Photoshop Tips & Tricks: How to Selective-Color (Color Accent)

* Create a Hue/Saturation Layer of the Inverse of the area that is to be color accented.

* De-Saturate the whole Layer

* Paint in (in black) the area where it is accented, leaving the accented area.

Photoshop Tips & Tricks: How to Create a Vignette

1) Create a Levels Layer out of the area that is to be burnt in:

* Use the Lasso or Marquee Tool to select the area.  Make sure the Feather is set to be large enough.

* Select Inverse.

* Layer / New Adjustment Layer / Levels, Mode: Normal, Opacity: 100%.

2) Burn in the area:

* In the Layer Content Options, slide the Highlight Output Level Slider toward 0.

* Adjust till the desired effect is achieved.

Photoshop Tips & Tricks: How to Sepia-Tone a Photo

1) Create a Hue/Saturation Layer, Mode: Normal, Opacity: 100%.

2) On Layer Content Options, select Colorize, Saturation: 10, Hue: 30.

Play around with Saturation and Hue till the desired effect is found.

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Genital Wart Management

Genital Wart Management

There is no cure for HPV, but there are methods to treat visible warts, which could reduce infectivity, although there are no trials studying the effectiveness of removing visible warts in reducing transmission. Genital warts may disappear without treatment, but sometimes eventually develop a fleshy, small raised growth. There is no way to predict whether they will grow or disappear. Warts can sometimes be identified because they show up as white when acetic acid is applied, but this method is not recommended on the vulva because microtrauma and inflammation can also show up as acetowhite. Magnifying glasses or colposcope may also be used to aid in identifying small warts.

Depending on the sizes and locations of warts (as well as other factors), a doctor will offer one of several ways to treat them. Podofilox is the first-line treatment due to its low cost. Almost all treatments can potentially cause depigmentation or scarring.

A 0.15% – 0.5% podophyllotoxin (also called podofilox) solution in a gel or cream. Marketed as Condylox (0.5%), Wartec (0.15%) and Warticon (0.15%), it can be applied by the patient to the affected area and is not washed off. It is the purified and standardized active ingredient of the podophyllin (see below). Podofilox is safer and more effective than podophyllin. Skin erosion and pain are more commonly reported than with imiquimod and sinecatechins. Its use is cycled (2 times per day for 3 days then 4–7 days off); one review states that it should only be used for four cycles.

Imiquimod (Aldara) is a topical immune response cream, applied to the affected area. It causes less local irritation than podofilox but may cause fungal infections (11% in package insert) and flu-like symptoms (less than 5% disclosed in package insert).

Sinecatechins (marketed as Veregen and Polyphenon E) is an ointment of catechins (55% epigallocatechin gallate) extracted from green tea and other components. Mode of action is undetermined. It appears to have higher clearance rates than podophyllotoxin and imiquimod and causes less local irritation, but clearance takes longer than with imiquimod.

Liquid nitrogen cryosurgery is safe for pregnancy. It kills warts 71–79% of the time, but recurrence is 38% to 73% 6 months after treatment. Local infections have been reported.

Trichloroacetic acid (TCA) is less effective than cryosurgery, and is not recommended for use in the vagina, cervix, or urinary meatus.

Surgical excision is best for large warts, and has a greater risk of scarring.

Laser ablation does not seem to be any more effective than other physician-applied methods, but is often used as a last resort and is extremely expensive.

A 20% podophyllin anti-mitotic solution , applied to the affected area and later washed off. However, this crude herbal extract is not recommended for use on vagina, urethra, perianal area, or cervix, and must be applied by a physician. Reported reactions include nausea, vomiting, fever, confusion, coma, renal failure, ileus, and leukopenia; death has been reported with extensive topical application, or application on mucous membranes.

Interferon can be used; it is effective, but it is also expensive and its effect is inconsistent.

Electrocauterization can be used; it is an older procedure but recovery time is generally longer. In severe cases of genital warts, treatment may require general or spinal anesthesia. This is a surgical procedure. More effective than cryosurgery and recurrence is at a much lower rate.

Oral Isotretinoin is a therapy that has proven effective in experimental use, but is rarely used due to potentially severe side effects. In a small-scale study, low dose oral isotretinoin showed considerable efficacy and may represent an alternative systemic form of therapy for Genital Warts. Yet, albeit this indicative evidence not many studies have been conducted to further confirm the findings. In most countries this therapy is currently unapproved and only used as an alternative therapy if other therapies failed.

Treatment for Penile Yeast Infection

Anti-fungal:

Butoconazole

Clotrimazole (Mycelex-7)

Diflucan

Gyne-Lotrimi

Miconazole

Monistat

Nizoral

Nystatint

Pau D'arco

Sporanox

Terazol

Tioconazole

Vagistat

Vitaklenz

other -azoles

Natural:

Boric Acid/Borax

Garlic

Hydrogen Peroxide

Potassium Sorbate

Teatree Oil

Yoghurt

Gentian Violet

Organic Coconut Oil

Silver Fuzion

Probiotics for yeast

Organic Mediterranean Oregano Oil

Vinegar

Others:

sleeping with no underwear (air out the infection)

avoid antibacterial soaps

stop taking antibiotics as soon as possible

eat lots of probiotics like yogurt and cottage cheese

consume less sugar

Male Yeast Infection

WARNING: the following are reprinted from alt.tasteless and are indeed completely and utterly devoid of taste. this is intended to be amusing. if you are likely to be offended, please read no further.

Men too can get yeast infections on the counterproductive organ, especially if he has a good sized foreskin. Yeast infections love these nobby hide-outs. It's warm, it's moist, and there's a lot of smegma to thrive on. Yeast infections usually shows up after some days of hefty wanking and dubious hygiene as a reddish-radish. If you're not a spoil sport and start washing the glans with hospital soap, you can watch as the rash turns into little red sores that'll itch more and more. Before good soap was invented the cure was to hold the foreskin closed when pissing until it was bloated with piss as a frog's airbag is bloated with air, then let fly all over yourself and the toilet. Stuff in the urine should then clean out the yeast.

Male yeast infections: For the biggest effect do the Macbeth routine and wash your nob hysterically so it's gets completely dried out and itchy for some time, until the body responds and produces vast amounts of smegma to get the balance right again. This is good, but if you relentlessly roll the foreskin back and forth while you fondle the back of your testicles with your left hand, some sticky stuff will suddenly come out. Smear this on the sore covered nob, and repeat until all skin has been peeled of the radish.

https://www.msu.edu/~eisthen/yeast/tasteless.html