The microbiome discoveries set to shake up skincare!

Love this! I think it's time for us all to get back to more natural remedies for everything! And just as he stated, our bodies actually make their own sun protection. The biggest problem is that our food is so devoid of nutrition, that the protection is not sufficient. Yet another way the industry has found a way to sell a product. Thank you Clare!! I so appreciate this journey you are on to discovering just how much the 'beauty' and health industry are deceiving and preying on us. The marketing machine is their cash cow. .... Blessings

Interesting. I'm skeptical when a physician has their own skincare line that is expensive. And you can't argue that women who have been using retinols for decades have younger looking skin. Although I'm even skeptical of that because lighting is a filter and most of the YouTube skincare gurus have really bright lights. I agree that less is more. Thanks for expanding our thinking regarding skincare. This led me to do a ph test on most of my skincare products. Bluelene was the lowest PH. I'm not sure about that product either. I've been religiously using it for 1.5 years and I don't feel like my skin looks younger or that it's prevented aging.

I believe you take care of your skin from the inside!!

My goodness, this is SO true, at least anecdotally. I'm 56 years old and have always received compliments on my skin (the women in my family age well, but we have other issues 😄). Anyway, I've started to notice fine lines around my eyes and I'm getting what are sometimes called "smoker's lines" around my lips. No fair! I've never smoked a day in my life! So, I recently started using a topical retinaldehyde and some other serums, lotions, and potions which have been said to smooth out wrinkles. My skin has never been so dried-out and tight feeling in my life! 😩 I'm going back to washing my face at night, moisturizing well, and using a moisturizer with an SPF during the day. It doesn't look like I've damaged my skin, but I don't like the way it feels. I think many of us just don't need all that extra stuff.

A good friend of mine never ever washed her face with anything but water, she is the youngest looking chick for her age. My stepfather similarly never used toothpaste he just brushed with water, never had a cavity and he is in his eighties.

I found this very interesting and truly appreciate the content you provide. I am always curious to hear what scientists have to say. And they have been saying for years to stop using antibacterial everything. We need some good bacteria in the ecosystem. However, like others, he lost me when, after being critical of other long studied products, he admitted that he sells a very expensive skincare product and has his own personal r&d lab whip up a highly specialized product for him. I remain skeptical. But of course, I will watch with interest when you have him back.

I am 50 and people always mistake me for mid 20s/ early 30ish, guys in their 20’s ask me out all the time lol….I am Asian, obsessive about sunscreen, upf face cover, and retin a. I also use pulsating red light. Honestly, I don’t have wrinkles at all.

When Dr. Hitchcock comes back, I hope he can recommend to us a sunscreen and cleanser with a good formula that we can use. I need a high SPF sunscreen (SPF 50 or above), as well as a gentle cleanser to remove the sunscreen at the end of the day. But I’m really not sure which ones to get.

It's not a discovery if Korean skincare has been using thilese ingredients since forever though. Specifically those fermented or prebiotics in their toners and serums

Sorry to see that this is only available through an a doctor or esthetician's practice. I'm definitely not trying to get into costly treatments that I can only access by making an appointment.

As far as retinoid are concerned I use it a couple times a week. Skin definitely looks better with it. Don’t overdo anything, unless it’s spf

Thanks for a wonderful discussion, Claire! Such a breath of fresh air on YouTube, where “use salicylic acid and a sunscreen” sums up about 99% of videos. I would however challenge the skin microbiome industry and ask why animals raised in completely microbiome-free conditions actually have improved skin healing “Skin wound healing is accelerated and scarless in the absence of commensal microbiota” - Journal of Immunology, 2014 This ties in with the great point you raised about skin bacterial diversity being associated with ageing skin. Taken together, I feel the evidence points to an almost negative role of the skin microbiome on skin health 👀

Love this balanced approach. This aligns with what I’m discovering over time …If I look and listen closely to my skin & how it’s adjusting to various skincare actives… the active products that show best results are one’s I add in “low & slow” vs “strong and wrong” 😊

This was quite interesting! I started using retinol nightly a while back and within the last month have added red light therapy and vitamin C serum every morning. I'm noticing a marked improvement in my skin. But after listening to this, I think I'll back my retinol & C down to every other day while continuing on with the red light therapy 5 to 6 days a week. Thank you for a wonderful interview and for always bringing us the best information!

Can I just say that I didnt want to wash my face yesterday as it was too late and put any cream and my skin looked really beautiful next morning. I actually had to take a clser look in the mirror. Maybe you should not only reduce the steps but let your skin heal as well, take rest.

My younger sister moved from rural Oklahoma to stay with me at my home in CA. She was HORRIFIED looking in the mirror at how much older she looked than her older sister. I immediately put her on a scare regimen and within 3 months it was near miraculous how much younger she looked. She was my little sister again. That experience taught me that a regime of well sourced products DOES make a difference. I do a gentle cleanser, a glycolic treatment 1-2 times a week, deeper peel 3-4 times a year, hyaluronic serum, rose day cream, vitamin C natural oils, glycerin Grace spray, and a tallow honey mask that i make at home when i need a pick me up.

Thank you for taking time to do these interviews and share them with the rest of us!! I would really like to know the following: 1. What impact does makeup have on our skin’s biome? Especially coupled with sunscreen and setting powder. 2. Is a gentle cleanser like cerave’s hydrating cream to foam cleanser okay to use? 3. What about hyaluronic acid, snail mucin, general moisturizers, alpha hydroxy acids like glycolic acid? 4. If we don’t wash our face in the morning but we apply vitamin c, snail mucin, moisturizer over our unwashed face does that still disrupt our biome?

I have more questions than answers after listening to Dr. Hitchcock. I wonder what is thoughts are on chemical peels and cosmetics just to name two. I believe women are at the mercy of marketing and companies who prey upon our insecurities, so the idea of less is more is very appealing. Thank you for bring this fascinating and important topic to your viewers. 😊

I use retin A but never above .025 and every other day. Same with some antioxidants, I cycle them and don’t take more than necessary. I occasionally take a skincare “break” and only do moisturizer and sunscreen for a few days or week. Despite being an 80s sunbather with multiple serous burns, my skin isn’t too bad, but fat loss and sag have replaced wrinkles. I have to admit that Ive started to pull out all stops and do LED, micro current and micro needling, but I hate the time involved. Getting older in a world that values youth and beauty is exhausting and depressing 😢 I also wonder how even just water affects our microbiome since most municipal water sources use chlorine etc to purify water. Would distilled be better ?

This guy is so reasonable. So rare especially in medical professions. Wish he had a yt channel! Thank you again for the video! (Saw the first part.)