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Hi, I’m a personal trainer/nutrition fanatic who has been on a personal health journey for a good while now. My approach has always been being effective while being efficient and I wanted to give you a few pointers on improving skincare safely and effectively.
1. What you eat. I know, I know. People hate this answer, but I’ll tell you something. Nothing has been able to clear my skin like adopting a water, vitamin, mineral, and protein rich diet. Balancing your plate in thirds (upside down peace sign) with the bigger portion coming from leafy greens (spinach, romaine), bell pepper, and/or tomato to name a few (you can definitely substitute for your favorite veggies, but the ones in their raw state will provide the most nutrients). The other two smaller plate portions above can house high quality protein and fat (right)(chicken breast and avocado or nuts, salmon, white fish) (one portion) and starches ( basmati rice, wild rice or sweet potato)(other portion).
For breakfast you can do the same and sub with fruits for the larger carb portion (papaya is great for skin, but be careful if pregnant. Maybe pineapple or mango will work better, but don’t forget about the abundance of fruit as well as don’t be afraid to pair.) for protein and fat portions you can do eggs, protein shakes, turkey bacon, avocado, and many other options! Starches for the other portion can include oats or buckwheat.
Cooking, be careful to eat foods saturated in highly processed oils, better options are coconut oil, butter, or ghee!
Eat until your full, and limit snack/junk/fast food to 10% of what you consume on a weekly basis. So if you eat 2x per day during the week, that mans you can go for chick fil a once a week and have a bag of chips, a cookie, or snack of choice at another point in the week.
2. What you put on your skin. Whatever you use on your skin, make sure you look at the ingredients and see if you can recognize/pronounce the ingredients, if not it may not be the best. My go to skin care products are castor oil, grape-seed oil, tea tree oil, and that’s it! My diet really takes care of the rest! You skin absorbs everything you put on it so you want to make sure the ingredients aren’t interfering with your body’s natural processes that keep you lively, vibrant, and full of vitality!
3. Rest! This is huge, but very difficult in our society and the demand for our time continues to increase. Ideally 8 hours of sleep starting at 9pm produces very good results, however if that isn’t feasible, getting as much sleep as possible, having your last meal (food/water) at least 3 hours before bed (want to poop before you sleep), and creating a dark quiet sleep environment will be like Christmas for your hormones, which will translate to your skin as a byproduct!
That was a lot, but if you have any other questions, email me at milhigh19@gmail.com. I may be able to provide a more tailored approach to you!
Hi, Esthetician here! Those home-use LED masks won't hurt but they're likely not powerful enough to help. If you'd like LED therapy, add it on top your monthly facials as your skincare professional will have access to much stronger and more effective devices.
In our late 30's we're typically starting to experience perimenopause. The fluctuations in hormones, particularly a decline in estrogen, can cause a loss of collagen and can cause our skin to look more ragged. Even if your blood serum levels of estrogen are fine, your skin will show even a slight decline in estrogen.
Because of this, you'd be better off boosting collagen and elastin topically by adding vitamin c & growth factors/exosomes to your daily routine and also talking to your doctor (or just going online) and finding a topical estrogen moisturizer, which studies have proven won't increase your blood serum levels but will increase firmness and elasticity.
I also recommend monthly professional microneedling, Jet Plasma, PlasmaChanneling, peel or spicule treatments, as basic facials are no longer going to be enough to care for the firmness and integrity of your skin. You might also look into plasma fibroblast, tixel or laser rejuvenation treatments as well.
Internally, eating a ton of leafy greens and fruit will add internal vitamin c and other nutrients which can help support your connective tissue as you age. I've also started taking magnesium, fulvic/humic acid and a collagen supplement to support all my body systems as I go into my 40's.
I hope that helps!