Skin Doctor: Acne, Eczema & Wrinkles Are Nervous System Problems | ft. Keira Barr HTS w/ DrG #418

Heal Thy Self with Dr. G

Wellness Loud

Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

5 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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0:00.0	Over 75% of people with acne struggle with anxiety.
0:02.8	Cortisol or stress hormone directly triggers your oil glands.
0:06.7	One of the primary contributors and drivers of acne and also disrupts the skin microbiome and the barrier and prevents skin cell turnover.
0:14.5	All of these things are contributing to acne formation.
0:17.3	My guest today, Dr. Kiribar, is a dermatologist who diagnosed her own melanoma. And that's when
0:22.0	she figured out the real secret to clear skin. It's not what you put on your face. It's what you
0:27.2	stop doing to your body. Your breakouts aren't random. They're happening because your body is stuck
0:32.5	in a stress mode. Every time you worry, your skin ages faster. Every bad night's sleep shows up on your face.
0:39.0	But here's one thing. People with great skin aren't buying more products. They're doing one simple
0:43.7	thing that's totally free and takes two minutes. Dr. Barr walks us through exactly how to switch
0:49.0	your body from stress mode into healing mode. No serums needed. Just one technique that works from the inside out.
0:56.5	If you want to know what your skin has been trying to tell you all along, I want you
0:59.6	to keep listening because your skin is a result of your internal nervous system, emotional
1:05.6	state.
1:05.9	This conversation will change everything you knew about skin care.
1:09.1	All right, Dr. Kira, Barr, you, what you do
1:13.7	do is amazing. You and I share this love for somatics and nervous system regulation and emotions,
1:20.5	but you're focusing on the skin, which is huge. So I want to welcome you to the show.
1:26.1	Thank you. I'm excited to be here.
1:33.0	Okay, I have some rapid-fire questions. Let's get the audience appetize and then we'll go right into all of your work. Ready?
1:43.8	I'm ready. Okay. Everyone is talking about this 24-hour skin cycling thing. I look on TikTok and they're like, you flip your products. Every 24 hours, you're just doing this and that.
1:49.7	Decycling your products even matter if your nervous system is stuck in a stressful state.
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