hair, skin microiome

hair microiome

How to care for your skin’s microbiomeTo help good bacteria flourish, Levin suggests a skincare routine filled with products that promote a healthy skin barrier. Look for ingredients such as ceramides, niacinamide, selenium-rich thermal spring water, and hyaluronic acid in moisturizers, she suggests. “Ingredients such as these have been shown to nourish and support the skin microbiome,” says Levin. "For example, thermal spring water contains minerals and trace elements which support the natural bacteria that live on our skin. Selenium has been shown to provide free radical-scavenging and anti-inflammatory properties. Niacinamide is a form of vitamin B3 which is an anti-inflammatory and soothes redness.”For your hair, new-gen products—lines like <a href=http://motherdirt.com/ target=_blank>Mother Dirt</a> or anti-fungal shampoos like Ketoconazole—may help restore scalp health and a healthy microbiome, too, notes Zeichner. (Though he recommends these products primarily for those who have dandruff.)Levin says oral probiotics show promise for the skin microbiome as well. “Probiotics contain acidic compounds to reduce the pH of the skin (as well as the gut) which discourages growth of ‘bad’ or pathogenic bacteria,” she says. “They can also contain specific bacteria that can increase proteins that are important for healthy skin barrier to improve skin hydration.”To date, there isn’t enough robust <a href=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3535073/ target=_blank>data</a> to recommend probiotics in skincare for everyone, Levin notes. (Though, companies are putting <a href=/articles/2015/12/probiotic-skincare>products</a> out there anyway.) She adds: “I do think that we will start to see more treatments for promoting a healthy skin microbiome in the future as we continue to learn more.” <style>
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