The BEST Ingredient Combos for Every Skin Concern | Wrinkles, Hair Loss, Acne, & More — Transcript

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1. 0:00The most perfect ingredient combinations
2. 0:04for your skin concerns. We always talk
3. 0:05about the single ingredient that does it
4. 0:07all, but the practically some
5. 0:09ingredients just work better together to
6. 0:11achieve the results. So, we're going to
7. 0:12be talking about by skin concern,
8. 0:14whether you have dark spots, wrinkles,
9. 0:16texture, which two ingredients would you
10. 0:19use together to achieve the best
11. 0:21efficacy in your routine. That'll
12. 0:22simplify things and give you really the
13. 0:24best results.
14. 0:24>> Even if a single ingredient does
15. 0:26everything, it's still not enough to do
16. 0:27everything completely well. So, we'll
17. 0:30talk about what the hero ingredient is,
18. 0:32what its best pair is, and what you
19. 0:33should be doing for your skin regardless
20. 0:35of your skin concern. So, the best skin
21. 0:37care pairs, here we go. Here we go.
22. 0:44First up, rules of engagement. Can we
23. 0:47repeat ingredients?
24. 0:50>> Think we have to.
25. 0:51>> Oh, of course. Yeah, so of course we can
26. 0:52repeat ingredients per skin concern. Of
27. 0:54course, yes. So, to kick it off, the
28. 0:57perfect duo for wrinkles.
29. 1:00>> Okay. So,
30. 1:02this is like real-world practical versus
31. 1:04maximizing efficacy. I still would have
32. 1:07to say your retinoid, and I'll say
33. 1:09tretinoin, plus your exfoliant, glycolic
34. 1:12acid. I don't think there's a more
35. 1:13powerful pair.
36. 1:14>> Ooh, okay. Ooh, ah, that's surprising. I
37. 1:18was [snorts] thinking retinoid,
38. 1:20definitely, but potentially you could
39. 1:22say vitamin C collagen building, but you
40. 1:24could also go peptide direction with
41. 1:25this one, too. You could go copper
42. 1:27peptide or even other peptide, Matrixyl
43. 1:30peptide, any other signaling peptide.
44. 1:32Exfoliation, I'm like, "Ooh, that's
45. 1:34texture more for me."
46. 1:35>> Mhm, that's good. That's good. I'm going
47. 1:37to go vitamin C retinoid as perfect
48. 1:41combo for wrinkles.
49. 1:42>> Yeah, I'm still going to go with
50. 1:44um retinoids and glycolic acid because
51. 1:46these exfoliators also do signal
52. 1:48collagen building in addition to their
53. 1:51direct keratolytic effect of smoothing
54. 1:54out texture at the top of the skin, so
55. 1:56>> That's fair. Dark spots, discoloration,
56. 1:59hyperpigmentation, melasma, perfect duo
57. 2:02of ingredients. Let's do
58. 2:03over-the-counter first, and then let's
59. 2:06do prescription.
60. 2:07>> So, over-the-counter, I still think
61. 2:09retinal, let's just air on efficacy
62. 2:12again, is going to do them a lot of
63. 2:14heavy lifting here, decrease pigment
64. 2:15production in a unique way, increase
65. 2:17skin cell turnover, removing existing
66. 2:18pigment. And then,
67. 2:21over-the-counter, I'm like, protection
68. 2:24or brightening? Protec-
69. 2:25>> Oh, well.
70. 2:25>> I'm like, what's more important? We're
71. 2:26picking two things here. So, I'm going
72. 2:28to go with tinted sunscreen. So, I'm
73. 2:30going to air on protection plus using
74. 2:32the retinal for treatment as opposed to
75. 2:34picking two treatment options. Tinted
76. 2:36sunscreen protects from UV rays,
77. 2:38protects from visible light, giving an
78. 2:39added benefit specifically for your dark
79. 2:41spots concerns.
80. 2:42>> I think that's absolutely fair. Every
81. 2:44study we've done on Remedy for Dark
82. 2:46Spots, the patient was using a tinted
83. 2:49sunscreen in the morning, and they were
84. 2:50using Remedy for Dark Spots at night.
85. 2:51So, I don't think you can use any dark
86. 2:54spot treatment without that. And I would
87. 2:55say, one ingredient over-the-counter
88. 2:57that does dark spots, both the blocking
89. 2:59of formation of dark spots and the
90. 3:00removal of dark spots, would be a
91. 3:01retinoid. And then, from an ingredient
92. 3:03perspective, I'd pair it with any potent
93. 3:05tyrosinase inhibitor, like arbutin or
94. 3:08kojic acid. And on the prescription
95. 3:09side, then you take a prescription
96. 3:10tretinoin with a hydroquinone, which is
97. 3:13a potent tyrosinase inhibitor. And that
98. 3:14is the best combination, but you can
99. 3:16only use that for a short period of
100. 3:17time. And so, I would say, I agree with
101. 3:19you. Sunscreen is critical path on any
102. 3:22of this.
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109. 3:32electric toothbrush, you know these take
110. 3:33up a ton of space on the counter,
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116. 3:43toothbrush, it felt like an investment,
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122. 3:55deep but very gentle clean. And it has
123. 3:57touch sense so you don't really overdo
124. 3:59it. So you really don't want to be
125. 4:00irritating your gums or your teeth and
126. 4:01so it makes sure that you're not using
127. 4:03too much pressure, too much force, or
128. 4:04too much vibration if you're not using
129. 4:06it correctly.
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132. 4:10has a battery that lasts up to 4 weeks.
133. 4:13>> Now I'm really into aesthetic bathrooms
134. 4:14and I don't like things cluttering all
135. 4:16over my counter and I have lots of skin
136. 4:17care products there already. And one of
137. 4:19my favorite things is the magnetic
138. 4:20mirror mount. So you can attach this to
139. 4:22your mirror and it basically sticks onto
140. 4:24your mirror and you can keep your
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150. 4:41cleans it while you travel with it. If
151. 4:43you ever put a moist toothbrush into a
152. 4:45container, you know that you can get
153. 4:47build up in there. And so having the UVC
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162. 5:01the video.
163. 5:02>> Next up, let's go with acne.
164. 5:05>> Really some great over-the-counter
165. 5:06options here for acne and I'll let you
166. 5:09pick the first two this time.
167. 5:10>> Ooh, this one is actually kind of
168. 5:12exciting. I hadn't anything exciting to
169. 5:13say about acne in a long time because
170. 5:15the videos that we made 5 years ago play
171. 5:17well today. I actually don't think much
172. 5:19has changed in the acne space other than
173. 5:20some products have different textures,
174. 5:22but from a performance perspective,
175. 5:24nothing has come out that I'd said is
176. 5:25better than before in acne until today,
177. 5:28I would say. So you don't even know what
178. 5:29I'm going to say.
179. 5:30>> Differin.
180. 5:31>> Don't. Be with us, it's a product.
181. 5:32>> Differin dropped Epiduo over the
182. 5:34counter. This is huge news.
183. 5:36>> This is the biggest news is
184. 5:37>> I guess theoretically you could have
185. 5:38done this yourself at home, but
186. 5:40adapalene, one of the most effective
187. 5:42acne treatment at home, period.
188. 5:44>> Followed by benzoyl peroxide and then
189. 5:47depending on how your skin tolerates it,
190. 5:49you may choose other things as number
191. 5:50two after adapalene. But now Differin
192. 5:53has Epiduo available over the counter.
193. 5:54It used to only be a prescription, so
194. 5:55it's adapalene plus benzoyl peroxide in
195. 5:57one product. And so I think lethal
196. 5:59combinations when it comes to not lethal
197. 6:01as in it will kill you, but lethal as in
198. 6:03lethal for your acne is adapalene plus
199. 6:06benzoyl peroxide, adapalene plus sulfur,
200. 6:08adapalene plus salicylic acid depending
201. 6:12on what your skin can tolerate. But I do
202. 6:13think benzoyl peroxide of those is the
203. 6:16most effective and then aselaic acid
204. 6:18kind of falls in there as well.
205. 6:19>> Yeah, I agree. So benzoyl peroxide and
206. 6:21adapalene are the two hero ingredients.
207. 6:23Just purely speaking in terms of
208. 6:25efficacy, I don't think that there is
209. 6:27anyone else competing for that top tier
210. 6:29spot. My thought was that I just can't
211. 6:32decide if I love benzoyl peroxide in a
212. 6:33cleanser. I just think it works so well
213. 6:36and it's a complimentary step. So
214. 6:38whether you're using adapalene plus
215. 6:39benzoyl peroxide leave-on in the
216. 6:41Differin form or whether you're using
217. 6:42adapalene plus benzoyl peroxide in your
218. 6:44cleanser, I think both are going to be
219. 6:47the most effective cornerstone for your
220. 6:48acne treatment at home.
221. 6:50>> Actually just I mean retinoid plus
222. 6:52aselaic. Adapalene at night, aselaic in
223. 6:55the morning.
224. 6:56>> I still think benzoyl peroxide
225. 6:58specifically for acne would outperform.
226. 7:00>> Uh benzoyl peroxide definitely
227. 7:02outperforms aselaic acid especially when
228. 7:03it comes to inflammatory acne, but you
229. 7:05only like it in a cleanser. I would say
230. 7:07leave-on.
231. 7:08>> No, I like it both. Like like
232. 7:11It work both ways, but I just think
233. 7:14because cleansing step is a step you're
234. 7:16already doing, it helps you put an
235. 7:18ingredient that you should use into a
236. 7:20step that already exists and it frees up
237. 7:22a step in the rest of your skin care
238. 7:24routine.
239. 7:25>> benzoyl peroxide cleanser, adapalene
240. 7:27leave-on. That's the combo.
241. 7:29>> Right, yeah.
242. 7:30>> Agreed. And then as a third, aselaic in
243. 7:32the morning.
244. 7:33>> Okay,
245. 7:33>> [laughter]
246. 7:33>> so still a third. Okay, great.
247. 7:35>> And then prescription when it comes to
248. 7:36acne, it's still going to be a retinoid
249. 7:38whether it's a stronger retinoid like
250. 7:40tretinoin, higher strength of adapalene
251. 7:42or even tazarotene, and then you're
252. 7:43going to pair that again with benzoyl
253. 7:45peroxide or azelaic acid because or
254. 7:48clindamycin, some type of antibacterial
255. 7:50agent. And then we have other oral
256. 7:52medications that come after that, but
257. 7:53the combination and the theory is still
258. 7:55sort of the same at prescription. We
259. 7:56just have higher strengths of the
260. 7:58options that are available over the
261. 7:59counter.
262. 8:00>> So, not quite revisiting a problem, but
263. 8:03perhaps revisiting a pair is going to be
264. 8:06texture. Now, when we think of texture,
265. 8:08it's a really hard one to actually
266. 8:09describe, I think, because it sometimes
267. 8:11it's pores, sometimes it's built up just
268. 8:13dead retained stratum corneum. Some
269. 8:15people actually incorporate fine lines
270. 8:16into texture as well, and even if you
271. 8:18try to search for an image like for
272. 8:20usage of textured skin, it's difficult
273. 8:22because there's so many different
274. 8:24things. Now, the main components for
275. 8:25this, I think, are going to be
276. 8:26exfoliation, removing built-up skin
277. 8:29cells, just improving the smoothness of
278. 8:31your skin. And for that, I go back to my
279. 8:34first pair, which is retinoids
280. 8:35exfoliants, and we can say retinol,
281. 8:37retinal, and an alpha hydroxy acid.
282. 8:40>> 100% retinoids plus alpha hydroxy acids,
283. 8:43the number one thing that you can do for
284. 8:45texture overall. And so,
285. 8:46over-the-counter, you can even use
286. 8:48adapalene in this case, even though it's
287. 8:49for acne, it does really well for
288. 8:50texture. Or any retinol or retinal-based
289. 8:53product is going to do really well here.
290. 8:55And then you combine that with a higher
291. 8:57strength potential exfoliating acid.
292. 9:00Glycolic acid is going to be the most
293. 9:01effective, but if you have drier skin,
294. 9:03you may like lactic acid. If you have
295. 9:04sensitive skin, you may like the
296. 9:06polyhydroxy acids like gluconolactone or
297. 9:08lactobionic acid. I think from an
298. 9:10efficacy standpoint, glycolic acid plus
299. 9:12adapalene would be absolute the best
300. 9:15thing you could do over the counter.
301. 9:17>> Yeah, I agree. Those are great tools
302. 9:18that would address all the changes of
303. 9:19texture. And if you're going to build a
304. 9:21routine surrounding those ingredients,
305. 9:23that would be good, but I would start
306. 9:24with those two.
307. 9:25>> Large pores, the impossible thing to
308. 9:28treat.
309. 9:28>> Yeah, pores are so structural. It's not
310. 9:31just the oil gland at the bottom, it's
311. 9:32the whole structure surrounding it. And
312. 9:34so here, limiting the conversation to
313. 9:37topicals, I think structurally,
314. 9:40okay, I'll go with adapalene and
315. 9:42salicylic acid as my two. So, adapalene,
316. 9:44having all those changes of retinoids we
317. 9:46talked about already, salicylic acid,
318. 9:48depending on how you use it, will help
319. 9:49remove oil from the pores, help decrease
320. 9:51oil production a bit, and also add some
321. 9:53exfoliation to impact the structure of
322. 9:55the pore itself.
323. 9:56>> Yeah, totally agree with you. Hair loss.
324. 9:59>> Hair loss. Oh, oh, okay. Hair loss, I
325. 10:02have topical minoxidil, obviously the
326. 10:04gold standard, every other ingredient is
327. 10:06compared to that. And I still love The
328. 10:08Ordinary Hair Peptide Serum. It's not a
329. 10:09single ingredient, but it's just a
330. 10:11complimentary blend of peptides in one
331. 10:14step that I think supports minoxidil
332. 10:16really well.
333. 10:17>> Yeah, and they work by different
334. 10:18mechanisms, minoxidil, so they actually
335. 10:20are complimentary. So, some of the
336. 10:22things that we're talking about in this
337. 10:23video are they're ingredients that work
338. 10:26by different mechanisms to achieve the
339. 10:28objective. So, for example, when we're
340. 10:30talking about exfoliation, it's, you
341. 10:31know, retinoids increasing skin cell
342. 10:32turnover, decreasing the stickiness,
343. 10:34being comedolytic to some extent, and
344. 10:36then you have the exfoliating acid that,
345. 10:38you know, is additive because of its
346. 10:39comedolytic properties. Then you have,
347. 10:41with this, minoxidil working by a
348. 10:43totally different mechanism than The
349. 10:45Ordinary Peptide Serum. Whereas, like,
350. 10:47if you took Kopexil, for example, also
351. 10:50known as aminexil, works by similar
352. 10:52mechanism as minoxidil, so you don't
353. 10:54necessarily need to use those two
354. 10:55together, but Ordinary Peptide Serum
355. 10:57plus minoxidil to really achieve those
356. 10:59over-the-counter topical hair loss
357. 11:00goals.
358. 11:01>> So, what we've given you, basically, is
359. 11:03if you're building your skin care
360. 11:04routine around a specific skin care
361. 11:05concern, which is how you should always
362. 11:07do it, these are some of the best pairs
363. 11:09to provide a cornerstone and foundation
364. 11:11for you to start with. You might need to
365. 11:13do more, you might want to do more, but
366. 11:14if you're going to pick two things,
367. 11:16these might be the best places to start.
368. 11:18>> Now, we mentioned lots of ingredients
369. 11:20here, and we'll actually put links below
370. 11:22of products that have those ingredients
371. 11:24that you can then use in your routine to
372. 11:26achieve your goals. So, hopefully you
373. 11:27found this helpful. I do think with two
374. 11:28ingredients, and sometimes three
375. 11:30ingredients, depending on how complex
376. 11:31the condition is, you can probably
377. 11:33achieve the goals and usually one
378. 11:34ingredient's not going to do it all, but
379. 11:35when you get to two ingredients, you
380. 11:37really can really treat most of the
381. 11:39causes of skin conditions that are out
382. 11:40there. So, thank you all so much for
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