Can Hormones Provide a Natural Face Lift?
In just the last decade it has been discovered that your skin may play an unexpected, and quite profound, role in your health and immunity. Your skin is no longer looked upon as simply the barrier that protects your internal organs, bones and muscles from the outside world. Its now believed to be a kind of go-between, mediating the relationship your inner body has with its outer environment, and our hormones seem to be at the center of it all. In fact, new dermatological research suggests that there is so much hormonal activity going on in your skin that it may function as a second endocrine system. It is well known that surface irritants can cause skin problems. However, we now know that many skin conditions are actually systemic, originating from physiological and hormonal imbalances. For example, hirsutism is the medical name for excess body or facial hair in women. Excess androgens, or male hormones, are generally the cause. Assessing a womans androgen levels can provide her health
