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OneTouch Reveal® Mobile App for Diabetes

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OneTouch Reveal® Mobile App for Diabetes

The OneTouch Reveal® mobile app has helped over one million people take a step forward in their diabetes management. The OneTouch Reveal® app can be used to manage type 1, type 2 and gestational diabetes.

The OneTouch Reveal® app works seamlessly with the OneTouch Verio Reflect® meter and the OneTouch Verio Flex® meter, using ColorSure® technology to change the way you see your blood sugar.

Helps you easily spot blood sugar patterns
• Transforms data into colorful snapshots that connect your blood sugar with food, insulin and activity.
• Draws a timeline of important blood sugar events and activities, highlighting when you have been repeatedly out of range.
• Receive automatic notifications on your smartphone when a high or low blood glucose pattern is detected.

Personalize your diabetes management tools
• Set personalized reminders to stay on top of patterns, meds, food, exercise—whatever you need to manage your diabetes.
• With the Blood Sugar Mentor™ feature, you get personalized guidance, insight, and encouragement to help you understand and manage your blood sugar. (Only available when using OneTouch Verio Reflect® meter).

Set up and track personalized goals and visualize your progress over time.
• BG Tests: Test your blood sugar to identify patterns.
• Step Tracking: Monitor the number of steps you walk each day.
• Carb Tracking: Regularly log the carbohydrates you eat to see the correlation between your food intake and your blood sugar levels.
• Activity Tracking: Track the amount of exercise you are getting.

Easy-to-view diabetes logbook
• Automatically logs and organizes your blood glucose results.
• Identify high and low blood glucose results with the color-coded logbook.
• See how you’re doing at a glance, with a simple 14-, 30- and 90-day overview of your blood sugar results.

Other helpful blood glucose management features
• Share your progress with your care team between visits – you can email your personalized diabetes report.
• The A1c comparator on the OneTouch Reveal® mobile app lets you compare your lab A1c** to the average of your blood sugar readings from the last 90 days.

Read more: OneTouch Reveal® Mobile App for Diabetes

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Water–All That Your Skin Needs!

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Water–All That Your Skin Needs!

Your body needs plenty of water daily and it has numerous benefits. Not only it has an extremely important role in improving your skin, but also helps in weight loss. At least one should drink a minimum of 8 glasses of water daily to improve skin hydration. Drinking lots of water can boost up your skin hydration in just 24 hours.

Increasing your fluid intake increases blood flow to skin which ultimately strengthens and evens skin tone. Thus reduces loss of elasticity in skin and gives a soft smooth texture to skin.

Also, greater the blood supply to skin, better for the skin as more nutrients and oxygenated blood is transported to skin. It also helps to wash out toxins and debris out of skin, act as an excellent detoxifier and gives skin a clear smooth texture.  This not only adds glow to it but also nourishes it from within.

Water–All That Your Skin Needs!
Water–All That Your Skin Needs!

Some people also use alkaline water for skin. This is extremely beneficial for eczema patients and helps fight acne. This is because of its pH balancing actions and significantly increases absorption of nutrients and easy removal of dirt and grease from skin. If you are facing acne and pimple problems these days, add alkaline water to your routine and you’ll notice how it gives remarkable results.

While we breathe, we lose some moisture with every breath. Adequate amount of water is therefore essential for a healthy skin. You don’t need expensive creams and steroids for a clear skin. All you need is to increase water intake and see amazing results. Water works no less than a magic wand for your skin. It helps in skin tightening and prevents puffiness and rashes, controls moisture levels and results in flawless skin. I highly recommend people with acne prone skin to increase water intake for a clear skin.

Dr.Sayyam Azam
Dr.Sayyam Azam

About the Author: Dr.Sayyam Azam is certified dermatologist who has specialized in Clinical Dermatology (Pakistan) and Aesthetic Medicine (U.S).During her specialized training; she was involved in multiple clinical as well as aesthetic dermatological procedures such as botox, fillers, chemical peels. As a licensed dermatologist, she is now running a state of art Aesthetic Centre (The Face Clinic) in Multan, Pakistan.

 

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Dandruff: Devices To Analyze And Remove The Hair Flakes

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Dandruff: Devices To Analyze And Remove The Hair Flakes

Dandruff is a common condition that causes the skin on the scalp to flake. It may happen due to excessive oiliness, dry scalp, and sensitivity to hair products, stress, or even some species of fungus. Although it isn’t contagious or severe, it can cause mental health damages in excess. Furthermore, it can be a persistent condition that might come from others like psoriasis and eczema. 

dandruff

The development of products against this condition is a popular area of research. To prove the result of these products, equipment like the DandruffMeter DA 20 can be used. This device collects the scales and puts them in a special compartment with a dark background. After that, a high-resolution camera takes a picture of the scales then specialized software marks and evaluates them in nine different size categories. 

dandruff meter

There are also tools to remove the present dandruff. The most used are the dandruff brushes, which will help remove the flakes during the shower. The traditional brush is typically made of silicon, but there are also options in vinyl and stainless steel. Another option is the exfoliating brush, which can even be electric to improve the massage and increase cleaning. Dry brushing the scalp is also an interesting technique that can help unclog the hair follicles and prevent long-term buildup. 

This way, treating dandruff can be a challenge, and using effective products along with tools to wash away the flakes can be an excellent approach to have a clean and healthy scalp. 

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Maísa Melo, MSci

About the Author: MSci Maísa Melo is a Pharmacist and a current PhD student in cosmetic technology, from São Paulo, Brazil. She has earned her master’s degree from the University of São Paulo and has been involved with the development, stability, safety and efficacy of cosmetics since 2013. She has specialized in the clinical efficacy of cosmetics by biophysical and skin imaging techniques as well as the use of alternative models to animal testing. Her research work has been published in several scientific journals and book chapters from the field.

More Portable LED Devices That You Need To Know

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More Portable LED Devices That You Need To Know

LED devices are a big skincare trend, with many different models and purposes to fill everyone’s needs. The objective of these tools is diverse. Many promise anti aging and anti-acne results, but others aim to combat pains, eczema and psoriasis. 

myskinbuddy LED device

In this context, among the wide variety of products, LED technology can be used in a way each person finds easier. For example, the MYSKINBUDDY™ device is a facial device that utilizes four different lights to achieve a clearer complexion. It has six ready-to-go settings with different aims like deep and gentle cleansing, acne care and prevention, calming and brightening effects; and skin rejuvenation and multi-benefits. The design is presented in a compact-sized handheld form and can be used with cosmetic ingredients.

Furthermore, the DemarkQ Pop device treats acne in a different format. It is an FDA cleared technology designed by professionals, and it has both blue and red-Light therapy that treats acne and recovers skin at the same time. Another differential is the presence of automatic shut-off and audio feedback, being suitable for all skin types as well. The DemarkQ device promises an improvement of clogged pores and pimples, prevention of scarring, reducing inflammation​and boosting skin glow without feeling oily.

light therapy

Finally, the LUX SKIN® LED Facial Mask is a wireless face mask that uses LED Light Therapy to obtain clear, smooth, and youthful skin in sessions of 15 minutes. The manufacturer promises a multi-purpose device that helps fight various skin issues like acne, hyperpigmentation, fine lines, dullness, and more. It is also suitable for all skin types and has three different color modes. 

This way, the use of LED tools will send energy waves deep into the skin to bring a wide array of options to a healing reaction on a cellular level without leaving home or changing the routine. 

Read also: Treating acne with LED therapy devices – How does it work?

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Maísa Melo, MSci

About the Author: MSci Maísa Melo is a Pharmacist and a current PhD student in cosmetic technology, from São Paulo, Brazil. She has earned her master’s degree from the University of São Paulo and has been involved with the development, stability, safety and efficacy of cosmetics since 2013. She has specialized in the clinical efficacy of cosmetics by biophysical and skin imaging techniques as well as the use of alternative models to animal testing. Her research work has been published in several scientific journals and book chapters from the field.

Aqualert: Water Intake Tracker & Reminder Google Fit

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Aqualert: Water Intake Tracker & Reminder Google Fit

Aqualert is a water tracker and water reminder app to create the water drink habit.
It Sends daily reminders and alerts to motivates you to drink water and keeps a log of your daily aqua intake.
For the google fit users , Aqua Alert water tracker and water reminder work with it.

The Benefits of drink water are huge: weight control, skin condition, hair condition, organs function, energy level and many others.

Helps you to have a good water balance on your body using notification drink reminder and a tracker of how much you should drink.

Aqualert water intake tracker functions are :

* Is simple and easy. Adequate for any age
* Daily intake calculator, tracker and reminder based on your sex, weight and activity level. Lets you know how much water you should drink daily.
* Notification , Alert and reminder to remember you to drink water as you prefer and helping you to drink more.
* Automatic bed time mode so you don’t receive reminder on the middle of the night. Making it a smarter reminder and tracker.
* Graphic & Log display of your hydration level and daily consumption.
* Calculate how many servings you have left.
* Easy to add or remove a serving from the water tracker
* Use our serving size or customize your serving size and reminder
* Consumption Chart History so you can know your hydrated level and have all the drink water benefits.
* Automatic notes of why be hydrated, when you are hydrated and when you take more than you need
* Google Fit Integration

* Stay slimmer
Revs up metabolism and helps you feel full. Replace calorie-laden beverages with water and drink more before meals to help you feel fuller.

* Boosts your energy
If you’re feeling drained and depleted, drink more. Being dehydrated makes you feel fatigued.

* Lower stress
85% of your brain tissue is water. If you’re dehydrated, both your body and your mind will be stressed.

* Build muscle tone and stay Fit
One of the benefit is to prevent muscle cramping and lubricates joints in the body.

Read more: Aqualert: Water Intake Tracker & Reminder Google Fit

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Wonders Of Aloe Vera For Our Skin

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Wonders Of Aloe Vera For Our Skin

Are you experiencing skin acne? Or you are having terribly dry cracked skin? Are you tired of using expensive creams for pimples and dull skin?  Here is a remarkable ingredient you need to add to treat all your skin problems, the aloe Vera.

Read on to learn more about a wonder ingredient for skin.

What is aloe vera?

Aloe Vera is a wonder plant that does wonders to skin. This ancient botanical has extraordinary healing properties, hydrates your skin and nourishes it with it’s incredible constituents of Vitamin A, E, C, B12, folic acid, hyaluronic acid, aloesin, aloin, water and enzymes which keep up antibacterial properties and plenty of minerals which balances skin pH.

Anti-Oxidant Properties

Not only this, it also has a protective action against bacteria and has antioxidant properties to fight against UV radiation which causes severe damage to skin.

Wonders Of Aloe Vera For Our Skin

Best Moisturizer

Adding aloe vera to your skin regime can make a lot of difference. It moisturizes skin deeply and promotes natural healing of scars and acne which eventually adds a glow to your skin. 

Anti-Aging

It also has an anti-aging element as it promotes collagen synthesis and removes dullness.

Aloe vera can be applied as a mask; icing or you can just scoop out aloe vera gel and apply it directly to your skin. It’s a wonder plant and has extremely promising results if used thrice a week.

You do not need to visit your dermatologist to add this as your regular skin care routine but you can start it at your home as soon as you find this plant or its extract.

Dr.Sayyam Azam
Dr.Sayyam Azam

About the Author: Dr.Sayyam Azam is Certified Dermatologist who has specialized in Clinical Dermatology(Pakistan) and Aesthetic Medicine(U.S).During her specialized training ,she is involved in multiple clinical as well as aesthetic dermatological procedure such as botox,fillers ,chemical peels.As a licensed dermatologist, she is now running a state of art Aesthetic Center (The Face Clinic) in Multan ,Pakistan

 

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Here’s Why You Should Never Use an Extraction Tool at Home

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Here’s Why You Should Never Use an Extraction Tool at Home

We’ve decided that it’s human nature to want to pick, poke, and prod a breakout. Especially when it looks like it’s time to be popped, we’re armed and ready to squeeze it for all it’s worth until it (hopefully) no longer exists. What we’re often left with, however, are pockmarks and scars. But when extraction tools came on the scene, it seemed like the market was trying to tell us that picking at a pimple would be okay—so long as we did it with the double-edged metal tool. Ever the beauty skeptics, we decided to turn to experts Heather Wilson and Dr. Carl Thornfeldt to get their take on this blemish removal method.

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MEET THE EXPERT

  • Heather Wilson is an esthetician and the director of brand development at InstaNatural.
  • Carl Thornfeldt, MD, is a dermatologist and founder of Epionce Skin Care.

Keep scrolling to read their thoughts on using acne extraction tools.

What Are Acne Extraction Tools?

Acne extraction tools (a.k.a. comedone extractors) treat comedonal acne, a common and non-inflammatory type of acne, by removing blemishes. They typically consist of a small metal rod with a hook or loop at the end that is used to extract whiteheads (closed comedones) and blackheads via gentle squeezing, tweezing, or piercing.

Risks and Challenges

Although you can pretty much find and buy acne extraction tools anywhere, that doesn’t necessarily mean that you should. “The use of an extraction tool by a trained, licensed professional is generally safe. However, the ability for anyone to purchase an extraction tool has increased in recent years. Consumers can purchase extraction tools of all kinds at many mass retailers, but that does not mean at-home use of them is recommended,” says Wilson. Using them incorrectly will do more harm than good.

acne extraction tools

For instance, improper use of an extraction tool can damage the skin (think: scarring, bruising, and capillary damage), she explains. And not only that, but it may also drive bacteria deeper into the skin, causing a breakout to become even worse. Thornfeldt notes, “Misuse of the device itself, using a device with a poorly designed structure, and deep rupturing of the lesion, which induces a severe inflammatory response,” as three reasons why damage typically occurs from using extraction tools at home.

The thing is, even if you think you can remove a whitehead’s contents without a hitch, it’s easier said than done. “A major difficulty is the proper alignment of the device to the skin contour and shape,” comments Thornfeldt. For best results, he recommends having extractions performed in-office by your dermatologist, cosmetic physician, or esthetician.

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Carb Manager–Keto Diet Tracker

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Carb Manager–Keto Diet Tracker

Join the Keto, low carb, and macros revolution with Carb Manager! It’s FREE to use, and tracks all your macros and TRUE net carbs, subtracting sugar alcohols and fiber.

Whether you’re brand new to the Ketogenic, low carb, or macros diet or intermittent fasting and are just getting started…

…Or you’re a seasoned pro who’s tired of using generic diet apps and calorie counters that don’t fit the way that you eat…

….welcome you to the Carb Manager family!

Carb Manager is so much more than just a macro calculator or net carb tracker. It’s a movement. A community. A lifestyle.

Its food tracker is the most advanced in the industry, making it easy to log each meal in seconds. You can even log meals by taking a picture of what you ate, with the AI image recognition technology.

You’ll have no trouble staying in ketosis with its macro calculator and carbohydrate counter, which automatically tracks your carbs, fat, protein, and calories with “over-limit” alerts.

But even more than a carb calculator, Carb Manager is your one-stop destination for living a healthy low-carb high-fat diet (LCHF) lifestyle. A bundled low-carb diet articles, forums, recipes, a meal planner, intermittent fasting timer, a Keto video crash course, a community with weekly challenges to help members lose weight together, and more.

Whether you’re on a Keto / Ketogenic, Paleo, Atkins, Whole30, or other low-carb (LCHF) diet, Carb Manager helps you stay motivated and aware of your health and fitness.

Following Keto for diabetes management? You’ll love the diabetic carb counter, trusted by thousands of users with diabetes to control carbs. Track blood sugar, ketones, and net carbs.

Ready to try intermittent fasting? Try the built-in fasting tracker app to track fasting times and eating windows & visualize the impact of fasting on your weight goals with intuitive graphs.

Carb Manager is the king of all-in-one Keto diet apps, built specifically for the low carb lifestyle.

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Does Microneedling Really Help For Post Acne Scars?

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Does Microneedling Really Help For Post Acne Scars?

Sometimes Acne is not as much frustrating as the scars it left. It becomes tortuous to deal with post acne scars. Acne scars can develop from cystic acne or from picking at your skin and can last for several months or even years.

Uh -You are also having the same problem?

If so you must go for Microneedling. 

Are you curious about the procedure? Keep reading to learn more about the Microneedling and how to discuss the effectiveness with the dermatologist.  

Mechanism of action of microneedling

Microneedling uses fine needles to prick your skin. During the skin-pricking process, your skin produces more collagen in an effort to heal the small wounds from the needles. New collagen that’s formed will help smooth out your skin’s appearance, helping to fill in fine lines, wrinkles, and scars.

Facts

According to the American Academy of Dermatology, microneedling works best for depressed — not raised — acne scars. This has to do with the collagen-inducing effects. If you have raised acne scars, you already have excess collagen in the area

Unlike other minimally invasive skin corrective treatments, such as laser therapy, microneedling is considered safe for darker skin tones. This is because it doesn’t damage or remove the outer layer of skin. Microneedling is also considered safe for thin and sensitive skin as well.

Unlike more invasive skin therapies, microneedling is considered less time taking. Many people choose to go back to work the day after their treatment, depending on their side effects. You can apply a lightweight powder if you want to camouflage any bruises or redness.

Does Microneedling Really Help For Post Acne Scars?

Possible side effects

Initially, minor side effects are to be expected from this procedure. These include

  • Redness
  • Bruising
  • inflammation

However, these should clear up within a few days.

Things to avoid after microneedling for acne scars

For at least 3-4 days

Not recommended if you are having

  • acne
  • pregnancy
  • Eczema
  • Rosacea

Don’t try Microneedling at home as it is a dermatological procedure and should be dealt with by a certified dermatologist. Visit your dermatologist if you are having post acne scars and you want to get rid of them.

Dr.Sayyam Azam
Dr.Sayyam Azam

About the Author: Dr.Sayyam Azam is Certified Dermatologist who has specialized in Clinical Dermatology(Pakistan) and Aesthetic Medicine(U.S).During her specialized training ,she is involved in multiple clinical as well as aesthetic dermatological procedure such as botox,fillers ,chemical peels.As a licensed dermatologist, she is now running a state of art Aesthetic Centre ( The Face Clinic ) in Multan,Pakistan

 

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What To Know About Remente: Self Care, Wellbeing

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What To Know About Remente: Self Care, Wellbeing

Small actions everyday create life changing behaviors. Its mental health tracker and self care journal helps you with goal setting and achieving personal growth! Remente acts as your life coach and provides a bunch of self help tools to feel better and glow up and achieve self improvement, healthy habits and well being.

Start now with developing healthy habits to improve your self control and live a healthy lifestyle with greater self love, more self help and less stress, anxiety and depression!

Daily Remente
A daily video session with a life coach explaining different concepts of daily self care and interactive guides for users to learn about and practice mental health and well being.

Goal Setting Guide
Create good life goals to achieve personal growth and development. Remente acts as your life coach and offers guides and tips for goal setting to form a sustainable lifestyle which results in self love and healthy habits.

Day Planner
To learn self help and reach goals you need to plan. The day planner contains a smart and dynamic to do list which plans your day based on your life goals as well as long term goal actions and tasks for self improvement.

Mental Health Tracker
Tracking your life balance is important for your well being and self love and reducing stress and depression. The life assessment tool helps you determine where you should focus your personal development efforts to feel better and glow up and achieve self control, mindfulness and health.

Self Care Journal
Learn what makes you feel good with the Remente mood journal. By tracking your mood you will understand what consequences your habits have on your mental health. What habits increase your daily self care? Use the mood journal to find out!

Expert Goal Plans
Remente has a library full of expertly crafted goal plans to coach your self improvement. They contain detailed plans, tips and information for how to succeed with common well being goals to achieve personal growth and a better lifestyle.

Courses & Articles
A curated collection of articles and exercises written by psychologists, business managers, life coaches and world champions in several fields. It cover a wide range of topics, e.g. sleep optimization, stress management, healthy habits, mindfulness and anxiety relief, self love or tips for better friendships, relationships, dating & sex.

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