Drinking eight glasses of wa-
In higher concentrations, ter a day results in healthy-look-
prostaglandins could pave the ing skin, Dr. Stone says. But he's
way for inflammations and pos- not sure if there's a long-term dif-
sible tumor formation.
ference or whether it's just that
More studies need to be done dehydrated skin doesn't look as
on the relationship between diet
and skin, says Dr. Stephen Stone, good.
"Where's the scientific proof? I
a Springfield, Ill., dermatologist. love to see facts — comparisons
"We really don't know for sure of your skin after three months of
why a lot of these things work," drinking eight glasses of water
Dr. Stone says. 'There's vitamin per day and three months of not
C, for example, which is an an- drinking water, except as your
tioxidant. It's not a sunscreen, but taste buds tell you. That work
used on sun-damaged skin there's
hasn't been done."
some evidence it does block sun
There have been studies on de-
damage. That's why it's caught
ficient diets.
on."
"In deficient diets there are all
Eating an orange or drinking a sorts of problems with skin," Dr.
glass of orange juice, both high in Stone says. "There are cutaneous
vitamin C, doesn't do the same signs of vitamin A deficiency, vi-
thing.
tamin B deficiency, vitamin C de-
"One of the problems is there is ficiency where you get bruising
so much folklore out about vita- and bleeding from the gums. The
mins " Dr. Stone says.
Alpha hydroxy acids, touted as skin gets very fragile, eas y am-
fruit acids, glycolic and lactic acids, aged."
occur naturally in foods. MostDo extra vitamins help the
products available today, howev- skin?
"That hasp t really been
er, are made synthetically to g et
rover," Dr. Stone says. "There
a purer form. They have trans- are some people, who when their
a
formed the cosmetic industry.
"For the first time, there are fingernails get soft or split easily,
cosmetics that really seem to do use biotin, a naturally occurring
something to the skin, to change vitamin. It does seem to help. But
it in some way, rather than just is that a placebo effect? The sci-
"
to paint over it and make it look ence hasn't been done.
Dr. Stone says rosacea, an
better," Dr. Stone says. "How
much they really do to the skin acne-like condition characterized
and how much of it is painting by a red face, can be exacerbated
ds, which
over isn't known. I'm convinced by alcohol and spicy fooin
sing
enough to recommend them. I re- dilate blood vessels, crea
blood circulation to the skin.
ally am a believer."
Some people feel strongly that
He sees a paradox here.
rsistent
"We
all want to look young and adult women who have pe
"
don't want to have wrinkles, yet acne may be affected by eating
eanut butter, Dr.
we're spending millions of dollars nuts and p
on tanning, which is going to give Stone
adds.
Fresh
fruits and vegetables
us wrinkles and make us look old- may be good for your skin.
er.
"If there's anything to antioxi-
"Why do people tan? They
think it makes them look better. dants, the fresher the diet, the
Why do they use glycolic acid? To more nonprocessed foods, the
more antioxidant vitaminss in
make themselves look better."
The quest to stay young is noth- those foods," Dr. Stone says. 'e-
oretically, it should be right, but
ing new.
`The rich people in Cleopatra's it hasn't been proven."
He does not favor taking sup-
time took sour milk baths to im-
prove their skin. They already plements to help the skin.
'There's no evidence that above
knew about lactic acid — that's
the only thing that sour milk and beyond the normal amount
of antioxidants — which we don't
would be doing."
There were other uses for sour know what that level is — that
foods. Bathing in wine and more is going to make a differ-
putting wine on one's face was ence, certainly not for the skin."
popular in Cleopatra's time. Sour Using vitamin C skin creams
wine contains an alpha hydroxy more than once a day can irritate
acid. the skin, Dr. Stone cautions. D
Beyond the creams, the right Charlyn Fargo works for Copley
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