When your mother nagged you each time she caught you picking your skin, there was a reason. Here’s the short list of why mom was right:

Picking your skin.

This can lead to infections from staphylococcus, temporary discoloration of the area, delay of healing and worse, a scar. If it needs some TLC to heal, then check with your doctor.

Habitually scratching or rubbing the skin.

This can cause the skin to take on a leathery texture that actually may be more symptomatic than the original problem.

Ignoring an itching or bleeding mole.

This is a significant symptom associated with skin cancer. While not all symptomatic moles are melanoma, better to find out early than too late.

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*Continued from What You Should Think About Birthmarks.

Vascular lesions are the result of an increase in the number of blood vessels in the skin. The most common types of vascular birthmarks are salmon patches, hemangiomas and port wine stains.

Salmon Patches (nevus simplex) are the most frequently diagnosed vascular birthmark. They are flat, mild red or pink and are sometimes called “angel’s kisses” when they appear on the forehead, eyelids, nose or upper lip and “stork bites” when they are found on the back of the neck. Angel’s kisses most often go away by age 1-2, but stork bites may last into adulthood. They are typically harmless and require no treatment.

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Birthmarks are areas of flat or raised discolored skin that are often seen on the body at birth or may develop shortly after birth. While folktales claim various reasons for these blemishes, the exact causes of birthmarks are unknown. However, most birthmarks are not inherited and are not caused by anything that happens to the mother during pregnancy. They vary in color and may be brown, tan, or black to blue, pink or red. Some birthmarks are only stains on the surface of the kin, while others extend into the tissues under the skin or grow above the surface. Normally, some birthmarks grow with the child and change little in color throughout a lifetime, while others fade or darken in time.

Birthmarks are most often harmless, unlike Tattoos which are also permanent but sometimes harmful; however, some troubles birthmarks may require treatment. Most birthmarks can be identified as either pigmented/brown lesions or vascular lesions.

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An intense laser light emits a non-coherent broad-spectrum light. With each pulse, the procedure emits a spectrum extending from 500nm to 1200n. The light energy is customized for a given procedure.

Unwanted Hair.

The wavelength and energy level of laser light treatment are chosen to selectively damage targeted hair follicles with minimum damage to the surrounding tissue. The energy is absorbed by the hair follicles and causes thermal injury to the hair follicle. When the temperature reaches a certain level in a hair follicle during its active phase, the targeted hair structures are disabled, thus inhibiting hair re-growth. This process will eventually result to permanent hair reduction.

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Get Rid of Your Whiteheads

Before you pick (and scar) your face, check out the right way to zap them.

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