The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-21
WRINKLES SPELL NUTRITIONIAL
 DEFICIENCY

WRINKLES SEbA1 1NQAUAAAVAN"S
 DEFICIENCY
 Look closely at the skin on the palmar surface of your wrists If you are still youthful, look at the skin on the back of your wrists If you arc getting along, and you will see numerous fine ftrrows, markings or wrinkles which give the skin . pavementlike appearance, as though paved with loHenge or diamond shaped tiles. The skin of the entire body Is more or less covered with similar furrowS or wrinkles. Nutrt- tional deficiency, whether from ill., ness, all-advised dieting or faulty habits of diet can and commonly does change the appearance ot the skin from the smooth texture of youth to the harsh and wrinkled parchment-like skin of old age.
 Many e woman has learned the hard way how wrinkles come from irrational, 'unphysiological reducing dieting or from rapid reduction by the use of drugs or salts or other physlc which impairs nutrition, And many q girl acquires wrinkles pres maturely by restricting her diet un- wisely, In the effort to keep under weight.
 It is we'll recognized scientifically that some of the entities In the vita min B complex, notably vitamin B2 Otherwise called vitamin c and ribifiavin), are essential for the health of the skin and the hair and the nails, It is this vitamin of which Prof. F. V. MeCollum said an op- timal daily intake "tends to preserve tho characteristics of youth" Per- haps 1t Is because of the high vita- min c content of fresh milk that the daily consumption of Q quart of milk is Q famous way to keep Q good complexion.
 Everybody wears Q blanket of fat, called panloulus adiposuS, under the skin. Being c poor heat con- ductor 1t keeps one warm in cold weather, cool in warm weather, It serves as Q cushion or shock ab- sorber against injuries of the skin, It gives roundness, slnoothneSs and beauty to the figure. In starvation, mNlnutrition or Illness one lives of the panieulus and as the store of fat Is consumed the normal furrows of the skin are exaggerated and new or visible wrinkles appear.
 There is no truth In the mellon that wrinkles can be rubbed oi mnsaged away, There Is no trutl, ln tho notion that any substancC applied to the skin can Do absorbed and utilized as food for the skin ol any other part of the body.
 Unbecoming wrinkles, creaSeS oi furroWs may be temporarily re. moved or rendered less conspieu' ous by plastic surgery, in suitable eases. So far as rejuVenating af old or prematurely old face or noel or chin by surgery is concerned, 1
 Just can't be done, despite thu claims of charlatans and th' touched up before and after picture they use to catch new suckers
 This Is not to imply that sculptural
 reconstruct.ve or plastic surgery l
 not of real value in removing suci
 wrinkles In circumstances whiel Huhe tne VpeEutAOn IlVVSSSaEy remedy an inferiority complex or t save . job or for other good reason It applies to silly surgery for ol,
 women who haven't enough wit [ ,, be their age.
 Tn my opinion an optimal dail Intake of vitamin B complex, par tieularly rihoflavin (d or B2) Is tn |, best skin conditioner. Those wh , are unable to drink at least Q quar
 of fresh milk daily should eat Q s least two or three ounces of fres wheat germ or "middlings plu
 germ" (in four mills this Is know y as "the scalp of the sisings~ c y two or three Vitamin B complex tab " lets or capsules daily. No, thi won't remove wrinkles, but there I good scientific evidence that 1t tend . to keep the skin young and in goo
 condition.