Hypoallergenic Skin Care

 

Hello and welcome to our website on Hypoallergenic Skin Care.

 

The skin is a truly amazing object. In humans, it is the biggest organ of the human body and it comes under the integumentart system and it's job is to protect the underlying muscles, bones, ligaments and internal organs. The skin of all mamals is fairly similar, except that ours is not covered with a dense, protective  pelt. It also has other functions too. For example, it protects against germs, limits waterloss, regulates temperature and synthesizes vitamin D. Damaged skin will also repair itself, forming scars in the worst case scenarios.

 

Skin colour varies between, but also among, populations and skin types can range from dry to oily. These skin types provide a rich habitat for bacteria, of which there are about 1,000 species. The skin has melanocytes, which creates the pigmentation or melanin, which, in turn, absorbs some of the dangerous ultra-violet radiation.

 

It also contains DNA-repair enzymes and people who lack these enzymes suffer high rates of skin cancer or melanoma. The average skin is between 1.5 and 2 square meters in size and is 2-3 mm thick. An area of skin 6.5cm squared holds 650 sweat glands, 20 blood vessels, 60,000 melanocytes and over 1,000 nrve endings.

 

The skin has its own culture of microorganisms, including yeasts and bacteria, which cannot be removed by any amount of washinging. Estimates place the number of individual bacteria on the surface of 6.5 square cm of human skin at 50 million though this figure varies greatly over the average 1.9 m2 of human skin. Oily surfaces, such as the face, may contain over 500 million bacteria per 6.5 cm²{square inch). Despite these vast quantities, all of the bacteria found on the skin's surface would fit into a volume the size of a pea. These mico-organisms are all part of having healthy skin.

 

However, it is when this balance goes off-kilter, that our skin problems can arise.

 

Oily skin is caused by over-active sebaceous glands, that produce a substance called sebum, a naturally healthy skin lubricant. Oily skin is typified by shininess, blemishes and pimples. This skin type is not necessarily bad, because such skin is less prone to wrinkling.

 

As skin ages, it becomes thinner and more easily damaged. It also loses its elasticity, but there is very little that can be done about that.