Tips for Young Fabulous Looking Skin

Everyone is looking for the fountain of youth so that their skin stays looking young, and firm, free of the fine lines and wrinkles that come with aging. Unfortunately, there is not a fountain of youth. When it comes to taking care of your skin, you have to work to keep it looking young. That means that you have to do a variety of things not to accelerate the aging process. The things that you can do for your skin range from limiting sun exposure, taking care of your overall health, and following a strict skincare regime.  If you do all of these things it will help you keep your skin looking young and fresh.

One of the first steps to taking care of your skin is the amount of time that you spend in the sun. People that love to tan forget that extensive exposure to the sun can accelerate the skin’s aging process. Daily exposure to the sun can lead to age spots, freckles, and the rapid increase in wrinkles. By applying a sunscreen with a minimum SPF of 15, you can help reduce not only the acceleration of the aging process but it also helps to reduce the risk of skin cancer.

There are some basic things related to your overall health that also helps with keeping your skin looking youthful. By getting plenty of sleep nightly, eating the right foods, and avoiding smoke, you can help delay how old your skin looks. These are all basic steps but they play a huge roll in how quickly your skin ages. 

One of the most common things that people can do to keep their skin from aging too quickly, is to have a skincare regime that is followed daily. This skincare regime should include washing your face twice a day, using a moisturizer and foundation that contains an SPF factor of 15 or more.

If you are careful with the amount of time spent in the sun, wear sunblock when you are in the sun, keep yourself healthy, and follow a skincare regime, you can help keep your skin looking young.

Body modifications and children.

Are you thinking about getting your baby’s ears pierced? A large number of parents are doing this every single day however, a lot of people are asking whether it is such a good idea. In Western countries it is seen as normal for a young girl to have their ears pierced and it is quite rare to see a girl who has not had this particular body modification.

Some parents claim that by getting the babies ears pierced when they are young that they are saving them from the pain in later life but I for one was one of the people who decided against having my baby daughter’s ears pierced. I am not against ear piercing myself but I just do not think it is something that should be done at such a young age.

A baby cannot speak up for itself and protest that they do not want it done, something such as a body modification should be left to the individual. Plus on the flip side they may grow up and have a preference for not having it done, however if it has already been done the holes do not always heal back to normal.

That is one of the main reasons why I decided against having my baby daughter’s ears pierced and as my eldest daughter is approaching her eleventh birthday, she has given me no signs that she wishes to have her ears pierced despite many of her friends already having it done.

However, if she wanted to speak to me one day in the future with a desire to get her ears pierced, I do not think that I would stand in her way as she is now of an age that she can understand the procedure and also look after the piercings herself.

Consider covering up your body art to land that dream job

In these tough financial times we are experiencing at the moment you may find that it is harder to get that all important job due to the amount of competition. For that reason, people with excessive or outlandish body modifications have found themselves being overlooked for the kind of jobs that have certain guidelines when it comes to appearance. There are quite a large number of companies who have strict guidelines when it comes to body art, and body modifications such as organic plugs, this can leave your application at the bottom of the pile.

Well if you are looking to turn the tables so to speak, here are my tips to help you to achieve that dream job you have always wanted.

If you have the attitude that you will not cover up your body modifications for anyone, that is fine, but it is not going to help you to get that job and you need to understand that sometimes you just have to cover up now and again.

There is a chink of light at the end of the tunnel though as I was pleased to discover that recently more and more companies are becoming more lenient when it comes to body modifications. Most of the major fast food companies are fairly lenient when it comes to body modifications, so long as they do not pose a health hazard and so long as they are covered up. However, these jobs are bad payers and if you are looking for something with more financial reward then you will need to cover up all of the time.

There are some companies that are very supportive to people with body modifications, however, it may still come down to the attitude of the area manager so attitudes will differ in different parts of the country. It is better to enquire about a company’s stance on body modification before you waste your time in going to any interviews.

The kinds of body modifications being undertaken by modern women.

I have discovered recently that more and more women are acquiring different kinds of extreme body modifications. But just what kind of extreme body modifications are there and what does it involve?

Tattooing of the eye and more specifically the cornea is not only doable, but it has been performed now for over 2,000 years usually to cover scarring. In recent times, it is carried out less for the reason that contact lenses are extremely effectual at concealing such imperfections. On the other hand, not all and sundry can wear contact lenses that's why cosmetic tattooing of the eyes is still practiced.

Next up is an extreme body modification known as “scarification”, and this entails the imaginative and arty placing of scars in a proscribed way to accomplish an aesthetically satisfying outcome. The procedure of scarification involves scars being formed by the wounding of the surface of the skin.

Another extreme body modification that involves the skin is the process known as a sub-dermal implant.

A sub-dermal implant involves the placing of an object beneath the skin for the reason of changing the surface of the skin so that a distinctive shape can be seem raised above the rest of the skin, although there is a risk of irritation to the surface of the skin after the shape has been inserted. 

Possibly the most excruciating of all body modifications is something known as “branding”. This involves an iron being heated to a temperature that is hot enough to cause a severe burn when it comes in contact with the surface of the skin. The iron will be made to a specific design of the choosing of the person receiving the branding before it is heated.

All of the above methods of extreme body modification are becoming more popular among women in the Western hemisphere these days and it is only going to gain in popularity in the future. 

The popularity of body modification among teenage girls

Of late I have been observing all types of body modification amongst teenage girls and here are some of the most popular styles explained:

Body piercings are very popular and depending on which part of the country you are resident in, the most popular areas of the body that are chosen to be pierced differ. However the most popular areas of the body to be pierced include the belly button, the nose, the lip, the tongue and the eyebrows.

 Trans dermal Implants are becoming more popular amongst teenage girls and entail the placing of an object beneath the skin, but one that still exits the body at one or two places.

Ear gauges are utilized to stretch a normal ear piercing to a larger size by the use of larger and larger inserts. These are relatively all the rage within the music industry and a lot of teenagers in inner-city areas have taken up the style although they are more prevalent amongst males.

Tattoos of course have been around for a centuries and remain a popular choice of body modification amongst teens.

 So the question that needs to be asked is just why are teenagers and more specifically girls modifying their bodies? Well one of the main reasons is that a large number of them see body modifications as a form of self-expression, it gives them a chance to show off their individuality, something that teenagers find important.

I think that everyone should be able to express their individuality in any way they see fit, however, those teens who go for the more extreme and permanent forms of body modification are a concern and they need to understand that they are marking their bodies permanently. Plus some companies look harshly on people who are covered in too many or some of the more extravagant kinds of body modifications and overlook them for vacancies within their company.

Tightlacing a new and possibly dangerous body modification for women

On a planet crammed with millions of inhabitants, it comes as no surprise that an awareness of uniqueness can be difficult to achieve. For those members of the public that do not want to limit their body modification to merely tattooing, some more drastic forms of body modification have started to become more popular. Lately on the news bulletins a new trend has started to make the headlines and that trend is the ‘bagel head’. However, bagel heads are not the only type of extreme body modification that some women undertake and certainly not the most dangerous. 

The negative consequence of a lot of the extreme body modification methods have not yet been established, but as a greater number of people endeavor to be noticeable in a crowd, the health problems connected to body modification are certain to be known soon.

A woman wearing a corset to tuck in their stomach for that hourglass figure has become all but obsolete since women stopped wearing ball gowns. However, an extreme version of this has become more and more popular amongst some female body modification aficionado’s, its name is tightlacing.

Tightlacing is an extreme version of a recent trend called shapewear, where clothes are used to sculpt the body, tightlacing is something that is usually practiced from an early age and leaves the body permanently shaped. This entails the use of a corset that is tightened to such an extent that the internal organs are actually squashed together and some doctors say that this could cause serious long term health problems for the women who practice this kind of body modification.

Some of the internal organs likely to be affected include the diaphragm as this loses its ability to be effective when breathing. The liver can become misshaped and the intestines and bowel become compressed meaning that digestion can be affected also.

Simple Body Mods

I have always been one to shy away from doing things outside the norm, even when a lot of my friends have always done things to stand out. I have a number of girlfriends that have gotten different forms of body modifications over the years. Of course, all of us have the most common form, which are pierced ears. I have three holes in each of my ears and a cuff on one ear. That is about as extreme as I have ever wanted to go when it came to body mods. I just don’t like the idea of doing any serious permanent damage to my body.

I have one girlfriend who recently came over to hang out to show me her new plugs she got for her stretched ears. I don’t think I could ever stretch my earlobes out like she has, but I have to admit I actually really do like how her new plugs look in her ears. She has a variety of them, from girly to simple solid colors. I asked her how big she was going to go, but she said she does not intend to stretch her ears out too far. She decided that she wanted to stretch them out enough to add a special accent to her body. She wanted to do something special to make herself stand out and typical ear piercings weren’t enough for her.

Another one of our girlfriends has gotten a number of piercings done. She has her ears, nose, tongue, and her nipples pierced. I do admit I wouldn’t mind getting my belly button pierced, but getting my nipples pierced isn’t an option for me. Personally, I think that would be way too painful a procedure, my friend didn’t think that it was too bad. She said it was rather uncomfortable when she was going through the healing process, but now she loves them. My friends and I do agree on one thing. No matter what decision a person makes when it comes to the form of body modification that they do, it should be accepted, we are all individuals.