05.01.04
“A growing number of skin-care brands, including Avon, Olay and L’Oreal, are coming out with supplements designed to treat common cosmetic problems such as wrinkles and dry skin. Promoted as complementary to creams and lotions, the supplements claim that what’s consumed is just as important to skin as what’s applied. ‘The concept of beauty from the inside has caught on and there is a huge emphasis on the impact of changing your nutrition to combat skin-care concerns, wrinkles and aging,’ says Wendy Lewis, a cosmetic consultant in New York. While the marketing for beauty supplements is ahead of the science, proponents say that some vitamins and minerals that don’t penetrate well through the skin’s surface may prove beneficial if they are ingested and able to travel through the bloodstream to skin cells. For example, it’s difficult to formulate vitamin C into an effective cream, yet it’s said to be good for the skin…”
—The Wall Street Journal Online, 3/30/04
—The Wall Street Journal Online, 3/30/04