The Ultimate Guide to Sensitive Skin Care, Skin Therapy, and Microbiome Balance

Expert Tips on Sensitive Skin Care, Skin Therapy, and Probiotics for Clear Skin

Have you ever stopped to think of yourself as something more than purely human? Here’s a mind-blowing fact: for every one human cell in your body, you’ve got about 1.3 bacterial cells! That means you’re approximately half human and half microbe. And guess what? You couldn't live a day without them!

While the cell counts are nearly equal, the microbes you host actually hold the genetic power—they contain hundreds of times more unique genes than your entire human genome! The total weight of your human microbiome (that’s all the bacteria, viruses, and fungi) is roughly the same mass as a mango [1].

Now, before you rush off to wash your hands, take a shower, or buy a mango, hear us out. Those popular ingredients found inside our favorite probiotic products aren't just for a healthy tummy anymore—they're a game-changer for sensitive skin care!

Love Your Bugs for Healthier Skin

Just like in your stomach, your skin is a bustling city of bacteria. You’ve got 'good' bacteria (probiotics) that are fundamental to skin therapy and keeping your skin healthy and balanced. They are crucial for helping to protect and heal sensitive skin by reducing skin reactivity and neurogenic inflammation, so it's no longer dry, itchy, inflamed, or uncomfortable [2]. This type of advanced skin therapy is the future.

If you’ve struggled with sensitive skin for years and are searching for a skin therapy solution that genuinely works to achieve clear skin, you are not alone. It’s practically a modern epidemic: approximately 60–70% of women and 50–60% of men report having some degree of sensitive skin globally [3].

“The skin, as the primary interface between the body and the environment, provides the first line of defense against a broad array of microbial pathogens and trauma.” [4]. 

Now, you can aim for radiant skin without relying on topical steroids. By applying friendly, good bacteria (live probiotics) to your skin, you can help rebalance its microflora. This essentially takes up all the real estate, leaving no room for the bad critters to dwell. Finally, a true sensitive skin care solution!

Enter Your Comfort Zone

After years of research, we’ve developed new, unique microbial nutraceutical and topical skin health probiotics designed to help boost deficient skin and restore your individual, normal skin microbiome. This, in turn, helps to get rid of inflammation, sensitivity, and premature aging. The main role of beneficial bacteria is to provide rapid, broad-spectrum defense by acting as natural antibiotics [5].

Choosing the right sensitive skin care products is vital, as everything you put on your skin influences the type of bacteria that grows there. Your problems will either begin or diminish based on that choice.

“The main role of the beneficial bacteria is to provide rapid, broad-spectrum defense by acting as natural antibiotics.” [6]

We utilize several kinds of very good bacteria that benefit your skin, for example:

• Lactobacillus acidophilus: This probiotic bacteria has been shown to improve skin hydration and is perfect for sensitive skin care, helping reduce the look of fine lines and wrinkles and protecting against environmental stressors.

• Bifidobacterium bifidum: Known for improving skin barrier function and helping to reduce inflammation. It’s very useful for people with sensitive or acne-prone skin.

• Streptococcus thermophilus: This probiotic good bacteria is believed to help improve skin elasticity and reduce the signs of aging.

• Lactobacillus fermentum: Shown to make skin more hydrated and reduce the look of fine lines and wrinkles.

• Lactococcus lactis: Believed to reduce inflammation and protect against environmental stressors. It's very useful for people with sensitive or dry skin wanting clear skin.

The Biotics Synergy Set: Inside and Out

Our approach uses the Skinara® Biotics Synergy Set: both topical probiotics and prebiotics and oral nutraceutical probiotcs as a two-way skin therapy: working from the inside and the outside to help restore your skin’s tolerance. This creates a revitalized, brighter, blemish-free complexion while reinforcing the skin’s defenses against environmental threats.

This microbiological protective skin barrier, made of 'good' bacteria, helps prevent and treat skin diseases including eczema, atopic dermatitis, acne, and allergic inflammation. It also aids in cases of skin hypersensitivity and UV-induced skin damage. This truly is comprehensive sensitive skin care.

Oral probiotics can influence skin conditions such as acne and rosacea by affecting what is known as the gut-brain-skin axis [7], while applying topical probiotics helps to ensure that good bacteria form large, protective colonies to keep the bad bacteria away. When used together, you get beautiful, radiant skin from the inside and out—literally. This comprehensive strategy tackles skin health at its roots, offering complete sensitive skin care.

1. "Revised estimates for the number of human and bacteria cells in the body." Author(s): Ron Sender, Shai Fuchs, and Ron Milo. August 2016

2. "A combination of Lactobacillus paracasei CNCM I-2116 and Bifidobacterium lactis CNCM I-3446 probiotic strains decreases skin reactivity." Audrey Gaby Gueniche, Jalil Benyacoub, Stéphanie Blum, Isabelle Castiel, D. Kerob, M. Nielsen, Lionel Breton. October 2007

3. "Sensitive Skin: A Comprehensive Review." Author(s): T. Farage, et al. July 2019. 

4. "Immune surveillance in the skin: mechanisms and clinical consequences." T. S. Kupper. April 2004. 

5. "Natural Compounds and Probiotics as Antimicrobials." A. M. Pancu, et al. April 2021. 

6. "The Gut-Skin-Brain Axis in Human Health and Disease." Anita Ferraretto et al. February 2023

7. Antibiotics: Conventional Therapy and Natural Compounds with Antibacterial Activity—A Pharmaco-Toxicological Screening.” Pancu et al. April 2021