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                   Skin can be infected by many types of microorganisms, most commonly by gram-positive strains of Staphylococcus and Streptococcus spp. Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infections, particularly that of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), is a challenge in clinical practice.   Ozone therapy has proven to be one of the strongest antiseptics against the majority of microorganisms involved in skin infections. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the microbicidal effects of topical ozone therapy on S. aureus and MRSA, and determine the clinical efficacy of ozone therapy on patients...

  Chronic candida related complex can give a variety of symptoms. Often, the simplest case involves chronic bloating or diarrhea, worse after meals. Complex cases involve immune system hyper-reactivity, and more systemic symptoms such as "brain fog" and fatigue.    Chronic candida infections are a concern of many patients, who believe that their health concerns and chronic candida symptoms of brain fog, muscle aches, sugar cravings, headaches, mood swings, anxiety, fatigue, itching, eczema, vaginal or skin yeast infections, sinusitis, bloating, diarrhea or loose stool, especially with a foul, sulfurous type odor, and indigestion.  These symptoms are of course very non-specific, are common...

  The aim of this brief review is to summarize the recent literature on the effect of ozone (O3) on cutaneous tissues. Recently it has been reported that a chronic contact with O3 can be deleterious for the skin. G. Valacchi, V. Fortino and V. Bocci group and others have shown a progressive depletion of antioxidant content in the stratum corneum and this can then lead to a cascade of effects resulting in an active cellular response in the deeper layers of the skin. Using an in vivo model we have shown an increase of proliferative, adaptive and proinflammatory cutaneous tissue responses....

   In 2009 a group of scientists (Hee Su Kim, Sun Up Noh, Ye Won Han, Kyoung Moon Kim, Hoon Kang, Hyung Ok Kim and Young Min Park) from Department of Dermatology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, undertook a study in which they researched  the therapeutic effects of topical ozonated olive oil on acute cutaneous wound healing in a guinea pig model and also to elucidate its therapeutic mechanism. After creating full-thickness skin wounds on the backs of guinea pigs by using a 6 mm punch biopsy, they examined the wound healing effect of topically applied ozonated olive...