Skin Logic

There comes a point when many people stop asking whether a product is helping and start wondering whether they can stop using it at all. After decades of working with skin, I began noticing something that concerned me. More and more people believed their skin couldn’t function without continual products and treatments. If they stopped, everything seemed to come back. In this episode of Skin Logic...

Sensitive skin was once considered relatively uncommon. Now chronic redness, burning, irritation, reactivity, and inflammation have become increasingly normalized. But what if these reactions are not simply random skin problems? What if they are signs of skin that has been pushed beyond its ability to compensate? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or...

Episode 4 explores the rise of overcorrection within modern skincare culture — when stronger peels, aggressive resurfacing, and continual treatment increasingly became associated with progress. As anti-aging philosophy expanded beyond the treatment room and into everyday skincare, irritation, inflammation, and visible skin reaction were often normalized as part of the process. But what happens whe...

In Episode 3, we look at the origins of anti-aging culture and the shift that transformed aging into a condition requiring intervention. This episode explores how authority, correction, and fear gradually reshaped the way skin — and aging itself — came to be understood. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skinlog...

Skin became something many women learned to evaluate before they ever learned to understand it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skinlogic.substack.com

Skin didn’t suddenly become a problem. It was gradually redefined as one. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skinlogic.substack.com

For decades, skin has been treated as a problem to solve. This trailer introduces a different perspective—one rooted in biology, not control. Skin Logic explores how skin was pushed into conflict, and what becomes possible when we start working with it instead. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skinlogic.substa...