10
Top Urban Skin
Care Myths
There
seems to be no shortage of urban myths out there regarding skin care.
I thought I would clear up some of this misinformation for all of
you who have been kind enough to keep me updated.
- Tanning
your skin in preparation for those winter tropical trips is NOT
a good idea! You damage your skin as much as if you get burned on
the beach.
- Chocolate
does NOT cause acne.
- Sodium
Lauryl Sulfate is an irritant, NOT a carcinogen.
- AHAs
may cause irritation, NOT advance the aging process. AHAs also do
NOT cause skin cancer.
- Retin
A and Renova do NOT cause skin cancer.
- Facial
Exercises may worsen deep facial expression wrinkle lines. Think
about it; fine wrinkles are due to a loss of collagen which are
completely unrelated to muscle. Thickening the muscles of expression
(think frown lines for instance) WORSENS the deeper wrinkles. That´s
why we use Botox!
- Accutane
does NOT cause future problems with pregnancy, only during treatment
and for 30 days after stopping the medication. And ONLY in women.
- Waterproof
sunscreen can make you go blind. Where do these stories come from?
- Carmex,
a cold-sore and chapped-lip ointment is NOT addictive. Whether it
is useful or not is a different issue, but it is most definitely
not a contributing factor to an addiction.
- Antiperspirants
with aluminum do NOT cause breast cancer. This is one of the most
widely disseminated myths out there, directly aimed at women´s
understandable concerns about
this deady disease. The American Cancer
Society, the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and other major
organizations have come out to denounce this lie.
I hope
you have had fun reading these as well as learning something new.
Thank you for taking the time to read my newsletter.
Audrey
Kunin, M.D.
(Any
topic discussed in the this newsletter is not intended as medical
advice. If you have a medical concern, please check with your doctor.)
Article
updated July 16, 2002.
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