FLAME with Brad Hook
The Skin Expert: Holistic, Science-Backed Skincare Made Simple
Harvard-trained, double board-certified dermatologist Dr Mary Alice Mina cuts through the ten-step-routine noise: what your skin actually needs is simpler, cheaper and more boring than the industry wants you to know.
Mary Alice sees skin from both sides — as a surgeon treating what goes wrong, and as host of The Skin Real podcast debunking what the beauty industry sells. Her core message: skin health is whole-body health. Sleep, sun protection, stress and metabolic basics move the needle more than most products.
We cover the routines worth having, the ingredients with real evidence, graceful aging without the euphemisms, and when to actually see a dermatologist. Rare, trustworthy signal in one of the noisiest health categories there is.
In this episode
- Skin health as whole-body health
- The short list of ingredients with real evidence
- Sun protection — the non-negotiable
- Graceful aging, honestly discussed
- When to skip the products and see a professional
Connect with Dr
New conversations regularly — subscribe wherever you listen.