<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001021561-14-000088.txt : 20140813
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20140813200551
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001021561-14-000088
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140512
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140813
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140813

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NU SKIN ENTERPRISES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001021561
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WHOLESALE-DRUGS PROPRIETARIES & DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES [5122]
		IRS NUMBER:				870565309
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		75 WEST CENTER ST
		STREET 2:		ATTN: D. MATTHEW DORNY
		CITY:			PROVO
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84601
		BUSINESS PHONE:		801-345-6100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		75 WEST CENTER ST
		STREET 2:		ATTN: D. MATTHEW DORNY
		CITY:			PROVO
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84601

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NU SKIN ASIA PACIFIC INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960919

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LUND STEVEN
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001033942

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12421
		FILM NUMBER:		141039074

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		NU SKIN ENTERPRISES INC
		STREET 2:		75 WEST CENTER STREET
		CITY:			PROVO
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84601
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    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2014-05-12</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2014-05-12</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001021561</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>NU SKIN ENTERPRISES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NUS</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001033942</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LUND STEVEN</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O NU SKIN ENTERPRISES, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>75 WEST CENTER STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PROVO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>UT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>84601</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Exec. Chairman of the Board</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>77.65</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2014-05-12</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2014-05-12</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2020-07-15</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>0</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On July 15, 2013, the reporting person was granted a performance-vesting stock option to purchase 50,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, which vests in four equal tranches based on Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.'s satisfaction of certain performance criteria. On May 12, 2014, the reporting person reported the vesting of 12,500 performance-vesting stock options based on the determination of the Issuer's Compensation Committee that the relevant performance criteria had been satisfied. However, due to the August 12, 2014 restatement of the Issuer's consolidated financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2014, the Issuer's Compensation Committee determined that the relevant performance criteria had not been satisfied and that the 12,500 performance-vesting stock options remain unvested and are not currently reportable. Accordingly, this amendment is being filed to eliminate the previously reported vesting.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Clayton A. Jones as Attorney-in-Fact for Steven J. Lund</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-08-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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