My name is Kellie, and I created your optimized skincare routine and plan. I focused on your high and medium-risk priorities based on your DNA test. I also considered your Yudoyu quiz results, which told us about your skin type and feelings about your skin. Your personalized routine includes products packed with ingredients that, with consistent use, will improve current skin quality and protect your future face. Please add lifestyle and dietary changes (outlined below) for an added boost toward happier, healthier skin!
Warmly,
Kellie and The Yudoyu Team
We are here to help if you have any questions! Email us at hello@yudoyu.com.
Dry + Over 40
DNA ANALYSIS EXPLANATIONS
Our lab tests 16 core and dozens of secondary genetic markers that contribute to skin protection and premature aging and can play a big role in your skin’s future well-being.
The genes tested are cataloged according to their structural, functional, and metabolic effects on the skin.
We rate each individual genetic response with 1 of 3 possible outcomes.
NORMAL: Your gene is functioning optimally/normally.
IMPAIRED: You have one variant and the gene is functioning moderately.
DEFICIENT: You have two or more variants and your gene is functioning minimally.
Each Skin DNA category provides 1 of 3 outcomes: High Risk, Medium or Low Risk.
How does your skin compare with the rest of the population?
Yudoyu’s partner lab SkinDNA® has established one of the world’s largest derma genetics databases with more than 2 million DNA profiles*.
Our data allows us to discover distinctive skin aging traits shared between groups of people.
GENE OUTCOMES (2 TESTED): OVERALL LOWER RISK
GENE 1: COLLAGEN BREAKDOWN IMPAIRED
You may break down collagen faster than it is produced and be prone to skin laxity and looseness.
GENE 2: COLLAGEN PROTECTION NORMAL
Your body produces the antioxidant responsible for protecting collagen at an optimal level.
GENE OUTCOMES (1 TESTED): HIGHER RISK
GENE 1: WRINKLE FACTOR DEFICIENT
You have a minimal ability to break down glucose efficiently. Excess glucose molecules stick to collagen and elastin, binding fibers together. This leads to wrinkles, thinning skin, free radicals, and structural skin damage. We’ll give you some ideas on how to reduce this risk and help keep wrinkles away!
GENE OUTCOMES (4 TESTED): OVERALL LOWER RISK
GENE 1: INFLAMMATION RESPONSE NORMAL
Your body responds normally to everyday irritants.
GENE 2: XENOBIOTIC DETOX NORMAL
Your body can break down compounds that get into your body such as cigarette smoke, exhaust fumes, air pollution, and alcohol.
GENES 3 and 4: CONTACT SENSITIVITY
SKIN SENSITIVITY 1: DEFICIENT
Your body does not break down toxic compounds in environmental pollutants that make contact with your skin.
SKIN SENSITIVITY 2: NORMAL
You may be moderately sensitive to skin contact from perfumed products, active skincare ingredients, and general city pollution. Spot-test products with active ingredients to make sure you can tolerate the ingredients.
GENE OUTCOMES (2 TESTED): OVERALL HIGHER RISK
GENE 1: UV REPAIR DEFICIENT
Your result suggests you are not adequately repair DNA damage caused by direct UVA Ray exposure (often called the “Aging” Rays).
GENE 2: UV RADICALS IMPAIRED
You have less than optimal ability to breakdown UV Radicals produced by sun exposure. This gene is crucial for maintaining the overall health and integrity of the skin by aiding the body in repairing UV radical damage.
GENE OUTCOMES (3 TESTED): OVERALL MEDIUM RISK
GENE 1 and 2: ANTIOXIDANT PRODUCTION IMPAIRED
You near-optimally produce Glutathione Antioxidants (one of our two tested antioxidants). Glutathione can help break down free radicals and prevent damage to skin cells. You have a less-than-optimal ability to produce Superoxide Dismutase. However, the benefit of one of these antioxidants being produced well is that you can effectively break down free radicals and prevent damage to skin cells.
GENE 3: POLLUTION DEFENSE NORMAL
UVB radiation, fumes, carbon, and smoke, if not efficiently broken down, can oxidize and cause damage to the skin’s wall. Your genes can break down these pollutants efficiently!
GENE OUTCOMES (4 TESTED): OVERALL HIGHER RISK
GENE 1 and 2: MELANIN PRODUCTION IMPAIRED
Your skin likely provides the volume of melanin needed to protect you for short intervals of sunlight exposure. If you sometimes tan, prolonged exposure will still cause sun sensitivity, freckling & pigmentation and sunburning symptoms.
GENE 3 and 4: PHOTO DEFENSE DEFICIENT
Your body is functioning minimally in breaking down free radicals produced from UVB “Burning” Rays once they have entered the skin. These rays are responsible not only for sunburns but also for pigmentation responses.
Want to start smaller?
Try your cleanser, toner, and moisturizer first, then add more later.
Remember to use a broad-spectrum SPF daily (rain or shine). You’ll find more great choices and add-ons in your “just for YU shop.”
Here is your personalized skincare plan based on your results!
Add these easy-to-do lifestyle habits to your daily routine.
Look for these topical ingredients when shopping for skincare.
Please consult your doctor before you begin a new dietary plan.
These minimally-invasive professional treatments will benefit your skin’s texture and make you glow!
Want to dig deeper? Learn about the causes and symptoms of poor skin health, and view our comprehensive list of beneficial ingredients and treatments.
Selected for you!
Lymphatic drainage is a facial massage to boost the body’s natural draining system. The face is left visibly more lifted, firm, and youthful by assisting in the movement of excess toxins, water, fats, and proteins down the lymph vessels and into the nodes!
Step 1: Apply treatment oil or cleansing balm of choice. Fingers should not drag but glide easily over the skin with little to no resistance.
Step 2: Follow the directional guide demonstrated in the illustration. Using light pressure, gently massage the face upwards and outwardly. Pressure should be not unlike moving a pen across a table. The key is to lift and relax muscles! If redness occurs, lighten the pressure.
Step 3: Finish with a glass of water, herbal tea, or warm broth for added hydration.
What if I’m doing this wrong?
If you are working in upward and outward motions with light, relaxing amounts of pressure, you are certain to fight against one of the main causes of wrinkles – gravity.
This smoothie not only contains an astounding amount of some of the best whole food sources of antioxidants but tastes like a decadent dessert. (Go on, have it for breakfast, we won’t judge).
Here is one of our favorite shortcuts to having both bone broth and soup, without having to make both separately. Did we also mention how delicious it is?
Roasted bell peppers and tomatoes are two of the top ten foods highest in Vitamin C, making this hummus a super-charged source and convenient snack for any time!
This firming, nourishing, best-thing-since-sliced-bread recipe is not only delicious, but easy to make, and extremely affordable.
† Watch for the symbol: These products and ingredients may contain high amounts of iodine. See the iodine warning below before using.
Thyroid Disease Warnings: If you, or someone in your family, are prone to or suspect you might have thyroid disease, we recommend avoiding the use of all of the following ingredients in both skincare and supplements unless otherwise instructed by your healthcare provider:
These ingredients are enormously high in iodine content, a proven, major thyroid disruptor. When applied topically, they can enter the bloodstream.
Resources: https://www.drchristianson.com/the-iodine-controversy/
