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Welcome to Skinside Out where Science Meets Beauty. In our first episode of 2026, Dr. Zain, Courtney, and Heather discuss New Year resolutions, focusing on achievable skincare goals. From the importance of sunscreen and moisturizers to the benefits of retinol and personalized skincare routines, the hosts share expert advice on maintaining healthy skin. They emphasize gradual changes, avoiding overcomplicated routines, and debunking skincare myths propagated on social media. Tune in for practical tips on improving skin health and find out their personal skincare resolutions for 2026.
00:00 Welcome to Skin Side Out: New Year, New Resolutions
01:12 Courtney's New Year Mantra for Skin Health
03:11 Heather's Tips for Post-Holiday Skin Recovery
04:23 Avoiding Resolution Fatigue in Skincare
07:22 Trends and Treatments to Watch in 2026
12:41 Mindset Shifts for Healthier Skin in 2026
16:31 Personalized Skincare Guidance
17:11 The Dreaded Bag of Products
18:08 Rapid Fire Skincare Questions
21:56 Skincare Resolutions
27:23 Wrapping Up and Looking Ahead
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Welcome to Skinside Out, where science meets beauty, the ultimate dermatology podcast! Dive deep into the fascinating world of skin health with expert insights, evidence-based discussions, and myth-busting truths. Each episode explores the medical, cosmetic, and surgical aspects of dermatology, while keeping you informed about trending skincare topics. Whether you’re a skincare enthusiast, medical professional, or just curious about how to achieve your best skin, Skinside Out is your go-to resource for staying informed and inspired.
34 Skinside Out -2026 Ins & Outs
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[00:00:30] Dr. Zane: Welcome to Skin Side Out where Science Meets Beauty. I'm your host Dr. Zane with Courtney and Heather. So happy 2026. I can't believe we're here guys. So we're starting off the new year with new resolutions and I don't know how you guys feel about resolutions. Um, I am a person who makes resolutions. I know my wife is very anti resolutions.
Um, but I do think that it's a great time to reflect on the year prior and then look forward to the year ahead because it's all about new beginnings and. What else can we talk about besides great skin? And I think that we have a lot of opportunities to help improve our skin health, and we're gonna kind of go through them today.
So Courtney, let's start off with you. , So let's kind of welcome in this new year, what. Is your key mantra for like, guiding patients through this time?
[00:01:22] Courtney: First of all, I love New Year's. It's my fav. Besides Halloween, it's my favorite holiday. Um, I do think there's something so symbolic about Yeah, just, um, having that fresh start and.
I definitely get Dr. Ana's point on, you know, maybe there are things you should be doing throughout the year. Mm-hmm. And that you shouldn't just wait till New Year's. Mm-hmm. And yada yada. I get that. But I don't know, there's something refreshing, being able to feel like, okay, I got it this time. Yeah. Like,
[00:01:49] Heather: put that in the past.
Let's start over.
[00:01:51] Courtney: And there's actually been studies, um, showing that even regardless of the new year, if people set a certain date for themselves, they're more likely to like stick by other, rather than just saying. Okay, well next week I'll, um, mm-hmm. I'll do, you know, I'll start doing that. So there's actually studies showing that even if you say, okay, Monday this date, um, is when I'm gonna start, you know, exercising or whatever.
So, um, that being said, I think, you know. One thing to be mindful of is I think you don't want to necessarily reinvent your skin, you just want to reconnect with it. And I think
[00:02:25] Dr. Zane: that's cute.
[00:02:26] Courtney: Yeah.
Anyways, hater, I think, um, I try to encourage patients too. Kind of, you know, set maybe like a realistic goal for themselves if they are trying to improve on something. For example, melasma patients. Okay. Maybe planning to do, you know, one pill every four to six weeks or, um, planning to be better about certain at home, uh, regimens that they have.
So I think starting small is always. The easiest. I think sometimes we overwhelm ourselves when we wanna do this, this, this, and that. Mm-hmm. And I think it's much easier to start in smaller steps.
[00:03:04] Dr. Zane: Absolutely. And I think, like, you know, we talked during our last episode about how the holidays can cause a lot of damage Yeah.
To our skin. Um, so Heather, how do you navigate that? Um, with the holidays now behind us, um. Is this a good time to really reconnect with your skin, as Courtney said,
[00:03:23] Heather: reinvent? Um, yes, I think so. I think, um, the motivation factor is very important. Um, I think it's much more effective to be consistent with something that you're changing versus trying to make it too complex.
And like you had mentioned, Courtney, you don't wanna like. Overstimulate your routine and just kind of, um, make things worse. So I think that's, um, a big factor too. And you don't need. Too many different active ingredients 'cause that can be irritating. And um, you can get confused on what you did the day before, what you need this day.
And sometimes it's just, we were, you know, talking about how if you're adding in a new product, give it two weeks and don't add anything else new and see how your skin tolerates that. And then if it does, fine, then if you wanted to try something new, yeah, then you can add it in then. Simplicity, I think is more effective sometimes.
[00:04:22] Dr. Zane: Absolutely. , What are your thoughts on resolution fatigue? Um, that's a term that's been used for people. Who like over commit and, you know, try to get all these goals. There's so many things that I wanna accomplish, and then they just get disillusioned once they start getting off the bandwagon. So what are your thoughts on that
[00:04:42] Courtney: skincare?
I think we, yeah. Well, and I think we touched on it a little bit last year when we had our podcast talking about how we're more likely to create, um, habits that are sustainable when we're realistic.
[00:04:53] Dr. Zane: Yeah.
[00:04:53] Courtney: So, um. One example I could use is, you know, if you're not great about your sunscreen, you know mm-hmm.
That's your, your goal is to be diligent with your sunscreen daily. Um, just making a habit that works for you. Um, I know I keep mine next to like my toothbrush, so it's right there in front of me and that just makes it easy for me to remember, okay, I brush my teeth or my sunscreen on. Um, but I think yeah, creating something that works for you that you know will be sustainable.
[00:05:21] Dr. Zane: Yeah. And I know that we've placed a lot of emphasis on our skin barriers. I mean, I think that's just been such a hot buzzword.
[00:05:29] Courtney: Mm-hmm.
[00:05:29] Dr. Zane: And it's true though, like I think that most people are trying to incorporate all these actives with all these promises to like really. Improve your skin, but their skin barriers being impacted, and then instead they're getting irritation, they're getting, you know, more inflammation and really not achieving the goals that they're looking for.
Whereas if you took a slower, um, approach and really, you know, try to optimize your barrier than incorporate those actives and doing it in a systematic, um, approach, I mean, I think that's the way to do it.
[00:06:04] Heather: Yeah, I think actives are definitely, um. Effective over a long period of time. And I feel like usually something that is helping to restore your skin barrier, I feel like, um, I notice a quicker difference in how well something, if it's high and like ceramides and peptides and squalene, how quickly my skin can rebound from that.
And I think it helps the recovery in such a big way. And yeah, like the actives, the retinols, and those are great. Over the long haul.
[00:06:39] Dr. Zane: Yeah.
[00:06:39] Heather: But skin barrier repair I think is really good as a, a quicker enhancement.
[00:06:44] Dr. Zane: And I feel like people are in general using. Far too much exfoliation in the routine. So, I mean, don't get me wrong, I mean, I love, um, exfoliating, it's alpha and beta hydroxy acids, but it has to be used in a mindful way.
Um, you know, especially if you're acne prone. I can understand why you'd wanna do it, but I feel like sometimes, um, over exfoliation leaves the skin barrier really impaired sometimes and causes a lot of irritation.
[00:07:11] Courtney: Yeah. January just gets so cold and dry and frigid and. Um, we're really just in repair, repair mode.
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
[00:07:22] Heather: I'm really hoping that 2026 kind of, um, evolves this like skincare. Gimmick and I, I hope that goes away because I think the more like TikTok hacks that we see and like DIYs or at home procedures, I mean, I have a patient who says she does like Ners and TCA at home. I mean, she's doing like a TCA seven or 8%, but still.
You're coming to me because you're not getting the result, but then you insist on only doing your DIY stuff at home. Mm-hmm. Or like your at home chemical peels. Um, when I think there are much more effective options.
[00:08:05] Dr. Zane: Yeah. Um, and in terms of other trends that, you know, we hope to kind of see continue, um, anything that you are seeing that's tends to be.
Something that you're, you know, you're, you're really, um, impressed with that you really would encourage your patients to consider.
[00:08:25] Courtney: I think the continuation of kind of treatment boosters will be interesting to follow along in 2026. Um, things like exosomes, redon, um, even more so sometimes just boosters I know we use at our office.
Um. Boosters to any, um, procedures that are creating microchannel. So, you know, your, um, LA md, your RF microneedling, traditional microneedling, um, and these are just boosters. Um, we have a vitamin A one, we have a trans emic acid one. So I think the continuation of things that are maximizing your procedures is a really interesting trend, um, to follow and how you can get the most out of your treatment.
Mm-hmm.
[00:09:07] Dr. Zane: Yeah, I mean, I think that you don't have to go too complicated with your routines. Mm-hmm. Focus on a core healthy skincare foundation. You can always build off of it, but you don't have to do everything all at once and not every active ingredient is necessarily appropriate for your skin. So that's why it's really important to talk to someone who's like really knowledgeable about skincare, like your dermatologist, your dermatologist, pa, your aesthetician who will understand your skin and really be able to advise and guide you.
Because I just feel like people are getting so much of their information, like from social media, TikTok, and they just don't understand. It may not be appropriate for their particular skin. And then that's when we see issues
[00:09:54] Courtney: down with the skin. Influencers. Yeah. 2026, that's an out. Yeah.
[00:09:58] Dr. Zane: Yeah. All right. So what can we do to really help make the biggest impact on our skin?
[00:10:06] Courtney: Sunscreen.
[00:10:07] Dr. Zane: Definitely. That's number one. Yeah. What else?
[00:10:11] Heather: Um, lifestyle in general. I think, you know, making sure you're drinking plenty of water. Mm-hmm. Um, consuming lots of antioxidant rich foods. Omega threes, um, also be mindful, especially if you're acne prone, washing your pillowcase once a week. Mm-hmm. Um, cleaning your phone, just to help minimize the, the amount of.
Start in germs, we can get on our skin.
[00:10:33] Dr. Zane: Yeah. And as your dermatologist here, um, make sure you get your skin check. Um, it's just surprising to see how many people who come into my office who come in for their first skin check and they're like. 65 years old. Mm-hmm. Yeah. I'm like, it just never crossed their mind to come in to get a skin check.
And I really wanna encourage people to start doing this at an earlier age. Mm-hmm. We're seeing skin cancer at an earlier and earlier age. Um, men and women, and unfortunately we're seeing trends that we thought were going away, coming back, like tanning beds. People are back into them again.
[00:11:06] Heather: That's crazy.
[00:11:07] Dr. Zane: And you know, unfortunately, like a lot of the skin cancers that we see are not due to recent sun exposure, but exposure from years ago. Mm-hmm. And if you don't get checked, you won't know, especially in areas that are hard to see. So doing a full body skin examination with your birth certified dermatologist, um, and their team can be really helpful for detecting things early so you can get treated appropriately and can avoid like drastic, you know, like diagnoses such as melanoma that can be really hard to treat if advanced stages.
[00:11:40] Courtney: I think it's good also just to get a good baseline and if you're able to do that when you're younger. Then, you know, you're basically being monitored and you know, if there's a mold that maybe your dermatologist is concerned about taking a picture, they have it in their system measured, uh, photographed.
And being able to follow those, um, moles are, I think is really important.
Mm-hmm.
[00:12:01] Dr. Zane: And if you notice something on your skin, just come and see your dermatologist. Don't wait.
[00:12:06] Courtney: Mm-hmm.
[00:12:07] Dr. Zane: I mean, even if it's something benign, then you get the reassurance. Like, I have patients who are like literally worried about these growths for like years.
And they just don't wanna come in and face the reality of it potentially being something bad. And then I look at, oh, it's a benign sebo. Keratosis. Yeah.
[00:12:21] Courtney: Two seconds.
[00:12:22] Dr. Zane: And like you see the relief on their face. Yeah. Oh my God. I've been worrying about it for five years. I'm like, dude, you could just come in and, you know, I could have reassured you.
We could have even frozen off. It'll be gone.
[00:12:31] Heather: Mm-hmm.
[00:12:32] Dr. Zane: So I think that there's a lot of benefit to seeing your dermatologist and making sure that your skin's healthy. Yeah. All right. So what are some of our mindset shifts for 2026 with our skin?
[00:12:46] Heather: I think it's worth keeping in the front of your mind that you can't achieve perfect skin.
And I know like the glass skin appearance was a big thing, and yes, we can definitely help improve your texture, but. Nobody can get glass skin. Um, so I think having that as kind of a boundary so that you're not looking for something that's not achievable.
[00:13:13] Dr. Zane: Mm-hmm.
[00:13:14] Heather: Um, I think it's also really important to kind of think of your skin as, and I've said this before on the podcast, but think of your skin as a window into your body.
Your skin is going to. Communicate with you. What is going on on the inside? Is there inflammation? Um, is there, you know, swelling because you didn't sleep well? And so I think it's really, um, good to be proactive and listen to your skin because it's telling you what, what your body needs sometimes.
[00:13:44] Dr. Zane: Yeah. I like the concept of skin mentalism.
Or schism. Um, really kind of reducing your skincare, um, routine to the basics, setting a strong foundation and building upon that. I don't think that you need a 12 step regimen. I think that's crazy. It's expensive and oftentimes causing more problems and benefits. So really kind of focus on key ingredients.
Sunscreen's always, number one. Um, a good cleanser. Moisturizer inactive, such as retinol, vitamin C. I mean, these are like the key ingredients to a good skincare routine. I mean, there's a lot of other products out there, but really focus on things that will deliver and things that are appropriate for your skin.
So, whereas a retinol may be more appropriate for a more mature individual, it's not necessarily right for like a preteen. Um, but you know, I feel like, you know, certain ingredients can be used for all like a good moisturizer, sunscreen, and really should start kind of building upon a routine that you set from childhood and kind of incorporate that as we go through our life phases and that is a safe and healthy way to kind of incorporate some of these skincare products.
[00:15:03] Courtney: Yeah, I think for me, one mindset, um, that. I hope kind of continues through 2026. It's just giving yourself grace. Um, kind of going back to what Heather said about people wanting to achieve like perfect skin or glass skin. Um, and you know, it's funny, I think we're we're our own worst critics. Um, I'm sure.
Heather and Dr. Zane hear this, I hear this all the time. Patients will look and say, but your skin is perfect. Mm-hmm. We're not, but we're not. And I know we're each in the mirror like,
[00:15:33] Dr. Zane: yeah,
[00:15:34] Courtney: look at this, this, that. And so I think you really are your own worst critic sometimes, and being able to understand that there might be good days, there might be bad days.
Mm-hmm. Um. Giving yourself grace if you maybe missed a night on your products. I mean, life is so crazy and I think sometimes we are really mean to ourselves about mm-hmm. Ugh, you're not as consistent as you should be or this, that, and just giving yourself a little bit of grace, uh, in times like that is important.
[00:15:59] Dr. Zane: Yeah. And the fact that you're using any of these skincare products, I mean, you're ahead of so many people mm-hmm. Who do absolutely nothing for their skin. Yeah.
[00:16:06] Courtney: Mm-hmm.
[00:16:06] Dr. Zane: Um, so I think that you should applaud yourself for taking some. You know, agency over your skin, healthcare and really trying to improve it.
[00:16:15] Courtney: Yeah. Yeah.
[00:16:17] Dr. Zane: Um, another concept that I think is important is about personalization of skincare. We hear the, we hear the same messages from the same influencers about this is what your routine needs, this is the products that you're supposed to use, but not everyone's skin is the same. Mm-hmm. And we have to understand that everyone's skin biology is a little different and certain products will work for some people and not work well for others.
So that's why seeing your board certified dermatologist, getting that guidance is really crucial so that you don't make mistakes that will, you know. Harm your skin or cause irritation, and then it's also gonna save you money, um, down the road because, you know, like skincare isn't cheap and everything that you're trying and it doesn't work, you're just throwing out in the, in the trashcan.
So, um, you, it could be a very wise investment to get that personalized skincare routine guidance. From someone who knows skin.
[00:17:10] Courtney: Yeah. I can't tell you how many patients I've had who have come in for their initial cosmetic consult and they bring the bag, oh
[00:17:17] Dr. Zane: my God. The bag
[00:17:17] Courtney: and the bag and the bag is full of like 30 products.
And they're like, well, which ones? And you know, in the back of my mind I'm like, man, I wish you just came to me, you know, six months earlier before you bought all of this. Yeah. Because for the money that you've put into that. I could have gotten you something that would work and probably saved you half the cost.
[00:17:35] Dr. Zane: You know, when patients bring in that dreaded bag, I sometimes like start looking at the products and start calculating how much money that is. It's a lot. And sometimes it's a lot. It's a lot, lot. It's like hundreds and hundreds of dollars.
[00:17:45] Courtney: Yeah, it is. Well, and I think we think of things as um, you know, instant gratification sometimes.
So what looks like a better price point? Mm-hmm. Okay. Bye bye bye. Oh, this is cheap, but okay. Doesn't, this is cheap. Mm-hmm. But instead of looking at that long term, or if we just, you know, make the investment ahead of time, then we'll get the, um, benefit.
[00:18:06] Dr. Zane: Yeah.
[00:18:06] Courtney: The longevity.
[00:18:07] Dr. Zane: Yeah. All right. So I think let's do some rapid fire questions.
I think that's always fun. All right, Heather?
[00:18:12] Heather: Yeah.
[00:18:13] Dr. Zane: I want to finally start retinol. Where do I begin?
[00:18:17] Heather: , You can start with an over the counter one, or I guess one that you find at a drug store. I don't, I don't think it's gonna be your best option. I think doing something a little bit more advanced, um, is more beneficial.
But I think the biggest thing with retinols is you wanna start very slow. Like once a week, you only need a little pea size amount at night. Um, kind of.it along your face, rub that in, and then put moisturizer over top and. Do that for a few weeks and then go to twice a week and then three times a week.
And don't expect your skin to be able to handle five to seven nights in a row all of a sudden. I mean, you definitely have to work. Your face is gonna fall off. Yeah, it's gonna take months. Um, some people have the benefit of. Tolerating it like with within a month, but I think it took me like six months.
[00:19:06] Dr. Zane: Yeah. I've been using retinoids for like 20 years now. Yeah. And I still can't tolerate. Yeah. Neither I know last Fewer dry. Yeah. I was literally like peeling. I'm like, why am I doing this to myself?
[00:19:17] Heather: Yeah.
[00:19:17] Dr. Zane: I tell my patients not to do this.
[00:19:19] Courtney: Yeah.
[00:19:19] Dr. Zane: But I'm like, I always, I'll give another try and then like just doesn't work for me.
So, yeah. Sorry. All right, Courtney, how often should I exfoliate in the winter?
[00:19:30] Courtney: Are we talking face? Are we talking body,
[00:19:32] Dr. Zane: face?
[00:19:33] Courtney: Um, you know, I think very skin dependent. Um, for people who are a little bit more oily, prone, I think they could potentially get away with like once a week. Um, but I also tend to look at things that are not as, um.
For example, I tend to look at like cleansers. If you're gonna exfoliate, maybe you don't wanna do a leave on mask, like a exfoliating mask that's sitting on your skin for 10, 15 minutes. Mm-hmm. Maybe you just wanna switch over to a cleanser. You're still getting that mild exfoliation without over, uh, treating the skin.
So I think once a week, but maybe for people who are more sensitive, I don't know, maybe like once biweekly or every like three weeks.
[00:20:10] Heather: Yeah.
[00:20:10] Dr. Zane: Okay. I think that's reasonable. All right, Heather, I am super busy. What's the easiest habit that I can incorporate to help my skin?
[00:20:22] Heather: Um, probably sunscreen.
[00:20:24] Dr. Zane: I'm already doing sunscreen.
[00:20:27] Heather: Um,
[00:20:28] Courtney: DEJ,
[00:20:28] Heather: right? Yeah,
[00:20:30] Dr. Zane: yeah.
[00:20:31] Heather: Um,
I think I always have a water bottle with you.
[00:20:37] Dr. Zane: Okay.
[00:20:39] Heather: What's your answer?
[00:20:41] Dr. Zane: My answer is. I didn't think that
[00:20:47] Heather: red light
[00:20:47] Dr. Zane: mask. I, I honestly think the easiest thing is to just really moisturize. 'cause I feel like a lot of people just don't moisturize their skin. I'm like appalled by the number of people who don't moisturize, but like, I, especially by guys like I.
[00:21:01] Heather: We had the one patient
[00:21:01] Dr. Zane: that you mean, you mean lotion? What? Like
[00:21:03] Heather: he washes with rubbing alcohol.
[00:21:05] Dr. Zane: Oh my God. Yeah. So yeah, so I think that moisturizer goes a long way.
[00:21:10] Heather: Yeah.
[00:21:10] Dr. Zane: Yeah. All right. And Courtney, if I could only fix one thing this year, what should it be?
[00:21:17] Courtney: Are we talking to you personally?
[00:21:20] Dr. Zane: Yes. What should I fix?
[00:21:22] Courtney: We should put the, the infrareds on it in.
[00:21:24] Heather: Yeah.
[00:21:25] Courtney: Nap time. I thought we talked about nap time at one. Yeah. Red light
[00:21:28] Heather: therapy.
[00:21:29] Courtney: Um, if someone could only fix one thing, I guess I would say what's most important to them, you know, if they wanna fix their pigmentation, like let's work on that. I think, you know, like I mentioned earlier, sometimes we overwhelm ourselves.
Like, okay, well I want to tackle a pigment and I have wrinkles and I wanna treat this back acne. And I think sometimes just taking one load at a time.
[00:21:50] Heather: Mm-hmm.
[00:21:51] Dr. Zane: Okay. I mean, I think that's fair. All right guys, so it's resolution time for us. So we're gonna go around and share our skincare resolutions.
[00:22:00] Courtney: I knew this question was gonna come up and I thought about it at the beginning of the podcast and I was like, I have no idea what I'm gonna say.
[00:22:05] Heather: I didn't even think about it.
[00:22:07] Courtney: I knew we were about one resolution. I knew answer
[00:22:09] Dr. Zane: first. Yeah, you first. Yeah. It's going this way.
[00:22:12] Courtney: , One skincare resolution. I want to be better about my microneedling. Actually. I feel like lash. Well, the year before lash, I was really good about routinely microneedling and I feel like I really liked the results.
And I don't know, this year I just feel like I have not been super, um, I don't know, treatment oriented. He's gonna like roll his eyes and be like, okay, you're doing IPL like every other week. But I, yeah, I definitely, I wanna get back into the swing of like my microneedling for sure.
[00:22:47] Heather: Hmm. Oh my
[00:22:49] Courtney: god. Great wine.
No,
[00:22:50] Heather: I think that's something, um, I do think microneedling is really beneficial. Um,
I would say finding a nice tinted sunscreen that I wanna wear every day.
[00:23:11] Dr. Zane: Yeah.
[00:23:11] Heather: , I think I kind, kind
[00:23:12] Dr. Zane: of, did you find one that you liked?
[00:23:14] Heather: . I have really liked the Neutrogena UV mineral tint. I feel like a, they have
[00:23:18] Dr. Zane: the different shades,
[00:23:19] Heather: right? Yeah. Yeah. I think some of the tinted ones, even though they say they're universal mm-hmm.
They're not for me. Um, I just look a lot darker. Um, so yeah, I would say just trying to find something that I think helps to give that coverage, but. Some, I think what I struggle with is some tinted sunscreens make me drier. So just trying to find something that's a little more hydrating. It's kinda a simpler goal, I guess.
[00:23:53] Dr. Zane: Yeah, and I think I'm gonna tie mine with lifestyle, like really I honing in on my sleep. So I will say that I've been pretty bad about sleep in general because you know, like after that I put the kids to bed. You know, Ana and I are like, what? We got like an hour or two before, like we go to bed and we have like so many things to do.
I always push off my bedtime longer than I need to, and I still try to get up really early to go to the gym. So like, you know, we're talking about like, you know, five o'clock in the morning, so I'm never getting enough sleep. But in the past month I have been and I definitely feel a lot better. Who would've thought
[00:24:34] Courtney: I've seen new improvements.
[00:24:35] Dr. Zane: Really?
[00:24:36] Courtney: I feel like you've been
[00:24:37] Dr. Zane: jolly.
[00:24:37] Courtney: Oh yeah.
[00:24:38] Dr. Zane: Oh, okay.
[00:24:38] Courtney: Yeah.
[00:24:39] Dr. Zane: Have you seen pissing me off lately?
[00:24:43] Courtney: Me never.
[00:24:45] Dr. Zane: No. I think that sleep, um, you know, has definitely made me feel better and I think that I want to continue on that path and really prioritizing, helping with scheduling things. I'm really been more intentional about that, so I want to continue that.
And also continuing about. Being more intentional about my diet, um, really trying to reduce some of that sugar, um, which is my Achilles heel. Um, and, you know, more natural, um, you know. Whole foods as opposed to any processed foods reduce that. I actually been cutting down on my, you know, Coke Zero a lot.
[00:25:24] Heather: I will say I, I have noticed.
[00:25:25] Dr. Zane: Yeah. So I've been reducing that quite a bit. So like, I used to have one every day. Mm-hmm. Sometimes two. Mm-hmm.
[00:25:30] Heather: Yeah.
[00:25:31] Dr. Zane: Um, and then I've now only one, one or two a week. Wow. Um, I think that's been helpful, um, because I also think that the caffeine probably plays a role with my sleep impairment. Mm-hmm. Later on in the day.
I never really believed it, but like, I think it probably is true. I mean, especially as I'm getting older. Mm-hmm. Um, so I think that that's kind of like the key, you know, diet and sleep and seeing what it can do for my skin. Um, I'm curious to see, 'cause I know it's gonna take a while for it to see, um, the results from, but I think that it can help.
[00:26:01] Courtney: Yeah.
[00:26:01] Heather: I like that.
[00:26:03] Courtney: I, um, have teased before like my, I call it my, um, skincare bootcamp. And even though that lasted two weeks, um, like that, but I might have to reintroduce it in January.
[00:26:16] Dr. Zane: Yeah, and I think that, you know, the theme is like, you know, if you can stick with a routine that is sustainable. That's gonna be the best routine because a lot of people like have lofty expectations.
They have all these, this motivation initially in the beginning of the year, and then it's just becomes too overwhelming. They get off the bandwagon and they just kind of, it's a failure. So I think that setting simpler goals, um, more manageable expectations and sticking with it. Will ultimately get you more successful results.
[00:26:48] Courtney: Yeah. I think what happens a lot of times too is because January, you know, we feel like we're not really doing anything. We just come off the cusp of all this busy holiday season. Mm-hmm. And then January we're like, okay, we have so much time, I'm really gonna dive deep into this like habit and then come February Yeah.
You know, we start getting out more and mm-hmm. It just falls through, so,
[00:27:07] Dr. Zane: yeah.
[00:27:07] Courtney: Trying to be. Um,
[00:27:08] Dr. Zane: so this year we won't do that.
[00:27:09] Courtney: No. Yeah.
[00:27:11] Dr. Zane: I'll hold you guys to it.
[00:27:12] Courtney: Yeah. This year we're getting the red light bed.
[00:27:16] Dr. Zane: All right. Well, I think that, um, you know, we're all excited for 2026. Um, we're excited to bring you a lot of new content on the podcast.
So if you guys have any suggested any topics that you want us to discuss on the podcast, uh, we always welcome feedback. Please leave us some comments. Uh, shoot us an email, follow us. Subscribe like at until next time, skin side
[00:27:39] Heather: out.