What Are The Different Skin Cancer Types?

August 29, 2008 by GoodSkinHealth.com  
Filed under Skin Problems

There are three different types of skin cancer – basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma.

Skin cancer can develop when cells grow and multiply without the normal controls that the body exercises. If left untreated cancerous skin cells can spread to the organs and bone tissues. Read more

How To Treat Ethnic Skin

July 9, 2008 by GoodSkinHealth.com  
Filed under Ethnic Skin

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All ethnic types have skin that has a similar structure with exactly the same skin layers whatever its color.

The three layers are the dermis, the epidermis and the subcutaneous fat layer.

The only obvious outward difference is the color, of which there are many varying shades from yellow thru brown to black according to the ethnic origin.

Also each ethnic skin type can be dry, normal, oily or any combination.

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Human Skin Layers

June 14, 2008 by GoodSkinHealth.com  
Filed under Body Skin

Human skin is amazing. More often than not, we don’t give it enough thought.

We take it for granted that it is there, but don’t really understand what it truly is.

Our skin is our largest organ and does quite a number of things for us. It is also one of the most abused parts of our bodies. Perhaps, if we understood what skin is and what it does for us, we might take better care of it.

The first thing to learn is what comprises our skin. There are three layers and each layer has its own special properties. These three layers are called

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