Dr. Teo Soleymani: How to Improve & Protect Your Skin Health & Appearance
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In this episode, my guest is Dr. Teo Soleymani, M.D., a double-board-certified dermatologist and specialist in skin cancer and reconstructive surgery. We discuss science and clinically supported protocols to improve skin health and give your skin a more youthful appearance and structure, reducing premature aging and skin cancer risk.
We discuss the impact of sun exposure on skin appearance and aging and the surprising relationship between sun exposure and skin cancer. We explain how mineral-based (inorganic) sunscreens differ from chemical (organic) sunscreens, whether sunscreen can minimize premature skin aging, reduce cancer risk, and if there are any health risks associated with sunscreen use.
We discuss skincare routines to significantly improve skin appearance and how to select skincare products. We discuss how caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, and stress impact the skin and describe how nutrition and anti-inflammatory diets can improve skin health. We also discuss the causes and treatments for common skin conditions, including dandruff, acne, rosacea, eczema, psoriasis, and vitiligo.
Our conversation also covers topics such as the use of retinoids, laser treatments, red-light phototherapy, supplements, and how to best monitor for skin cancer. This episode provides numerous actionable protocols, most of which are zero-to-low cost, for improving skin health and appearance, reducing cancer risk, and treating skin problems.
Articles
- Aging of US Presidents (JAMA)
- Sunscreen Drug Products for Over-The-Counter Human Use (Food and Drug Administration)
- Over-the-Counter Monograph M020: Sunscreen Drug Products for Over-the-Counter Human Use (Food and Drug Administration)
- Metal oxide sunscreens protect skin by absorption, not by reflection or scattering (Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine)
- Unilateral Dermatoheliosis (The New England Journal of Medicine)
- High burden and pervasive positive selection of somatic mutations in normal human skin (Science)
- Effect of Sunscreen Application on Plasma Concentration of Sunscreen Active Ingredients: A Randomized Clinical Trial (JAMA)
- Safety and Efficacy of Oral Polypodium leucotomos Extract in Healthy Adult Subjects (The Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology)
- A Phase 3 Randomized Trial of Nicotinamide for Skin-Cancer Chemoprevention (The New England Journal of Medicine)
- Nonablative Fractional Laser Treatment Is Associated With a Decreased Risk of Subsequent Facial Keratinocyte Carcinoma Development (Dermatologic Surgery)
- Selective photothermolysis of lipid-rich tissues: A free electron laser study (Lasers in Surgery and Medicine)
- Red Light Modulates Ultraviolet-Induced Gene Expression in the Epidermis of Hairless Mice (Photomedicine and Laser Surgery)
- From patient to discoverer—Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860–1904)—the founder of phototherapy in dermatology (Clinics in Dermatology)
- Immune checkpoint inhibitors win the 2018 Nobel Prize (Biomedical Journal)
- Consumption of dairy in teenagers with and without acne (Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology)
- Individualised neoantigen therapy mRNA-4157 (V940) plus pembrolizumab versus pembrolizumab monotherapy in resected melanoma (KEYNOTE-942): a randomised, phase 2b study (The Lancet)
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About this Guest
Dr. Teo Soleymani
Teo Soleymani, M.D., is a double-board-certified dermatologist and specialist in skin cancer and reconstructive surgery.
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