Femtosecond lasers have also enabled advances in OCT — a powerful medical imaging technique that can obtain subsurface images ... is able to image under the skin by setting the focal spot ...

Becoming familiar with melanoma symptoms and other skin cancer symptoms is crucial for spotting suspicious growths or moles. But one of the best and most simple steps to take in identifying these ...

In what can revolutionalise analysis of sub-surface tissues and enhance medical ... in the United States have found a ...

Sep. 26, 2024 — Scientists believe the hormone hepcidin, when produced in the skin, may be the root cause of psoriasis -- a chronic and sometimes debilitating skin disease that affects 2-3% of ...

Lavender oil offers several potential benefits for your skin, including reduced inflammation and improved wound healing. But you’ll want to avoid putting it directly on your skin without ...

1. Keep your face clean. Whether or not you have acne, it's important to wash your face twice daily to remove impurities, dead skin cells, and extra oil from your skin's surface. Washing more ...

Skin care — and specifically the art of building a skin care routine — can be a form of self-care. But with hundreds of products on the market, figuring out the correct way to layer serums ...

My skin journey throughout my teens and up until now has been a rollercoaster. I’ve always jumped between a love, hate (mainly hate) relationship with it. Whilst being on the pill my skin was ...

Projects combining Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), Digital Image Correlation (DIC) and tissue loading experiments have delivered increased understanding through imaging the skin at the surface and ...

The Government Office for Science has published a report on the future of the subsurface, highlighting the lack of data as a key challenge. The report looks at the current and future potential use ...

Oct. 3, 2024 — A chip-based 'tractor beam' can trap and manipulate biological particles using a tightly focused beam of light emitted from a silicon-photonics chip. The device could help ...

Our skin deals with many environmental and self-inflicted obstacles every day, so the least you can do is give it some needed protection with a good face moisturizer (and, of course, sunscreen).