Healthy Skincare with Dr. Sandy Skotnicki
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Did you know that our modern skincare habits could be doing us more harm than good? We are doing far more cleaning and scrubbing than we should be. Sensitive skin is on the rise, and when we suffer from eczema, contact dermatitis, rashes and other skin conditions, we often look to the food we eat as the sole culprit. Perhaps it’s the gluten, or the dairy – or perhaps it’s also our soaps, cleansers, shampoo, toners, moisturizers and laundry detergent?
My guest is Toronto-based dermatologist Dr. Sandy Skotnicki, whose main sub-specialty is contact dematitis. She is the author of the best-selling book “Beyond Soap: The Real Truth about What You Are Doing to Your Skin and How to Fix it for a Beautiful, Healthy Glow.” Learn how the fragrances and preservatives in our body care products can be damaging to our skin’s microbiome, and how even “natural and organic” products may be contributing to the rise in sensitive skin disorders.
Learn all about Dr. Skotnicki’s product-elimination “diet.” Buy “Beyond Soap” on Amazon and check out her website.
Show notes:
3:30 – What is contact dermatitis?
4:00 Why it might not be the food you are eating that’s contributing to your skin rashes
5:00 Are natural products better? How irritating can fragrance from essential oils be?
8:00 Dr. Skotnicki’s “product elimination diet” and why products labeled as “hypoallergenic” may not actually be good for sensitive skin.
9:00 Studies on the sensitive skin epidemic, the rise of atopic allergies and skin conditions – and how we got here.
15:00 Why fragrance is absolutely unnecessary in skincare products and why most products only need about 5-10 ingredients to function.
20:00 The skin’s microbiome and the pH needed to maintain it
23:00 – The effects of over-washing
32:00 Help for acne and other conditions
36:00 Help for aging skin. Why do some people appear to age slower than others?
43:00 The skin reset; comparison of different parabens and other preservatives
