khun@cd.chalmers.se. (Peter Wennerholm) (12/07/89)
I can only hope that this is the right forum for this kind of question - if
not, my apologies...
Can someone tell me if we have any evidence that vitamine A is good for the
skin? It is supposed to smoothen out wrinkles if you dissolve it in oil and
rub it onto your skin, but I do not know if this is scientifically proven.
Also, do you have to mix the vitamine with something else to make it work
this way?
Thanks
Peter
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In article <607@vice2utc.chalmers.se> khun@.uucp () writes: > >Can someone tell me if we have any evidence that vitamine A is good for the >skin? It is supposed to smoothen out wrinkles if you dissolve it in oil and >rub it onto your skin, but I do not know if this is scientifically proven. >Also, do you have to mix the vitamine with something else to make it work >this way? I don't know whether Vitamin A is useful for de-wrinkling skin or not, but I can answer the question about dissolving it in oil. Skin is basically waterproof, but it can be penetrated by oils... and, thus, a compound dissolved in oil could pass through the skin. (epithelial cells, like all cells, are contained by a lipid (fatty) membrane, which is impermeable to water, but not to oily substances) -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ".sig quotes are dippy"|Kenneth C. Moyle kenm@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca - Kenneth C. Moyle |Department of Biochemistry MOYLEK@MCMASTER.BITNET |McMaster University ...!uunet!mnetor!maccs!kenm -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ".sig quotes are dippy"|Kenneth C. Moyle kenm@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca - Kenneth C. Moyle |Department of Biochemistry MOYLEK@MCMASTER.BITNET |McMaster University ...!uunet!mnetor!maccs!kenm