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Recently, a friend passed along a tip from a dermatologist: Stop sipping through straws. The doctor said it was the number one cause of wrinkles.Even more recently, at lunch one day my aunt relayed some info from her husband, an orthodontist. He said that drinking through a straw prevents cavities and tooth decay, since straws allow sugary beverages to bypass your teeth. When my aunt said this, everybody around the table (six women) stuck straws in their drinks. But when I countered with the skincare side of the question, my aunt was the first to pluck her straw right back out again.
The tooth-health argument is supported by copious research. On the other side, Lesley M. M. Blume warns the wrinkle-phobic about the practice in The Huffington Post and adds, "Not to mention that it looks jejune, and not in a charming way."
Blume also mentions smoking, the better-known culprit behind mouth wrinkles. Think about it. Fine lines around the eyes suggest lots of smiles and laughter (hence the term "laugh lines"). A web of creases encircling the lips, on the other hand, cries "nicotine addiction," even if, as my friend's dermatologist claims, a penchant for straws is the more likely cause.
Then again, missing teeth rank even lower on the charm scale. Plus, what about blowing bubbles in chocolate milk?
So, what's it going to be? Would you risk cavities to prevent wrinkles, or vice-versa? Or you could always ire both dentist and derm, and sip everything through a Twizzler.
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10-28-2008 @6:59PM joe said... Drink water, no straw haha!
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10-28-2008 @7:13PM Kelsey said... I'm the same, no straw and I like water :D
But I know my mom drinks soda through a straw and she still was warned of future cavities. So, I don't really buy the straw thing.
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10-28-2008 @10:59PM Carole said... Strange that I should read this now, not long after a friend told me about a woman who used straws for years, and then had botox injections for the wrinkles that followed.
I've heard the flip-side of this too, about the cavity issue.
I'm not a straw user, never have been. Sure, I use them on occasion, but certainly not with every thing I drink. That said, I don't drink pop/soda, and even though I do drink a fair amount of fruit juice I haven't had a cavity in years. Luck? Maybe.
What really throws me is that some coffee houses serve steaming hot coffee with two tiny straws. What's that about?!
Not only do you burn your lip when you sip the coffee, but what's the point?
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10-28-2008 @11:06PM Sarah said... I use a straw for hot or cold drinks - nearly all the time. 3 reasons why and both are dental related:
I have had extensive dental work done and have braces on now - my molars are cold/hot sensitive now. Straws allow the beverage to bypass those front molars. As well as bypass the braces! I have the titanium alloy braces that flex with temp changes - wow, get really hot liquids and AHHHHHHH! it hurts! They tighten up bad.
My third reason is I hate clanking my teeth on glass ware. Straws avoid that.
Yes, I know I have issues..lol! I carry wrapped straws in my car "just in case" as well ;-)
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10-29-2008 @1:15PM Three-Bowls said... I am sure that any repetitive action causes wrinkles, but I would change drs if mine said that drinking through straws is the "number one" cause of wrinkles. More than, say, smiling or talking or aging or sun? Think about the actual time spent in pucker when drinking through a straw. How many hours a day of straw-drinking would that take?? How intense of a straw-sucker would you have to be?
Again, I can totally get behind the idea of repetitive actions causing wrinkles, but there's something rather comic to me about a dr being this concerned about the damaging effects of straws.
I think I will keep using a straw, but still for vanity not teeth health: dark drinks can stain teeth and straw-usage keeps lipstick tidier. ;)
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11-04-2008 @12:33AM mal said... I'm with three-bowls. Now only do I find the logic of such an argument questionable, I detest the pretentiousness it takes to call drinking from an everloving "jejune".
I have never rolled my eyes when facing a computer screen before today. My God.
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