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Hugh Molloy, Garry Egger - Skin Fitness : Safe and Simple Skin Care

& 8220;This is a book about skin; more specifi cally, it’s about common skin

problems of our time and their possible causes and management.

It was never meant to solve, or even discuss, all the different types

of disorders related to the skin. We haven’t pretended to look at

infectious skin diseases, or even those with internal origins. Instead,

we’ve tried to encourage a new way of thinking about the causes of

many common skin problems related to lifestyle and the modern

environment, and to highlight what can be done, by you, to redress

them. In particular, we have identifi ed and offered solutions to

three of the most common, and yet generally unrecognised, causes

of a wide range of skin problems seen in practice today. These are

simply:

• overheating

• excessive dryness (xerosis) and

• our modern obsession with cleanliness and technology.

It is our contention that these three factors, alone and/or in

combination, are responsible for a large proportion of modern skin

problems ranging from certain forms of eczema and psoriasis, to

persistent forms of acne. Yet, they have all but been ignored in skin

care education in favour of commercial advertising that promotes

skin products which, in many cases, have the potential to worsen

the conditions they claim to ‘cure’.

Our thesis is that with skin problems much of what happens,

as in many other areas of health in modern society (heart disease,

obesity, cancers and injury), results from our way of life rather than

any mysterious or unknown microbes of the 21st century. And

while this is not meant to deny the huge advances in our modern

standards of living, it is meant to sound a warning: that we must

not ignore the downside of economic and technological progress

when discussing human health.

If you think this sounds a bit radical and not applicable to you,

check the list of potential problems related to these three factors in

the ‘skindex’ below:

A ‘skindex’ of skin and associated problems

A list of modern skin problems with a possible lifestyle cause:

1. Dry, rough or scaly skin which may or may not be itchy.

2. Redness, greasiness, rashes, persistent acne with no

obvious cause.

3. Limp, lifeless, stringy or greasy hair.

4. Dark, baggy rings around the eyes (‘doona eyes’).

5. Comedones (‘whiteheads/blackheads’) on the forehead,

cheeks and chin.

6. Redness and itchiness between the breasts.

7. Recurrent tinea pedis.

8. Unexplained morning sneezing, blocked/dry nose, dry

throat.

9. Disturbed sleep.

10. Feeling tired/washed out on waking.

If you suffer any of these at any time, check the behaviour list

below to see if any of the following could be a potential cause:

Skin behaviour checklist

Do you:

• try to stay as warm as possible at all times?

• work in an airconditioned offi ce?

• drive an airconditioned car?

• sleep with a doona and/or electric blanket, heated

waterbed/tracksuit at night?

• shampoo your hair daily or every two days?

• frequently use soap, deodorant, astringents, exfoliant,

aftershave, tonics or toners?

• regularly stay in hotels/motels without external

ventilation?

• travel regularly in aeroplanes?

• work, play or lie in the sun?

Most of the problems listed in the ‘skindex’, as well as a range of

related skin problems, are more likely to have a lifestyle basis than

any exotic explanation, despite the fact that you’ve probably never

been told so. The purpose of this book is to explain how and why.& 8221;

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