Health Blog

Nail biting is a surprisingly common habit that usually starts in childhood, usually around the age of ten.  While some children will soon grow out of this habit, others will carry on with this distressing habit into adulthood.

Officially known as onychophagia, it is what psychologists call a body focused repetitive behavior or BFRB.

Find out more about this habit and what can be done to kick it.

 We have all heard the saying about "getting our beauty sleep" and there is more than a grain of truth in that.

But there are several bad habits that might be undoing the good of our beauty sleep...

Many of us will think that if we have an glass of fresh orange juice from time to time, that will provide us with sufficient vitamin to keep us safe from colds and flu especially during the winter months.

But that occasional glass will probably be insufficient to provide us with enough vitamin C - and keeping us safe from colds and flu is just one small aspect of the importance of vitamin C.

We share information on all the other benefits of taking vitamin C...

Psoriasis is a long-lasting, noncontagious autoimmune disease appearing as raised areas of abnormal skin that can be red, pink or purple as well as dry, itchy and scaly. 

And it can cause considerable discomfort...

When we make the effort to take care of our skin, we might just concentrate on the facial skin without thinking too much about the area around the eyes or the neck itself.

But of course the skin around the eyes and the area of the neck are just as important as the face itself - and should be treated just as carefully.

A keloid scar is an overgrowth of tissue that occurs when too much collagen is produced at the site of a wound.

That scar will just keep on growing - even after the wound itself has healed.

Find out more about how to tell when you have a keloid scar and what you can do about it.

Keeping your skin clean to help prevent or clear up acne outbreaks go hand in hand.  We share our tips on how to keep that skin clean and hopefully avoid acne outbreaks...

We all need to take care of our skin - whatever our age. 

And we would like to share these two special products which are ideal for taking good care of your skin.  Firstly, for firming that skin on our necks and secondly, for the skin on our faces including our lips.

A common mole is a growth on the skin.  It develops when pigment cells grow in clusters.

You are likely to have between ten and forty common moles which are usually found above the waist on those areas which can be exposed to the sun - but are seldom found on the scalp, breast or buttocks.

Find out more about these common moles and why you might consider removing one or more...

We have all experienced that phenomenon when we have spent too long in the bath, the Jacuzzi, the pool or even a natural body of water - and our fingers and toes take on a whole new appearance.

They can become wrinkled and pale with the skin sometimes looking a bit bloated and strange.

Find out more about why this happens...

Warts on the hands can often appear and look like bumps on the skin, sometimes with a rough texture both to look at and to feel.

The technical name for a wart is verruca vulgaris and they often appear in those areas of skin that grow faster than normal due to a virus called human papilloma virus (HPV).

We share the signs and symptoms to look out for and what you can do to get rid of them...