Tips for Healthy, Radiant Skin: America’s Holistic Plastic Surgeon & Moondust!
Moondust Cosmetics® cares for and protects skin exposed to light in any season. The all-natural ingredient formulation is especially important as we transition from indoor winter lifestyles to sunnier spring days. Lighter fashions that expose more skin during leisure activity, sports or work outdoors prompted today’s post. Dr. Anthony Youn, known as America’s Holistic Plastic Surgeon, champions natural methods to prevent surgery, reduce skin damage, and boost overall health. Given his specialized experience, his advice aligns with Moondust’s many posts and videos on proper sun care and lifestyle habits for healthy skin.
In an enlightening interview with The Empowering Neurologist with David Perlmutter, Dr. Youn emphasized the importance of protecting our skin from free radicals and harmful UV rays, which can damage the DNA structure of our skin and increase the risk of skin cancer.
Personal care tips for healthy skin and sun protection
Dr. Youn, notes that while early morning sun exposure can provide a mental and psychological boost, it’s crucial to wear sunscreen at all times, especially when spending time outdoors.
When it comes to sunscreen, Dr. Youn advises caution, as many commercial sunscreens contain hormone disruptors like oxybenzone and octinoxate. These can harm both our bodies and the environment. They even disrupt the life of coral reefs and are not allowed on many beach in Hawaii and other places.
For sun-sensitive individuals, especially children, Dr. Youn recommends mineral-based formulas containing ingredients like titanium oxide or zinc oxide, for example. Here is where cancer biologist, Dr. Moondust disagrees on the one element of titanium oxide because it is a metal that can cause enhanced “cooking of the skin” like a frying pan effect. Her formulation of Moondust Cosmetics’ revolutionary SPP- Skin Protector Plus fall perfectly in line with the holistic plastic surgeon’s other best practices for sun protection. Its non-toxic, natural ingredients are pleasant smelling, easy to apply, reef safe and has a 13% zinc oxide content.
SPP was designed to be safe for the environment and the bodies it protects. It is suitable for any skin type or age, 3 years and older.
But sun protection is just one piece of the puzzle. Dr. Youn also recommends lifestyle changes to promote healthy, radiant skin. Decreasing inflammation through sugar reduction, increasing healthy fats, and nurturing a healthy microbiome are all essential steps. And let’s not forget about stress – April is Stress Awareness Month, making it the perfect time to prioritize mindfulness and deep breathing to support overall well-being.
While we are sharing a plastic surgeon’s holistic advice, Dr. Moondust suggests that it is always best to avoid unnecessary surgery of any kind and should not be undertaken lightly as it entails risk no matter how simple the procedure. By now, we have probably all seen the horror stories on social media about women who have had fat cut off from parts of their bodies or implants put in. These can be disfiguring, disabling, and ruin one’s quality of life.
Similarly, resorting to plastic surgery after a lifetime of sunbathing can become an endless enterprise requiring ever more surgeries.
Dr. Youn and Dr. Moondust both maintain that prevention is the best solution. Both want you to make sure to have the right sun protection for your skin when you go to the beach or enjoy other outdoor activities and so have more tips for you!
Dr. Youn’s take on suncare shared by Team Moondust Cosmetics®
- Free radicals damage the skin, and sun exposure affects the DNA structure of our skin
- Sun time is beneficial as people get a mental and psychological boost, especially early morning sun on our skin.
- Dermatologists suggest use of sunscreen at all time, and some say even in front of our blue screens and monitors.
- Some holistic practitioners consider sunscreen as toxic - there are definitely some toxic formulas out there on the shelves, but Moondust Cosmetics’ special award-winning formula is gentle enough for a baby while caring for the environment with all-natural ingredients.
- All advise to wear sunscreen appropriately.
More skincare lifestyle suggestions shared by Moondust and Dr. Youn
- Decrease inflammation in the body. It makes us feel bad and look bad. Begin with sugar reduction, and with it insulin spike reduction so that the two do not cause chronic inflammation and aging of the skin.
- Increase healthy fats. These include Omega 3 fatty acid from food sources such as cold-water fish (salmon, tuna, and mackerel sardines). Also, monounsaturated fats in nuts and seeds.
- A healthy microbiome also adds greatly to a body that is resilient, energetic, functions well and has lower levels of inflammation. Health from the inside reflects in healthy, glowing, younger-looking skin.
Dr. Youn emphasizes another important element, somewhat within our power – to monitor our stress.
April is Stress Awareness Month – time to breathe deeply and be mindful of our stress levels.
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