819: Green Tea: A Skincare Powerhouse Ingredient
Beauty Bytes with Dr. Kay: Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon™
Kay Durairaj, MD, FACS @beautybydrkay
4.9 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2026
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Green Tea, EGCG, Photoaging, Acne Prevention - Join us in this week's Five Minute Friday where we talk about why you should look for green tea in your skincare products! With Spring in the air, we're focusing on the power of greens!
Green tea is a dynamic ingredient not just to be consumed, but also a great addition to your skincare. While it has many health benefits, studies have highlighted its transformative effects on the skin. From potent antioxidants to anti-inflammatory and anti-carcinogenic properties, green tea offers a natural solution to combat aging, reduce irritation, and promote a radiant complexion. Tune in to find out how integrating green tea products into your skincare regimen can lead to glowing, healthier skin!
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| 0:00.0 | 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 |
| 0:22.0 | Friday. Spring is in the air and I am in the car. So if you hear some car noises, that's what it is. |
| 0:29.5 | I'm multitasking like I always do. But I wanted to talk about greens. It's March. It's St. Patrick's Day. |
| 0:36.7 | It's time to talk about green and green tea. |
| 0:40.7 | Why you should look for green tea in your skin care products. Now green tea is one of my favorite |
| 0:46.0 | powerhouse ingredients, not just to ingest internally. I love a good green tea to drink, |
| 0:52.4 | but also topically for your skin care. So green tea has so |
| 0:56.2 | many health benefits. It's transformative for the skin. It's a super potent antioxidant. It is |
| 1:02.5 | anti-inflammatory. It is anti-carcinogenic. So it's such a great natural solution, and I'm all |
| 1:09.5 | about bringing nature into skin skincare and into what we do |
| 1:14.3 | in this anti-aging field. Let's talk about how to integrate green tea into your glowing, healthy |
| 1:21.0 | skincare regimen. Now just as a little bit of background, green tea comes from the tea plant, |
| 1:26.6 | camellia senesisesis which originated in southeast |
| 1:30.1 | asia 4,000 years ago and currently green tea comes from 35 different countries across the world |
| 1:36.6 | so much green tea is produced there's 2.5 million tons of tea leaves produced each year and 20% is left as green or very young green tea |
| 1:47.3 | leaves. When we obtain green tea, we heat the fresh leaves of the camellia plant in order to |
| 1:54.3 | inactivate its oxidative enzymes. And we use some of the derived green tea in our skin care to revive our complexions. |
| 2:03.2 | Green tea is such a great ingredient for my patients with red inflammatory skin and rosacea |
| 2:09.5 | tendencies. |
| 2:10.7 | It's safe, it's versatile for virtually every skin type, even use super sensitive skin types. |
| 2:16.4 | And it's great for oily skin, mature skin, and basically all kinds of skin. |
| 2:21.3 | The tannins and the caffeine that are in green tea help to shrink puffiness and dark circles. |
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