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Dr. Teo Soleymani

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Huberman Lab
How to Improve & Protect Your Skin Health & Appearance | Dr. Teo Soleymani

So that's why generally speaking, most dermatologists will recommend some sort of moisturizer to replenish that. But you got to know your skin. For example, my skin, I tend to be oilier. I don't usually need a moisturizer as much. Whereas somebody who is drier will need some sort of barrier protection to minimize that transepidermal water loss.

Huberman Lab
How to Improve & Protect Your Skin Health & Appearance | Dr. Teo Soleymani

So that's why generally speaking, most dermatologists will recommend some sort of moisturizer to replenish that. But you got to know your skin. For example, my skin, I tend to be oilier. I don't usually need a moisturizer as much. Whereas somebody who is drier will need some sort of barrier protection to minimize that transepidermal water loss.

Huberman Lab
How to Improve & Protect Your Skin Health & Appearance | Dr. Teo Soleymani

So that's why generally speaking, most dermatologists will recommend some sort of moisturizer to replenish that. But you got to know your skin. For example, my skin, I tend to be oilier. I don't usually need a moisturizer as much. Whereas somebody who is drier will need some sort of barrier protection to minimize that transepidermal water loss.

Huberman Lab
How to Improve & Protect Your Skin Health & Appearance | Dr. Teo Soleymani

It's a crazy market. There's a lot of things out there. I mean, you can Google skin snail moisturizer and you'll find people putting snail mucin on their skin as a moisturizer.

Huberman Lab
How to Improve & Protect Your Skin Health & Appearance | Dr. Teo Soleymani

It's a crazy market. There's a lot of things out there. I mean, you can Google skin snail moisturizer and you'll find people putting snail mucin on their skin as a moisturizer.

Huberman Lab
How to Improve & Protect Your Skin Health & Appearance | Dr. Teo Soleymani

It's a crazy market. There's a lot of things out there. I mean, you can Google skin snail moisturizer and you'll find people putting snail mucin on their skin as a moisturizer.

Huberman Lab
How to Improve & Protect Your Skin Health & Appearance | Dr. Teo Soleymani

human placenta as a means of rejuvenating their skin health. I don't advocate it or don't say anything against it, but I probably wouldn't recommend it. There's better, safer, more cost-effective ways of doing this. Simple things you want to look for. One, is it non-comedogenic? That's a word you want to look for for any moisturizer that's been tested not to clog your pores.

Huberman Lab
How to Improve & Protect Your Skin Health & Appearance | Dr. Teo Soleymani

human placenta as a means of rejuvenating their skin health. I don't advocate it or don't say anything against it, but I probably wouldn't recommend it. There's better, safer, more cost-effective ways of doing this. Simple things you want to look for. One, is it non-comedogenic? That's a word you want to look for for any moisturizer that's been tested not to clog your pores.

Huberman Lab
How to Improve & Protect Your Skin Health & Appearance | Dr. Teo Soleymani

human placenta as a means of rejuvenating their skin health. I don't advocate it or don't say anything against it, but I probably wouldn't recommend it. There's better, safer, more cost-effective ways of doing this. Simple things you want to look for. One, is it non-comedogenic? That's a word you want to look for for any moisturizer that's been tested not to clog your pores.

Huberman Lab
How to Improve & Protect Your Skin Health & Appearance | Dr. Teo Soleymani

That's a basic thing to look for where you won't cause another problem in trying to fix one problem. Number two, how oily or dry are you? Generally speaking, there are three flavors of moisturizers. There's ointments, there's creams, and there's lotions. Ointments are greasy. They're like petrolatum jelly or Vaseline based. Those are the best for moisturizing your skin, but they're greasy.

Huberman Lab
How to Improve & Protect Your Skin Health & Appearance | Dr. Teo Soleymani

That's a basic thing to look for where you won't cause another problem in trying to fix one problem. Number two, how oily or dry are you? Generally speaking, there are three flavors of moisturizers. There's ointments, there's creams, and there's lotions. Ointments are greasy. They're like petrolatum jelly or Vaseline based. Those are the best for moisturizing your skin, but they're greasy.

Huberman Lab
How to Improve & Protect Your Skin Health & Appearance | Dr. Teo Soleymani

That's a basic thing to look for where you won't cause another problem in trying to fix one problem. Number two, how oily or dry are you? Generally speaking, there are three flavors of moisturizers. There's ointments, there's creams, and there's lotions. Ointments are greasy. They're like petrolatum jelly or Vaseline based. Those are the best for moisturizing your skin, but they're greasy.

Huberman Lab
How to Improve & Protect Your Skin Health & Appearance | Dr. Teo Soleymani

Then there's creams, which are water emulsions with oil suspended in it. And then there's lotions, which are generally powders that are resuspended with water. We as dermatologists tend to like the greasier the better. It provides the best barrier protection, but you have to know your skin.

Huberman Lab
How to Improve & Protect Your Skin Health & Appearance | Dr. Teo Soleymani

Then there's creams, which are water emulsions with oil suspended in it. And then there's lotions, which are generally powders that are resuspended with water. We as dermatologists tend to like the greasier the better. It provides the best barrier protection, but you have to know your skin.

Huberman Lab
How to Improve & Protect Your Skin Health & Appearance | Dr. Teo Soleymani

Then there's creams, which are water emulsions with oil suspended in it. And then there's lotions, which are generally powders that are resuspended with water. We as dermatologists tend to like the greasier the better. It provides the best barrier protection, but you have to know your skin.

Huberman Lab
How to Improve & Protect Your Skin Health & Appearance | Dr. Teo Soleymani

If you're somebody that is eczema prone, you will need something that is an ointment that does better to protect the skin from drying out. If you're somebody that is acne prone, you won't tolerate greasy things. You'll break out more. So you want to look for a lighter moisturizer that's non-covenogenic. So In a long story short, it's very person-to-person specific.

Huberman Lab
How to Improve & Protect Your Skin Health & Appearance | Dr. Teo Soleymani

If you're somebody that is eczema prone, you will need something that is an ointment that does better to protect the skin from drying out. If you're somebody that is acne prone, you won't tolerate greasy things. You'll break out more. So you want to look for a lighter moisturizer that's non-covenogenic. So In a long story short, it's very person-to-person specific.

Huberman Lab
How to Improve & Protect Your Skin Health & Appearance | Dr. Teo Soleymani

If you're somebody that is eczema prone, you will need something that is an ointment that does better to protect the skin from drying out. If you're somebody that is acne prone, you won't tolerate greasy things. You'll break out more. So you want to look for a lighter moisturizer that's non-covenogenic. So In a long story short, it's very person-to-person specific.

Huberman Lab
How to Improve & Protect Your Skin Health & Appearance | Dr. Teo Soleymani

You got to know your skin, but the fundamental things you want to look for is, has this been tested to not clog pores? And is it in a pump bottle or is it in a jar? Jars tend to be more occlusive. They tend to provide more moisturization, but they can lead to problems like acne and breakouts.

Huberman Lab
How to Improve & Protect Your Skin Health & Appearance | Dr. Teo Soleymani

You got to know your skin, but the fundamental things you want to look for is, has this been tested to not clog pores? And is it in a pump bottle or is it in a jar? Jars tend to be more occlusive. They tend to provide more moisturization, but they can lead to problems like acne and breakouts.