My name is Liz, 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.L
Dry + Hyperpigmentation + Over 40 with concerns about wrinkles and firmness
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 traits shared between groups of people.
Gene performance is either normal, impaired, or deficient. Remember, your DNA is only a part of your skin equation, and we can help you on YOUR path to healthier, happier skin.
Your results indicate that more collagen is breaking down and less is being produced.
COLLAGEN BREAKDOWN: Deficient – This enzyme is heightened. You may break down collagen faster than it is produced and be prone to skin laxity, sagging, deeper smile lines.
COLLAGEN PROTECTION: Impaired – The antioxidant responsible for protecting your collagen functions less than ideally. Your skin may not receive the support it needs to keep collagen healthy.
Your body has a reduced ability to 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: Impaired – Your body is prone to irregular melanin production, causing sensitivity to sunlight.
MELANIN 2: Impaired – You might experience freckling, other pigmentation spots, and/or white spots. If tan, it may look uneven.
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: Impaired – Your result suggests you may not adequately repair DNA damage caused by UVA exposure (often called the “Aging” Rays).
UV FREE RADICAL REPAIR: Deficient – Your genes may only have a minimal ability to repair damage from Free Radicals and Oxidative Stress produced by the sun and UVA exposure.
You have near optimal 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 genes have a less than optimal ability to produce Superoxide Dismutase Antioxidant and Glutathione Antioxidant, arguably the body’s most crucial antioxidants. The higher the levels the less prone we are to the destructive effects of free radicals.
POLLUTION DEFENSE: Normal – Your body has an optimal ability to break down pollutants, that can break down the skin’s cellular wall, such as car exhaust, carbon, and smoke.
Your results indicate that you may have an increased risk factor to sensitivity to chemical compounds, perfumed products, and active skincare ingredients.
GENES TESTED:
INFLAMMATION: Impaired – Your body may occasionally over-respond to perceived threats, irritating skin cells and causing itching, redness, skin sensitivity, hay fever, or other allergies.
XENOBIOTIC DETOX: Normal – Your body can break down xenobiotic compounds such as cigarette smoke, exhaust fumes, urban air pollution, and alcohol. Keep in mind these compounds can still be harmful to you!
SKIN SENSITIVITY: Normal – Your body has an optimal ability to break down toxic chemical compounds in everyday pollution. Likely, you do not suffer inflammation or irritations caused by perfumed products, active skincare ingredients, and general city pollution.
…based on your results.
Want to start smaller? Look for the * next to “add to cart” for your best beginner products.
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.
Vitamin C works best with one of these other ingredient to provides added support from UVA & UVB damage while reducing pigmentation
Licorice extract contains compounds that inhibit tyrosinase activity, thereby reducing melanin production and fading hyperpigmentation caused by sun damage.
Peptides are short chains of amino acids that signal the skin to produce collagen. Peptides can help to minimize the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, improve skin elasticity.
Bakuchiol is a natural retinol that stimulates skin cell reproduction. Ideal for sensitive skin
Vitamin E and Ferulic Acid are antioxidants that neutralize free radicals and protect the skin from oxidative stress, helping to preserve collagen and elastin fibers.
Blueberry and Bilberry Extract are clinically proven to have anti-glycation effects resulting in younger looking skin
Please consult your doctor before you begin a new dietary plan.
Protein-rich Foods are essential for skin repair and regeneration. Include lean protein sources such as poultry, fish, tofu, beans, and lentils in your diet to support collagen and sun damage repair.
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 advice.
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/
