Adrenal Stress Formula (HORMONE) - one cap twice a day with food
Do not use while pregnant
Can use while on BC

 

When to Use:

• Stress levels 5 or higher
• Breaks out when stressed, anxiety, hyperactivity, life altering event
• Melasma - brown patches on face
• Signs of high testosterone: late or skipped periods, dark facial hair, PCOS
• Headaches, migraines 

How it Helps:

• Provides missing nutrients needed to strength, support & rebuild the adrenal glands that are overworked & burnt out. 
• Works via the adrenal glands to help prevent higher androgen levels caused by stress
• Helps take the edge off of the testosterone surge and helps cope with a busy lifestyle

 

Chaste Berry Vitex: (HORMONE) 700mg per day 4-6 months (takes this time to settle)

One cap twice a day with food
(NEVER recommend for males) 90% of the time recommended for females
(Don’t use while pregnant)
(Don’t use if using BCP or IUDs or HRT)
(Don’t use Vitex and Saw Palmetto at the same time)
(Don’t recommend to females younger than 18)
(CAN BE USED WITH PARAGARD IUD)

When to Use:

• Client believes their acne is hormonal and it is on the chin or jawline primarily
• Acne acts up just before or during period (7-10 days)
• Periods are less than 28 days apart
• Periods lasting longer than 10 days
• Periods are 34-40 days apart and breakouts appear to be hormonal
• When food is not a major issue and breakouts appear to be hormonal
• Great for PMS, thyroid problems, endometriosis 

 

How it Helps:

• Helps regulate periods after coming off of BC/IUDs
• Helps balance the natural estrogen and progesterone by stimulating the pituitary gland; balance the estrogen so the androgens are also balanced.

Saw Palmetto:(HORMONE)700/800mg per day 4-6 months takes this long to kick in

One cap twice a day with food
(Don’t take while pregnant)
(Don’t take Saw Palmetto and Vitex together)
(A natural alternative to Spironolactone)
(Don’t take while on BC)
(NEED TO BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD)

 

When to Use:

• For females when periods are more than 36 days apart
• For females when periods are skipped
• As a substitute for Spironolactone
• For males over 20 that have acne
• Indications of high androgen levels: dark/coarse hair growth on upper lip, chin, naval, areola
• Skin darkening on underarms or back of neck
• PCOS
• Cystic acne

How it Helps:

• Helps regulate testosterone levels
• Decrease the uptake of testosterone in the body by impairing the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone.  Decreases breakouts
• Reduces inflammation

 

Bowel Rejuvenator - should not take longer than 4-5 months; do not take while pregnant
(3 part series of Bowel Rejuv 1st month, Bowel Vitalizer 2nd month, Bowel Rejuv 3rd month)
**REMIND CLIENT NOT TO TAKE ALL AT SAME TIME**

 

When to Use:

• Regular diarrhea (once a week or more)
• Constipation 
• Skipped bowel movements        
• Stomachaches, pains, discomfort, bloating
• Extensive use of antibiotics or previous use to 
• Eczema and Psoriasis

 

How it Helps:

• Naturally restores normal bowel function; balances gut, heals inner lining of the gut
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) / Urgency to go

 

Probiotics: 40-75 parts per billion; 8 strains per formula for gut imbalance
(measured in CFU’s:  colony forming units)  CAN USE ON BC,  Lactobacillus & Bifidobacterium 

 

When to Use:

• Pretty much great for everyone since we do not eat foods with live cultures in them like other countries do
• Constipation
• Skipped bowel movements or one a day
• Currently using or have used antibiotics
• Diarrhea

 

How it Helps:

• Good bacteria competes with bad bacteria and can help improve the incidence of breakouts.
• Helps maintain gut imbalances; helps build the good bacteria
• Helps with easier BM and frequency
• Helps eliminate acne aggravators

 

SkinOmega-3 Fish Oil - 2,000mg of EPA per day; one capsule two times a day
*CAN USE ON BC*
Lasts 8 weeks

 

When to Use:

• Moderate – Severe Inflammatory Acne
• Cystic Acne

 

How it Helps:

• Reduces sebum production
• Helps with hormone imbalances - premenstrual breakouts
• Improves radiance and resilience
• Helps with inflammation
• Decreases amount and pain of acne breakouts

 

Oil of Oregano: Natural Antibiotic Powers:  250mg twice a day for 30-60 days

 

When to Use:  

• Bacterial/Pustular Acne Mod/Severe Inflamed (yellow heads on acne)
• Coming off of antibiotics and has pustular acne

 

How it Helps:

• Kills bad bacteria that invades the gut & contributes to bacterial acne breakouts

Skin Clarity: 10,000 UI’s of Beta Carotene, One cap twice a day with food
(Everyone in the program uses this)
(Can use while pregnant)
 

When to Use:

• Everyone uses to help fight acne from the inside out
• Prevent against further skin problems
• Defends against acne breakouts
• Helps slow the process of turning over dead skin cells - stops cycle

 

How it Helps:

• Vitamin A - Body converts Beta Carotene to Vitamin A
• Vitamin A: promotes healthy skin turnover
• Zinc:  Anti-inflammatory; assists with releasing & transporting Vitamin A; helps breakdown and clear substance P, a nerve chemical that increases sebum production when under stress
• Calms swollen, red and sore acne breakouts

 

Vitamedica Healthy Skin: 
(CAN TAKE WHILE ON BC)
 A 3-in-1. Vitamin A, Zinc and Selenium

How it Helps:  

• Slows down cellular turnover so the microcomedone stops forming over time. 
• Vitamin A is essential to the normal shedding of dead skin cells that build up inside the pores and ultimately cause acne- this sticky build up and excess production of skin cells is one of the main causes of acne! 
• This vitamin functions by preventing this build up that would have otherwise caused a clogged pore. 
• The antioxidant properties of vitamin A act as an anti-inflammatory for the skin and help to calm swollen, red and sore acne breakouts.
• Helps detoxifies the body

 

VitaMedica Healthy Skin
Powerful for both inflamed and non inflamed 
3 in 1 Zinc, Vitamin A and Selenium
Vitamin A has therapeutic levels to treat acne (slows down cell turnover rate)
Alternative to Accutane

 

VitaMedica Super EPA/DHA Fish Oil
For severely inflamed/noninflamed
Helps with premenstrual breakouts (beneficial) 
Recommended dose per 2,000mg per day
Alters sebum production in skin

 

VitaMedica Medica Probiotics - 8
Antibiotics kill good and bad bacteria, intestinal flora upset digestive balance
Helps reestablish good flora in your system - gets system back on track
Good for inflamed acne with or without the presence of GI problems (gas, bloating, constipation)
8 species of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium

 

Pantothenic Acid (B5) 500mg once a day 
**ONLY for severely oily skin**

How it Helps:
Reduces oil production in the sebaceous glands

 

**DO NOT PUT ON HORMONES IF THE CLIENT HASN’T BEEN ON THE PILL, PERIOD IS REGULAR, NO BREAKOUTS BEFORE PERIOD**

 

**DO NOT PUT ON HORMONES IF ON BCP**