Its easy to forget that every single product we put on our skin for beauty and skin care purposes contains a large number of chemicals. Despite many high street natural beauty products giving the impression that they promote healthy skin, a quick look at the ingredients reveals a long list of unfamiliar chemicals, many of which are actually detrimental to the condition of skin and can cause allergic reactions.

Never is the skin more vulnerable to serious damage than when exposed to sunl...

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What is prickly heat?

To start with, it is important to understand what prickly heat is and why it affects some people but not others. Also known as miliaria, it causes bumps or blisters to appear in a rash across areas of skin during a spate of hot weather. The rash can take several days to disappear, even if conditions are much cooler.

Prickly heat can appear almost anywhere on the body, especially confined areas such as the armpits, but tends not to affect the face. It often affects...
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