What will probiotics do for my skin?

Probiotics are immensely beneficial. They out-compete pathogenic microbes, improve barrier function, produce moisturising factors, maintain skin pH and reduce sensitivity and inflammation. All these factors reduce the rate of skin…

What is the hygiene hypothesis?

Are we all too clean for our own good? Being overly paranoid about cleanliness puts you at a disadvantage. Early exposure to ‘dirt’ is a good thing, so let children…

5 Things probiotics do for your skin

Probiotics are vital They protect you from pathogens (like armour for your face) They improve barrier function They maintain calm and reduce sensitivity They manufacture moisturising factors They maintain skin…

Why is all this microbiome stuff happening now?

Advances in science now allow us to “see” DNA and we can now study ecosystems that were previously too small to study. The Polymerase Chain Reaction, discovered by Kerry Mullis…

Anti-ageing probiotics

YOUR ARMY OF LITTLE HELPERS. Skin probiotics are safe and natural and they work. They protect, moisturise, maintain skin pH and reduce inflammation. Lump all of these benefits together and…

Probiootit vahvistavat suojabarriäärin toimintaa

Remedy Sensitivity – Probiootit vahvistavat suojabarriäärin toimintaa ja suojaavat sinua näin patogeeneilta, eli ne automaattisesti suojaavat immuunijärjestelmääsi altistumasta tarpeettomille ärsytyksille. Sen lisäksi, että probiootit toimivat panssarina, ne myös puhuvat ihosoluillesi…

Probiotics balance pH

ACID MANTLE INTEGRITY IS KEY TO EFFECTIVE BARRIER FUNCTION. It is not intuitive to think that something as seemingly inconsequential as pH could have a mighty impact on ageing but…

Probiotics Moisturise

HYDRATE FROM WITHIN. You may not know this but live Lactobacillus probiotics on (and in) skin can produce the coveted skincare ingredient Hyaluronic Acid. Right there in the stratum corneum…