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Does Diet Affect Acne – plus SkinMedica serum and hair damage – episode 207

The Beauty Brains

On today’s program we are going to talk about a couple of beauty industry news stories and answer your questions about… Is an expensive skin serum worth the money even it if is from a pharmaceutical company? Which is more damaging, hot water or hot styling devices? Do nutrition pads work to deliver actives?

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Chronic and Mysterious Symptoms May Be Autoimmunity and can take years to diagnose

Aesthetics Advisor

Most medical schools still only teach how to identify late-stage autoimmune disease, not how to identify autoimmunity in its early stages and nor how to affect its progression through dietary, nutritional, pharmaceutical, or lifestyle applications. Every supplement and every therapy is a shot in the dark.

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Pediatric Eczema, Eosinophilic Esophagitis Linked

The Dermatology Digest

Management in the form of diet, drugs, and/or esophageal dilation — known as the “3 Ds” — is recommended to prevent long-term complications. Food and Drug Administration has expanded the indication for dupilumab (Dupixent, Sanofi, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)

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Oreos vs Statins in Lean Mass Hyper-Responder Cholesterol Management

Aesthetics Advisor

He investigated whether incorporating Oreo cookies into his low-carb, ketogenic diet could decrease LDL-C levels, comparing this to the effects of conventional statin drugs. These traits craft a distinctive lipid profile that, while rare in the general population, is relatively prevalent among lean individuals on low-carb diets.

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Let’s Talk About Sebum: Dr. Pimple Popper Chats With TDD About New Sun Pharma Acne Campaign.

The Dermatology Digest

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. It’s always wise to practice good hygiene, diet, and overall lifestyle, but none of the latter practices in and of themselves cause acne. The new campaign focuses on the role of sebum as a main cause of acne. WINLEVI is the first and only U.S. that targets sebum production in the skin.

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Oxymel to Fight Asthma, Inflammation, and Obesity

Aesthetics Advisor

In this era of readily available pharmaceutical products for every imaginable ailment, it can be easy to default to the drug store when we need relief. Medieval Persian pharmaceutical manuscripts refer to 1200 types of oxymel. The good news is that you can counteract this effect by adding antioxidant-rich food sources to your diet.

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Liposomal Carnosine Is Essential for Detoxing Linoleic Acid

Aesthetics Advisor

Carnosine also binds to advanced lipoxidation endproducts (ALEs) that form from oxidized seed oils in your diet, making it a crucial aid in the detoxification of linoleic acid (LA). This is one reason why many strict vegans who do not properly compensate for this tend to have trouble building muscle.