My name is Annabell, and I created your optimized skincare routine and plan. I focused on your high and medium 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,
Liz and The Yudoyu Team
We are here to help if you have any questions! Email us at hello@yudoyu.com.
Combination + Uneven Tone + Enlarged Pores + Over 40
PLUS: Niacinamide, Vitamin E, Azelaic Acid, Peptides, Ceramides
AVOID: Retinol, Bakuchiol, Essential Oils
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.
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.
Genetically, your body is working at a near optimum. You are producing close to normal levels of collagen to counteract the breakdown process.
COLLAGEN BREAKDOWN: Impaired – You may break down collagen faster than it is produced and be prone to skin laxity and looseness.
COLLAGEN PROTECTION: Normal – Your body produces the antioxidant responsible for protecting collagen at an optimal level.
Genetically, your body has a reduced ability to efficiently break down glucose. Excess glucose has been linked to a number of age related traits, amongst them – wrinkles.
WRINKLE FACTOR: Impaired – You have a less-than-optimal ability to break down glucose efficiently. This may lead to a loss in elasticity, causing fine lines around the lips and eyes, vertical lines across the cheeks, thinning skin, and rough skin texture.
You have a higher probability to experience irregular pigmentation and burning. Your test indicates a number of vulnerabilities in the production of melanin and other processors that function to protect your skin from the sun.
GENES TESTED:
MELANIN 1: Deficient – Your body produces irregular volumes of melanin (pigment). As a result, your skin is sensitive when exposed to sunlight.
MELANIN 2: Normal – You tend to tan. However, prolonged exposure may still cause sensitivity, freckling & pigmentation with minimal sunburning symptoms. Using sunblock is good for everyone
PHOTO DEFENSE: Impaired – Your body is functioning less than optimally in breaking down free radicals produced from UVB rays. These “Burning” Rays are responsible for sunburns and pigmentation responses.
UV RADIATION REPAIR: Deficient – Your result suggests you are not adequately repairing DNA damage caused by UVA ray exposure (often called the “Aging” Rays).
UV FREE RADICAL REPAIR: Deficient – 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.
You have a moderate ability to produce essential antioxidants. Your results also suggest that you are unlikely to be sensitive to Environmental Pollutants.
GENES TESTED:
ANTIOXIDANT PRODUCTION: Impaired – Your gene outcomes show that you have less than the optimal ability to produce either of two important antioxidants. This could make you more prone to rough texture and dull skin tone.
POLLUTION DEFENSE: Normal – Quinones are highly active by-products that stem from pollutants such as UV radiation, car exhaust fumes, carbon, and cigarette smoke. Once absorbed into the skin (if not efficiently broken down) they can begin to oxidize and cause damage within the skin’s wall. Your results suggest that your skin is OPTIMAL at fending off quinones produced by environmental pollutants.
Your results indicate that you have near-normal risk factors for chemical sensitivity and skin inflammation. You may sometimes experience skin irritation when using highly active products.
GENES TESTED:
INFLAMMATION: Normal – Your body has a normal inflammatory response to irritants.
XENOBIOTIC DETOX: Normal – Your body can break down xenobiotic compounds such as cigarette smoke, exhaust fumes, air pollution, and alcohol. Keep in mind these compounds can still be harmful to you!
SKIN SENSITIVITY: Impaired – You may be prone to contact inflammation or irritations caused by cleaning chemicals, perfumed products, active skincare ingredients, preservatives, essential oils, and/or chemical exfoliants.
…based on your results.
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/
