Sugar and Your Skin
Is there a link between sweets and wrinkles?
It�s no secret that your 3 o�clock Peanut M&M�s habit can affect your waistline. And now some experts are suggesting it could also make your skin age faster�which, in turn, is spawning a new crop of antiaging beauty products. Are they worth it?
Some dermatologists believe eating more sugar than you need will speed up your body�s natural process of glycation�that�s when sugar and protein molecules gang up and get hostile toward collagen. And collagen damage can make your skin less elastic, more easily wrinkled, and more vulnerable to sun damage, according to Paul J. Beisswenger, MD, a diabetes researcher and Dartmouth Medical School professor of medicine.
Not all experts are convinced, though. �There�s probably some connection between too much sugar and your skin; we just don�t have enough data to show us what that is,� says Ranella Hirsch, MD, vice president of the American Society of Cosmetic Dermatology and Aesthetic Surgery. �Most research has been small, commercially sponsored, or done on cells in a lab.� So it�s hard to know if results translate to your skin.
That said, a few cosmetics companies are confident enough about the sugar-wrinkle connection to create products designed to combat it.
Is there a link between sweets and wrinkles?
It�s no secret that your 3 o�clock Peanut M&M�s habit can affect your waistline. And now some experts are suggesting it could also make your skin age faster�which, in turn, is spawning a new crop of antiaging beauty products. Are they worth it?
Some dermatologists believe eating more sugar than you need will speed up your body�s natural process of glycation�that�s when sugar and protein molecules gang up and get hostile toward collagen. And collagen damage can make your skin less elastic, more easily wrinkled, and more vulnerable to sun damage, according to Paul J. Beisswenger, MD, a diabetes researcher and Dartmouth Medical School professor of medicine.Not all experts are convinced, though. �There�s probably some connection between too much sugar and your skin; we just don�t have enough data to show us what that is,� says Ranella Hirsch, MD, vice president of the American Society of Cosmetic Dermatology and Aesthetic Surgery. �Most research has been small, commercially sponsored, or done on cells in a lab.� So it�s hard to know if results translate to your skin.
That said, a few cosmetics companies are confident enough about the sugar-wrinkle connection to create products designed to combat it.
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