Skin Rashes – Where Do They Come From?

Skin Rashes – Where Do They Come From?

By SkinCareGuide.ca A skin rash shows up as an area of inflammation or change in the texture, and/ or color of your skin. It can be caused by a number of different things including irritation, disease, or allergic/ non-allergic reactions to foods, chemicals, plants,...
Skin Tags and Seborrheic Keratoses

Skin Tags and Seborrheic Keratoses

By Kevin C. Smith MD FACP FRCPC As time goes on, we all acquire tiny bits of extra skin called skin tags. These can range in size from 1-10 mm, and are flesh colored or brown. Skin tags can be found on any part of the body, but are most common on the eyelids and neck,...
Halloween and Your Skin

Halloween and Your Skin

By SkinCareGuide.ca Keep Your Skin from Becoming Ghoulish   With Halloween upon us, adults and children alike are planning costumes for parties, school events and trick or treating. For some adults, it is the one time of year that “the inner child”...
For Shapely Brows, Put Down the Tweezers

For Shapely Brows, Put Down the Tweezers

By KAYLEEN SCHAEFER “TAKE your tweezers,” Maribeth Madron, a makeup artist and eyebrow specialist in New York, will say to about a quarter of her clients, “and put them in a glass jar and freeze them.” To women who obsess over and excessively pluck their brows, tough...
Anti-Aging Skin Care Tips

Anti-Aging Skin Care Tips

Learn to look after your skin By SkinCareGuide.ca Although there are different kinds of treatments, procedures and surgery that can assist in improving the look of your skin, it is important that you look after your skin to start with. If you are unhappy with how...
Age Spots? Sun Spots? Skin Cancer?

Age Spots? Sun Spots? Skin Cancer?

By Kevin C. Smith MD FACP FRCPC As time goes on, we start to notice brown spots and freckles — “souvenirs of Florida” — on the backs of our hands and on other sun exposed areas like the upper chest and face. At first, these brown spots are...