How to Get Healthy, Glowing Skin: A Holistic Approach to Skincare
We all want glowing, beautiful skin and whilst there are plenty of skincare products and facial treatments on the market that promise to help us achieve this, here at Skin from Within we believe the secret to healthy, younger looking skin comes from – you guessed it – within!
In this blog post we will discuss how you can get natural, healthy skin, through a holistic approach to skincare. Our approach integrates gut health and transformative skin therapies to help you achieve longer-lasting results than any ‘magic’ cream ever will. How? By addressing the root cause of your skin problems!
What is holistic skincare?
If you are struggling with skin issues, it is important to understand that your skin is a reflection of your overall health. When your body is not in balance, it can manifest in the form of breakouts, dullness, and premature ageing. To get your skin back on track, you need to take a holistic approach that addresses both the internal and external causes of your skin problems.
Holistic skincare is a natural, holistic approach to skin care that considers the whole person, including their lifestyle, diet, and overall health to determine the best way to care for their skin. Here at Skin from Within, we focus on choosing the right therapeutic treatments that work for both prevention of skin conditions and promotion of healing, as well as educating our clients on how best to look after their skin.
The benefits of holistic skincare
When taking a holistic approach to skincare, it is important that the treatment plan takes into consideration the signs and symptoms of the individual and may include a combination of transformative skin therapies, an at-home skincare routine with quality, prescribed skincare products and a gut-health protocol.
Holistic skin treatments go beyond the skin’s surface to address the underlying causes of your skin problems. For example, if you are struggling with acne, a transformative skin therapy like LED light therapy can help to kill the breakout-causing bacteria on your skin.
Other holistic skincare treatments help to remove dead skin cells and impurities trapped under the skin’s surface, stimulate collagen production to increase young skin cells, nourish and hydrate your skin and restore nutrients, moisture and build proteins. These treatments rejuvenate your skin, rewind the effects of ageing and improve the internal structure and function of your skin at a deep, cellular level.
Tips for healthy skin
Taking care of your skin is important for many reasons – after all, we want healthy, glowing skin all year round! Your skin is the largest organ in your body and plays a vital role in keeping you healthy to fight off infection and disease. Here are a few tips to help you keep your skin looking and feeling its best:
Healthy Skin, Your Diet & Gut Health
You’ve no doubt noticed it yourself in times when you’ve been looking after yourself the best, and eating right, your skin feels amazing – and your friends are noticing it too! The fact is, your diet can directly affect the appearance of your skin.
One of the most important aspects to consider in a holistic approach to skincare is gut health. The food that you are eating has a direct impact on the state of your gut which impacts the condition of your skin. In fact, studies have shown that there is a strong correlation between gut dysbiosis and skin conditions like acne, eczema, and psoriasis. Therefore, if you want to achieve clear, glowing skin, it is essential to look at how your gut’s health may be contributing to the skin conditions you’re experiencing.
There are a few different ways to support gut health for great skin results. First of all, you need to make sure that you are eating a healthy diet that includes plenty of fibre-rich foods and good-quality probiotics. Additionally, you may want to consider taking a restorative supplement that can cleanse your gastrointestinal system and remove unwanted organisms, as well as help strengthen your gut lining to create an optimal environment for good bacteria to flourish in your gut. Finally, it is also important to assess how stress and sleep are affecting your gut health - and therefore your skin. Chronic stress has been linked to gut dysbiosis, therefore ensuring you’re getting good quality sleep and reducing stress levels can help improve your overall skin health.
Skin therapies for holistic skin health
In addition to focusing on gut health, a holistic approach to skincare also includes transformative skin therapies. The term 'skin therapy' covers a wide range of treatments and therapies designed to improve the health of your skin. While some skin therapies are purely cosmetic, the treatments we offer at our Gold Coast skin clinic aim to improve the health of your skin, not just its appearance.
There is a wide range of different types of skin therapy available, and choosing the right one for you will depend on your individual needs, symptoms of conditions you’re experiencing and personal skin goals. That’s why we always suggest starting with a Skin Consultation, where your Skin Technician will design an in-salon and home-care program to help revise your skin conditions and achieve the results you desire.
Here’s just a small snapshot of the treatments we work with to improve the appearance and function of your skin:
Enzyme Therapy: Dissolves dead skin cells and removes impurities from your skin, providing oxygen to the skin for renewed collagen production and improved nourishment to your skin cells. Combine it with our muscle-banding technique for the ultimate non-surgical facelift!
Peels: Sun-damaged skin? Signs of ageing starting to show? A peel can help wind back the clock, and preserve the health of your skin.
IPL: Also known as Intense Pulsed Light, which can effectively treat acne, hyperpigmentation, broken capillaries and sunspots.
RF Skin Tightening: Looking for a facelift without surgery? Look no further. RF skin tightening is a pain-free, non-invasive way of firming up your skin. It uses heat waves to penetrate deep into the skin to stimulate collagen production.
Facials: Even if you’re just wanting a relaxing facial massage, our facials are all powered by beneficial nutrients that nourish and hydrate your skin, restoring nutrients and helping to build proteins to bring back your glow! You’ll leave feeling relaxed and your skin feeling refreshed.
LED Light Therapy: Add LED light therapy to any of our existing facials, to help conditions such as eczema, acne, rosacea, scarring, psoriasis and dermatitis. It is also an effective anti-aging treatment reducing the appearance of wrinkles, age spots and sun damage whilst acting as a wound healer, to regenerate damaged skin.
Microdermabrasion: Removes dead, flaking skin cells to improve your skin’s appearance. By removing this outer layer, the production of young healthy skin cells can occur!
All our treatments are designed to reduce acne and pore congestion, even skin tone and decrease visibility of pigmentation and sun damage, rewind the signs of premature ageing (wrinkle and fine lines, we’re looking at you!) and minimise scarring, cellulite and stretch marks.
If you are ready to achieve clear, glowing skin, a holistic approach that focuses on both gut health and transformative skin therapies is the way to go. By addressing the root cause of your skin problems, you can achieve long-lasting results!
Visit us at our Tugun, Gold Coast skin clinic, or request a Skin Consultation online today.