Well, hello, hello guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K. Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon,

and it's time for a five-minute Friday.

And it's time to get hormonal.

Let's talk about hormones.

And for women, 90% of my followers and listeners are women.

If you're a guy, you should hear this too, if you have to interact with women, especially.

But for women, hormones are one of the most powerful chemicals that

your body produces. They're produced by your glands and organs and they act as messengers all

throughout your body. And they're so powerful, they are controlling your heart rate, your sleep

cycles, your sexual function, your reproduction, your metabolism, your appetite, your growth and development, your mood,

stress, and your body temperatures. So if you're all wound up, it's your hormones. And if you're not

having good coordination of your hormones, there can be multi-system organ problems going on.

The skin is one of your biggest organs and your hormones will affect your skin at every

age. How can hormones affect your skin? Let's dive deep into that. So first of all, in your teens,

excessive amounts of hormones, testosterone, produce more androgens, and you can become

acne-prone.

Estrogens also, as they go up and down in your cycle,

will either produce a thinner and more viscous type of the sebum or oil flow

and a thicker one at certain points in your cycle.

Did you know that estrogens are associated with increased collagen production, and so when you're younger in your 20s and 30s

You're gonna have better skin thickness skin hydration wound healing and barrier function and we'll notice this as we get a little bit older when you're 20 you cut yourself shaving and it heals like two days later and by the time you're 40 or 50, it's definitely like a seven to 10 day process to heal

a bruise or a cut on your leg.

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