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. We are entering September, the start of fall and autumn,

and it's a perfect time to start thinking ahead and planning your treatments for this season.

And just remember, as the weather gets cooler and the days are shorter, your UV index stays the same.

But your skin enters one of the best seasons, the safest and most effective time for repair and renewal.

And I do this every single year at the end of summer. Getting red of summer

sun damage is so important. In winter, fall, this is a perfect time to reset your skin. It's

definitely a drier time. So you do have to increase hydration, improve your transepidermal water

loss, and improve your skin barrier.

But it's not just about looking good for the holidays.

This is about longevity and the choices that you make now influence your skin longevity.

That's right how your skin ages over the decades.

When we're starting with the basics, let's start from the beginning, longevity is not just about living longer. It's about extending health span and skin span. Skin span is a very

important concept. It's the window where our skin has resilience and longevity.

I think the definition of longevity is not about time.

It's about functionality.

It's about how long can you maintain healthy regenerative repair processes in your skin to maintain levels of hydration and moisture and water content and collagenization to keep that really intact skin

barrier and your skin being your largest organ, it's a great reflection of your internal

health. How long can you maintain your skin resilience? That is your skin span. And skin longevity

is all about it.

Like I said, skin is your largest organ.

It's also your first line of defense against the environment,

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