Word: retinitis
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Assistant professor of dermatology Dr. Lynn A. Drake, criticized in the report, received $2,000 plus travel expenses for moderating a January 1988 press conference on Retin A, The Boston Globe reported yesterday...
...Retin A is a Johnson and Johnson drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use against acne but not against wrinkles...
More recently, B6 has won favor as a relief for premenstrual syndrome. Vitamin A is touted as a rejuvenator by people who mistakenly believe that it, like its synthetic relative Retin-A, can give wrinkled, mottled skin that youthful rosy glow. "We never know what next year's fad is going to be," says Hathcock...
...body's metabolism. These highly volatile substances -- oxygen ions are one example -- react with cell membranes, and over time the radicals may play a role in various ailments and the aging process itself. There is evidence that at least one radical-fighting skin cream, a vitamin-A derivative called Retin-A, stimulates skin-cell production, but it is sold only by prescription. Another prescription product, Lac-Hydrin, contains 12% lactic acid, one of a class of compounds called alpha-hydroxy acids. These chemicals seem to help combat dry skin...
From the fruitless quest for the legendary Fountain of Youth to the current popularity of plastic surgery and Retin-A face cream, the search for ways to erase the sags and wrinkles of aging has never stopped. Now it appears that a partial antidote to the ravages of time may already lie within the human body. Last week, researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Milwaukee reported in the New England Journal of Medicine that injections of a naturally occurring substance called human growth hormone can firm up skin, build muscles and trim...