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Nine Ways To Prevent Maskne Wearing a mask can be hard on your skin
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Take a 15-minute mask break every four hours. Health care workers on the frontlines of the pandemic have found that this helps save their skin. Of course, only remove your mask when it’s safe to do so and after washing your hands. Safe places to remove your mask include: • Outdoors, when you can stay at least six feet away from people • Inside your car when you’re alone • At home
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f the stress of COVID-19 didn’t make your skin break out, the mask you’ve been wearing might. Some are calling this “maskne,” describing the kind of acne caused by wearing a face covering that traps oil, sweat and bacteria beneath it. Before the pandemic, the condition—officially known as acne mechanica—was mostly seen in athletes and workers who wear helmets and chin straps, said Sara Perkins, MD, a Yale Medicine dermatologist. When a mask rubs against the skin, it can irritate small hair follicles, which triggers inflammation and generates acne. Masks play a vital role in reducing the spread of the coronavirus. Masks can also be hard on your skin, causing problems that range from acne and peeling skin to rashes and itchiness. To help prevent skin problems from developing under your mask, board-certified dermatologists recommend these nine tips.
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Cleanse and moisturize your face daily. Gentle skin care can prevent skin problems. When washing your face, use a mild, fragrance-free cleanser. Dry skin is a common face mask skin problem. Applying moisturizer adds a protective layer that can reduce dryness. You want to apply moisturizer immediately after washing your face. To get the most benefit from a moisturizer, board-certified dermatologist Carrie L. Kovarik, MD, FAAD, recommends using a moisturizer with one of the following ingredients: • Ceramides • Hyaluronic acid • Dimethicone (which can also create a barrier that helps reduce irritated skin) You can prevent breakouts from your moisturizer by using a moisturizer formulated for your skin type. When selecting moisturizer, follow this guide: • Oily skin (or when weather is hot, humid): gel moisturizer • Normal or combination skin: lotion • Dry to very dry skin: cream
Gentle skin care can prevent your mask from causing skin problems. If you have acne or tend to break out, you can still use a gel moisturizer.
mask, some skin care products that you’ve used in the past may irritate Protect your lips by applying your skin. If this happens, cut back on products that can irritate your skin, petroleum jelly. Dry skin and chapped lips are such as: common face mask skin problems. You • Leave-on salicylic acid • Retinoid you apply to your face can prevent chapped lips by applying • Aftershave petroleum jelly to your lips:
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• After washing your face • Before you put on your mask • Before bed To prevent breakouts, take care to apply the petroleum jelly only to your lips.
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Wear the right mask. To reduce skin problems, look for masks that offer the following: • A snug, but comfortable fit Skip the makeup when • At least two layers of fabric wearing a mask. • Soft, natural, and breathable fabric, Beneath a mask, makeup is such as cotton, on the inside layer more likely to clog your pores and lead that rests against your skin to breakouts. If makeup is necessary, Wearing a mask that offers a snug, use only products labeled “non-come- but comfortable fit helps to protect dogenic” or “won’t clog pores.” you and others from the coronavirus. You want a snug fit across your nose, Avoid trying new skin care on the sides, and under your chin. products that can irritate A snug, comfortable fit also reducyour skin. es skin problems. If the mask feels Wearing a mask for even a short too tight or slides around on your time can make your skin more face, it can irritate your skin. You’re sensitive. To reduce skin problems, also more likely to adjust a poorly avoid trying harsh products, such as a fitting mask. When you touch your chemical peel, exfoliant, or retinoid, mask, you can transfer germs to your for the first time, said board-certified mask and your face. dermatologist Daniela Kroshinsky, The fabric is also important. Avoid MD, MPH, FAAD. synthetic fabrics, such as nylon, Use less of certain skin polyester, and rayon on the layer that care products if your face rests against your skin. These are becomes irritated. more likely to irritate your skin and When you cover your face with a cause breakouts.
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Wash your cloth masks. Many health care organizations now recommend that you wash a cloth mask after each use. Washing it also removes oils and skin cells that collect inside the mask, which could lead to a skin problem. You can wash a cloth mask in a washing machine or by hand. Both ways remove germs and other particles. Just be sure to: • Follow the washing instructions on each mask. • Wash the masks in hot water unless the instructions say otherwise. • Use a fragrance-free, hypoallergenic laundry detergent. After washing your mask, check its shape. If a mask no longer fits snugly (and comfortably), it is less protective.
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Continue the treatment plan that your dermatologist created for you. If you have a skin condition, such as acne or rosacea, it’s especially important to follow your treatment plan. This can help keep the condition under control. Life gets busy. Sometimes, it’s hard to care for your skin as planned. If a skin problem develops under your mask, you may be able to treat it yourself. Visit the American Academy of Dermatology website for tips and skin care treatment (www.aad.org) or schedule a checkup with your dermatologist.
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Warm Weather Is Here: It’s Time To Protect Against Ticks BY ANTON MEDIA STAFF
• Tennessee • Missouri • Oklahoma Reducing exposure to ticks is the best defense against Lyme disease and other tickborne infections.
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ypically, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that between May and July, people get tick bites and tickborne diseases more often than any other time of year in the United States, but many may not know they are at risk. This year, far more tick activity seems to be occurring earlier than usual. Each year, nearly 30,000 confirmed cases of Lyme disease are reported to CDC, but a recent national survey reported that nearly 20 percent of people in areas where Lyme disease is common were unaware that it was a risk. And even in those areas where the disease is common, 42 percent of individuals reported taking no personal preventive measures against ticks. Other key tickborne diseases include Rocky Mountain spotted fever, anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis and babesiosis. These diseases tend to be concentrated in specific parts of the country. Nearly 95 percent of Lyme disease cases occur in 12 states:
Lyme disease is spread by the blacklegged tick, also known as a deer tick, which is typically found in wooded and grassy areas.
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· Avoid areas with high grass and leaf litter, and walk in the center of trails when hiking. •U se repellent that contains 20 percent or more DEET on exposed • Connecticut skin for protection that lasts • Massachusetts several hours. Parents should apply • New York repellent to children; the American • Delaware Academy of Pediatrics recommends • Minnesota products with up to 30 percent DEET • Pennsylvania for kids. Always follow product • Maine instructions. • New Hampshire •U se products that contain perme• Virginia thrin to treat clothing and gear, such • Maryland as boots, pants, socks and tents or • New Jersey look for clothing pre-treated with • Wisconsin permethrin. More than 60 percent of Rocky reat dogs for ticks. Dogs are very Mountain spotted fever cases occur in • T susceptible to tick bites and to five states: some tickborne diseases, and may • Arkansas also bring ticks into your home. • North Carolina
Tick collars, sprays, shampoos or monthly “top spot” medications help protect against ticks. • Bathe or shower as soon as possible after coming indoors to wash off and more easily find crawling ticks before they bite you. • Conduct a full-body tick check using a hand-held or full-length mirror to view all parts of your body upon returning from tick-infested areas. Parents should help children check thoroughly for ticks. Remove any ticks right away. Tickborne diseases can cause mild symptoms to severe infections requiring hospitalization. The most common symptoms of tick-related illnesses can include fever/chills, aches and pains, and rash. Early recognition and treatment of the infection decreases the risk of serious complications, so see your doctor immediately if you have been bitten by a tick and experience any of these symptoms. Visit www.cdc.gov/ticks or call CDC at 800-CDC-INFO for more information.
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homes, businesses, parks, you name it, we go there and we train people, o, this thing called a pandemic especially during this time of COVID,” hit, about this time, last year. said Mendez. “We have been very For avid gym-goers, a year away successful because a lot of people are from the traditional gym is enough to hesitant to head back to the gym. The drive anyone insane. It’s also been a alternative is to hire a fitness profesyear of broken fitness resolutions for sional to come to the home.” many, fitness buffs trying to break perLocally, GYMGUYZ covers the entire sonal records, those looking to return island, with more than 20 mobile to fitness and even first-time workout certified personal trainers. dabblers. What’s a person to do? Plainview is the headquarters of the Hiring a personal trainer can seem corporate franchise operations, foundlike something only elite athletes might ed in 2008 by fitness specialist Josh do, but it’s a hot trend in personal York. The mobile fitness brand utilizes wellness for everyone. a fleet of signature red vans to bring the Andrew Mendez, the general mancertified personal trainer, equipment ager of corporate fitness at GYMGUYZ and workout to customers’ doors. Central Suffolk, spoke about this upward movement and how having a Who shouldn’t go back to the gym personal trainer come to your door is a right now? convenience that is here to stay. “Anybody who is high-risk should “We bring the workout to people’s not go back to the gym,” said Mendez.
GYMGUYZ trainers assess a client’s goals as they write a fitness program. “Personally, I feel gyms are doing a very good job with cleanliness and tracking, doing the best to their abilities to make it a safe environment.” Mendez is an active member of several local gyms and has been in the fitness industry for more than 20 years. “People have to be smart and know where they are on the health spectrum; if you are high risk, I wouldn’t personally go back, but if you feel great and feel comfortable enough to go back, gyms are doing a very good job for the user.” He explained the thorough protocols that GYMGUYZ follows for its own clients, including COVID information and acknowledgment forms, a
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do it (at home workout), but that’s where a business like GYMGUYZ does great because we give great home workouts.” He explained that the at-home workouts are tailored so that they client, as well as the trainer do not get complacent and dull. “There are so many resources out there for people to exercise with, like investing in some sort of home workout equipment and videos,” said Mendez. “When [a client has] home equipment they are truly invested in their health and fitness goals. We utilize [their own equipment] as much as possible and give them workouts
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that they can do on their own at home.” It is not even a fleeting issue if someone doesn’t have a single piece of fitness equipment though. The GYMGUYZ mobile van arrives stocked with more than 300 pieces of equipment to use at each session. You have to think outside the box when it comes to fitness aids. You don’t need to spend $2,000 on an elliptical or high-end fitness machine. Mendez said things like a stationary chair, a filled backpack, water bottles, jump ropes and other items that you might already have around the house can supplement any workout.
Clients like it. Do trainers? “We have seen an influx of applicants for home personal training because the climate in going back to the gym is very scarce right now,” said Mendez. “Once someone experiences the luxury of having a trainer come to your home, oftentimes, they never stop. You can’t outrun a trainer that is coming to your home.” GYMGUYZ trainers are nationally accredited with certified personal training certifications. They all go through background checks and are insured. The company provides ongoing continuing education for its trainers as well. “Once a client invites us into their home it’s a different level of connection,” said Mendez. “Developing long-lasting relationships and changing lives one rep at a time is what we take pride in.” He said they like to keep the same trainer with a client for bonding and consistency, but it’s easy to request a different trainer for variety and to break up the monotony. Every session is documented and uploaded onto the client’s profile. Any trainer can very easily pick up the workout manifest and replicate what has already been done with another trainer, if needed. Workouts are not limited to solely inside a private home.
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Getting Into The Swing Of Golf Season Tips to prevent injury and up your game BY ANTON MEDIA STAFF
it evaluated and treated before they start playing golf. For beginners, he ith the start of golf season recommends taking a few lessons. and the excitement of the Andrew Creighton, DO, a physiatrist Masters Tournament, many at HSS who played Division 1 golf in recreational golfers are getting ready to college, stresses the importance of tee off. “It’s a great sport that benefits warming up to avoid injury. He wrote both the body and the mind,” said a blog on exercises for the perfect golf James Wyss, MD, PT, a physiatrist at warm up (www.hss.edu/playbook/5Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in exercises-for-the-perfect-golf-warmNew York City and at HSS Long Island up). The rotation of the body involved in Uniondale. “Being out on the golf in the golf swing puts particular stress course is extremely therapeutic; just on the lower back and hips, which are walking the course is really good for most susceptible to injury. your body.” Some muscle soreness after a game With the good weather finally here, is not uncommon, but for persistent it may be tempting for golfers to pain that affects one’s ability to swing play as much as they can right away. the golf club, pick up the ball or walk But that’s not always a good idea if the golf course, a visit to the doctor someone has been inactive all winter, may be in order. Any numbness, tinsaid Wyss. gling or weakness should also prompt “You have to train to play, and that a consultation, the experts say. means a slow return to the sport,” Physical therapy or an exercise he said. “My general advice is to tell regime is often prescribed. people to start off with half of what “A lot of what we do is patient they think they can handle. If they education—teaching players exercises think they can play four times a week, to help them move better and get perhaps they start playing two times stronger,” Wyss explained. “We also a week and see how it goes. Then in a talk about the kinds of exercises they slow, gradual way, increase the amount do when they’re not playing golf to they’re playing to give their body a improve their physical condition and chance to adjust and adapt to it.” handle golfing better.” Wyss also advised people with any Wyss added that not all pain is kind of muscle or joint pain to have related to the sport and physiatrists specialsections@antonmediagroup.com
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ask patients about general lifestyle habits to discover factors that might be responsible for their pain. Sitting in front a computer for hours on end, for example, often leads to back pain. Creighton emphasized the importance of the kinetic chain or linkage system—basically, how everything is connected. “When you’re assessing the golfer, they may have back pain, but the real issue may be that their hips don’t move very well. Or if they have shoulder issues, it could be due to poor strength in their lower extremities and their core,” he said. In addition to a thorough physical exam and discussion of symptoms, Creighton goes one step further. “A lot of golfers have video of their swing that we can assess,” he noted. “One of the key points in assessing an athlete is to be able to see them playing their sport, and in golf, it’s huge.” Although most injuries get better on their own with the proper care, some spinal disc injuries causing persistent pain may lead a golfer to consult with a surgeon. “They come to see me when the pain is ongoing, affects their quality of life and doesn’t improve after physical therapy or an epidural injection,” explained Sravisht Iyer, MD, a spine
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surgeon at HSS. “It’s often pain caused by a disc that’s pressing on a nerve, resulting in a problem such as sciatica. But only after trying everything else would someone even think about having surgery.” Iyer said if surgery is warranted, an individualized treatment plan is developed based on the specific diagnosis and the patient’s goals. For many people, that means a microdiscectomy, a procedure that removes a small piece of the disc that is pressing on a nerve. He generally performs the surgery in a minimally invasive fashion, and patients go home the same day. Iyer noted that after surgery and recovery, most people can return to playing golf at their previous level. But patient education is important before they resume the sport. “Golf entails a lot of twisting of the torso, so they really need to strengthen their core muscles and make sure they have good body mechanics, which refers to their movement, posture and balance, to prevent future injury,” he said. The experts agree that it’s never too late to start playing golf. With the right preparation and training, it’s an excellent way to get some fresh air, benefit from exercise and enjoy the view.
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Hang Up Your Skis, Tune Up That Bike BY ANTON MEDIA STAFF
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t’s time to trade in your skis for your new favorite bike—and with the local Sun and Ski Sports in Plainview expanding you can do it all. The Plainview location is unveiling its new full-service bike shop coming this spring. The new full-service bike shop will feature new bike brands such as Cannondale, Giro and Thule that will be available. Just like their ski and snowboard shop, the full-service bike shop will be serviced by experts, who know every detail down to the spokes and can help guide you to the right bike for your next adventure. The addition of the full-service bike shop was prompted by the booming bike sale Sun and Ski Sports witnessed during the pandemic. Between people looking for commuting alternatives and ways to get out of their house safely, bikes are selling at the fastest rate since the 1970s—this is a trend that continues in 2021 and it is not going away anytime soon. With every new addition, comes
a great new opportunity. With many still searching for jobs due to the pandemic, Sun and Ski Sports in Plainview is also adding to its staff. Sun and Ski Sports is hiring bike sales associates, mechanics, support sales roles and cashiers to help support the new full-service addition. Roles in the new full-service bike shop are the perfect opportunity for any bike enthusiasts or for those interested in learning and expanding their technical skills. Since 1980, Sun and Ski Sports has been inspiring adventure. Sun and Ski Sports is a specialty outdoor Check out the Giro retailer helmets, shoes and inspiring you other riding gear. to let adventure into your life confidently through exceptional customer service, first-hand expertise and competitively priced brands ready to perform for any journey—to be where you live and play. Their
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I Am Afraid I am afraid to take a walk. I am afraid to take the subway. I am afraid to drive to work. I am afraid, I am afraid, I am afraid. These are the statements that I have been hearing on a daily basis from many of my patients. Quiet, hardworking people of all ages and occupations hoping to put food on the table, educate their children and care for their parents are scared. Many of my colleagues, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, respiratory therapists and other health care workers have told me that they have been threatened on the streets. These are the same people who worked seven days a work during the COVID crisis, risking their lives and those of their families, to comfort and care for COVID patients. All of them lost patients to COVID, all lost co-workers to COVID and many lost family members to COVID. And how are they thanked? With words such as “China virus, kung flu”. These words of ignorance and hate spewed by irresponsible people let a bad genie out of the bottle by encouraging xenophobia and giving unwarranted legitimacy to the belief that people can be assumed to be virus carriers and therefore not be treated as
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human beings. We need to put the bad genie back in the bottle. I ask myself how this can be happening in the United States, in New York? Senseless beatings with regular citizens just watching and keeping silent happened in Germany in the 1930s but they don’t happen here. Or do they? The recent increase in random, senseless, brutal attacks against Asian American is appalling and yet another example of systemic racism. This cannot be condoned or ignored. It must be condemned. Everyone must stand up to this and speak out. We must be upstanders, not bystanders. Martin Niemoller, a pastor in Nazi Germany, penned this famous quotation, “First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Anton Media Group would like to remind our readers must be ablethat livethein their communiCDC recommends ties without fear. No one should be people to wash their afraid in 20 the street, commute handsto forwalk at least toseconds work ortosend their children to combat the coronavirus. school because of fear of retaliation. Need a timer? We must standHum in solidarity with Happy Birthday community. thetheAsian-American song from beginning Silence is your consent to allow this to end twice.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. Communities of color, communities of religions, LGBT communities, unconscionable hate and violence to communities of law-abiding citizens, continue. Only those who speak up communities of decent human have the power to stop it. It is your Group would like to beings, now is the time to speak Anton up Media choice to choose. that the CDC and stand behind our neighborsremind and our readersDavid Bernstein, MD, FAASLD, recommends people to wash theiris the vice chair of colleagues and say no to bigotry, FACG, AGAF, FACP, hands for at medicine least 20 seconds to hatred and violence. for clinical trials and chief combat the coronavirus. Need a If you witness a hate crime, speak of hepatology at the Sandra Atlas Bass timer? Hum the Happy Birthday up and call the police. If someone Center for Liver Diseases. He is also a song from beginning to end twice. you know makes a racist statement, professor of medicine and science educall them out on it. Our Asiancation at Zucker School of Medicine at American friends and neighbors Hofstra-Northwell.
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