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Banana facial masks Who needs Botox when you have bananas? That’s right: You can use a banana as an all-natural, homemade face mask that moisturizes your skin and leaves it looking and feeling softer. Mash up a medium-sized ripe banana into a smooth paste, then gently apply it to your face and neck. Let it set for ten to 20 minutes, then rinse it off with cold water. Another popular mask recipe calls for 1/4 cup plain yogurt, 2 tablespoons honey (a natural acne remedy), and one medium banana. Vinegar facial masks Using vinegar as a skin toner dates back...

DIY FACE MASK RECIPE TO... HYDRATE AND NOURISH A flaky forehead is not a good look, but if your current moisturiser isn't doing much to quench your dry skin, look no further than this trio to hydrate and nourish. What You Need: - 1/2 Avocado. - 1 tablespoon of honey. - A handful of oats or oat bran. How It Works: Yes, it sounds like an Instagram-worthy breakfast (er, who doesn't love avo toast?) but refrain from scoffing the ingredients for a second, because they'll work much better all over your face. According to Clean Beauty co-founder Dominika Minarovic, honey is an excellent humectant,...

Introduction Skin is the largest organ and serves as a barrier to the entry of microbes into the body. Thus, skin health is an important aspect of personal health. Moreover, it has a psychosocial effect on people and communications. There has been no standard classification of facial skin types till date. Helena Rubinstein in 1900s described four fundamental types of skin, and this information has been used for many years by the cosmeceutical industry. It seems, due to the developments in the field of cosmetic products, the traditional desig- nations for skin types that were based on only a fraction...

IntroductionPlatelet-rich plasma (PRP), platelet-rich concentrate, autologous platelet gel or platelet releasate, all refer to one concept. which  is an autologous concentration of human platelets contained in a small volume of plasma. It is known for a long time that fibrin clot and platelets have haemostatic and tissue repairing effect. In 1975, an article was published with the concept of platelet gel under the title of: ‘use of platelet-fibrinogen-thrombin mixture as a corneal adhesive. An exciting report was published in 1979 about the usage of gel foam in sutureless nerve anastomosis. After a few years an animal model showed that platelets...

Exercise fads, as we all know, tend to come and go, and it takes a while to evaluate their ultimate effectiveness — or lack thereof. But one simple regimen has proven itself for ages, and it brings people of all fitness levels together: yoga. It has been practiced for 1,000-plus years and can offer immeasurable benefits to an individual’s health and wellness. Invented in India so long ago that Sanskrit was a hip new language, yoga’s initial teachings were spiritual in nature. As the practice evolved, the yoga masters who wrote the instructional texts began to explore the connection between...