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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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Lumbrokinase – An Enzyme for More Than Just Heart Health: Martin Kwok

Aesthetics Advisor

Currently there are three main categories of pharmaceutical agents used to treat or prevent ischemia issues: thrombolytics, antiplatelets, and anticoagulants. Is there not a safer and also effective natural option for helping patients besides the above categories of pharmaceuticals?

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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. Oxymel is a great way to extract and use the benefits of countless herbs and therapeutic plants.

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Natural vs Synthetic Supplements: What's the Difference?

Aesthetics Advisor

Can be more expensive due to the complexity of extraction. Brands like Centrum, Nature Made, and One-A-Day have also been enveloped by global giants like Glaxo Smith Kline, Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, and Bayer. Contains co-factors and additional beneficial compounds. Often regarded as safer with fewer side effects. Adapted from: [link]

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And The Eyes Have It! Why An Eye Product Is the Pro-aging Skincare You Need

New Age Spa Institute

Summary: While ancient civilizations relied on natural ingredients and remedies, modern eye creams are often formulated with a combination of natural extracts and synthetic compounds, designed to provide effective results and meet the evolving skincare needs of contemporary consumers.

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Are cosmetics poisoning our water supply? Episode 154

The Beauty Brains

They are working with a pharmaceutical company to find compounds which inhibit an enzyme called lysol oxidase or LOX. California Baby California Baby Shampoo is formulated with glucosides which are less common surfactants derived from corn. They claims the product is “extremely biodegradable” which doesn’t tell us very much.

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Can I use a facial cleanser as a shampoo? Episode 212

The Beauty Brains

We’ve mentioned on the podcast before that many fragrances, natural plant extracts and certain preservatives can be irritating to the skin. Rubin and Brod penned in September 2019 that dermatologists are seeing both irritant and allergic contact dermatitis and photosensitization from plant extracts in products. At least, in humans!

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