#21 Skin Needling Explained: Benefits for Skin Health in Midlife
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What is skin needling and how does it work?
Hi everyone, I'm Cass and this is the Mind Your Being podcast. A space where we'll explore health and what it really means to care for our whole being, our physical, mental and emotional health. Each episode you'll hear from leading health and wellness experts or everyday people who share powerful insights and lived experience. And sometimes it'll be just me sharing thoughts, tools and reflections from my own journey. More than anything, I want you to feel supported, encouraged and empowered to make informed health choices that feel right for you. If this sounds good to you, please enjoy. Welcome to Mind Your Being. Today's episode is a really lovely conversation about skin health, confidence and caring for ourselves through midlife.
I'm joined by Liv Slee, the owner of Oak and Eve Beauty here in my local community, Illawarra, New South Wales. Liv began her career in makeup before moving into skin therapy and in this conversation she shares why skin health is about so much more than how we look. It's about confidence, well-being and feeling comfortable in your own skin. We spend time unpacking one of my favorite skin treatments and that is skin needling. We talk about what it actually is, how it works, who it's for and why it can be such a supportive treatment for midlife skin. I hope you'll enjoy this conversation. If it's something that you've been nervous to try, I hope you feel a little bit more reassured about giving it a go and a little bit more confident in your own skin.
Now let's get into the episode. Good morning Liv, how are you? Good thank you, how are you? I'm well thank you. I wondered if we could start with you telling us a bit about your background and what inspired you to start your own beauty salon?
So for me, I started in makeup when I was 17, 18. I'd always been interested in art and I was enrolled to become a primary school teacher at uni and I went to a careers advisor day and I saw this lady and she was covered in body paint on one side of it and the other side of it was like blood and guts and I was like, oh that looks amazing. And then as I got into it, I fell in love with bridal makeup in particular. And so bridal makeup, you've got these women that have so much pressure on themselves to look a certain way on a certain day. And often by the time I got to them with makeup, their skin needed the help before I could help them. that's when I kind of started out doing more beauty side of things versus makeup.
Skin kept coming up as that constant thing that everyone wished that they didn't have to wear as much makeup and they didn't have to feel like, you know, the pigment on their skin or the pimple that they saw that they felt so embarrassed or ashamed of, even though the average person walking past them wouldn't notice it at all. They felt like that impacted themselves in terms of confidence and how they enjoyed their day and you had that kind of oh my god is everybody looking at this thing that no one else could really see but for you it was important so when we got into the space to be able to actually do those sorts of treatments that really was empowering because by the time they then got to me to do makeup i could only do so much but by the time they got there it really did make a big difference if they felt good in their skin so that was what kind of led us to here which is cool what does beauty and skin health mean to you personally and professionally
I think from a professional standpoint, when you think of skin health, you think of keeping your skin barrier intact so that it's functioning well.
What skin concerns can skin needling address?
There's all of those layers of skin function that makes skin healthy. But when you're walking in your own life, you're thinking, if I've got good skin, it means that I wake up in the morning and I feel good about myself. I don't have to feel like I have to put as much makeup on. That you can look at a photo of yourself and not feel like you have to pick yourself apart. That is what I think skin health is for the average person is that they feel good.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is skin needling and how does it work?
0:06–3:42
2
What skin concerns can skin needling address?
3:42–5:48
3
Why is choosing an experienced therapist important for skin needling?
5:48–7:44
4
What home care is essential after skin needling?
7:44–9:53
5
How does skin health relate to confidence in midlife?
9:53–12:12
6
What changes occur in skin during perimenopause and menopause?
12:12–14:41
7
What are the recommended skincare products for midlife skin?
14:41–17:12
8
What advice do the hosts give for feeling confident in your skin?
17:12–39:02
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