is your skin a bit dry these days here
in Houston the fall season brings
fluctuating temps which can cause that
dry skin we've got ups and downs but if
you want to boost your beauty routine
and hydrate your skin our next guest
says we should consider get this folks
what we're eating board-certified
dermatologist dr. sherry Ingraham is
here to break it all down for us along
with her lovely model Jennifer who we
will meet in just a moment but seriously
dr. Ingram what we eat can actually help
hydrate our skin it's huge you know we
forget that our diet affects every
aspect of our lives not just how we feel
but also how we look and our skin's
basic building blocks are made up of
these vitamins that stimulate collagen
prevent brown spots prevent sun damage
so food is huge and fall fruits and
vegetables are so good for the fruits
and vegetables and part of this equation
is superfoods right because eating a
superfood that includes ingredients
antioxidants that also can plump up our
skin absolutely and you know what you're
looking for a richly hued
food so things that are bright orange
bright brown bright yellow that means
they have more of these superfood
antioxidants in them they have more
beta-carotene they have ma polyphenols
so you want to look for bright bright
foods ok let's first talk about squash
okay several people out there my god you
know what there are some tricks the
squash is good it's got a lot of
beta-carotene in it a lot of vitamin A
just like sweet potatoes 200 percent of
your daily allowance is in these foods
and you can actually mix them together
baby foods remember babies love these
squashes so adults to mix a little
cinnamon in there cinnamon is great for
you as well
pomegranates a favorite fall food of
mine they have a logic acid in them
which is fantastic for the skin tons of
polyphenols and it's kind of an
endogenous antioxidant and natural sun
protector so we say eat more
pomegranates don't just drink the juice
and it blocks sun damage interesting and
and they are a little trickier
the pomegranate they're a little
trickier to get the seeds out I know you
buy the seeds by themselves they're kind
of expensive but there's some great
YouTube videos online bad once you get
the hang of it it's not that bad
you've got it fine to cut it in half and
you
yeah and you can turn it inside out soak
it in water and the little arrows the
part you want to eat come right out okay
that's a good tip now let's talk about
fresher verses in a can because I
noticed you have this squash anything is
that gonna make a difference it is fresh
is always better but I always say
getting it in you is the point so if
you're a busy you have kids you don't
have time get an organic can but fresh
is always better if you have a lot of
pumpkins you're making for your kids my
daughter made this one for school this
is Julia Child's oh the pumpkin that
inspires us to cook and eat more
pumpkins and put them in our facemask
but if you're carving them up with your
kids save the insides those seeds are
packed with zinc which is great for your
skin but also the pumpkin puree you can
make into different foods or face masks
for yourself so let's talk a little bit
about that oh wait so you're suggesting
we put a pumpkin puree on our face
absolutely pumpkin is packed with
vitamin A vitamin C vitamin E zinc it's
anti-inflammatory it's just a wonderful
wonderful you can eat it and you can
wear it vegetable so if it accidentally
drips on your lips you can just sort of
is gonna apply our first mask and this
is our matcha mess so we all know the
benefits of green tea right very very
heavy and amazing anti-carcinogenic
benefits but if you mix it with a little
coconut oil it can be very very
hydrating Jin is applying this right now
and this is so easy to make you just mix
a little green tea powder into coconut
oil warm it up a bit so it's got a
smooth texture let it sit on for 10 to
20 minutes
it doesn't taste bad if you eat a little
of it but the green tea is great if your
rosacea prone if you're sunburned this
is a great little soother too okay and
folks at home if you're just tuning in
now this is not the Halloween costume
segment Jennifer our model is
demonstrating what this homemade mask
does it looks a little scary but you say
dr. Inger Hamm the effects can be
fantastic fantastic and natural often is
better you know you can buy these
pre-made masks in stores they can get
expensive these are power packed and you
can go to the grocery store and get them
one of my favorite masks I want to talk
about is a turmeric mask
oh yeah so turmeric is fantastic if you
can cook with turmeric it has huge
antioxidant benefits but it's also a
great antioxidant on the skin it's
anti-inflammatory so if your acne or
rosacea prone it's great mix it in with
a little bit of pumpkin and a little bit
of manuka honey I've been to a lot of
dermatology meetings lately and this is
coming out in a lot of our literature
manuka honey
manuka where do you get that you can get
it at the grocery store but it comes
from New Zealand and so manuka honey is
a special honey that has very very
specific antimicrobial benefits
anti-inflammatory benefits better than
your regular raw honey
how interesting so wound healing great
properties acne-prone great properties
so you mix a little of this in with your
turmeric and with your pumpkin and you
get a mask with a caveat
okay what's the caveat wear gloves if
you have a manicure because turmeric can
stain your pretty manicure but it can
also stain your counters so just be
careful be careful don't stain those
okay so Jennifer's gonna get started
applying yeah and and I notice you're
just using your fingers how does this
feel going on Jennifer smooth very very
nice
it doesn't feel disgusting no it does
thanks it's refreshing it smells great
too what do you feel on your skin is it
tingly feeling cool yes really can't
apply these you know after work sit in
the tub for 20 minutes you can put them
on your children if they get sunburned
the only caveat again is turmeric will
stain your tub your counters so just be
careful put out a towel with the
turmeric mask it's important to put
enough honey in it because if you apply
turmeric directly to the skin without
the honey it does stain the skin a
little I was just going to ask yes and
you can get it off with a little
scrubbing but we want to avoid that some
people are gonna be like wow she got a
bad spray how long would Jennifer leave
this mask on doctor I say 10 minutes and
then wipe a little bit and see if you're
staining yourself if you are take it off
if you're not you can leave it on for
about 15 to 20 minutes it just depends
on you if you've been using retinoids
glycolic products and your epidermal
barriers a little bit thinned out you
may stain a little quicker so just be
careful if you're a real face scrubber
just be careful with the turmeric but it
is such a fantastic antiox and an
anti-inflammatory if your acne or
a chaperone I love it when you say
epidermal barriers let's talk about the
dangers of blue lights short and blue
light by the way in case some of our
viewers aren't familiar this is just
like any time you use an iPad or a cell
phone or computer screen we're
constantly having these rays projectors
are fascinating so blue lights coming
from the Sun - okay blue light is visual
light and it's actually a high-energy
visual light so when you think of that
ROYGBIV spectrum the far end of the
spectrum that's right next to
ultraviolet light is this high-energy
blue light and what's scary about
high-energy blue light is it's emitted
like you said from our phones from our
iPads and we were sitting in front of
these things 9 to 11 hours a day and
what's most fascinating is research is
actually showing now that especially in
darker skin individuals hyper
pigmentation brown spots occurs more
readily from blue light sources than
from sunlight
wait what so and so the light reflecting
from your iPad or your cell phone can
actually ask prematurely aged your skin
absolutely it actually penetrates deeper
than sunlight so it's doing more
collagen damage deeper but think about
it when you're holding your phone
against your face we're actually seeing
more brown spots on that side of the
face now and so we're telling patients
you have to actually block against this
blue light there's a lot of things you
can do though so that's a good news it's
catching up you know we figure things
out and then we figure out how to avoid
them right we're in that state now you
can put your phone on night shift so
I've put my phone on night shift it kind
of has an orange hue when you get home
at night put on these no blocking
glasses seriously they are amazing these
are $7 on Amazon I ordered a box of them
and they're everywhere in my house and
everyone who comes over makes fun of me
but I tell you my eyes are gonna look
good it it actually prevents the damage
you're doing you can actually get
macular degeneration believe it or not
in do eye damage oh my gosh well that's
sort of depressing is I mean some people
that there might rather have the age
spots than wear these ridiculous glasses
you know what these started actually
from more of a sleep perspective because
we know that blue light regulates sleep
I'm gonna keep mine on but you can take
yours off if you want oh my god they
light regulate sleep and so blue light
is what actually suppresses or
stimulates our melon
in cycle four our circadian rhythm so
it's important at night when we're up
watching TV we wear these glasses so we
don't suppress melatonin from being
secreted so we sleep normally but also
if you're sitting in bed looking at your
tablet and you're suppressing that Mel
tone you're not gonna sleep as well but
you're also doing damage to your skin
okay thanks for the news dr. anger ham
and our model Jennifer thank you so much
for stopping by