Nicholas Perricone
{{short description|American doctor (born 1948)}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Nicholas V. Perricone
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|6|23}}
| birth_place = Branford, Connecticut, US
| occupation = Dermatologist, author
| education = Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, University of New Haven
| subject = Health, weight loss, anti-aging, skin care
| children = 1
| website =
}}
Nicholas Perricone {{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɛr|ᵻ|k|oʊ|n}} is an American dermatologist and author. His self-help books about weight loss and maintaining the appearance of youth have been criticized for making controversial and unsupported claims.
Perricone earned his medical degree from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. He opposes the use of Botox.{{cite web|url=http://www.marieclaire.com/hair-beauty/trends/botox-wrinkles |title=Botox Makes You Look Older? One doctor swears it does. |publisher=Marie Claire |date= August 23, 2007|access-date=2012-03-28}} He argues that exercise, an anti-inflammatory diet plus dietary supplements, superfoods, and topical products can help fight aging and its effects on appearance.{{cite news |last1=Witchel |first1=Alex |title=Perriconology |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/06/magazine/perriconology.html |work=New York Times |date=February 6, 2005 |language=en}} His company, N.V. Perricone, M.D. Ltd., sells branded products described in his books.{{cite news |title=Celebrity Doctor Perricone's Patents Invalidated |url=https://www.law360.com/articles/51087/celebrity-doctor-perricone-s-patents-invalidated |work=Law360 |date=March 25, 2008 |language=en}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/05/30/strange-fruit-john-colapinto|title=Strange Fruit|last1=Colapinto|first1=John|author-link= John Colapinto|date=May 30, 2011|magazine=The New Yorker}}
Criticisms
According to PEERtrainer, his critics "accuse him of making crazy promises in order to sell product. His claims, it is argued, are backed by very little scientific research, and any research he has done himself has never been published in medical journals, where it would be subject to scrupulous review."{{cite web|url=http://www.peertrainer.com/diet/dr_perricone_diet.htm |title=Perricone Anti-inflammation Diet |publisher=PEERtrainer |date= |access-date=2012-03-28}}{{cite news |last1=La Ferla |first1=Ruth |date=November 18, 2001 |title=The Skin Game, With New Wrinkles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/18/style/the-skin-game-with-new-wrinkles.html |work=New York Times |language=en}}
Harriet Hall and Stephen Barrett have written that Perricone's writings "contain many claims that are questionable, controversial, fanciful, unsupported by published evidence, or just plain wrong."[http://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/perricone.html "A Skeptical View of the Perricone Prescription"]. Quackwatch. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
References
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External links
- [https://www.perriconemd.com/ Perricone MD]
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Category:American dermatologists
Category:American health and wellness writers
Category:Michigan State University alumni
Category:University of New Haven alumni