Your hands and feet go through a lot on a daily basis. That’s why it’s important to take good care of your hands and feet...
Nappy rash (irritant dermatitis) can make babies and toddlers quite miserable, unsettled and irritated. Find out how you can prevent it.
It is normal to shed skin from your scalp, but there are two common scalp conditions that cause the skin cells of the scalp to shed quickly.
There are a wide variety of germs that can cause skin infections. The most common conditions are caused by bacteria, viruses, and fungi.
Thanks to my dear little four-year-old niece, who pretty much lived in her plastic outdoor swimming pool in Auckland over this hot summer, I know al..
Our body’s way of cooling us down when we get hot, stressed or after exercising is to sweat. Sweat is a weak, salty solution produced in sweat gla..
Also known as impetigo, school sores are a common bacterial infection mainly affecting school-age children and more common in warmer months of the y..
Now that summer is finally here, prickly heat or sweat rash can sometimes make life a little uncomfortable. When we are hot, our bodies activate our..
Warts and verrucas appear as small lumps on the skin and range in size from 1mm up to around 1cm. They can appear on their own or in clusters, with ..
Chilblains (also known as pernio or perniosis) are itchy, sore, red or purple bumps that occur on the skin as a reaction to cold. Painful inflammati..
Do you have problems with smelly feet in summer? So do lots of people. Sweat glands are over most of your body but mainly the palms of the ha..
Chat to most acne sufferers, and they’ll most likely tell you that it is a complicated condition to treat and often a stressful journey trying to ..
Shingles is a painful skin rash caused by the same virus that causes chicken pox. Anyone who has had chicken pox could get shingles.
As the weather continues to become warmer we see more people coming into the pharmacy to ask for help with their fungal infections. Fungi are like mus..
The condition of your skin can tell you a lot about your state of health, even your state of mind. Most skin problems happen either when...
Just visible to the naked eyes, the pregnant female itch mite Sarcoptes Scabiei burrows a tunnel into the skin of her human host before...
The most common types of fungal infections are caused by a mould-like fungus in the outer layers of the skin, usually on the arms, legs...
Inflammation of the skin is it’s way of reacting to an irritant or allergen and can occur anywhere in the body.
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