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Problems over botched body piercings could be a “substantial burden” on the NHS in the near future, a study says.

The British Medical Journal study found one in 10 people - and nearly half of all younger women - have a body piercing other than on the earlobe.

Just over a quarter of people reported complications, including swelling, infection and bleeding. Many avoid specialist clinics, and face greater risks piercing themselves, or trusting friends or relatives. Non-specialist piercings could also mean hepatitis infection, experts said.

A spokesman for the British Liver Trust, which offers advice on avoiding hepatitis infection, said: “It is important to remember the long-term problems that can occur, particularly if you get a piercing from a non-specialist.

“You put yourself at a high risk of contracting hepatitis B or hepatitis C, both of which are serious, life-threatening conditions which can be fatal.

“You may not know you have contracted the virus until later on in life when the damage has already begun.”

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The latest and popular trend of artificial nails has allowed every woman to make their nails pretty and good looking. Artificial nails are more strong and durable than the natural nails.

Because of its strongness, these nails break very rarely. Also, the nail polish on the artificial nails remains for a longer time and doesn’t peel easily.

If you are new to artificial nails, selecting the right one is a little confusion. So, understand the types of artificial nails, its advantages and disadvantages before you make a selection.

Artificial fingernails come in wide varieties. The most popular and widely used artificial nails are Sculptured nails, Acrylic nails, Gel nails and Nail wraps nails.

Sculptured Nails: These nails can be applied to your natural fingernail with the help of an acrylic or gel. It is then lengthened and shaped over metal to create the desired look. These artificial nails are more durable and usually last longer than other types. However, these nails need to be filled in recurrently so as to maintain a natural look.

Cheeks are the most attractive part of your face.

Beautiful and healthy cheeks can give attractive look for your face where as dull and sloppy cheeks make you to look duller than what you are.

Making your cheeks to look more attractive is not a big process and it takes only few minutes.

Tips to make your cheeks attractive:

Cheek exercises

• Each part of the body will have certain exercise to make them active and strong. Performing cheek exercise is a simple task and no strain is required while doing it. In this exercise, you have to fill your cheeks with air and stay for some period and then leave it. Do it for 10 to 15 times.
• Another exercise that makes your cheeks to look beautiful is, fill air in one side of your cheeks and then move it from one side to another side.

Cheek make up

• Before applying blush on your cheeks, lightly blow on the applicator blush for removing excess blush to prevent uneven or harsh application.
• Apply blush on apple of cheek and blend carefully towards natural hairline.

Does any one like having toe nails, which look thick, spoiled or discolored? Never! But when your nails lack proper care and attention, it can usually result in many nail problems; one among those is the most common nail fungus.

This infection of nail fungus usually takes place whenever your nails are continuously exposed to any kind of warm or moist environments, such as sweaty shoes or wet shower floors.

This infection of nails is mainly due to certain micro organisms, which can mainly infect your toe and finger nails.

Your toe nails are at increased risk of developing nail fungus!

Nail polish or any kind of acrylic nails can easily trap the fungus. In most cases, nail fungus mainly appears in the toenails, because if you regularly use socks and shoes for your feet, they will obviously keep the nails of your toes in warm and dark conditions, the main sources for the growth of fungi.

Your toe nails are 6 to 7 times more prone to get affected with several nail infections when compared with your finger nails. Due to this nail fungus, the skin present around the base of your nail will become irritated and turns to red color. Initially the infection will be present only at the edges or base of your nail, but as it starts spreading, your nail and also accordingly the nail bed starts to develop the infection.

Feet are the most active part present in your body and it works more than your hands.

Feet maintains the pressure of your whole body and most of the times, they overwork.

You should take care of your feet to make them nice, soft and pretty [Effective foot care].

Improper care can damage your feet and cracks can develop.

Pedicure for once a month is not enough to take of your feet. You have to do it on daily basis.

Tips to attain beautiful feet

1. Scrub your feet with foot scrubber to remove dry cells present on your feet.
2. After bath, dry your feet as much as possible with towel. Do not put any footwear while your feet are still damp.
3. Before going to bed, apply a thick layer of lotion to your feet and rub it well. Rubbing your feet improves circulation. Apply the lotion thick enough so that a layer of it should stay unabsorbed. Wear socks after applying lotion. The lotion will make your feet extra soft, smooth and well moisturized.
4. Avoid using high heels as they put much pressure on your feet.

Don’t think like nails are neglected part of your body and they don’t need much care as your skin.

You can tell more about a person by looking at their nails.

Just like the skin, nails also need proper nutrition for ensuring strong and healthy nails.

Vitamin deficiency makes your nails to become white, dry and brittle.

To keep your nails healthy, you should include lot of fruits and vegetables to get the required vitamins [Importance of vitamins].

Several vitamins are responsible for your nails growth like vitamin-A, vitamin-C, vitamin-B12, calcium, hydrochloric acid, fatty acid, etc.

The vitamins which are necessary for nail care are:

1. Vitamin-A and calcium are essential for your nails to avoid dryness and brittleness of nails. For vitamin A, take fruits that are yellow and orange in color or vegetables that are dark green.
2. The deficiency of retinoid, derivative of vitamin A, can cause nail shedding and nail fragility.
3. Vitamin C is an important vitamin that can prevent hangnails and swelling of nail tissue. You can find vitamin C in green and red peppers.
4. Protein is essential element present in the nails. Low intake of protein can create problem in processing and results in brittle nails and hangnails.

Waxing is one of the methods of hair removal preferred by women to remove unwanted hair.

Waxing is the best procedure for hair removal and the growth of your hair will also become less after waxing [Effective hair removal products].

But, waxing is a tough process because it will be painful.

Women look for waxing, but feel nervous to try if they have sensitive skin.

If you have normal tougher skin, you can go for waxing as your skin supports it.

Disadvantages of waxing in sensitive people

• Waxing can be more painful in sensitive skin people and they feel like they cannot bare this pain.
• Waxing can irritate your skin immediately if your is sensitive.
• Stress or pressure on the skin while pulling the hair with cloth or strip will be more on sensitive skin.
• If your skin is sensitive, it can result in ingrown hairs, red bumps, and minor bleeding.
• Sometimes, stretch marks will appear on the skin because skin becomes loose while pulling the waxing strips up.

Tips to make waxing procedure easy on sensitive skin:

• You should feel comfortable, warm and relaxed. When you are not comfortable and relaxed, skin pores can constrict and your skin becomes more sensitive to pain.

You will look trendy with makeup, hairstyle and dressing.

If you follow same makeup in all occasions and seasons, it indicates that you are not following the latest trend.

Maintaining your make up, dressing and hairstyle in the right way according to the latest trends indicates that you are conscious about the style.

Tips to look stylish according to the latest trend:

• Try to go for shopping frequently to keep up with the latest trends. Buy what you need and what looks nice, but do not purchase any product because it is new.
• Always look beauty magazines to find the arrival of new makeup products in the market. If you find any new product, do not get them immediately. Find the reviews on that product by using internet. If there are positive reviews, then you can go for it, otherwise leave that product.
• Getting a new product is not enough. You should know how to use it in the right manner. If you are using in an improper way, it can damage your look. Take the suggestion of your beautician regarding the usage of the product in the right manner for better results.

Bleaching is the process in which the unwanted hair present on your body is changed into your skin color.

Most of the women undergo this bleaching process to make the hair paler or lighter. The process of bleaching is not a tough process and even you can perform it by your own using various types of home bleaching kits available in the market.

The bleaching kits contain a bleach mixture, which will be in the form of a cream and an activator. You have to mix the activator in the cream in a non-metallic bowl before applying it to your face [Benefits of skin bleaching].

Before performing bleaching on your face, you have to test on small area of your body. If you do not feel any itching or burning sensation, then only you have to go for it, otherwise leave the process. Usually, bleaching will not be suitable for all.

If your age is below 20, you should not go for bleaching, as there will be several harmful effects on your skin.

Effects of bleaching in less age:

Everyone hates to have sluggish, dull and rough skin.

Your skin is an important external organ of your body and lives along with you as long as you do.

It mainly reflects your state of mind and also age. But, it is quite common for you to have dull, wrinkled and rough skin due to lack of adequate and frequent skin care.

So, in order to get a baby soft skin, it becomes very essential for you to maintain it with more proper care and treatment.

Developing a few simple habits of skin care can help you to have smooth and baby soft skin.

Here are certain tips for you to get smooth and soft skin. Just try to follow these simple guidelines and try to include them in your daily routine. These strategies can help you to get a smooth and healthy skin, which you will love to feel.

Essential strategies and techniques to have soft skin!

Skin care cleansing plays a vital role in achieving your goal to get healthy and soft skin. So, always remember to cleanse your skin daily with a better soap which suits to your skin type and also with fresh water. Try to use a soft sponge to cleanse your skin.