What Our Health Tests Can Tell you About your Skin

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What the Biomesight Test Can Tell You About Your Skin

Microbiome

The Biomesight microbiome test can give you more insight into your gut-skin connection. By analyzing the diversity and specific bacterial species, you can understand crucial skin factors such as systemic inflammation and altered immune signaling, which are central to acne, rosacea, eczema, and heightened skin sensitivity. Research consistently shows that microbial imbalance (dysbiosis), low diversity, and reduced numbers of short-chain fatty acid–producing bacteria are associated with many skin issues and overall skin health. 

Your results can reveal whether your skin concerns may be influenced by microbial imbalance rather than solely by topical or hormonal factors. For example, reduced butyrate-producing bacteria can compromise intestinal barrier function, potentially increasing circulating inflammatory mediators that affect skin immune responses.

Performing a microbiome test can lead to a deeply personalized fiber protocol, a probiotic (good bacteria) and prebiotic (their food) selection strategy, with precise dietary interventions. Instead of basing changes on our expert knowledge, we can directly target your specific microbial patterns. A deep-dive test like this may help improve your skin’s inflammatory tone and barrier resilience.

If you’d like to try it today, please reach out to your Client Advocate, or to learn more, check out our detailed article here.

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What the SpectraCell Test Can Tell You About Your Skin

Micronutrient

Skin health is metabolically expensive, as maintaining this barrier requires significant upkeep. Your serum levels can appear normal, while within your cells, function is suboptimal, wasting resources and causing issues throughout the body. 

The SpectraCell Functional Micronutrient Test measures how well your cells are utilizing key vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, amino acids, and fatty acids. When it comes to your skin health, deficiencies or insufficiencies at the cellular level can present as delayed wound healing, increased oxidative stress, chronic inflammation, hyperpigmentation, or loss of elasticity.

Issues in specific nutrient pathways may be limiting your skin’s repair capacity. For example, collagen production requires vitamin C and amino acids; keratinocyte differentiation depends on vitamin A and zinc; antioxidant defense relies on nutrients such as glutathione, selenium, and vitamin E. 

Performing this micronutrient test can help you identify which specific areas to focus on. If you’d like to try it today, please reach out to your Client Advocate, or to learn more, check out our detailed handout here.

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What the TOXDetect Test Can Tell You About Your Skin

Toxicant Exposure

Skin is highly sensitive to environmental exposures and toxins, as it's your literal first layer of defense. By understanding the chemicals you've recently come into contact with and the chronic exposures in your environment, you can detox and defend against these harmful compounds. The TOXDetect test measures urinary metabolites of common environmental toxicants, including phthalates, bisphenols, parabens, volatile organic compounds, and certain pesticides. Your skin's hormonal signaling and inflammatory pathways are disrupted by these chemicals.

For example, studies on phthalates and bisphenols have shown endocrine disruption, which can influence sebaceous gland activity and inflammatory acne patterns. Other compounds can increase oxidative burden, accelerating collagen degradation and contributing to premature aging.

By recognizing exactly what you've been exposed to (and personally struggle to expel), we can build a detox protocol specific to your needs. We can then review your personal care products, food packaging, and other environmental sources to reduce your toxic load and overall inflammatory stressors.

If you'd like to try it today, please reach out to your Client Advocate, or to learn more, check out our detailed handout here.