hey everybody i'm dr mike varshovsky and
i'm about to show you my nighttime
skincare routine
let's get ready for bed
by the way you may be wondering what the
heck is this robe well a friend of mine
who makes these personalized robes made
this for me as a joke he saw my scraps
he's like i'm going to make you the same
thing but in rogue form
i said well if i wear a white coat in
the hospital i might as well white rope
when i do my nighttime routine
my skin takes an absolute beating when
i'm in the hospital when i'm playing
sports i'm outdoors
it dries out especially as i get older
no one likes to admit that but being 31
years old i'm starting to see more
dryness more flaking
this is a wall beard trimmer and for me
i like to have my facial hair cut quite
short
especially when i'm going on television
or i'm seeing patients today it's kind
of a little bit longer
and why i do it at night this is really
interesting is because
i like for it to grow out a little bit
in the morning so i don't look
completely baby-faced it gives you like
a little bit of scruff
i like that this trimmer has very fine
edges here so it picks up even the small
hairs
and then even though i don't shave i do
use a bronze shaver
to get the little areas underneath here
just to clean up
so you don't look messy keep it simple
and then i hit the cleansing gel
step one get the face nice and wet with
a little water
get a little two pump action in there
i'm also not a fan of showering at night
unless i just went to the gym i like to
shower in the morning so i can get the
hair care routine going
like when it comes to cleansers i try
not to be that picky
do be careful though if you're using a
cleanser that is exfoliating in nature
you're not using that
every day or even twice a day because
exfoliators can actually do damage if
you use them too often so be careful
with that
now i'm clean and a little pink and a
little red and a little shiny but that's
okay
hydration time
you know being a family medicine doctor
we actually have training in dermatology
because a lot of what we do is screening
and catching
problems early so you understand skin
cancer and skin protection that's why
we're so vigilant about putting spf on
but at the same time it allows me to
spot marketing gimmicks
so when a company comes in and says
they're the next greatest thing i can
look at the science behind that and find
out whether it truly makes sense or not
i will say there's a lot of
lies on the market nowadays so i try and
use really simple products
in order to make it less complicated
next up i use
my murad hydrating cream for the under
eye area
where i clearly need the most help on i
also like it for the eyelids
a lot of people comment on my youtube
videos that they think i'm wearing eye
makeup like
some kind of orange tone nope that's
just uh
10 years of medical education showing
themselves on my eyes so i'm hoping
murad can help me out with that
the reason why our eyes look different
colors sometimes or at least our eyelids
or under eye area a lot has to do with
a the circulation in that area so you
have a lot of tiny blood vessels
that actually see are seen through the
skin and as a result you get interesting
colors blue sometimes sometimes pink red
orange
um also really important is where the
light is coming from will also decide
how bad these shadows look for example
the reason why people use
fillers in their under eye area in order
to improve
bags or darkness underneath their eyes
is because it pushes the area forward
and there's less reflection of that
light less reflection of those small
blood vessels underneath the eyes
therefore decreasing the darkness you
know over the last 10 years i've had
certain problems with my skin
and when i was in medical school i
didn't really care that much about it
because i was so buried in books or
maybe
spending very limited time with my
friends now that i'm spending time
talking to you at home
or going on television i need to be
careful about my skin because i want to
look presentable
and i've tried to take more and more
steps in learning about products that
are out there
speaking to dermatologists in fact a
good friend of mine dr bonicelli is one
of the best dermatologists right here
right by my home
and i always ping him if i have any
questions or if we
get into little arguments about certain
skin care routines
it's fun in the medical community to
nerd out and talk about these subjects
so we did skin care but now we gotta do
mouth care now as a doctor
obviously i'm gonna tell you brushing
your teeth twice a day flossing is
really important there's also a few
other things that i do
floss i got my glide floss right here
with a little minty
taste i think it's called cool mint
yummy um i also have
specific toothpaste that i've been using
recently because i've been having some
issues with bleeding gums
probably stress related a lot of people
don't make the connection
that your overall health your overall
well-being can actually show
itself on your gums so for me being
stressed out i've been using a little uh
paradigm tax for my bleeding gums
and then this is kind of a cool hack to
share with you guys
if you're sleeping at night and you have
a stuffy nose whether it's due to
illness
allergies and you can't breathe through
your nose you breathe through your mouth
and as a result you develop horrible dry
mouth you wake up feeling
not so great so for me if that ever
happens to me i use like a dry mouth
spray just like this
and you give yourself a few pumps before
you go to bed and you wake up and your
mouth is still well lubricated
it basically works through osmosis like
it doesn't get absorbed so
it keeps pulling moisture out so that
you're never fully dehydrated
in the oral cavity for my toothbrush i
use a philips sonicare diamond
brush i really like this because it has
a timer built it
into it meaning that it'll vibrate every
20 seconds so you do one section
then you go to the other section then
the other section and it really makes
sure that you follow it when i use a
manual toothbrush i get lazy and i'm
like alright it's time for me to go to
bed
um so i like sticking with this guy here
make sure after you brush your teeth you
also do a little
tongue scraping action yeah it helps
improve your breath quality and if
you're going to bed with a partner you
probably want to do that
so you can't talk about a good nighttime
routine without talking about
how to fall asleep better because you
want to be getting at least seven to
nine hours of sleep if you're an adult
and for me the way that i do that is i
really try and pre-plan that whole
process
what does that mean making sure that the
room is really cool so that my body
temperature can drop and make me feel
sleepy while i have the air conditioner
on
usually set to about 66 degrees
everyone's gonna have their own range
but for me i like to keep it really cool
i also have a special cooling mattress
from eight sleep that i use
that allows me to sleep cool throughout
the night and it actually warms up
throughout the night so when i wake up
in the morning i'm not cold
and i can feel ready to get up and start
my day i also have my humidifier running
and i don't wake up with a dry nose or
dry mouth i never like that sensation i
want to keep my sleep as sort of my
sanctuary
and i think that's one of the most under
focused
areas of people's health that we haven't
talked about enough
like we talk about diet we talk about
exercise we talk about mental health
but not enough about sleep and sleep is
where you recover
your memory improves your hormonal
balances shift and if we put a little
bit more focus into that
you're gonna see some tremendous
outcomes we talked about cool but now we
need to talk about dark
and i actually am so strict with this
that i have two sets of blackout shades
i have the ones that go down and then i
realize that there's still a sliver of
light that comes in that ends up filling
the room
so i got curtains that and drapes that i
actually pull closed as well there's
been some research showing that even if
there's like a candle flickering on the
side
it can potentially disrupt your sleep
and for me being a somewhat anxious
individual
if i even get woken up for a short time
in the middle of the night
it's hard to fall back asleep so i do
everything in my power to try and sleep
as long as i can
whenever i get the chance to at least
for those like me who battle with sweaty
armpits throughout the day a really cool
hack is to use an anti-purse print
the night before when your body's cooler
so it can actually work on plugging the
pores in your armpits
earlier uh when you apply it in the
morning first thing in the morning your
body temperature may be warmer
you may be sweating already so it won't
be as effective remember the goal
of stopping armpit bo that kind of smell
is really about decreasing the sweat or
killing the bacteria there
because as gross as it sounds the bo is
just bacteria farts
that's my nighttime routine thanks so
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