Washing your hair frequently doesn’t always reduce dandruff, as over-washing can dry or irritate the scalp, so the ideal frequency depends on individual scalp conditions.
Dandruff caused by factors like Malassezia fungus, oily scalp, skin conditions, stress, hormones, weather, and hair treatments, leads to itching and visible flakes.
Prick, Patch, and Blood tests detect allergens differently, each with pros and cons, and the doctor chooses the best method based on symptoms and suspected triggers.
Common foods that can trigger allergies include peanuts, tree nuts, cow’s milk, eggs, shellfish, fish, soy, wheat, and sesame, and medical advice should be sought if allergic reactions occur.
Food allergies can cause reactions ranging from mild rashes or digestive issues to severe, life-threatening anaphylaxis, occurring immediately or hours later.
Sunscreen can cause skin allergies or irritation due to ingredients like PABA, octocrylene, octyl methoxycinnamate, alcohol, silicone, parabens, and oxybenzone.
Keep your skin clear and free from melasma and freckles with five simple steps use sunscreen daily, avoid strong sunlight, wear protective gear, apply anti-melasma cream, and eat antioxidant-rich foods.
Melasma are dark blurry patches while freckles are small, well-defined brown spots—each caused by factors like hormones, sunlight, medications, or genetics.
To prevent monkeypox contamination, clean personal items with 70% alcohol, disinfect large surfaces with 0.1% bleach or 0.5% hydrogen peroxide, and have patients wash contaminated clothes separately.
Follow the “6 separations” at home—avoid contact, share of items, and common spaces with a monkeypox patient until all lesions have healed—to reduce infection risk.
Monkeypox treatment depends on severity mild cases may be treated at home or in hospital with supportive care, while severe or high-risk cases receive hospitalization and antiviral Tecovirimat.
Beware eight high-risk groups—including immunocompromised individuals, cancer patients, transplant recipients, autoimmune patients, and children under 8—may develop severe monkeypox and should seek medical evaluation if exposed or symptomatic.
Protect yourself from monkeypox by avoiding contact with infected people or animals, practicing hand hygiene, wearing masks, not sharing personal items, and seeking medical care if exposed or symptomatic.
Monkeypox spreads through close or direct contact with an infected person or their belongings, but casual contact, keeping distance, or separate use of items is not considered contagious.
Monkeypox often causes characteristic rashes and bumps on the body, so anyone noticing these symptoms should seek evaluation at a health center and report relevant risks.
Monkeypox is a less severe relative of smallpox, transmitted through close contact with infected people or animals, though no animal-to-human cases have been reported in Thailand.
Herpes zoster, caused by the same virus as chickenpox, can lead to complications and is preventable with vaccination, healthy habits, rest, and stress reduction.
FUE hair transplantation moves healthy hair follicles to thinning areas with minimal scarring, suitable for baldness, hair loss, or receding hairlines.
Vitiligo treatment includes topical medications, UV phototherapy, melanocyte transplantation, laser therapy, or skin depigmentation for extensive cases, guided by medical evaluation.
