Many places reported the news today from the Endocrine Society's Annual Meeting in Boston.
For post menopausal women
"We know estrogen protects against bone loss, but does it protect against skin wrinkles?"
"The link between the two could be collagen, . . . "
They (endocrinologists) are considering estrogen therapy for skin - which apparently works for bones
WebMD
"Pal thinks the connection may be a protein called type 1 collagen, a building block of skin and bone tissue, which is lost with age.
It is thought that this loss may be accelerated during menopause, when hormone levels drop."
Certain wrinkles were more predictive of lower bone density than others.
"The strongest association of the facial wrinkles with the bone was between the eyebrows,"
"When we looked at the effects of sun exposure on skin, we did not see that women who had more sun exposure had worse skin wrinkles," Pal says.
Fact: Older skin produces about 4X less vitamin D for the same amount of time in the sun as a youth
Fact: Low vitamin D results in brittle bones
Suspected: Lower cholesterol ==> wrinkled skin Search with Google >300,000 hits
Suspected: Lower cholesterol in skin ==>reduced vitamin D
See also VitaminDWiki
- Overview: Bone fractures and vitamin D
- Overview Osteoporosis and vitamin D
- All items in Osteoporosis and Vitamin D
- All items in Seniors Lack vitamin D
- All items in Rheumatoid Arthritis
- All items in Bone Health
- All items in Cholesterol
- Vitamin D bioavailability is associated with cholesterol – Jan 2011