Dr. Sam Ellis

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455 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 25 May

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The Liz Moody Podcast · Ranking Skincare Advice From Social Media (with Dr. Sam Ellis) · 25 May 2026 podcast

They just aren't all acne related.

Castor oil and just plant oils in general are nice moisturizers.

They're mostly emollients that soften and smooth the skin.

They can have slight occlusive properties to kind of repair the skin barrier.

So I'm not anti-castor oil, but a more traditional, well-formulated moisturizer is going to work better for a lot of people.

Now, if someone has super sensitive skin or a lot of allergies, going with these sort of pure oils, make sure they're not essential oils, but something like castor oil could be helpful, but it's not the best moisturizer that exists.

Yes.

Essential oils can be highly problematic.

I don't want to like demonize one category, but essential oils I see problems with all the time, whether it's allergic contact dermatitis, because a lot of them also are in the fragrance world and they can cause a lot of sensitivity, but they can also trigger things like perioral dermatitis, acne.

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I don't like essential oils at all.

There's really like no need for them in skincare.

Does castor oil make your hair grow?

I've seen people putting like their eyebrows, their eyelashes.

People talk about it.

There's no good data to show that.

Lots of anecdotal reports, but it conditions things.

So if your hair is breaking, it could potentially do that.

They think with eyelashes, it just sort of adds some visible thickness because it coats the lashes.

So it's not something I recommend, but it's also one of those things you could try it.

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