Skin Doctor: Skin Won’t Heal Until Your Gut & Hormones Do | ft Dr Trevor Cates HTS w/ Dr. G #432

Heal Thy Self with Dr. G

Wellness Loud

Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

5 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Sponsored By: → Timeline | For an exclusive offer go to timeline.com/DRG and use code DRG to get 20% OFF → Tonum | For an exclusive offer go to tonum.com and use promo code HEALTHYSELF for 10% OFF! → JASPR | For an exclusive offer go to jaspr.co/DRG and get $200 OFF for a limited time. Sign up for our newsletter! https://drchristiangonzalez.com/newsletter/ Episode Description: Your acne, rosacea, and premature aging aren't skin problems—they're signals from deep within your body. While the beauty industry pushes billions in topical treatments like retinol, fillers, and Botox, we're missing what's really causing chronic skin conditions. Dr. G sits down with fellow naturopathic doctor and integrative dermatologist Dr. Trevor Cates to uncover the truth: every breakout is your body's way of communicating about gut health, hormonal imbalances, and internal inflammation. But the most shocking revelation? "The people with the worst skin often have the weakest boundaries." Discover the profound mind-body connection behind your skin issues and why stress and emotional boundaries are directly linked to something called "leaky skin"—allowing toxins and chemicals to penetrate your skin barrier. If you've tried every expensive cream and elimination diet without results, this episode reveals the missing piece. In This Episode: ⚫ How chronic stress and weak boundaries create "leaky skin" and barrier breakdown ⚫ Why your face is a direct reflection of gut health, hormones, and systemic inflammation ⚫ The toxic ingredients in skincare products making your skin worse ⚫ The truth about filler damage, Botox risks, and long-term cosmetic procedures ⚫ The non-negotiable products and practices for genuine skin longevity ⚫ How to heal your skin from the inside out using functional medicine principles Key Takeaways: ✅ Skin conditions are symptoms—not the root cause—of internal imbalance ✅ "Leaky gut" and "leaky skin" are connected through inflammation and stress ✅ Emotional boundaries directly impact your skin's physical boundaries ✅ The beauty industry often worsens skin health with toxic ingredients ✅ True skin transformation requires addressing gut health, hormones, and nervous system regulation ✅ Holistic approaches outperform surface-level treatments for lasting results Find Dr. Trevor Cates here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trevorcates/?hl=en Website: https://drtrevorcates.com/ Timestamps: 0:00 – Introduction 2:17 – Rapid Fire Questions 5:27 – Journey Into Integrative Dermatology 9:40 – The Gut-Skin Connection 11:08 – Skin Conditions and Gut Imbalances 16:48 – Leaky Gut and Leaky Skin 21:12 – Cortisol and Hormones 28:22 – Birth Control Pills and Skin 34:04 – Botox and Fillers 44:02 – Skincare Routine

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	We've been trained to think that a squeaky clean feeling is good, but it's actually not.
0:04.8	When you have a foamy cleanser that removes all the oils from your skin, those oils are serving a purpose.
0:09.7	That's part of the barrier function.
0:11.1	It's stripping the oils, it's increasing the pH of the skin.
0:14.7	And so anything that foams up is going to have a high pH.
0:17.9	Okay, what if I told you that your acne, rosacea, or premature aging has almost nothing to do with
0:23.4	your skin?
0:24.3	We're spending billions on skin care, retinol, acids, peptides, treatments that are promised to fix
0:31.1	us, but we're only treating it on the surface.
0:34.1	Every breakout is your body trying to tell you what is happening in your gut,
0:38.3	your hormones, your nervous system, your emotional state. And the people with the worst skin
0:43.2	often have the weakest boundaries. Did you know that? Because we're absorbing everyone else's
0:47.8	stress saying yes when the body is screaming, no. And so the skin holds on. This week, Dr. Trevor
0:54.1	Kate talks about how chronic skin conditions
0:56.5	she's seen reverse in weeks when you start addressing it from the root. And why your expensive
1:02.1	skincare routine might be making things worse, and the three hidden triggers that determine whether
1:07.1	your skin stays inflamed or finally clears up. I want you to listen and watch a show if you
1:11.7	want to fix your skin without another cream, if you want to clear inflammation without cutting out
1:15.9	every food you love and seeing real changes without waiting months to years. All right, everyone,
1:20.8	I am so excited to have another naturopathic doctor on the show. As you all know, listeners,
1:26.7	viewers, when I have a naturopathic doctor on the show, as you all know, listeners, viewers, when I have a naturopathic
1:28.7	doctor on the show, I feel like I'm at home because it's a small little tribe, and I got one of
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 4 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Wellness Loud, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Wellness Loud and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.