I wipe deodorant on my face to keep it from smelling foul.

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A jaw-dropping view of America's white supremacy movement. Rare archival footage, interviews, and propaganda materials expose the inner workings of the Ku Klux Klan, the American Nazi Party, the Aryan Nation, The Order, and other radical right groups.

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Charming Face

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Let’s face it. When you were younger you could slap on any old facial cream and your skin would look and feel pretty good. However, as you age, it becomes more important to be choosy about what kind of facial moisturizers you select. The dryness you’re experiencing now is much different from the dryness you experienced when you were younger. Making the most of facial moisturizers means using products that are specifically designed to treat the cause of this dryness.

You see, as we age our bodies become less efficient at producing proteins that keep your skin soft, smooth and firm. You’ve probably heard of collagen and elastins. You may be surprised to know that these substances don’t come in a jar of facial cream, but are produced courtesy of your skin cells. After the age of thirty or so, the production of these proteins begins to slow down. This is precisely the time you begin to notice that your face is dryer and is developing fine lines.

Now it becomes important to find the right type of facial moisturizers. What I mean by “right type” is that the product you select should contain ingredients that go to work at the cellular level to stimulate your own natural production of collagen and elastins.

This is why its so important to be aware of the fact that a facial cream that says it contains collagen is taking your money under false pretenses. Your skin isn’t able to absorb the large molecules that make up this collagen. In order for collagen to produce the moisturizing and firming effects your looking for it has to be produced in your skin cells.

Making the most of facial moisturizers also means using products that use nature-based oils and emollients. What am I talking about? Well, commonly, a facial cream will rely on mineral oil as the main moisturizing agent. While your skin may feel soft, you need to know that mineral oil clogs your pores and smothers the natural function of your skin cells. This can lead to flare-ups and inflammation. Its important that your skin be allowed to breathe and excrete toxins that build up in the body…as it was designed to do.

If you want a truly healthy, luxurious softness, then using facial moisturizers that are based upon natural substances like macadamia nut and avocado oils is the way to go. I have also gotten some dramatic effects with a facial cream that contains a break-through ingredient called Cynergy TK.

I’m always skeptical about claims made by companies wanting you to buy their products, but the New Zealand company that pioneered Cynergy TK has conducted numerous clinical trials using human volunteers. They quote the following results: “Studies show a sustained 14% improvement in skin moisture retention over 18 days. They also show a sustained improvement in skin elasticity of 42% over 18 days.”

This told me that what I was personally experiencing was an increase in my collagen and elastin production. My skin is more moist, smooth and firm. The best part is knowing that my results were not superficial. I have really been making changes at a fundamental level.

I truly believe that making the most of facial moisturizers means approaching skin care as a health issue and not a cosmetic one. I’ve created a web site that discusses this in more detail. There you will also find more information about the New Zealand company that continues to make exciting break-throughs in facial cream and skin care treatments.

Therese Higgins
http://www.articlesbase.com/skin-care-articles/making-the-most-of-facial-moisturizers-677240.html

An artist spends 28 hours in Hexham, and records the town through the faces of the people

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How many times did you stand in front of your mirror this week only to gently lift the sides of your face up and back into the hairline?  This futile action may have temporarily “lifted” your appearance but if you want to have lasting results, those sagging cheek muscles need a rescue regime and they need it now.

Full, beautiful cheeks are vital to a youthful face.  Nasal labial folds develop when the mid face begins to sag; facial muscles droop and pool into other muscles and muscle groups creating the look of old.

Sagging cheeks portray a clear indication that the muscles in the face no longer adequately support the skin; that downward slide elongates your face in subtle ways.  At first you may notice fine lines developing and a slight shift in your facial appearance may be evident only to you; but you know what is happening, don’t you?  This is aging and it won’t stop ever. 

The upper and lower face muscles weave over and under each other; one end attaches to bone in the skull and the other muscle end attaches either to another muscle or directly into the skin.  As these muscles soften from disuse, the fullness of your face is affected as jowls, pouches and sagging cheeks develop.

Atrophied, softened muscles drag down your skin to form the look of old we dread.  It isn’t so funny when you see Great Aunt Hilda’s chin developing below your jaw.  Hereditary or not, sagging cheeks, double chins and more quickly add up to wearing a matronly face.

Men and women worldwide share the desire to maintain a youthful face.  In our youth-obsessed society, wrong or right, a beautiful or handsome face often seems to enjoy special attention and more interest but youthfulness can wane.

There was a time that anti-aging options were limited to mostly skin care lotions and potions, facials, lasers, injections and surgery.

Now that consumers are savvy to the fact that these temporary modalities require repeated maintenance updates and refreshment, more and more patients realize that their hard earned money is not well spent.  After all, who wants to frequently inject costly, synthetic chemicals and fillers that carry dire warnings and partake in dangerous surgical alterations when it is well-known that these measures attribute to aging?

In addition to wrecking your skin there is evidence that many adverse reactions occur in the weeks and months following invasive procedures such as injections and surgeries.

These potential complications can include allergic reactions, swelling, inflammatory reactions that result in nodule formation, cold sores, arthritis and other immune challenges, infection, bruising, bleeding, blisters, cysts, lumps, bumps, numbness and migration issues.

Remember, you may not see complications immediately but they can rear their ugly head at any time after the initial procedure has been completed.

Buying risky injections and submitting to dicey surgeries can challenge your senses when you realize that you no longer recognize the face reflected in your mirror.

Even in the best case scenarios, when everything goes perfectly, eventually you will be faced with ‘revision decisions’ because it won’t be long until you recognize the subtle shifting and you are faced with more injections and surgery.

Do you feel like a gerbil yet?

What if plastic surgery and injections were obsolete? 

How surprised would you be to learn that sagging cheeks, droopy necks, jowls and pouches do not require surgical intervention or fillers that plump and injections that paralyze?

There is a way to tighten your face and lift your features using specialized contouring and isometric contractions that require only a few minutes of your time with results that rival the face you loved ten to fifteen years ago.

Here’s how this happens:  Thumbs and fingers in white cotton exercise gloves are easily manipulated into movements, think resistance and contraction, that work to sculpt your facial muscles. 

A droopy face indicates that muscles are shifting and pooling into other muscles and muscle groups; when certain specific isometric exercise contractions are used, muscles “awaken” and begin to return to their more youthful shape.  The skin is revitalized as beneficial nutrients via oxygenated blood are unleashed, the muscles plump up and the face looks younger. 

Repositioning the underlying muscles means you can wear a younger looking face.  Manipulating lax facial muscles, then seeing and feeling them respond, will dramatically enhance your good looks and elevate your confidence level.

Slow yet deliberate exercise movements are taught first for the heaviest muscles in the face and neck.  Week One teaches you how to successfully contract the upper cheek and the upper eye muscles.  These two actions will noticeably improve the smoothness of your skin while lifting the cheeks, forehead and upper eyes.  These two exercises require thirty-five seconds each.

You don’t have to go anywhere or buy special equipment – these treatments are done in the privacy of your home.

Week Two begins by performing the two exercises learned in Week One and then adding two new actions that address the lower cheeks and lower mouth – firming and lifting the jowls and pouches.  Performing these four exercises requires only seconds of your time.  From the beginning your face will feel more toned and lifted and soon your reflection in the mirror will reveal changes.

Over the next seven weeks you will teach yourself the simple yet easy steps to keep your face looking toned and younger.  Neck, double chin, the dreaded wattle, under eyes, upper lips, crow’s feet and more can be enhanced when you realize that the power of looking younger is in your hands.

Mindful, proactive, safe, sane and natural methods will assure that you age spectacularly.  Smiling never felt so good!  And, your cheeks?  Wowee Zowee!

http://www.rejenuve.com/FacialMagicSL.htm

Cynthia Rowland
http://www.articlesbase.com/anti-aging-articles/sagging-cheeks-lift-using-facial-exercise-723914.html

J Nat Prod. 2009 Oct 8;
Kim KH, Choi SU, Ha SK, Kim SY, Lee KR

Three new biphenyls, berbekorin A (1), 2′-hydroxy-3,4,5-trimethoxybiphenyl (2), and 4,5-dihydroxy-3-methoxybiphenyl (3), together with 11 known biphenyls (4-14), were isolated from the n-hexane-soluble fraction of the MeOH extract of the trunk of Berberis koreana. The structures of 1-3 were determined by spectroscopic methods, including 1D and 2D NMR analysis. Compound 1 exhibited cytotoxic activity against the SK-MEL-2 skin melanoma cell line, in particular. Moreover, compounds 2, 5, 6, and 14 inhibited NO production in LPS-activated BV-2 cells, a microglial cell line.

Paediatr Drugs. 2009; 11(6): 361-74
Huber AM

Juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare, presumably autoimmune illness that causes proximal muscle weakness and a variety of typical cutaneous features. The study of this illness has been hampered by its rarity but, in recent years, important developments have increased our understanding of JDM. Genetic factors are likely important in the pathogenesis of JDM. These include several Human Leukocyte Antigen alleles, in particular those associated with the 8.1 ancestral haplotype and the tumor necrosis factor-alpha gene 308 polymorphism. Microchimerism, activation of plasmacytoid dendritic cells, and upregulation of type-1 interferon inducible genes also appear to play an important role in the pathogenesis of JDM. The study of JDM has also been limited by a lack of validated assessment tools. Recent work has validated the Childhood Myositis Assessment Scale and the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire as measures of muscle strength and function, and the Cutaneous Assessment Tool as a measure of skin disease activity and damage. Development of core sets of tools that should be used in all JDM studies has also been an important step. The use of magnetic resonance imaging and novel laboratory assessments (such as type-1 interferon inducible gene products, peripheral blood B cell and natural killer cell numbers, and myositis-associated and myositis-specific autoantibodies) are also playing an increasing role in the diagnosis and assessment of JDM. Current treatment is with corticosteroids, frequently in combination with other medications such as methotrexate or intravenous gammaglobulin. Newer therapies, such as anti-tumor necrosis factor agents and rituximab are currently being evaluated; it is not clear what role these medications will have in the future.