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 is

dry, hot summer. I want to talk to you guys about all the things you're feeling with your skin

feeling dry, tight, itchy and irritated summertime will do that to you. On the beginning of summer,

you feel great, getting all that

additional sun and vitamin D. You get that glow, the acne clears up. But by the end of summer,

and when the heat is really on, we get dryness, scaliness, irritation, and barrier disruption.

The skin barrier is one of the most important things

for you to maintain to have healthy and gorgeous skin.

The skin barrier is a hydrolypid barrier.

It's a natural protective layer

that lives directly on top of your stratum corneum

or the most superficial layer of your skin.

It's made up of sebum, lipids, water, sweat, and it's sort of like a finishing layer.

And this is the skin's security guard. It's like a barrier for bad entry. It stops things

from getting into your skin. And it protects you. It provides an

environment for your skin's microbiome. So billions and trillions of organisms live within your

skin microbiome. And they are residing within the skin barrier. If you don't have enough

skin barrier, this hydrophilic, hydrolypid area of your skin, if it's dry,

tight and irritated because you've been going into too much water, too much chlorine, too

much abrasiveness, dryness, sun, sunburn, you're going to have a disrupted skin barrier.

You need a strong barrier to protect your skin

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