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what a long day I am ready for bed so
why don't you come to go away as a
board-certified dermatologist I am
trained you know we are trained to be
the experts at all conditions of the
skin the hair and the nails and so we
know a lot about these products that are
out there the skin care products and
know about the ingredients and what they
do but sir we definitely certainly have
levels of how much we care about it some
people have really deep interest in it I
definitely am always aware of what I'm
putting on my skin but I am NOT crazy
about it I don't have a lot of steps in
my regimen but I do know my skin type I
am dry and I'm on the sensitive side so
I like to keep things to a minimum and I
don't like to do things that aggravate
my skin the first step I'm gonna do is
take off these eyelashes I don't want
wear eyelashes every day but I had to do
today of course camera and I want to use
a really good oil makeup remover I hope
I've used this for years since I've been
a teenager it's by physio link by
Lancome and I like to use I found these
really amazing actually cotton remover
pads
I don't know I'm adorable maybe
everybody knows about this but I don't
like the ones you can buy in stores
because they get like very linty and I
don't like Kleenex because it will tear
this is like Kleenex with the pad in it
and you can really soak them really well
with these boils and just like dab them
across your face I don't like to rub cuz
again I'm very sensitive so I
- just dab and let it soak up and remove
my eye makeup so that's the first thing
that I do so the next step is using my
SL MD cleansing wipes these are my
favorite wipes and also I dab at my face
are trying to get off that excess makeup
and I don't rub because I'm more prone
to getting rashes or irritation and when
you do that you get more wrinkles
because those change your skin and make
you look more wrinkled and moral and
older which we don't like I mean even
like a washcloth is gonna create micro
tears so anything that's kind of
abrading your skin so you just need to
be gentle I use a hydrating facial
cleanser and I alternate it with a
salicylic acid cleanser because my two
issues is that I'm really dry and it's
because I'm darker complected I'm prone
to brown spots so I like to use my somd
salicylic acid cleanser and switch it
out every other day with just a
hydrating facial cleanser this one's by
Sarah B and salicylic acid is really
great because it's an exfoliant it's
gonna exfoliate and get rid of those dry
dull dead skin cells on the surface of
your skin so your skin is more radiant
it's gonna actually settle down within
your pores to and help prevent new acne
from blackheads from forming and the
trick is with salicylic acid cleansers
is you can actually leave it on your
face for a couple minutes if you wanted
to and really that can help to increase
the penetrance of it I mean I think that
a cleanser you're gonna watch or wash it
off ultimately obviously but it's gonna
really help to get off any of this extra
gunk that I missed with my wipes or with
my eye makeup remover so one thing
that's really important I think that's
very important about washing face that I
know is from a dermatologists
perspective is when you're washing your
face you're actually getting rid of
moisture on your face so you really so
you really want to not go really hot and
you don't want to go really cold either
you don't want to shock your your system
really you don't want to shock your skin
lukewarm water is the best and I don't
rub my face you know just wash off the
salicylic acid
so again I SAP and I also what's so
important at this point is when your
skin is still moist that is the prime
time to moisturize your skin actually
because if your skin is wet the just out
in the air your moisture evaporates and
it actually pulls that moisture that air
pulls that moisture out of your skin and
you get drier that's why you kind of get
that tight feeling after you wash your
face and you sit around for a while so
this is the ideal time to put a
moisturizer on I like my somd hyaluronic
acid serum hyaluronic acid you've
probably seen it in a lot of products
these days well hyaluronic acid is
hydrophilic meaning that it draws in
water when you put it on your skin it's
really gonna seal in that moisture and
minimize what we call trans epidermal
water loss and I'm more prone to that
than others because I have dry skin I
actually have eczema which is means that
my barrier on my skin is not as good as
other people so I tend to lose moisture
more easily so I really need extra
moisturizer in fact I could put vaseline
I could put like petrolatum on my face
and and it won't break me out I'm so dry
in terms of things that I wish that I
had not done in the past I wish I didn't
rub my eyes so much you know I love my
cats I have cats and I can't give them
up but I probably shouldn't have cats
and if I have had cats in the first
place cuz I'm a little allergic to them
and any kind of inflammation that you
get any irritation any kind of like rash
that you get can really aid you actually
it
cumulative and it and it really
increases the wrinkles and increases the
aging but I also feel like thank
goodness I have good genes for my mom so
hopefully I'll balance out somehow
so at this point I like to take a little
break and let all of this soak in for a
moment and I like to put on my deodorant
at least it gives me a little break
because this is a little secret that I
have for you
deodorant is best applied at night it is
most effective at night because you
you're putting it on when your sweat
glands are the most dormant so it's
going to make it more effective the
reason I want this to settle in is
because I like to put my moisturizer on
before I put on any retinol or retinol
these are products that we know as
dermatologists they've been around for
generations and we know that they help
to minimize fine lines and wrinkles over
time retinol is an over-the-counter
version of this product there's a
prescription variety as well but they
are a little bit irritating to the skin
so I like to put moisturizer on before
and I like to let it sit for a little
bit there is some question as to whether
retinol or retinol interact with a
moisturizer or lose their effectiveness
because you apply them the same time as
moisturizer and I think there is some
truth to that and some people might
actually put a retinol on before they
put on moisturizer on I just like to put
the moisturizer on first cuz I really
want to keep that moisture in my skin
after I wash it and I like to just let
it sit for a little bit and then apply
the retinol and that makes me feel like
it's gonna be it's gonna be pretty
effective that this is something that I
actually III live by as well the healing
ointment these are really important for
me again because I'm saying I'm super
dry I put them everywhere I put them in
all around my lips and around my eyes at
night and some people be careful putting
them around your eyes they could promote
millia which are like these little baby
sister around the eyes so some people
can't tolerate that but I can cuz I'm
very dry so I put them there to protect
those areas too because you don't want
to put a retinol close to your eyes if
the skin there is too sensitive and
we'll ever Tate you I get acne bumps
every now and then it's sort of like a
hormonal thing which is with most of us
women we get hormonal acne usually for
that sort of thing I'm gonna put a
benzoyl peroxide spot treatment on the
area so I'm just benzoyl peroxide is
really great because it's antibacterial
and I personally just spot treat the
area that works in two ways it's gonna
help destroy bacteria that are really
thriving in that area and also it really
keeps your hands off the area the other
thing that I can do that I'm sorry most
of you guys can't do just because I'm a
dermatologist I inject my own pimples if
I have one that I steal that's under the
surface of the skin if you have a
dermatologist that you that you see you
can potentially see them and they can
give you a little shot of low potency
cortical steroid in the area and it gets
rid of a zit within 24 hours so in
general I can get big ones but I usually
get rid of them within 24 hours oh it
sucks for us because throughout our life
we think okay why am I not done with
acne isn't this supposed to be a teenage
condition but throughout our life we're
still getting acne adult acne well it's
really common and it is completely
driven by hormones but remember it's a
good thing in a sense because it shows
that you have hormones that yours that's
a youthful thing and to have oil in your
face to get acne is a youthful thing so
try to remind yourself of that the
problem is that people will try to pop a
pimple too early because it's there and
you can't keep your hands off of it I
get it if you just squeeze a pimple when
it's too early it will just get bigger
and redder and angrier and end up worse
the ideal time to really extract the
pimple is when they're as close to the
surface as they they can be you want to
make sure any kind of people comes as
close to the services
can because then you can just gently
Nick it if you do anything at all like
I'm a dermatologist I'm not gonna tell
you to do anything I don't want you to
do anything I can't because I don't want
you to be unsafe but I know people are
gonna do it so that's my best advice for
you to just know that the more
superficial something is in your skin
the less risk you have permanently
scarring yourself a lot of blemishes
that are red or brown they're gonna go
away but that's probably from a lot of
pushing and manipulating so trying to
leave things alone is the best thing to
do so I will sit here on my chin I
usually get them around my chin
sometimes in a month and so I actually
have my own stock of low potency
corticosteroids at home I take them with
me on vacations cuz that's usually when
you get is it so I usually pull up a
little bit of my little syringe here and
I use a baby syringe needle and I just
take my alcohol clean the area off don't
learn from me okay but I'm not doing
that because I want you to like learn
from me I mean that's what we do in the
office and you can see how easy it is
and so a dermatologist can really do
that and can especially if you have a
big event like you have prom you have a
wedding your photos being taken it's
really great to have your your zit
injector because it can make get rid of
them like so I'm gonna get nice and
comfy and cuddle with my cats all right
I'm ready for bed I'm gonna go cuddle
with little dim sum