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  Aging can be a challenging process as the toll of time begins to show up on your body. Luckily, we have tips and a line of effective eye treatments to help take the secrecy out of looking good.    As we age, fine lines and wrinkles are the most noticeable changes and are the most common visible signs of aging. The eye area, because of its delicate skin, tends to be the first place that develops fine lines and wrinkles. Crow’s feet, the lines that extend out from the corners of the eyes, are initially one of the most noticeable wrinkles...

Hand eczema or hand dermatitis is a common inflammatory disorder involving skin of the hands. The term chronic hand eczema is appropriatein cases that persist for more than three months or recur two or more times within a 1 2-month time frame. Typical clinical signs include redness, thickening of the skin, scaling, edema, vesicles, areas of hyperkeratosis, cracks (fissures), and erosions. Hand eczema is the most frequent occupational skin disease, especially among workers exposed to "wet work," such as health care workers, food handlers, and hairdressers. It can have profound economic consequences, including medical costs; costs associated with disability, workers' ...

Rosacea is a common, chronic disorder that can present with a variety of cutaneous or ocular manifestations. Skin involvement primarily affects the central face, with findings such as persistent centrofacial redness, papules, pustules, flushing, telangiectasia, and phymatous skin changes (eg,rhinophyma). Ocular involvement may also occur, manifesting with lid margin telangiectases, conjunctival injection, ocular irritation, or other signs and symptoms. Rosacea is most frequently observed in individuals with lightly pigmented skin (skin phototypes I and II). People of Celtic and Northern European origin appear to have the greatest risk for this disorder. The prevalence of rosacea is difficult to assess due to its variable clinical manifestations...

Cheilitis is an acute or chronic inflammation of the lips.It usually involves the lip vermilion and the vermilion border, but the surrounding skin and the oral mucosa may also be affected. Common symptoms include erythema, dryness, scaling, fissuring, edema, itching, and burning.Cheilitis may be caused by a multiplicity of endogenous or exogenous factors, the most common of which are atopic dermatitis, contact irritants or allergens, chronic sun exposure, and infection.Secondary involvement of the lips can occur in many cutaneous and systemic disorders, such as lichen planus, lupus erythematosus, autoimmune bullous diseases, Crohn disease, sarcoidosis, and nutritional deficiencies.This topic will review...