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.
Combination + Sensitive + 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.
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 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 some skin laxity and looseness.
COLLAGEN PROTECTION: Normal – Your body produces the antioxidant responsible for protecting collagen at an optimal level.
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 may have a higher probability to experience irregular pigmentation and burning. Your may have 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: Normal – Your skin likely provides the amount of melanin needed to protect you for short intervals of sunlight exposure
MELANIN 2: Impaired – You might experience freckling, other pigmentation spots, and/or white spots. If tan, it may look uneven.
PHOTO DEFENSE: Deficient – Your body minimally breaks 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.
UV RADIATION REPAIR: Normal – Your genes are excellent at repairing your skin from DNA damage caused by UVA Radiation (also known as the “Aging Rays”).
UV RADICAL REPAIR: 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.
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: Normal – Your genes have 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: Impaired – Your body may not break down UVB radiation, fumes, carbon, and smoke as effectively as it should. This may cause your skin to become more sensitive to environmental pollutants.
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: 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, urban air pollution, and alcohol. Keep in mind these compounds can still be harmful to you!
SKIN SENSITIVITY: Deficient – You are likely 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? 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 B3 (NIACINAMIDE) Reduces irregular pigmentation production
BEARBERRY EXTRACT Gently brightens skin and Provides added support from UVA & UVB damage.
PROBIOTICS gently balance the skin’s microbiome and strengthens the skin’s barrier.
PANTENOL (B5) – Helps to repair the skin-barrier and protect against outside stresses
OLIVE LEAF EXTRACT/OIL -Reduces redness and increases vascular flow.
BLUEBERRY AND/OR BILBERRY EXTRACT Clinically proven to have anti-glycation effects resulting in younger looking skin
Please consult your doctor before you begin a new dietary plan.
GRAPE SEED EXTRACT Provides added protection against UV light-induced redness/burns
N-ACETVL CVSTEINE Helps to reduce DNA damage caused from UV-induced free radicals
OMEGA 3 – Soothes irritated skin from the inside out
RESVERATROL – Down regulates inflammation and plays a role in internal detoxification processors
CUMIN Decreases high blood serum glucose levels and prevents formation of glycation end-products
BLUEBERRY EXTRACT Breaks the glycation cycle
VITAMIN Bl & B6 Anti-glycation properties
These minimally-invasive professional treatments will benefit your skin’s texture and make you glow!
PLATELET RICH PLASMA – Reduces inflammation and improves healing caused by environmental and oxidative stress, and encourages collagen production to reduce wrinkles.
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/
