Sentences with phrase «increased skin pigmentation»

While increased skin pigmentation, decreased exposure to sun, religious norms, restrictive diets and poverty have all contributed to the severe cases of infant vitamin D deficiency reported in exclusively breastfed infants, these cases also show that what should be nature's perfect food for the infant is not always sufficient to supply the infant's full nutritional needs.

This peptide has been shown not only to increase skin pigmentation, resulting in a substantially tanner skin tone, but also to stimulate fat loss and increase libido.

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In addition to that, the hormone that regulates skin pigmentation (melanocyte - stimulating hormone) also increases.

Besides your belly, other areas of your body may be targets of increased pigmentation, including your nipples (or rather the areolas, which is the skin surrounding your nipples) and your underarms (well, your arm pits).

«This suggests that dark - skinned people with this mutation probably don't develop melanoma as often and are therefore not tested for this specific mutation, presumably because they lack the risk - modifying pigmentation variants that increase the risk of melanoma,» says Dr Helgadottir.

The researchers also looked at the gene expression of skin cells from people with psoriasis and found decreased expression of the genes involved in pigmentation signaling, correlated with increased amounts of IL - 17 and TNF.

In people with vitiligo, which causes patchy loss of pigmentation, a certain kind of T cell is dominant in the afflicted areas of skin; patients with psoriasis, on the other hand, exhibit an increase in another kind of T cell.

Reported data suggests that inherited genetic factors associated with eye and skin pigmentation could increase a person's risk for uveal melanoma.

«Increased eye cancer risk linked to pigmentation genes that dictate eye color: New research identifies genetic mechanisms behind rare form of melanoma are also associated with genetic risk for skin melanoma.»

By working closely with the KhoeSan, a group of populations indigenous to southern Africa, the researchers have found that the genetics of skin pigmentation become progressively complex as populations reside closer to the equator, with an increasing number of genes — known and unknown — involved, each making a smaller overall contribution.

While facial massage has some great benefits, such as skin detoxification and brightening, acne scar, blackhead or uneven pigmentation relief as well as collagen increase and temporomandibular joint muscle massage there are also some precautions to be aware of.

There can be increased facial skin pigmentation in pregnancy itself (without lupus) called Melasma, also known as chloasma or the mask of pregnancy.

There may also be changes in the skin with increased pigmentation, redness, swelling, crusting, flaking, or moist oozing and discharge.

Changes in the skin and coat are common, including dryness, excessive shedding, delayed regrowth of hair, and hair thinning or hair loss (usually the same pattern on both sides), sometimes with increased pigmentation.

Clinical signs of flea allergy dermatitis in dogs include moderate to severe itchiness, papules (small red bumps), overall redness, self - trauma from biting and scratching, hair loss, scratched or wounded skin, increase in skin pigmentation, and dandruff.

Other symptoms can include focal alopecia (loss of hair), hyper pigmentation (increased red coloration around patches of skin), and itching.

It is characterized by patches of hair loss, hyper pigmentation and increased blood supply to affected parts of the skin.