Busting Skincare Myths with Dr. Michelle Wong
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 935 Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
The skincare industry is riddled with false advertising, misleading labels, and supposed “miracle cures.” So, as a consumer, how are you meant to know what’s fact and what’s fiction? Today, host Dr. Samantha Yammine explores the science behind skincare, from how the collagen industry is causing deforestation in the Amazon for a product that might not actually work to why it’s important to get enough vitamin D. Then, Sam is joined by skincare expert Dr. Michelle Wong, aka @labmuffinbeautyscience to chat about all things sunscreen and the science of SPF.
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| 0:31.4 | It's July. That means three things. You just bought a brand new bottle of sunscreen and a distant |
| 0:40.9 | relative probably just posted a meme claiming that UVA rays are the deep state. Don't even |
| 0:46.1 | bother engaging with that. Just put that energy into leaving us a nice little comment on Apple |
| 0:51.1 | podcasts. But back to the sunscreen. I'm sure it took a long time to find the right one. |
| 0:56.0 | You probably went online and schooled for an hour or stood in the drugstore like I do for way too long, |
| 1:01.0 | staring at the shelves, reading the back of every bottle, wondering what any of the labels actually mean. |
| 1:06.0 | SBF 30, SBF 50, mineral, chemical, broad spectrum, water and sweat resistant, then you see a baby's |
| 1:13.0 | butt on a bottle. So later in the show, I talk with Dr. Michelle Wong. She's at Lab Muffin Beauty |
| 1:19.1 | Science on Instagram. She breaks down how sunscreen actually works. What those numbers mean for you |
| 1:25.4 | and how to tell the difference between science, slick |
| 1:28.3 | marketing, and pretty packaging. We also take a look at vitamin D. You've heard the claims about |
| 1:34.1 | sunlight and health, and we've got a walkthrough of what your body actually absorbs from the sun |
| 1:39.2 | and how much of it you really need. That's all on Curiosity Weekly. I'm Dr. Smithy Amin. But first, let me give |
| 1:46.6 | you a reality check on something else that's in your skin care. There's a booming demand for it, |
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