We also know that with the right products, you may be able to nurture your skin barrier health and the microbes living on it. Namely, the category of biotic skin care has exploded lately: There’s loads of pre, pro, and (and now) postbiotic products that claim to be beneficial for the skin barrier function (well, at least when they’re well formulated). And there’s a lot of research still in the works about how and what skin care ingredients can actually help improve your skin’s flora (there’s a lot of debate currently, which dive into it more in our postbiotic deep dive), but for now, here are the products in which we trust their efficacy. postbiotic body lotion, mindbodygreen ($30) Probiotic Concentrated Serum, LaFlore ($140)
The One Cream, Symbiome ($125) Postbiotic Moisturizing Serum, Mother Dirt ($32) Bio Barrier Nourishing Oil, Biophile Skin ($118) Vitamin C Probiotic Polish, Osea ($108) Revitalize & Glow Serum, Aurelia London ($57) ALIVE Prebiotic Balancing Moisturizer, Algenist ($40) Prebiotic Face Oil, Gallinee ($48) Sweet Biome Fermented Sake Hydrating Spray, Drunk Elephant ($42) Prebiotics & Niacinamide Pore Refining Booster, Allies of Skin ($65)