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Eliminating the Risk of Parabens in Skin and Wound Care

Andy Brazil

Parabens were first used in the mid1920s for their antimicrobial properties. By the early 2000s, parabens were found in over 90% of cosmetic products. Parabens are a group of alkyl...

Eliminating the Risk of Parabens in Skin and Wound Care

Andy Brazil

Parabens were first used in the mid1920s for their antimicrobial properties. By the early 2000s, parabens were found in over 90% of cosmetic products. Parabens are a group of alkyl...

Dry Skin (Xerosis): Causes, Moisturizing & Barrier Care

Andy Brazil

Learn what xerosis means, why mature skin becomes dry, and how gentle cleansing, regular moisturization, and barrier-supportive skin care can improve everyday comfort.

Dry Skin (Xerosis): Causes, Moisturizing & Barrier Care

Andy Brazil

Learn what xerosis means, why mature skin becomes dry, and how gentle cleansing, regular moisturization, and barrier-supportive skin care can improve everyday comfort.

Increasing Quality of Life with Healthy Skin

Andy Brazil

Quality of Life (QOL) is the general well-being of an individual that results from various conditions including physical and mental health, safety and security, as well as comfort and happiness....

Increasing Quality of Life with Healthy Skin

Andy Brazil

Quality of Life (QOL) is the general well-being of an individual that results from various conditions including physical and mental health, safety and security, as well as comfort and happiness....

Relief from Itching

Andy Brazil

Itch or pruritus has been defined as an unpleasant sensation that elicits the desire or reflex to scratch. Itch is the most common symptom in dermatology. It is also the...

Relief from Itching

Andy Brazil

Itch or pruritus has been defined as an unpleasant sensation that elicits the desire or reflex to scratch. Itch is the most common symptom in dermatology. It is also the...

Handwashing Awareness

Andy Brazil

Handwashing is important because it helps eliminate germs that can cause disease.  In fact, good hand hygiene has been linked to a decrease in infectious disease incidence.  Unfortunately, it’s too...

Handwashing Awareness

Andy Brazil

Handwashing is important because it helps eliminate germs that can cause disease.  In fact, good hand hygiene has been linked to a decrease in infectious disease incidence.  Unfortunately, it’s too...

Protecting Skin from the Cold

Andy Brazil

When it’s cold outside the humidity often decreases leading to dry environments that can result in skin inflammation and pruritus (itching). In fact, dry environments promote pro-inflammatory cytokine release from...

Protecting Skin from the Cold

Andy Brazil

When it’s cold outside the humidity often decreases leading to dry environments that can result in skin inflammation and pruritus (itching). In fact, dry environments promote pro-inflammatory cytokine release from...