ANOTHER 10 TIPS THAT CAN HELP PREVENT ACNE

ANOTHER 10 TIPS THAT CAN HELP PREVENT ACNE

1, Wash your face twice a day with warm water and a gentle pH balanced facial wash or cleanser. Afterwards apply a moisturizer suitable for skin with acne.

2. Avoid touching your face with your fingers as this spreads bacteria and infection that causes the pores to become inflamed .

3. Eat a healthy, well balanced diet that contains fresh fruit and vegetables and avoid fatty or refined foods, junk food, peanuts, and cake which is high in sugar.

4. Drink at least eight glasses of water daily to eliminate unwanted toxins from the body 

5. Keep your hair clean by shampooing regularly and make sure that it is out of your face to prevent oil and dirt from clogging the pores 

6. If acne develops on your body, wear loose, cotton clothing that will allow the skin to breathe 

7. Never pop pimples as this will only lead to swelling and infection 

8. Always remove make-up before going to bed and choose noncomedogenic or nonacnegenic brands 

9. Stay out of the sun and when you go outside, wear a sunscreen 

10. Stop smoking as it can increase the signs of aging on the skin and worsens acne.

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TIPS THAT CAN HELP PREVENT ACNE

TIPS THAT CAN HELP PREVENT ACNE

Of all the skin afflictions, acne is the most common. It affects almost everyone from teenagers to adults even though it is mostly associated with the adolescence stage. It is known that both females and males are affected by acne.
Acne according to dermatologists ‘is a disorder resulting from the action of hormones and other substances on the skin’s oil glands (sebaceous glands) and hair follicles’. The sebaceous glands make an oily substance that is known as sebum. It empties onto the skin surface through an opening in the follicle called a pore. These factors lead to plugged pores and outbreaks of lesions commonly called pimples or zits.

There are different types of acne that can be seen on people. They include:

Comedo: A comedo is a basic lesion that is usually the beginning of acne. This comprises of the closed type (also known as whitehead) and the open type (also known as blackhead).

Papule: It is small and a large number of it has a ‘sandpaper’ feel when it is touched.

Pustule: It is fragile and may contain pus.

Macule: It is a temporary spot left by a healed acne lesion.

Cyst: It is larger than a pustule. It may be severely inflamed and very painful.

Nodule: It is usually inflamed, painful and can leave a scar after it has healed.
12 TIPS THAT CAN HELP PREVENT ACNE

If you follow these simple tips faithfully, you would get an acne free skin faster than you think and would be able to enjoy the life and beautiful skin that you have always wished for.

The tips are: 

1. Do not pick your acne: For no reason should you pick your acne. By picking your pimple you force back bacteria deeper into your skin leading to inflammation. This causes the production of more acne. Picking your pimple may also lead to a permanent scar that can be left behind as a reminder of the acne that was there.

2. Wash your face (or skin) once in the morning and evening (before you go to bed) but do not over wash your face. This can strip your face (or skin) of oil leading to excess production of it and hence increase the production of acne.

3. Don’t use harsh scrubs: Exfoliating is good because it removes the dead skin cells. However harsh scrubs would cause a lot of damage to your skin and aggravate your acne. It is okay to use scrubs with small, smooth grains and that are gentle.

4. Avoid Sun tanning: The sun may initially help your acne but later on it makes your acne worse. It would dry your skin causing your sebaceous glands to produce more oil leading to an acne breakout. If you cannot avoid being exposed to the sun, use an oil-free sunscreen with a Sun protection factor (SPF) of at least 15 and is effective against UVA and UVB rays.

5. Do not use comedogenic or acnegenic make-up: When buying any make-up or any cosmetics, always select products that are non-acnegenic or non-comedogenic. Non-comedogenic or non-comedogenic products are those that do not cause acne flare ups. Do not use make-up while  exercising as the make-up would combine with sweat and cause you to have a breakout.

6. Drink lots of Water and eat lots of fruits and vegetables: Water would help hydrate your skin thereby giving you great looking  skin. Fruits and vegetables would help improve your immune system to help fight the bacteria causing acne.

7. When exercising, remember to wear lightweight and loose-fitting clothing made of cotton. Don’t sit around in sweaty clothes and wet bathing suit after swimming. Remove the clothes and change into dry ones. Always shower immediately after exercising.

8. Sleep, it is very good for you. Having at least 7 hours of sleep would do wonders for your skin and physical well being. Having a healthy, well-rested body helps build a strong immune system which not only helps you prevent acne but fights infection too.

9. Wash your pillowcase often. You spend at least 7 hours a day sleeping with your face touching the pillow, so try to wash your pillowcase at least every week to prevent the exposure of your face to the bacteria that had caused previous acne.

10. Find the best acne treatment that works for you: There are a variety of treatment plans and I am positive that one would work for you. You should only stop if the treatment causes skin irritation or allergies. Stick to a safe treatment for about 2 or 3 months before concluding on the effectiveness of the product. Also remember that all acne treatments can treat all the types of acne so know the type of acne you have before
getting any acne treatment. If you are not sure, contact a dermatologist or your pharmacist.

11. Avoid use of greasy skin care products like cocoa butter; they will flare your acne.

12. Rough scrubbing with washcloths or exfoliating cleansers or cloths can cause flares .

Well that is 10 tips to help you prevent your acne and help reduce the amount of money you spend on acne treatments as the products would last for a longer period of time.  Here is wishing you a smooth ride in your quest to having acne free and beautiful skin.

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How TO Prevent Your USB Devices From Getting Infected?

How TO Prevent Your USB Devices From Getting Infected?

Source: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

Question: How can you protect USB devices like sticks or drives from being infected with computer viruses?
Some users are lucky enough to have USB devices that have write protection switches, just like floppy drives had back in the good old days. They just need to pull the switch to write protect their devices.

Modern USB devices on the other hand do not ship with write protection switches anymore, which means that other solutions need to be discovered that work equally well.

What if you’d fill the storage on the USB device to the brim? That’s what USB Dummy Protect does. The idea is simple. You create a fake file that takes up all free space on the device. With no space left on the drive, viruses cannot write on it which means that they are blocked and cannot replicate.

The software is fully portable and needs to be placed on the USB device. You can run the program on any computer system that runs the Windows operating system.

USB Dummy Protect detects the free size on the device directly after it has been started, and begins to write a dummy file of the same size to the drive. The file name is always dummy.file.

If you need space to store files on the drive, you need to remove the dummy file first, copy or move the new files to the drive, and run USB Dummy Protect again to fill the remaining free space again with a dummy file.

The protection is basic, and advanced viruses may be able to circumvent it, for instance by deleting files on the stick to free up space before writing to the stick.

Still, USB Dummy Protect is relatively comfortable to use, especially since it is always located on the USB drive so that it can be used to write a new file whenever that is necessary.

The software worked fine on a 64-bit Windows 7 Pro test system. The developer notes that it only works on USB devices of up to 4 Gigabytes if they use the FAT file system.

You can download USB Dummy Protect from the project homepage at Google Code. http://code.google.com/p/usbdummyprotect/
Softpedia:
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/UsbDummyProtect-Download-172266.html
USBDummyProtect is a freeware which does the same thing - Provides protection to your USB drive.

Once copied into your USB drive and  run the program, it fills up the remaining space in your drive. Suppose you have a 4 GB pen drive and you have a small file in it and you want to put your drive in a computer which you know is definitely affected by viruses.  You just run the USBDummyProtect and it will make a dummy file and consume all the remaining space in the drive.  Now, since the drive is full, no viruses can copy itself into it.  When you bring back your drive, you can again run the USBDummyProtect and it will clear the dummy file and make room for you.

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Ten commandments to prevent alcoholism

Ten commandments to prevent alcoholism

Offered by psychiatrist Dr. William B. Terhune.
 These are :
1. Never drink when you ‘ need one’
2. Sip slowly 
3. Space your drinks, taking a second drink 30 minutes after the first and a third an hour after the second 
4. Dilute your alcohol
5. Keep an accurate and truthful record of the amount and number of drinks you take 
6. Never conceal the amount of alcohol you drink ;
7. Do not drink on an empty stomach ;
8. Stop drinking on ‘signal ‘ ( signals are lunch, dinner, fatigue, sex stimulation, boredom, frustration and bedtime);
9. Make it a rule never to take a drink to escape discomfort - either physical or mental  and
10. Never, never take a drink in the morning thinking it will cure a hangover.

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