In this episode of The Skin Science Podcast, Thomas M. Hitchcock, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer, speaks with special guest, Jigna Patel, MD, of Vedaskin, and Angela Wilson McDonald, Global VP, Education and Customer Success, about whether skin aging is correlated to the skin's microbiome.

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0:00 Intro
1:24 Special Guest, Jigna Patel MD
5:21 Introduce topic, aging & the skin microbiome
11:10 Aging as a disease state
15:15 Band-aid treatments vs reversing aging
19:50 Relationship between skin microbiome and age
24:40 Commensal vs pathogenic in whole ecosystems
28:20 Nurturing the skin's natural properties
32:45 Microbe diversity and age
37:18 Gut vs skin microbiomes in age
42:27 Closing remarks

Reference at 37:50: Woo YR, Kim HS. Interaction between the microbiota and the skin barrier in aging skin: a comprehensive review. Front Physiol. 2024;15:1322205. doi:10.3389/fphys.2024.1322205