What's that a picture of you ask?
Let's imagine it's a capsule of probiotics - a minuscule sample of the trillions of bacteria currently residing in your gut.
What does that have to do with skin?
A lot - you'd be surprised.
We've touched before about the gut-skin axis, and how the health of what's happening on your insides is reflected in your skin on the outside, but of the trillions of types of bacteria that reside in your gut there are specific ones that research tells us can help to heal eczema prone skin.
Introducing Lactobacillus rhamnosus (LGG) and Lactobacillus paracasei - two strains of probiotics which have shown in clinical trials to to help prevent the onset of atopic dermatitis in infants and manage existing symptoms in children and adults. These strains specifically have shown to improve skin barrier function and affect skin hydration, preventing transepidermal water loss.
This is welcome news to those suffering from dermatitis and other dry skin conditions. So if you are taking a probiotic for health and suffer from skin irritation, be sure to it contains the above mentioned strains. Always speak with your health professional to get the right treatment for you - and you can always ask us, because we're health professionals too!
