The body is made up of tissues. When these tissues are damaged, the body will immediately try to heal itself and protect itself from infection. It does this by producing scar tissue—new fibers that form a strong shield or barrier against microorganisms. It can develop on the skin or in the internal...
Acne is a common condition that affects both men and women. While it may be more common in teenagers, many adults also suffer from acne. The mere fact that you have acne can be problematic aesthetically, but having scars due to acne is even worse. Depending on the severity of the scars, they...
These days you hear people throwing around a lot of medical procedure terminology in regards to skin treatments. Between the multitude of make over shows on cable television and the popular beauty magazines, skin treatment procedures have become part of our daily vocabulary. Unless you have been...
Skin diseases are difficult conditions to live with, to say the very least. Though some skin diseases may cause minimal discomfort, the visual effects of the conditions can cause significant self esteem and confidence issues. The majority of skin diseases cause scarring or disfigurement. Skin...
Dark Fantasy is a nebulous psuedo-genre of the fantastic. It can cover urban fantasy with rough edges, Lovecraftian horror, epic fantasy with violence and dirt still intact — but it's all these things and more. It's any story of the fantastic where things aren't Tolkien-levels of happy. Were people...
It's been over one year since the Hills star Heidi Montag underwent a full body, plastic surgery overhaul in a ten procedure makeover but she's finally gone public with the non-airbrushed results. The reality show star and on and off again wife of Spencer Pratt revealed the scars which remain from...
Fibrosis is a condition that is characterized by the formation of scar tissue that results either from an injury or from a long-standing inflammation. Physicians have classified fibrosis into two main types – pulmonary fibrosis and cystic fibrosis. Pulmonary fibrosis refers to the hardening,...
Rosehip oil is a kind of oil that is extracted from the seeds of a rose bush. Typically, when the petals of a rose plant falls off, round seed pods remain on the bush. These seed pods are called rosehips and are the source of rosehip oil. Strictly speaking, the “real” rosehip oil is extracted...
Eczema is an ailment which includes a wide array of skin conditions. As if having one type of eczema isn’t uncomfortable enough, you can develop more than one type of eczema at the same time. There are many common factors in the different types of eczema; the symptoms, causes and treatments are...
The world is out to get you. That's how I ended up feeling after compiling this list of horrifying, permanently scarring, eternally terrifying rare diseases. Genetic, infectious, parasitic and everything in-between, these 15 diseases scar their victims for life and scar us mentally having looked...
