Sunscreen is the most effective anti-aging cream. When we age our skin becomes thin and wrinkly due to 2 main factors: lack of collagen and dehydration. Doesn’t matter how expensive your anti-aging cream is, if you don’t have an effective sunscreen and hydration cream, the result would be minimum. Skin has its own natural moisturising […]
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Up to 10 per cent of childhood eczema will carry into adulthood. These patients will continue to have ‘imperfect skin’—dry skin lacking the abilities to heal properly or fight against microorganisms. This occurs because of a lack of special proteins such as fillagrin and natural moisturising factor (NMF) due to genetic mutation of patients’ skin. […]
Australia is among the countries with the highest prevalence of eczema or atopic dermatitis. The current prevalence of eczema in Australia is between 10 to 15 per cent of the population. Recent research conducted at the University of Melbourne showed that around one in three infants (38.5%) suffer from eczema. Most children with atopic dermatitis grow out of the disease when […]
Eczema or atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterised by red, dry, scaly, thickened skin. It is typical to have scratch marks due to the intense and itchy rash that develops with the condition. It is very common to see signs of dry, crusty blood over the lesions. The skin sometimes can […]
The old school of thought believes that eczema is caused by allergy leading to abnormal functioning of immune system. These views have been constantly challenged by evidence of current research which links this inflammatory disease to compromised skin barrier due to genetic mutation. Skins of these patients are also proven to be lack of adequate antimicrobial peptides […]
The 10 golden rules for eczema sufferer : Use moisturiser and avoid Vaseline based cream. These are only good for normal skin since it can “trap” the water inside the skin to keep the skin stays moist but it can also “trap” the bacteria and fungi which is bad for your skin condition. Protect […]
Most of us know that when we age our skin becomes thin and wrinkly due to a lack of collagen. A lot of expensive and fancy creams are trying to achieve the “holy grail” – to regenerate the skin collagen that we used to have in abundance. Thus far, no one has found such a […]
BHC Skin Care products were the result of 15 years of research by Dr Andrew Le, founder of BHC Cosmedical. In searching for the cure of his Son’s eczema and his own dermatitis on his hands, he had discovered the actual cause of eczema. His findings were the foundation of his formulation and the base […]
BHC Skin Care products developed by a Doctor, who suffered from dermatitis during his surgical internship at The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. Assisting in surgery required him to scrub his hands several times every day with Betadine soap. Not long after, he developed a form of atopic dermatitis, which was not an allergic type […]
Skin is such a delicate organ. The less complicated you treat it the better it will be. Skin is the biggest organ of our body. It is the fortress to protect us not only from microorganisms (germs) but also unfriendly environmental factors such as sun, heat, cold, wind and chemicals. Almost everyone knows that exposing […]
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