You are what you eat: How some foods and medicines can alter your skin colour... forever
Our skin can take unexpected colours when exposed to excessive amounts of some foods and medicines. A condition known as argyria causes this to happen. In this, silver particles accumulate in the body. These silver ions circulate in the body and become embedded in the deep skin layer and, when exposed to sunlight they turn into metallic silver or related compounds. As a result, affected lighter skins adopt a bluish or greyish tinge
Our skin can take unexpected colours when exposed to excessive amounts of some foods and medicines. A condition known as argyria causes this to happen. In this, silver particles accumulate in the body. These silver ions circulate in the body and become embedded in the deep skin layer and, when exposed to sunlight they turn into metallic silver or related compounds. As a result, affected lighter skins adopt a bluish or greyish tinge
