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Crepey Skin; The Myth and The Treatments

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Tissue Paper? As we age our skin becomes thin, What can we do? What is Crepey Skin? First, Crepey Skin is a term that refers to skin that has the appearance of being thin and wrinkled and often likened to tissue paper or crepe paper! This is a picture of a hard-working hand, and this hand is mine! Myth There are many myths surrounding this subject. The number #1 myth associated with the appearance of Crepey Skin is due to aging and old age. It is true that as we age our skin does change and become wrinkled and often thin as well. However, here are the facts... According to the Cleveland Clinic and dermatologists, Crepey Skin is MOST often caused by the sun. Over time, the damage from the sun is cumulative. The exposure breaks down the elastin in our skin. Elastin is a type of "fiber" that is present in our skin that allows it to stretch and return to a normal position. Like a rubberband in similarity, it moves and stretches but over time the rubberband becomes loose and doesn...

Environmental Scientists Say Plants DO NOT Purify The Air! I'm Myth Busting

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Photo credit: mindfulworld.com So, I was researching an article on beating the winter blues, which I will post in the nearest future, but in the meantime, I found some other interesting information. So, so many studies have been done on air purification and plants. Some of the studies I have found were done many, many years ago and every single lifestyle blogger keeps on repeating them because the sources are really good; like NASA for example. We know that astronauts do a lot of testing while they're on their missions. We have gained so much vast and valuable knowledge from their testing and that of other scientists doing testing as well. But different data, including environmental, may have impacted changes in the studies. As I continued to do research, I found newer studies that have been done that completely update that old myth that plants purify the air. As reported in National Geographic Magazine, the Scientists at The Journal of Exposure Scienc...