Melatonin rolls casually off the tongues of so many people these days, everyone I talk to has an opinion or experience with it. Most people don’t realize it’s a hormone, and many people are using it incorrectly.

As an acupuncture physician and nutritionist many of the people on my daily schedule are looking for alternatives to the industrial medicine complex and its reliance on pharmaceutical interventions. While pharmaceuticals are fast-acting, which makes them attractive in our modern society of quick fixes, their side effects are often intolerable and at times even deadly, so patients look for “natural” and holistic alternatives.

Did you ever make funny faces at your sibling, friend, or pet only to get told by an adult, “If you keep making that face it will stay that way”? Have you ever heard that those with oily skin should not use oil on their face? Or how about “the sun causes wrinkles.” Let’s find out if there’s any merit to these myths.