Skincare as an Investment: What Actually Pays OFF, According to a Dermatologist
Networth and Chill with Your Rich BFF
Vivian Tu
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | If you want to get skincare recommendations, go to someone who used to have really bad skin. I think people are so obsessed and they love following trends. And I see so many patients who have damaged their skin barrier because they've over-exploaded and they're overusing acids and retinol. And they're doing- There are a lot of other brands who position themselves at medical grade, but there are very few that I actually trust and recommend. |
| 0:21.7 | I think there's a lot of fearmongering, and I think that's the bad part. |
| 0:24.6 | Not everything they watch on the news or read on the paper may be accurate. |
| 0:36.1 | What's up, Rich Friends, and welcome back to another episode of Net Worth and Chill with me, your host, Vivian 2, |
| 0:42.1 | aka your HBFF, and your favorite Wall Street Girlie. |
| 0:45.6 | Like every single person out there, I'm always on the hunt for the best products, remedies, |
| 0:50.6 | tinctures that are going to give me the glass skin that I've always wanted and frankly |
| 0:54.7 | deserve. But here's the thing. I walk into Sephora. I'm staring at a $15 |
| 1:00.2 | moisturizer next to a $150 moisturizer. And honestly, I have no idea if I'm investing in my |
| 1:06.6 | skin or just getting scammed by pretty packaging. And don't even get me started on trying to |
| 1:11.6 | figure out if I should be spending my hard-earned money on threading, laser treatments, peels, |
| 1:16.9 | or just like getting a really good retinol and calling it a day. So today I brought in an expert to |
| 1:22.9 | help us separate the skincare investments from the money pits. He's a board certified dermatologist, |
| 1:29.0 | the founder of lightsaber suncare at Sephora, and the minimalist skincare king with almost |
| 1:34.2 | 700,000 followers who actually knows what the hell he's talking about. Everyone, please welcome |
| 1:39.8 | Dr. David Kim. So nice to meet you. So nice to meet you. Thank you so much for being with me here |
| 1:44.7 | today. So now that I have you in person, I'm going to be very selfish. This is mostly a podcast |
| 1:51.3 | episode for me. What are the treatments and products you think I should do or invest in? Look at my |
| 1:57.5 | skin right now, Dr. Please. This is my free consult. |
| 2:03.3 | Support for the show comes from S. Day Lauder. |
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| 2:10.1 | It's 24-hour color true wear and oil control. |
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