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Ageing skin meaning? | Is recognised by darkness, wrinkles, reduced elasticity and muscle tone, pigment changes and lack of elasticity. This is a natural process of cell deterioration as the body ages. By factors such as poor skincare, pollution, illness and insufficient nutrients |
Collagen meaning? | It breaks down so the skin is less supported and forms wrinkles |
Keratin meaning? | A group of fibrous proteins forming the main structural part of hair and nails |
Ance vulgaris meaning? | type of acne caused by an inflammation or infection of the sebaceous glands |
Nutrition meaning? | The food we eat = fuel for the body. So cell repair, energy and good health rely upon the fuel the body is given. It makes sense that a good diet, with a variety of food rich in vitamins and minerals with lots of water |
Allergic meaning? | The body is sensitive to ingredients, products or substances which cause a physical irritation or reaction |
Melanocyte meaning? | A pigment cell in the epidermis (basal layer) which produces melanin to protect the skin the ultraviolet radiation |
Albino meaning? | A person who no pigmentation in eyes, hair or skin so the eyes appear pink and the skin is translucent |
Macule meaning? | A pigmented area of the skin that is not raised |
Abrasives meaning? | Beads in facial or body products to remove or break up the surface of the skin. They improve texture and aid desquamation (exfoliation) of the epidermis |
Malignant melanoma meaning? | A cancer of the melanocytes (pigment-producing cells) in the epidermis |
Hypopigmentation meaning? | Loss of colour, also known as vitiligo |
Hyperpigmentation meaning? | Too much colour, also known as chloasma |
Post-inflammatory hyper pigmentation meaning? | This is the discolouration of the skin remaining after a skin disease or disorder has healed |
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