(30 May 2018) CELEBRITY DERMATOLOGIST GIVES HEALTHY SKIN TIPS: STAY AWAY FROM CARBS
Beverly Hills-based dermatologist to the stars, Dr. Harold Lancer suggests healthy skin is easy to achieve with regular home care routine and a low carb diet.
But he warns collagen supplements or honey-yogurt face masks won’t achieve the results so many are after.
Stars including Margot Robbie, Michelle Williams, Kim Kardashian, Ryan Seacrest and Victoria Beckham are among the A-list clientele he treats.
But he has advice for those who want to simply use drug store products, too.
“You use the cleanser at night and perhaps a vitamin A derivative, a retinoid, a retinol, retinoic acid. Maybe a glycolic acid on an alternating night,” said Dr. Lancer.
“So, you do your actives in the evening and maybe the vitamin C. So, you slowly build up, but the night-time is where you pack in the active ingredients. So, in the morning it will be a cleanser, a moisturizer, a sunscreen – sunblock – and then maybe reapplying the sunblock during the day.”
According to Dr. Lancer, some of his celebrity clients apply sunblock at night – as he says light, including artificial indoor lighting, light through glass or theatrical lighting, can cause problems.
He is also a big believer in the impact of nutrition on the skin, saying carbohydrates make the skin look dull and flabby, while alcohol dehydrates.
“The carbohydrates are the problem when it comes to skin and so we try to recommend a smaller carb intake, maybe 10, tops,15, 20 percent,” he explained.
“But the carbs have to be taken in slowly. So, bread, pasta, potatoes, rice are carbohydrates. Fruit is a carbohydrate. Many vegetables are high glycaemic index, so when you were getting into carrots and beets they are sugary, as opposed to that arugula and kale I was saying. And so, we recommend in my diet and in the patients’, we recommend lean protein, good fats and the carbs are usually leafy greens.”
Diet – and light – can also have an effect on the appearance of aging, he adds.
“You know, there are many things that contribute to extrinsic or premature aging. You know aging, it’s either intrinsic – internally, genetic, familial, ancestry programmed rapid aging and that’s a whole big scientific event, which is real. And let’s say that constitutes the genetics of aging, let’s say 60 percent of it. And then there’s the other 40 percent that has to do with lifestyle. And part of it has to do with the nutrition we talked about, the diet, part of it has to do with outdoor activity or lights in general,” he said.
The beauty industry has become a billion-dollar business, thanks to international interest in products to help the appearance of healthy, glowing youthful skin.
One popular product sold, is collagen, but Dr. Lancer has his doubts about its efficiency.
“In the south American and the Asian populations, this is a huge ticket. I have to tell you that besides the literature, if you look at it carefully I don’t think there’s any evidence that it’s of any value,” he said.
Another common home remedy is applying a face mask made up of Greek yogurt and honey. Another idea with limited benefits, says Dr. Lancer.
“But I don’t think there’s any major value to doing that on a daily home basis or a once a week value, unless it makes you feel good.”
Beverly Hills-based dermatologist to the stars, Dr. Harold Lancer suggests healthy skin is easy to achieve with regular home care routine and a low carb diet.
But he warns collagen supplements or honey-yogurt face masks won’t achieve the results so many are after.
Stars including Margot Robbie, Michelle Williams, Kim Kardashian, Ryan Seacrest and Victoria Beckham are among the A-list clientele he treats.
But he has advice for those who want to simply use drug store products, too.
“You use the cleanser at night and perhaps a vitamin A derivative, a retinoid, a retinol, retinoic acid. Maybe a glycolic acid on an alternating night,” said Dr. Lancer.
“So, you do your actives in the evening and maybe the vitamin C. So, you slowly build up, but the night-time is where you pack in the active ingredients. So, in the morning it will be a cleanser, a moisturizer, a sunscreen – sunblock – and then maybe reapplying the sunblock during the day.”
According to Dr. Lancer, some of his celebrity clients apply sunblock at night – as he says light, including artificial indoor lighting, light through glass or theatrical lighting, can cause problems.
He is also a big believer in the impact of nutrition on the skin, saying carbohydrates make the skin look dull and flabby, while alcohol dehydrates.
“The carbohydrates are the problem when it comes to skin and so we try to recommend a smaller carb intake, maybe 10, tops,15, 20 percent,” he explained.
“But the carbs have to be taken in slowly. So, bread, pasta, potatoes, rice are carbohydrates. Fruit is a carbohydrate. Many vegetables are high glycaemic index, so when you were getting into carrots and beets they are sugary, as opposed to that arugula and kale I was saying. And so, we recommend in my diet and in the patients’, we recommend lean protein, good fats and the carbs are usually leafy greens.”
Diet – and light – can also have an effect on the appearance of aging, he adds.
“You know, there are many things that contribute to extrinsic or premature aging. You know aging, it’s either intrinsic – internally, genetic, familial, ancestry programmed rapid aging and that’s a whole big scientific event, which is real. And let’s say that constitutes the genetics of aging, let’s say 60 percent of it. And then there’s the other 40 percent that has to do with lifestyle. And part of it has to do with the nutrition we talked about, the diet, part of it has to do with outdoor activity or lights in general,” he said.
The beauty industry has become a billion-dollar business, thanks to international interest in products to help the appearance of healthy, glowing youthful skin.
One popular product sold, is collagen, but Dr. Lancer has his doubts about its efficiency.
“In the south American and the Asian populations, this is a huge ticket. I have to tell you that besides the literature, if you look at it carefully I don’t think there’s any evidence that it’s of any value,” he said.
Another common home remedy is applying a face mask made up of Greek yogurt and honey. Another idea with limited benefits, says Dr. Lancer.
“But I don’t think there’s any major value to doing that on a daily home basis or a once a week value, unless it makes you feel good.”
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