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Skin health can be used to predict a number of seemingly unconnected factors

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Re: Skin health can be used to predict a number of seemingly unconnected factors

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hirvi74 wrote: post #68
gumby wrote: post #31

Folk history judges people by the quality of their skin (to the dismay of adolescents in particular). You see it in hollywood and in literature: the hero has clear skin while the villain is surprisingly often described as being disfigured. This could stem from a long practice of disease avoidance before modern medicine, even when no disease is relevant (a birthmark, recovered from smallpox, etc). Years ago I worked i…

An autoimmune skin condition damn near ruined my life, so I agree with your conclusions. I was somewhat fortunate that it didn't hit me until my mid-20s after a viral infection. Never gets better and will never go away. Treatments? Nothing but a cat and mouse game, and generally a waste of time, unless I want to subjugate my body and future to some truly heinous treatments. Still, I have a lot to be thankful for e.g.…

Have you tried helminth therapy (assuming it's applicable)?

Re: Skin health can be used to predict a number of seemingly unconnected factors

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11235813213455 wrote: post #45
robert2020 wrote: post #7

I always assumed moisturizer was mostly a cosmetic benefit, maybe feels a little better or prevents cracking in super dry weather.

What protects skin is more food and outdoor activity, for example tomatoes against sun burns, other vegetable as raw and ripe as possible, etc.. Cosmetic products are just business

Oh, cosmetics products lobby has downvoted me

Re: Skin health can be used to predict a number of seemingly unconnected factors

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Post by hirvi74 »

oasisaimlessly wrote: post #81
hirvi74 wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

An autoimmune skin condition damn near ruined my life, so I agree with your conclusions. I was somewhat fortunate that it didn't hit me until my mid-20s after a viral infection. Never gets better and will never go away. Treatments? Nothing but a cat and mouse game, and generally a waste of time, unless I want to subjugate my body and future to some truly heinous treatments. Still, I have a lot to be thankful for e.g.…

Have you tried helminth therapy (assuming it's applicable)?

Never even heard of it. Thank you though, I'll Google what it is.

Re: Skin health can be used to predict a number of seemingly unconnected factors

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Post by xeromal »

OfSanguineFire wrote: post #77
smolder wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do your ears hang low? Do they wobble to and fro? Can you tie them in a knot? Can you tie them in a bow? Can you throw them over your shoulder like a continental soldier? Do your ears hang low?

That song was likely not about ears at all originally, rather the well-known version is a sanitized one suitable for children’s activities.

I've never heard the ears version but Jibbs did one about a chain in the early aughts. Song is still stuck in my head.

Re: Skin health can be used to predict a number of seemingly unconnected factors

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manmal wrote: post #24

I’ve been applying DIY 20% ascorbic acid solution on my face for a few weeks, and am seeing some benefits already. Photoaging and spots seem to revert a bit, and there is definitely some lightening (as expected [1]). According to some Reddit posts, it takes a few months until the improved collagen synthesis becomes noticeable. Vitamin C serums are quite expensive because ascorbic acid oxidizes quickly, and other form…

what's more efficient is taking care of the skin from the inside (so with food - vegetable, outdoor activity, no sun cream needed, always good to protect the head though)

Re: Skin health can be used to predict a number of seemingly unconnected factors

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Fricken wrote: post #8

I like to try and guess people's ages. In real life, or on video, where their personalities influence my guess, I'm much worse than when looking at a still image. With a still image often the quality of a person's skin is the only giveaway, and when that is the case I'm remarkably accurate most of the time. So I'm skeptical there's much one can do, and people's skin seems to age at roughly the same rate.

smoker → +20y visual age

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symbolicAGI wrote: post #12
Fricken wrote: post #8

I like to try and guess people's ages. In real life, or on video, where their personalities influence my guess, I'm much worse than when looking at a still image. With a still image often the quality of a person's skin is the only giveaway, and when that is the case I'm remarkably accurate most of the time. So I'm skeptical there's much one can do, and people's skin seems to age at roughly the same rate.

Easiest way to guess a person's age is by the relative size of the ears, that never stop growing. Tiny ears - teenager. Huge ears - senior. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18653105/

depends, if you've a good skin, they actually won't grow so much

Re: Skin health can be used to predict a number of seemingly unconnected factors

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Post by 11235813213455 »

angled wrote: post #63
symbolicAGI wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Easiest way to guess a person's age is by the relative size of the ears, that never stop growing. Tiny ears - teenager. Huge ears - senior. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18653105/

Hands don’t lie.

Feet don't lie

Re: Skin health can be used to predict a number of seemingly unconnected factors

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Post by 11235813213455 »

graeme wrote: post #23
Fricken wrote: post #8

I like to try and guess people's ages. In real life, or on video, where their personalities influence my guess, I'm much worse than when looking at a still image. With a still image often the quality of a person's skin is the only giveaway, and when that is the case I'm remarkably accurate most of the time. So I'm skeptical there's much one can do, and people's skin seems to age at roughly the same rate.

This is not at all my experience. You can't just remain at age 22 your whole life, but I've found people of the same age can look radically different. The famous image of the trucker who had the sun on the left but not right side of his face shows the cumulative effect of sun damage: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trucker-accumulates-skin-damage... Normal cases are less extreme but this shows what happens if you do/don…

sun effect is strong without a proper diet and outdoor activity. For example tomatoes are natural sun protection from the inside, much more efficient than creams & cosmetics. So it depends on the person lifestyle, you can't draw general conclusion from that trucker
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