Perricone is the know-it-all dermatologist who tells us what to eat to make ourselves look better, and hawks his own line of ultra-luxe skin care.

Perricone attended Michigan State University (where he now serves as an adjunct professor), and received his MD in Dermatology. He was a follower of the writings of chemist Linus Pauling and Adelle Davis. Perricone has published numerous books on the subject of health and skin, notably: The Wrinke Cure: Unlock the Power of Cosmeceuticals for Supple, Youthful Skin (2000), The Perricone Weight-Loss Diet: A Simple 3-Part Plan to Lose the Fat, the Wrinkles, and the Years (2005), and Forever Young: The Science of Nutrigenomics for Glowing, Wrinkle-Free Skin and Radiant Health at Every Age (2010). The majority of Dr. Perricone's counseling centers on an anti-inflammatory diet (read: no carbs, sugars or fun) that he believes prevents aging and promotes weight loss. His success is in large part due to a number of celebrity endorsements: Gwenyth Paltrow, Kim Cattrall, Courtney Cox, and Oprah are all big fans of the derm. No stranger to controversial opinions, much of what Perricone espouses as "true" is routinely suspect, and his dubious claims very rarely make it through the phalanx of medical opinion. Despite his pseudo-science, Perricone regularly takes in over 50 million dollars a year for his line of expensive creams—some as much as $500 dollars— which he promises will stall aging in its tracks. Perricone sells at Sephora and various beauty boutiques around the world. Recently, he launched Super—a skin care line based on superfoods.

In 2004, Perricone suffered an embarrassing and nasty divorce from ex-wife Madeline. Previously the light of his life, he accused her in court of being a bipolar ex-prostitute, and she in turn exposed his penchant for prostitutes and emotional abuse. Perricone lives in Connecticut, where he still operates a small private practice.

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