The Summer Skincare Routine That Keeps Your Skin Glowing All Season
5/28/20261 hr 4 min
MJ Gandon, aesthetic medicine expert, joins Biohack-it to expose what is actually aging your skin, why 80% of facial aging comes from photo damage, and what your doctor is not telling you about your lab results.
In this episode: the one SPF ingredient most sunscreens are missing, why Korean skincare will not save you, how to biohack your skin from the inside out with retinol, antioxidants, and hormones, plus a real-time live blood work review revealing low ferritin, insulin resistance, testosterone issues, and what to do about all of it.
Topics covered: UVA vs UVB protection, titanium oxide SPF, melasma and hyperpigmentation, hydroquinone, tranexamic acid, retinol vs retinal, CO2 laser, HRT for women, testosterone and DHEA building blocks, progesterone and sleep, functional vs conventional lab ranges, iron infusions, ferritin, peptides, and more.
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First 90 secondsMJ Gandon· Guest0:00
We've taken a patient from ferritin of five to a functional ferritin of 90 within the three IVs. That's how bioavailable it is when it's in an IV.
Iman Hasan· Host0:08
But how long did she stay at the 90?
MJ Gandon· Guest0:11
That's a great question.
Iman Hasan· Host0:12
If it's gloomy outside, should you still wear SPF?
MJ Gandon· Guest0:15
If you're working inside of a dark room with a computer on, yes. If you don't leave the house, yes. Because of the UV, the visible rays, they're still there. They're there in our screens, in these studio lights, and photosensitivity and photo damage, again, 80% of our aging. That's insane. You can block 80% of your aging. Fatigue, fatigue can be coming from your mitochondria, fatigue could be coming from iron, fatigue could be coming from your vitamin D, it could be coming from testosterone. I can't touch it without the data. I'm guessing, I'm shooting blind. I am a freak about my SPF in the airplane.
Iman Hasan· Host0:47
In the plane?
MJ Gandon· Guest0:48
In the plane, I use my compact.
Iman Hasan· Host0:50
You wear SPF on the plane?
MJ Gandon· Guest0:51
Well, you're closer to the sun.
Iman Hasan· Host0:53
In the plane. It's a capsule. It's closed. Do you know what I want to do? I have my phone here. I'm actually gonna go pull up my last diagnostic testing, and I want to get your feedback. Let's see what we got. What is a red flag and what's a green flag?
MJ Gandon· Guest1:05
How are you, my friend, and your ferritin's 13?
Iman Hasan· Host1:07
[upbeat music] MJ.
MJ Gandon· Guest1:18
Hmm?
Iman Hasan· Host1:19
I'm excited to get my skin ready for summer with you.
MJ Gandon· Guest1:21
Yes, we're back.
Iman Hasan· Host1:23
We're back. [laughs] So your episode did so well last time, and I know that my community's big on beauty.