First Person Singular by Wendy Braitman

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Can Lipstick Make You Skinny (and Younger)?

April 14, 2011 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

For the latest beauty craze, look to the chemical “resveratrol” found in red wine and in the skin of grapes. Researchers are exploring whether it’s a component of why French women don’t get fat and have relatively little heart disease, despite eating high fat diets. And there’s conjecture that resveratrol might be absorbed through the skin. So now in our local beauty emporiums, we can find lipsticks and skin creams infused with this potentially life-extending chemical. Pucker up.

Illustration by Petra Börner

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