January 20, 2017

Via EDGAR

Craig Arakawa

Accounting Branch Chief

Division of Corporation Finance

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, DC 20549

Re: Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2015Filed February 18, 2016Comment Letter Dated January 5, 2017 File No. 001-12421

Dear Mr. Arakawa:

This letter confirms that Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company") received the January 5, 2017 comment letter of the staff (the "Staff") of the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.

Because of the time demands of preparing our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, the Company hereby requests that the Staff permit the Company to provide its response to the comments by February 3, 2017, which is ten business days after the originally requested response date.

We appreciate the Staff's responsiveness with respect to the Company's filing and look forward to resolving any concerns the Staff may have.  If you have any questions, please contact me at (801) 345-6013.

Sincerely,

/s/ Ritch N. Wood

Ritch N. WoodChief Financial Officer Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.

cc:Nasreen Mohammed, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

     Brian McAllister, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission