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There are thousands of skincare products
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available on the market and it feels
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overwhelming even to me to shop for
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skincare. So in this video, whether
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you're new to skincare or you've been
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watching our videos for the last 5
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years, we're going to talk about the
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only skinincare products that you
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actually need. So as board certified
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dermatologists, we have tried thousands
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of over-the-counter products. We have
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access to prescription products, even
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procedures. But what about everything
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you have seen? Is it a scam? Is it hype?
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Is it the savior for your skin? Well, we
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will take a look and let you know. So,
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whether you're a skincare expert or
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you've never used skincare before, in
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this video, we're going to outline
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exactly what you need. And then at the
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end of the video, we're going to talk
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through specific problems and which
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ingredients we would choose to target
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those problems. So, everything that you
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need to know to declutter your skincare
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routine or just begin a skincare
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routine. Here we go. I'm in Bangkok,
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which is why Dr. Maxfield's not here.
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and we interrupt this broadcast to
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announce the first ever remedy collab
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box. Remedy for dark spots is one of our
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bestselling products and the results
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that we've seen over the last year have
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been absolutely incredible. The before
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and afters that you submit through
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reviews have completely blown my mind.
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Plus, the clinical studies which we
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continue to do on our product continue
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to outperform anything that I've seen in
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the past. Now, what I always say when it
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comes to dark spots is that it really
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needs to be incorporated into a routine.
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So to use this product at night, we want
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you to cleanse, use remedy for dark
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spots, and then moisturize. But what are
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you going to do in the morning? I always
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say if you're treating dark spots,
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whether you're using remedy for dark
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spots, whether you're using prescription
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hydroquinone, whether you're getting a
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laser treatment, a chemical peel, you
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need to wear sunscreen, preferably a
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tinted sunscreen, especially if you're
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someone who's really prone to dark spots
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and melasma. So, our first collab box is
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the Dark Spot duo, Remedy for Dark Spots
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and Ulta MD UV Daily. Now, if you've
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been following our channel from the
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beginning, you've heard us mention Elta
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MD probably over a hundred times. This
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is a dermlod brand that started in the
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derm offices. They do tons of clinical
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studies on their product and they really
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have a high standard similar to remedy.
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So, there's really no better collab in
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my mind than two really dermlod brands.
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Now, many of you have been requesting a
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remedy sunscreen, but that's not quite
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ready yet. to develop something amazing
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is going to take several years and so we
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decided to team up with the company that
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does sunscreened best and this
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combination makes the most sense to me.
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So we'll be offering three different
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forms of the box. You can get remedy for
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dark spots with their untinted and then
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two different shades of their tinted. I
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use their original tinted. That's the
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one that I've been using since the very
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beginning. They have the Alta MD UV
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clear which is one with nioinomide. We
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decided to do the Alta MD UV daily which
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doesn't have nyioinomide and has
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hyaluronic acid and it gives you that
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nice dewy finish which I absolutely love
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because you're already getting your
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nycinomide in our remedy for dark spot
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product at night. So use remedy for dark
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spots at night. Use Alta MD UV daily in
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the morning and that's your entire dark
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spot routine. And if you do that for 2
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months, you're almost guaranteed to see
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results. Thank you to Alta MD for
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supporting remedy. Thank you to all of
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you for supporting remedy. This box will
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only be available for a limited time, so
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grab it while it's still in stock. It's
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going to be discounted so that you could
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have the ultimate dark spot duo bundle.
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Now, back to our regular scheduled
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program.
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[Music]
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5 years ago, I started to create videos
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because I walked into a Sephora as a
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dermatologist. I looked at the shelves
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and I felt completely overwhelmed. I
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didn't even know where to start. So, I
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went and I bought some cologne at the
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back of the store and I walked out. And
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the truth is, even when I walk into
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Sephora today, I still feel overwhelmed.
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And the reason is there's tons of
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different brands. They're trying to
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market to you in different ways. And as
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somebody who loves beauty, I love
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testing and trying new products. But the
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reality is most people don't need a lot
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of the products that are out there. And
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so in this video, we're going to be
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outlining exactly what you need. So to
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start this off, there's only one product
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that you actually need, and we'll work
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backwards from there. Right? So the
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foundation for healthy skin is simply
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sunscreen. Because for the majority of
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people, simple protection equals
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prevention equals healthy skin. You
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decrease your risk of skin cancers,
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which is for us perhaps the most
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paramount concern. But additionally, you
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will decrease your risk for everything
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from wrinkles to dark spots to uneven
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texture to tone, everything that comes
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with time. You will actually have a
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tremendous improvement if you're only
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proactive. Now, to prove that this is
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true, I'm going to show you two pictures
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here. one picture about somebody who was
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getting sun exposure on one side of
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their face over many, many years in the
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quality of skin difference between the
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face that was getting sun and the side
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of the face that wasn't getting sun. So,
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you notice that all the things that
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we're trying to treat with all the
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lotions and potions out there, a lot of
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this could be prevented by just
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protecting your skin from the sun. And
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another picture showing areas that are
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clothed versus areas that are unclothed.
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And the areas that are clothed that
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don't get as much sun exposure are a lot
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younger looking, a lot healthier looking
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than the areas that are sunexposed. And
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so just protect your skin from the sun
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and a lot of the issues that we see will
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go away. Well, we could just end the
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video right there telling you to wear
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sunscreen. But it's not quite that
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simple. And we'll list a bunch of our
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favorite sunscreens below. We'll also
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link some of our videos that we've done
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on our favorite sunscreens because you
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still need to figure out which sunscreen
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are you going to use after all of this.
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Right? So, you're going to wear
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sunscreen on your face, but you can't
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leave that on perpetually and apply
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layer after layer after layer after
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layer throughout your life. So, you have
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to wash it off. Now, cleansing is one of
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the most simple steps, one of the most
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affordable steps, does not need to be
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complicated, but it is still a necessary
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step in having healthy skin. The second
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product that you need is simply a
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cleanser. And this is where you're going
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to pick a cleanser just based on your
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skin type. Now, again, if you're new to
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skincare, what is your skin type? Just
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pick up any basic cleanser to be honest,
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but you can orient this based on your
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skin type. So, if you have oily skin,
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you kind of know who you are. When you
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wash your face, you're oily all over.
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You're glistening in the sun after about
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an hour. You're oily. Pick a cleanser
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for oily skin. A foaming cleanser or a
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cleanser with a little bit of salicylic
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acid is going to be really good at
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removing that oil. If you have dry skin,
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look for a hydrating cleanser. That's
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going to make a big difference for you.
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So, very simple. Pick a cleanser based
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on your skin type. Now you have a
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sunscreen. Now you have a cleanser. And
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then finally, the final step. So the
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final step, we were a little split on
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this. It's a little controversial, but
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we agree to disagree, but I agree that I
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agree with him tentatively. And it is a
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moisturizer. So moisturizing is probably
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the final step in the bare minimum
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skincare routine. Right? So there's your
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entire skincare routine. Morning and
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night. Cleanse in the morning follow
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with sunscreen. At night, cleanse to
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remove that sunscreen. Use a
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moisturizer. That's your entire skincare
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routine. It's three products. And then
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there's debate on do you cleanse once a
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day, do you cleanse twice a day, do you
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just use water in the morning? And you
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can do whatever you want. There are
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there's only one study on this that
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shows that people that cleanse twice a
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day have less acne than people that
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cleanse once a day. Doesn't matter.
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Listen to your skin. That's your entire
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routine. Okay. So we could stop there.
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especially if you have no skin concerns,
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right? That's the basics of a routine
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for somebody who has no skin concerns
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and they want their skin to just age in
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a healthy way. Now, many of you come to
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skincare or discover skincare because
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you have some type of issue with your
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skin that you're trying to treat.
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Whether that's acne, whether that's
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wrinkles, whether that's
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hyperpigmentation, and that's where you
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have to introduce an ingredient that
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actually treats these. And I don't think
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that there's really a one-sizefitit all,
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even though there's probably one
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ingredient that can do most of this. You
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want to pick a product that's going to
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treat that main skin concern that you
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have. So, I'm talking to you. We're
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having a conversation. You come to see
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me in the office. My first question is
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going to be, "What is your main skin
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concern that you're trying to treat?"
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Answer that in your head. And then now,
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we're going to walk through what you
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would use as a treatment between your
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cleanser and your moisturizer at night
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to target most of your skin concerns.
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So, starting off for acne, what would be
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the ingredient that you would use over
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the counter first? Over the counter,
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there's no debate. It's adapylene. Only
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a couple derivations of this. It used to
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be a prescription ingredient, but by and
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far it is the most effective option you
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will find. It's adapylene. So, your
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night routine at home over the counter
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cleanser, adapylene moisturizer. Simple.
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Now, prescription, what would be the
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ingredient that you would use?
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Prescription, I'd default to tininoan.
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This is the gold standard for acne.
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Also, aging by the way, just saying. It
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might be a one-izefits-all, but really
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it's probably the most effective gold
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standard treatment for acne that
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everyone would start with. Next up, dark
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spots, discoloration. What would be the
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ingredient you would use over the
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counter?
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>> This one's a little tricky. I will say
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specifically for dark spots, uh,
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retinol, like exfoliating acid. Uh, I'll
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say retinol still because it targets
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more of the key steps in the production
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of dark spots as well as removal of dark
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spots. So, retinol for me.
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>> Retinol for me also. And then
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prescription. What would you go with?
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>> Tininoan. No. What am I talking about?
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It's hydroquinone. Of course,
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hydroquinone being the gold standard
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bleaching cream, bleaching ingredient to
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lighten your skin. This is what every
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other dark spot ingredient is compared
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against. So, hydroquinone. Yeah,
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hydroquinone definitely. Now, with the
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caveat, obviously, you can't be on
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hydroquinone forever. After 3 months,
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you do need to switch to another
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lightning ingredient. And so, I would
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use it for 3 months to really knock back
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my hyperpigmentation and then I would
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switch to an ingredient like retinol.
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The for the next skin concern, let's go
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with wrinkles over the counter. What
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would your first wrinkle choice be? I
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would go with retinaldahhide honestly if
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I had to pick one. You know it's one
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step closer to your active form of
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retinoid over the counter and it has a
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lot of studies on the anti-aging and
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tolerability.
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>> Okay. And then for prescription I would
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go with tininoan again here because
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tininoan has 50 years of data showing
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its ability and fine lines and wrinkles.
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>> Okay. Yeah. No disagreement for me. It's
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interesting with a lot of these aging
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concerns. I'm like keep throwing back
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like do you want your glycolic acid? Do
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you want your exfoliating acid? But
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we're just going with the bare basics.
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What is the one thing you should use?
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So, I'm with you. We're back to
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retinoids. Next would be, let's say,
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pores. Over the counter, what would you
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use to minimize the appearance of your
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pores? I think this could be debated. I
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could say retinol or I could say sal
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acid. I'll probably go with sal acid in
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this case.
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>> Yeah, I kind of agree with you because
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not only does it remove the gunk from
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the pores, it does gently exfoliate,
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lightly exfoliate. So, it does a little
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of both. Sal acid for pores over the
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counter. And then prescription for
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pores.
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>> I would probably go with tininoan here
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in this case.
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>> See why I was lobbying for this to be in
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the need category. Like we had this
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debate before the video started. Like
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it's borderline need. Anyway, I digress.
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Okay. Next up, next topic. Let's say
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hair loss. Over the counter. What would
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you use for hair loss? I would use
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minoxidil. Topical minoxidil. So you'll
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see a lot of shampoos and serums and you
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know natural ingredients marketed to
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you, but the only one that's actually
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approved is minoxidil. I would go with a
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5% minoxidil. Even though this isn't
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technically skincare, dermatology covers
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it. What would you go for prescription?
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>> Prescription I would it's a little it's
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a little tailored towards the person
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which is why this is difficult but I'll
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go with oral minoxidil because it's more
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broadly recommendable, more
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generalizable I think than the other
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prescription ingredients. Yeah, I would
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agree with that. What about for texture?
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Somebody who's just got some bumpiness,
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some texture on the face, on the
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forehead. What would you use for that?
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Over the counter, I'd go with uh
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glycolic acid for this one. This is an
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alpha hydroxy acid one that it
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penetrates more deeply. It exfoliates,
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breaks up the bonds between skin cells.
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So, I think this would be the most
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effective directed treatment for
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texture. And then for prescription, I
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would still go with tininoan because
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there's no prescription glycolic acid.
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But I might still in the office
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recommend someone to use a glycolic acid
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higher concentration or I might do a
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mild chemical peel on somebody in the
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office while they're there just to
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eliminate that texture while they're
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there. So I think exfoli exfoliating
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acids are probably superior here. But if
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I had it to choose a prescription,
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tininoan would be the only thing in my
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armamentarium. Okay. Another common
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concern would be rosacea. This one's
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tough because there are different types
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of rosacea, but over the counter, what
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would you use?
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I would use probably azelleic acid here.
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A 10% or a 15% azelleic acid that you
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can find over the counter. Now, this is
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going to do a lot of that work. And it's
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we're really limited with what we have
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over the counter. Prescription, what
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would you use?
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>> I would say probably Ivormectin. And
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this is you know that sound by this like
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oh my god like like I want that sound
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here because the price of topical
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ivormectin or cilantro specifically is
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unaffordable. Um actually that's why we
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made it through script where we combined
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actually a lot of these things like
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azelleic acid mronitis ivormectin into
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like one product because it actually
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makes it affordable and usable but
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ivormectin although difficult to get I
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would pick that for my prescription.
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Yeah, I would say and this is going to
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deviate a bit and then there's obviously
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some nuance here probably depends on the
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type of rosacea like if somebody has
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just the redness form of rosacea versus
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the pimply papulopuscular form of
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rosacea. So to me it would depend on the
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type of rosacea but ivormectin would be
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a really good start. Yeah. So if you're
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someone with healthy skin let me
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summarize this for you. You basically
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instead of cleanse, treat, protect, you
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just cleanse and protect. That's your
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whole routine. And then for each of the
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common skin concerns, we have given you
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some of our favorite options. is what we
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believe will be most effective for you.
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And there are a lot of other things you
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can do to help simplify your routine or
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other ways you can get ingredients to
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make your life easier,
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>> right? And that doesn't mean that, you
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know, adding a particular ingredient
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like a hyaluronic acid serum is not
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going to give you incremental benefits
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to your skin. But if you're thinking
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about what are the basics, what are the
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things that I actually need? I'm
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frustrated. I'm overwhelmed. I don't
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even know where to start. Like Dr.
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Maxfield said, very simple if you have
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no major skin concerns. And then you can
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add in just one ingredient to target
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your main concern if there's something
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that you're actually trying to go after.
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Many of you are not new to the channel,
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so you already know about remedy. You
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already know about script. But if you're
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new to the channel, I created remedy to
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really simplify people's routines, which
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is why we have our all-in-one
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treatments. For example, you have remedy
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for healthy aging, which is uses a
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combination of retinaldahhide, peptides,
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and exfoliating acids to really target
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the different signs of aging. We have
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remedy for dark spots that uses a
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combination of retinol, kic acid,
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nioinamide, glutathione, all in one
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formula to target your dark spots. So
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for that treat step, you get something
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that's really super stacked for it. Dr.
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Maxfield created scripts so that you
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could get access to a board-certified
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dermatologist in the United States from
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your home so that you can get
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ingredients like tininoan, like your
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azelleic acid, like your ingredients for
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rosacea and hyperpigmentation shipped
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directly to your door. So if you're new
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to the channel, you're trying to start
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skincare, definitely check out Remedy
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and Script. We appreciate all of your
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support. Hopefully this helps to
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demystify all the craziness that's out
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there. And we'll see you all in the next
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video.
