<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Hello Listmates, I just looked on glutenfree.com and saw they now have a whole line of skin products because of the "questionable" use of gluten containing products on celiacs. In my understanding of this issue gained via pretty extensive reading (I'm gf since Jan 2003, no biopsy), gluten intolerance is an issue of the stomach, meaning its cause and cure lies in what enters the digestive track. Thus, products and medicines that are applied on the skin don't have to be a cause for concern. I realize that many people do believe that this is important. Some people also have a topical allergy to wheat, for instance. But I'm wondering if there is any medical research that can say one way or the other that what you put on your s kin affects your gf status, or if since we are sensitive to gluten internally, we're more or very likely not to tolerate it on our skin. I've read the archives on acne, a condition I've suffered continually, in varying degrees of severity, since puberty (I'm 25) and I see that many people are inclined to associate acne with gluten in the diet or with other dietary issues. The effects of diet on health, believe me, I don't dispute. However, I remain skeptical of a simple coorelation between gluten on the skin and acne, considering acne is a complicated thing in itself, involving heredity, hormones, lifestyle and diet as big players even before you get to the issue of skin products. Also, my own experience does not provide support for any simple correlations between one factor and my skin--for example, the summer before I became noticeably sick and started trying to figure out what was wr ong with me, I spent the summer in Italy eating tons of pasta and gelato, yet strangely my skin became ususually clear. I suppose we must all go on our individual experience, yet I was hoping someone could clear up at least the medical aspect of the gluten products on the skin issue before I think about buying into this whole concept. Naturally I wouldn't mind if using gf products happened to clear up my skin (though I'm not betting it would), I still wouldn't want to feel compelled by unproved hypotheses that it was necessary for me to use gf skin care to protect my general health as part of a gf diet. Thanks, Jessica *Support summarization of posts, reply to the SENDER not the Celiac List*