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Can You Change Your Microbiome?

  An unhealthy skin microbiome results in unhealthy skin and increases the rate of ageing but you can shift your skin microbiome toward a diverse, balanced state. Learn more from…

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What Does My Microbiome Do For Me?

  We know gut microbes aid in digestion and deliver nutrients. They also produce vitamins, maintain blood pressure, and affect your mood. Because we rely on so many partnerships, we…

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What Will Probiotics Do For My Skin?

  Probiotics are immensely beneficial. They out-compete pathogenic microbes, improve barrier function, produce moisturising factors, maintain skin pH and reduce sensitivity and inflammation. All these factors reduce the rate of…

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What is the Hygiene Hypothesis?

  Are we all too clean for our own good? Being overly paranoid about cleanliness puts you at a disadvantage. Early exposure to ‘dirt’ is a good thing, so let…

A woman with clear skin gently touching her face with one hand, looking directly at the camera. A subtle overlay of molecular structures is superimposed on her cheek, suggesting a focus on skincare or beauty technology. The background is white and minimalistic.

What Is The Perfect Skin Microbiome?

  This is a really tough question. The skin is now viewed as an ecosystem … so how would you answer the question: What is the perfect ecosystem? Is it…

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Anti-ageing Probiotics

Your army of little helpers Skin probiotics are safe and natural, and they work. They protect, moisturise, maintain skin pH, and reduce inflammation. Lump all of these benefits together and…

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How Probiotics Strengthen Skin Barriers

  Remedy Sensitivity – Probiotics strengthen barrier function and protect you from pathogens, so they automatically guard your immune system from exposure to unnecessary triggers. Apart from acting as a…

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Is Sunscreen Anti-ageing?

There is no doubt that long-term exposure to high levels of UV accelerates ageing Does this mean that you should do whatever you can to get your sun exposure to…