be cracks or...

Chillblains (pernio) - Protect from cold
Chillblains are red rashes on the fingers and/or toes, which come in winter, due to repeated exposure to cold, air and/or water. With...

Dandruff - How to take care
Dandruff are superficial flakes of skin present on the scalp hair and eyebrows. Sometimes they can be extensive, visible on the face and...

Hair cycle and telogen effluvium
There are 100,000 to 150000 hair on a human scalp, and on average 100 hair fall every day. On average scalp hair grow 1cm per month. Each...

Hairfall - tips for prevention
Hair is a complex structure, with the root under and the shaft above the skin. It is thickest on the scalp and black in our race. Long,...

Summer skin problems - fungal infections and intertrigo
Summer skin problems are mainly due to hot weather, high humidity and excessive sweating. Commonly the skin folds – arm pits,...
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