Healthy Skin: A Guide to Lifelong Skin Care

By Richard A. Walzer, M.D. Walzer, Richard A., Consumer Reports Books

Healthy Skin: A Guide to Lifelong Skin Care This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089043266X
• ISBN13: 9780890432662
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Consumer Reports Books
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.2"

Customer Reviews

Healthy Skin-A Guide to Lifelong Skin Care by Walzer MD

This book is a goldmine of treatments for the hair and skin.For instance, minoxidil is a scalp lotion utilized forbaldness and promotion of hair stabilization/growth. Itchy skinmay be caused by inorganic irritants, soaps, ammonia andother forms of detergents. Hair is composed of a shaft, sheath, bulb, papilla and blood vessels of the head. Acne may be managed with sulfur-based compounds and salicyclic acid solutions ortetracycline antibiotics. Metallic contaminants consist ofnickel, chromium, Hg in jewelry, zippers, clasps, householdutensils and dental amalgums. Signs of abnormalities in theskin consist of asymmetry, indistinct borders, colors(brown, black, red or blue), abnormal changes in size, elevation,surface characteristics and pigmentation. Excessive sweatingmay be managed with a 20% aluminum chloride solution in purealcohol. ( hyperhidrosis )