Your Doctor Is Treating Your Symptoms and Ignoring the Real Problem

Your skincare routine might only be solving half the problem. A leading functional medicine doctor is here to explain why.

In this episode of Face It, Bari sits down with Dr. Will Cole — bestselling author and one of the world's leading functional medicine practitioners — to explore the powerful connection between what's happening inside your body and what's showing up on your skin. From the gut-skin axis to hormonal imbalances to the everyday habits quietly driving inflammation, Dr. Cole brings over 16 years of clinical expertise to a conversation that challenges everything you thought you knew about healing your skin. This is skincare from the inside out — and it changes everything.

We cover:

• What functional medicine actually is — and how it differs from the conventional medicine most of us grew up with
• Why your labs can come back "normal" and something can still be very wrong
• The gut-skin axis explained — and why your skin is often a direct reflection of what's happening in your gut
• What leaky gut actually is, why it happens, and how it shows up on your skin
• The four foods most likely to be secretly sabotaging your skin — and the better-for-you swaps that don't require giving up everything you love
• Why alcohol is one of the biggest skin saboteurs nobody wants to talk about
• Whether probiotic sodas like Poppi and Olipop are actually doing anything for your gut
• The truth about probiotics — and why just taking one daily isn't always enough
• How to know if your hormones are out of balance — and the surprising signs hiding in plain sight
• Why birth control is still being prescribed for acne in 2024 — and what Dr. Cole thinks about that
• How chronic stress is quietly aging you faster than almost anything else
• Why fixing your mood might start with fixing your gut
• What "hormonal acne" actually means — and why it's often diagnosed without a single hormone being tested
• The supplements Dr. Cole says almost everyone should be taking — and the ones that are mostly marketing
• How sleep quality is directly impacting your skin — and the simple nighttime habits that can change everything
• What you can do starting tomorrow to begin healing your gut and transforming your skin from the inside out