<p>The skincare industry is worth over $180 billion globally. The science backing most of it? Let&#39;s just say your liver isn&#39;t the only organ that doesn&#39;t need a detox.</p><p><strong>This episode is sponsored by Osmia,</strong> Science-backed skincare formulated by a physician who actually reads PubMed. Use code <strong>YDS20</strong> for 20% off your first order at osmiaskincare.com.</p><p>This week we&#39;re doing something a little different: a partner episode with Osmia, one of our sponsors this season. But if you know YDS, you know we don&#39;t do puff pieces. Dr. Sarah Villafranco is a board-certified emergency medicine physician who left the ER to formulate skincare, and brought her doctor brain with her. She&#39;s here because she shares our allergy to pseudoscience, not because she&#39;s paying us to be nice—and we approached this conversation with the same critical lens we&#39;d bring to any industry deep-dive. (You can read more about how we handle sponsorships and editorial independence at yourdietsuckspodcast.com/our-advertising-ethics-policy.)</p><p>We talk about why tallow is the new wellness grift (sorry, ancestral girlies), what &quot;natural&quot; actually means when the FDA doesn&#39;t regulate it, and why your 20-step TikTok routine is probably making your skin worse. Sarah breaks down the three products that actually matter, explains why thicker doesn&#39;t mean more hydrating (remember: hydrate has &quot;water&quot; in it), and makes the case for the least sexy skincare advice ever spoken aloud: consistency.</p><p>We also get into the ethics of beauty marketing, why &quot;anti-aging&quot; language is completely absent from everything Osmia does, and how to be your own N of 1 experiment when it comes to your skin, which should sound familiar if you&#39;ve been listening to this show.</p><p>Plus: the St. Ives Apricot Scrub accountability moment we all needed, why medicated lip balms are a scam, and the skincare equivalent of taking 500 supplements a day.</p><p>If you&#39;ve ever felt overwhelmed by serums, confused by &quot;clean beauty&quot; claims, or suspicious that the wellness industry just found a new way to sell you a crisis and then the cure, this one&#39;s for you.</p><p><br></p>

Your Diet Sucks

Zoë Rom

Tallow, Toxins, and TikTok: What Skincare Gets Wrong Partner Episode with Osmia

DEC 12, 202547 MIN
Your Diet Sucks

Tallow, Toxins, and TikTok: What Skincare Gets Wrong Partner Episode with Osmia

DEC 12, 202547 MIN

Description

<p>The skincare industry is worth over $180 billion globally. The science backing most of it? Let&#39;s just say your liver isn&#39;t the only organ that doesn&#39;t need a detox.</p><p><strong>This episode is sponsored by Osmia,</strong> Science-backed skincare formulated by a physician who actually reads PubMed. Use code <strong>YDS20</strong> for 20% off your first order at osmiaskincare.com.</p><p>This week we&#39;re doing something a little different: a partner episode with Osmia, one of our sponsors this season. But if you know YDS, you know we don&#39;t do puff pieces. Dr. Sarah Villafranco is a board-certified emergency medicine physician who left the ER to formulate skincare, and brought her doctor brain with her. She&#39;s here because she shares our allergy to pseudoscience, not because she&#39;s paying us to be nice—and we approached this conversation with the same critical lens we&#39;d bring to any industry deep-dive. (You can read more about how we handle sponsorships and editorial independence at yourdietsuckspodcast.com/our-advertising-ethics-policy.)</p><p>We talk about why tallow is the new wellness grift (sorry, ancestral girlies), what &quot;natural&quot; actually means when the FDA doesn&#39;t regulate it, and why your 20-step TikTok routine is probably making your skin worse. Sarah breaks down the three products that actually matter, explains why thicker doesn&#39;t mean more hydrating (remember: hydrate has &quot;water&quot; in it), and makes the case for the least sexy skincare advice ever spoken aloud: consistency.</p><p>We also get into the ethics of beauty marketing, why &quot;anti-aging&quot; language is completely absent from everything Osmia does, and how to be your own N of 1 experiment when it comes to your skin, which should sound familiar if you&#39;ve been listening to this show.</p><p>Plus: the St. Ives Apricot Scrub accountability moment we all needed, why medicated lip balms are a scam, and the skincare equivalent of taking 500 supplements a day.</p><p>If you&#39;ve ever felt overwhelmed by serums, confused by &quot;clean beauty&quot; claims, or suspicious that the wellness industry just found a new way to sell you a crisis and then the cure, this one&#39;s for you.</p><p><br></p>