Is there a link between stress and skin health and can Cortitrol help?
A. At a recent symposium on the effects of stress on skin health at the New York Academy of Sciences (October 24, 2002), Pharmanex scientist, Shawn Talbott, Ph.D., author of The Cortisol Connection, and dermatologist Nicholas Perricone, M.D., author of The Wrinkle Cure, talked about the growing link between stress, cortisol, and skin health. From their presentations, it is clear that stress/cortisol not only increases oil production in the skin (leading to problem skin), but prolonged exposure to cortisol also causes the skin to become thinner and breakdown (leading to more wrinkles and noticeable signs of aging).
