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Save Your Skin: The Facts About Skin Cancer

Save Your Skin: The Facts About Skin Cancer

Smoking-Man-Image-150x150 Quitting smoking is especially important because the bad habit exposes you to a variety of different cancers, skin cancer included. While most people associate smoking with lung cancer, the carcinogens in cigarettes can contribute to the development of skin cancer—the most common form of cancer in human beings.

Skin cancer can be deadly, particularly when it is not detected earlier enough. It can therefore spread throughout the body until it essentially destroys all systems in its path. Aside from cigarette carcinogens, skin cancer can be caused by over-exposure to the sun, radiation, and ageing.

There are three types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma, melanoma, and squamous cell carcinoma. All three pose a serious risk to your health, but melanoma is the most dangerous.

Skin cancer is relatively easy to detect because it appears as skin discolouration and/or abnormally coloured or shaped moles. Most skin cancer victims discover the condition on their own just by examining their skin. A diagnosis, however, can only be made by a doctor. But the problem is not that skin cancer is difficult to detect; the problem is that people simply forget that skin cancer is a deadly threat and thus do not get treatment for their cancerous growths until it is too late.

So is there a cure for skin cancer? A study conducted by researchers from Rush University Medical School in Chicago showed that a vaccine had been developed that was able to completely cure 16% of users infected with advanced melanoma. For the rest of the group, the vaccine greatly improved the user’s chance of remission. Still, this number is relatively small. So banking on a cure is not the way to go when dealing with skin cancer. The best way to avoid skin cancer is by staying out of the sun, wearing sunscreen regularly and avoiding exposure to unnecessary carcinogens like cigarette smoke. Checking your skin regularly as well as slathering yourself in aloe vera and vitamin D cream also helps.

Are you looking for more information about avoiding the perils of skin cancer? Want to find out how to live a more healthy life in general? Then get involved in the discussion on Facebook and Twitter. We’d love to hear you out and help you out!

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Pot Fries Your Brain: Stay Away From Marijuana

Pot Fries Your Brain-150x150 Quitting smoking is especially important because the bad habit exposes you to a variety of different cancers, skin cancer included. While most people associate smoking with lung cancer, the carcinogens in cigarettes can contribute to the development of skin cancer—the most common form of cancer in human beings.

Skin cancer can be deadly, particularly when it is not detected earlier enough.  It can therefore spread throughout the body until it essentially destroys all systems in its path. Aside from cigarette carcinogens, skin cancer can be caused by over-exposure to the sun, radiation, and ageing.

There are three types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma, melanoma, and squamous cell carcinoma. All three pose a serious risk to your health, but melanoma is the most dangerous.

Skin cancer is relatively easy to detect because it appears as skin discolouration and/or abnormally coloured or shaped moles. Most skin cancer victims discover the condition on their own just by examining their skin. A diagnosis, however, can only be made by a doctor. But the problem is not that skin cancer is difficult to detect; the problem is that people simply forget that skin cancer is a deadly threat and thus do not get treatment for their cancerous growths until it is too late.

So is there a cure for skin cancer? A study conducted by researchers from Rush University Medical School in Chicago showed that a vaccine had been developed that was able to completely cure 16% of users infected with advanced melanoma.  For the rest of the group, the vaccine greatly improved the user’s chance of remission. Still, this number is relatively small. So banking on a cure is not the way to go when dealing with skin cancer. The best way to avoid skin cancer is by staying out of the sun, wearing sunscreen regularly and avoiding exposure to unnecessary carcinogens like cigarette smoke. Checking your skin regularly as well as slathering yourself in aloe vera and vitamin D cream also helps.

Are you looking for more information about avoiding the perils of skin cancer? Want to find out how to live a more healthy life in general?  Then get involved in the discussion on Facebook and Twitter. We’d love to hear you out and help you out!

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5 Reasons Smoking Wrinkles Your Skin

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Most info relayed about the hazards of smoking centers on the internal effects of the bad habit: cancer, heart disease, emphysema, indigestion etc. But smoking also affects the external body, the skin in particular. Thus, a good reason to quit smoking is to keep the skin looking youthful and healthy—smokers tend to have skin that looks as wrinkly as a dried up prune!

 

So why does smoking contribute to early wrinkling? Here are 5 of the main smoking factors contributing to baggy, saggy, splotchy skin:

 

  • Decreased Collagen: Smoking decreases the collagen levels in the skin; collagen is a group of proteins responsible for the skin’s elasticity.
  • Decreased Oxygen: Smoking contributes to lower oxygen levels in the body which in turn causes the surface area of the body, the skin, to be poorly oxygenated.
  • Poor Circulation: Smoking negatively affects the body’s circulatory system and therefore prevents blood capillaries from reaching and nourishing the upper layers of the skin.
  • Nicotine: The blood capillaries that are able to reach the upper layers of the skin are constricted by nicotine, making them smaller in size and less nutritionally effective.
  • Slow Healing: Smoking meddles with the body’s ability to heal, the skin included. Hence, skin wrinkles easier and is more prone to sores and scarring.

 

It may seem a bit superficial, but smoking’s negative impact on the skin is a very compelling reason to quit the dangerous psychosocial habit. While many people claim that it is too difficult to quit smoking, that line of thinking is utter nonsense; in fact, the core belief that quitting smoking is impossible is what makes it impossible. Quitting smoking is a very attainable goal for people who are willing to put in the time and effort.

 

One method that is particularly helpful vis-à-vis smoking cessation is quit smoking hypnosis. Quit smoking hypnosis helps smoker’s identify the core beliefs and thought processes that keep them smoking, enabling them to re-wire such faulty thinking so that they no longer depend on cigarettes for emotional gratification or stress relief. Quit smoking hypnosis is no easy task, but it is a worthwhile task; the long-term health benefits, such as healthier, younger looking skin, are very much worth the effort.

 

Smoking is a psychosocial habit that contributes to the development of wrinkly skin. If you are someone you know is struggling with a smoking habit, and are concerned about how it could be negatively impacting your skin, please contact us for more details or share your own ideas and experiences with us on Twitter.

 

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Why You Shouldn’t Smoke: The Basics

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Smoking is one of the worst things that you can do to your body; there is not benefit to smoking, no silver-lining. Yet despite the ubiquity of information on why smoking is bad for you, many people still do it. Thus, it is always worthwhile to remind people of the quit smoking benefits. We will discuss a few of the major reasons why to give up cigarettes below.

 

Smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable death; that is, smoking deaths occur solely because of smoking. This is the great tragedy of smoking: nobody that smokes needs to die—they die because of a psychosocial habit. There are a variety of adverse health effects associated with smoking. The most prominent are:

 

  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Cancer
  • Lung disease

 

In addition to the deadly side effects listed above, smoking has an impact on nearly every aspect of your body and mind. The over 4000 toxins found in tobacco assault the body, leaving the skin looking worn and wrinkly, depression and anxiety disorders aggravated, teeth yellow, muscles loose, nails and hair brittle, and the immune system destroyed.  Smoking is a habit that can only bring pain and death. There is no sugar-coating this one—smoking is fatal.

 

The good news? As soon as you quit smoking, the body begins to heal;  in fact, the healing begins within 20 minutes of quitting. But quitting smoking is not a 20 minute event.  Indeed, it is a lifelong process. This is why it is important to have a plan will that will help you stay smoke free for the long haul. One way to do this is to engage in quit smoking hypnosis. Quit smoking hypnosis teaches you to stop using cigarettes for  psychological soothing and start living a healthy life.

 

Smoking is a psychosocial habit that can kill you, but it doesn’t have to; quitting smoking will allow you to heal your body and build the life that you want. If you, or someone you know, are struggling with a smoking habit, please contact us. You can also check us out on Twitter and ask for advice or share your own tips on how to stay tobacco free.

 

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Cigs and Zits: The Synergy Between Smoking and Acne

Cigs and Zits: The Synergy Between Smoking and Acne

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Young or old, there are a good number of reasons to quit smoking; there are an endless variety of health issues connected to the bad habit, from heart disease to lung cancer to emphysema. One little discussed, yet widespread, health condition related to smoking is acne. While many view acne as primarily a teenage plague, acne affects adults in large numbers—particularly if they are smokers.

Acne is a skin condition characterized by the blocking or inflammation of the skin’s sebaceous glands or hair follicles) resulting in blackheads, whiteheads, pimples and cysts. It occurs, primarily, on the face, upper chest and upper back; namely, the areas where the hair follicles are densest.

Acne is typically hormone fluctuations; this is why it is most common during the teenage years. However, hormone shifts can occur at any time during adulthood and acne can also be brought on by environmental factors, including skin products, food and, relevant to our interests, cigarettes.

The British Journal of Dermatology published a study which stated that 42% of female smokers struggle with acne whereas only 10% of non-smokers struggle with symptoms like oily skin, pimples and blackheads. Furthermore, research has shown that smoking causes a very particular kind of acne: while smoking doesn’t always lead to cysts and inflamed red whiteheads, it certainly causes  the surface area of the skin to be covered in bumpy blackheads and an oily sheen.

Acne is a condition that contributes to low self-esteem and general discomfort; it surely doesn’t allow people to feel comfortable in their own skin. Therefore, quitting smoking is the only way to steer clear of smoking induced acne. If you are ready to take this step—ready to quit smoking—then make sure you are well prepared by researching smoking cessation methods. Our recommendation would be that you check out quit smoking hypnosis –a surefire way to keep you away from cigarettes for good.

There is no other way to say it: acne is a major bummer, a major bummer exaggerated by smoking.  If you are a smoker and have a strong desire to get your acne under control then take the time to contact us or get involved in the discussion on Facebookand Twitter. We’d love to hear you out and help you out!

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Wading Through the Methods: Finding the Best Way to Quit Smoking

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The decision to quit smoking is an important step in the direction towards better health—but the decision to quit is only step 1. Step 2, then, is finding a smoking cessation method that is best for you. But with so many quit smoking methods out there, it isn’t necessarily so easy to choose. We’ve compiled a few of the top options in hope of pointing out your choices and then hopefully pointing you in the right direction: quit smoking hypnosis.

Cold Turkey

If you are shopping around for a quit smoking method then you have no doubt hear about quitting “cold turkey.” Cold turkey doesn’t require any aid or assistance; you just give up cigarettes plain and simple. Sound easy right? Unfortunately it is not; between 30-50% of cold turkey quitters relapse within a year.

Nicotine Replacement Therapies

Unlike cold turkey, nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs) require you to invest more thought and money into your smoking cessation endeavor. The way that NRTs work is quite simple; they administer nicotine to the body of the smoker, typically via nicotine gum or nicotine patches. The idea is that if smoking is a physiological addiction to nicotine, then small doses of the toxin will keep the smoker from smoking. Yet a study conducted at the Harvard School of Public Health shows that at least one third (approx. 30%) of NRT users relapse.

Hypnotherapy or quit smoking hypnosis is a smoking cessation method that may require a small financial investment, but the rewards are well worth it: over 90% of hypnotherapy quitters stay smoke free for life.

The success of quit smoking hypnosis is based on the fact that it addresses smoking as a psychosocial habit and not a physiological addiction. This means that quit smoking hypnosis helps smokers get to the root of their smoking problem: smoking as a habit they have built on a foundation of false beliefs about, and unhealthy emotional attachment to, cigarettes. Quit smoking hypnosis helps smokers re-shape their attitudes and beliefs towards cigarettes so that they can stay smoke free for good; additionally, it helps smokers build new, healthy habits so that they can enjoy a better quality of life.

So given the information above, which smoking cessation method do you want to choose?

Quit Smoking Hypnosis is a successful, holistic approach to smoking cessation. Get involved in the discussion on Facebook and Twitter.

 

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I Believe Therefore I Don’t Smoke: Quitting Smoking With the Power of Your Mind

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It’s a new year, but for smokers it’s still the same old question: why is it so hard to quit smoking?  Despite the fact that many would claim that this is an unanswerable question, there is an answer and we have it: smoking is hard to quit because most smokers never address the psychosocial issues underlying the habit.

Mainstream knowledge tells you that smoking is a physiological addiction. It tells you that the only reason you smoke is because your body is physically addicted to nicotine. It tells you that smoking is hard to quit because you are chemically dependent on cigarettes. Pharmaceutical companies and the medical community sell you these ideas so that you will look to their quick fixes to solve your smoking problem: nicotine gum, the nicotine patch etc.  These are the fixes that are profitable for them, but costly for you. Because even if you spend all your money on pharmaceutical solutions, the truth still remains: nicotine gum or not, smoking is still hard to quit.

But quitting smoking is only hard if you don’t address the real issue at hand: smoking is a psychosocial habit. Smoking is a habit that develops because you transfer emotional needs onto cigarettes and habituate yourself to using them, whether you do so to look cool or feel de-stressed. Smoking is used as a means of emotionally gratification and until you find a way to get to the core psychological issues behind why you smoke, you will keep believing that you need to.

Luckily, there are methods out there that take a holistic approach to smoking cessation. Hypnotherapy is one way to rid yourself of the smoking habit because it helps you transform your beliefs and attitudes towards cigarettes so that you no longer need them.  You learn to find emotional gratification in healthier ways and you free yourself from tobacco smoke. With the help of hypnotherapy, you will no longer believe you need cigarettes and therefore you will not need or want them. In essence, hypnotherapy produces this maxim: I believe therefore I don’t smoke.  So if you find that smoking is a hard habit to kick, then it may be time you tried a new approach. It may be time for you to harness the power of your mind to give up smoking for good.

Quit Smoking Hypnosis is a successful, holistic approach to smoking cessation. To learn more about its many benefits, contact me or get involved in the discussion on Facebook  and Twitter. Your input is needed!

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Quitting Smoking: A New Year, A New Plan

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Every year millions of people across the globe make New Year’s resolutions. The beginning of a new year is a new chance, a new promise, a new day to change life for the better. One of the most popular New Year’s resolutions (in fact, it ranks consistently among the top ten) is to quit smoking .   That’s right, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1… NO MORE CIGARETTES!

But quitting smoking is much more than making a New Year’s resolution at a friend’s party. If you want quitting smoking to go from New Year’s resolution to reality, then you need to have a plan of action.  Statistics show that around half of people forget about their New Year’s resolutions by the end of January; by the end of February, more than 90% of New Year’s resolutions go by the wayside. Translation: New Year’s resolutions don’t have a very good success rate. But you can be successful in your endeavor to quit smoking if you make it more than a resolution: make it a way of life.

Again, the key to quitting smoking is to have a plan of action. Quitting smoking without a plan means relapse, plain and simple. So you need to be ready to greet the New Year with a method for kicking cigarettes.

One way that you can quit smoking for good is by utilizing Quit Smoking Hypnosis. Quit Smoking Hypnosis is based on the fact that smoking is much more of a psychosocial than a physiological addiction. It rids you of smoking by helping you create new beliefs and associations related to cigarettes. With the help of a hypnotherapist, you re-program your brain into believing that cigarettes are dangerous and deadly and in doing so you learn to take charge of your own health and your own mindset on life.

Quit Smoking Hypnosis will not only rid you of the smoking habit, it will help you build an entirely new healthy lifestyle because it is a holistic approach to smoking cessation; this means that you will learn how to avoid smoking triggers, how to eat right, how to exercise right and how to be a more positive thinker. They say you are what you eat—but you are also what you believe and Quit Smoking Hypnosis will help believe a more positive reality into existence for yourself.

If you’d like to make quitting smoking more than a resolution, if you’d like to make it a way of life, then sign up for a brand new programme coming out soon.  Fill in your details in the comments below.

Quit Smoking Hypnosis is a successful, holistic approach to smoking cessation. To learn more about its many benefits, contact me or get involved in the discussion on Facebook and Twitter. Your input is needed!

References:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/work-in-progress/2012/01/19/8-reasons-your-new-years-resolutions-didnt-stick-and-what-to-do-differently-next-time/