Probiotics are often touted for their benefits towards a healthy microbiome in your digestive system. The gut microbiome plays a vital role in your overall health and aids in healthy digestion. It can also help you get more out of the foods you eat. You can promote a healthier gut microbiome by eating foods rich in probiotics. These foods include yogurt, kefir, kimchi, kombucha, miso, and pickles.
But can probiotics be heroes of the microbiome that lives on your skin? That’s not as easy. In many cases, probiotics don’t do well in skincare products. After all, probiotics are living microscopic organisms. It’s difficult for probiotic bacteria to stay live and shelf-stable in skincare formulations. This is where postbiotics come in. Here’s a quick look at postbiotics, why they belong in your skincare routine, and how they can help you achieve your clear skin goals.
Putting Postbiotics Under the Microscope
Postbiotics are bioactive compounds produced by probiotics. These compounds can remain bioactive even in environments where probiotics might not (though that isn’t always the case). But more than that, postbiotics give you another way to promote a healthier skin microbiome.
It works like this: Prebiotics are like fuel for probiotic bacteria. Prebiotic nutrients can be found in foods like oats, soybeans, bananas, and asparagus, to name a few.
Probiotics consume prebiotics and produce microbiome-supporting byproducts called postbiotics.
Of course, you can’t exactly feed your skin microbiome with bananas. But there are ways you give your skin flora the nutrients it needs to thrive through your body’s natural processes.
Postbiotics as Skincare Ingredients
Using products specifically made with prebiotic and postbiotic ingredients can give the flora on your skin a “boost.” Your skin is currently home to countless bacteria. Yes, it’s not something everyone likes to think about, but it’s true. There are good bacteria that help bring balance to your skin. What does balance look like? Clear skin and a more even skin tone!
Good bacteria can also help keep the bad bacteria under control. When your microbiome is unbalanced, this bad bacteria can infiltrate your skin barrier and cause redness, irritation, and many other skin conditions on your skin, such as unevenness, blemishes, and breakouts. When naturally occurring probiotics and postbiotics are fortified by products containing more, they can help support the natural barrier between your skin and pores and blemish-causing bacteria, resulting in clearer skin.
Supporting Your Skin, On the Surface and Within
Your skin is supported when probiotics thrive and produce postbiotics (and when you add more postbiotics). You may notice an improved, more even skin tone, complete with a dewy complexion. You may also notice a reduction in redness, blemishes, and breakouts. This doesn’t mean you should stop using other skincare products. While you’re supporting your microbiome from the outside, you can still use your toner, deep wrinkle filler, and other products that nourish skin at a deeper level.
Using postbiotic skincare products with your targeting skincare products like serums can give your skin a significant advantage. They can come together to help you achieve your goals and leave you with visibly improved skin.
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