The Vitalist Your Skin Is Smarter Than Your Products: Dr. Michelle Jeffries on the Skin’s Clock, Hormones, and Light (005)
What if your skin could tell time, and was trying to tell you something deeper?
In this mind-shifting episode of The Vitalist Podcast, Dr. Michelle Jeffries, triple board-certified dermatologist and founder of the Skin Clock Method, blows open everything you thought you knew about skin.
She takes us on a journey through integrative dermatology showing how your skin is more than just a barrier. It’s a messenger. A memory keeper. A sensory organ that reflects your stress, emotions, rhythms, and story.
We talk trauma, time, hormones, fascia, light, and the daily rituals that help your skin reset and regenerate. You’ll learn why breakouts might be messengers, why sunrise is medicine, and how syncing with your body’s internal clocks could change everything.
If you’ve ever felt like your skin was trying to tell you something… it probably is. This episode will help you listen.
Highlights:
How Dr. Jeffries became a triple-board certified dermatologist and why it’s anything but traditional (1:35)
What most dermatologists are missing when it comes to our skin (4:51)
The wild connection you never learned about the skin and our nerve system (7:23)
Why your skin is a sensory organ that remembers your story (7:41)
How your skin expresses what’s beneath the surface (8:36)
Can skin hold memory? And what that means for scars, trauma, and healing (10:53)
Your cells can tell time: How light, rhythm, and clocks affect your skin (12:07)
Want better skin? Start syncing with Chrono Beauty and your body’s natural rhythms (13:58)
Your skin makes serotonin, dopamine, AND oxytocin (16:02)
Stress on your face: What cortisol is doing to your skin texture + tone (18:20)
Skin as an emotional map: How anger, frustration, and identity show up on the surface (20:00)
How natural light heals and artificial light disrupts your biology (21:00)
Ditch the sunglasses: Why sunrise needs your eyes (24:52)
Supplements, sunscreen truths, and how to actually reverse sun damage (26:30)
Why everyday sun might be healthier than intermittent exposure (32:27)
Your skin protects more than your body, it protects your story (34:01)
The Luminous Clock: Dr. Jeffries’ daily rhythm reset for radiant skin and whole-body healing (40:00)
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