Skin Talk Tuesday

Happy Tuesday, PT Fam!

Fitness trainer and Reiki healer Alexa Hirschberg (@alexahirschberg) joins the podcast to share how sudden, severe cystic acne showed up at 29 after years of clear skin, and what her fast recovery revealed about the link between stress and breakouts. Alexa breaks down her work as a Fuze House instructor and Holy Fire Reiki Master, walks through how chakras, tarot, and daily manifestation practices show up in her healing, and explains why she believes manifestation only works when it comes from a place of security, not desperation. The conversation covers adult acne, Reiki healing, energy work, and how she manages heated workouts without wrecking her skin barrier.

Happy Tuesday, STT Fam!

This one's for everyone who's been requesting it: melasma and pigmentation.

Nichola breaks down:
What melasma actually is
Why it gets called "the mask of pregnancy"
Why heat (not just sun) might be the biggest trigger nobody talks about.
Th real difference between melasma, PIH, and PIE
Why hydroquinone isn't the long-term fix a lot of people think it is
The ingredients that actually help calm an overactive melanocyte (vitamin C, niacinamide, tranexamic acid, kojic acid, and more).

Nichola also walks through the Pacific Touch Method approach, from sun protection to lifestyle shifts that bring down internal heat, plus a myth busting round to close it out.

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Happy Tuesday, STT Fam!!

We're back in the studio and officially fangirling. This week Nichola and Mary sit down with Sisley, aka The Acne Nutritionist (@theacnenutritionist), North America and Australia's leading acne-focused holistic nutritionist, to get into what's actually going on underneath your breakouts.
We cover the difference between an acne trigger and a root cause (and why cutting out dairy forever isn't the answer), plus the gut bacteria almost every acne-prone client is missing, why "eating clean" might secretly be undereating, and how "rushing woman syndrome" could be showing up on your skin. Sisley also breaks down the foods she actually recommends for clear skin (flax, wild salmon, sardines making their comeback), her honest take on the most overrated supplement in the acne space, and the truth about pregnancy acne. Plus, she gives us the one skin affirmation she comes back to again and again.

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Happy Tuesday, STT Fam!

It's a solo one this week while Nichola is away on vacation. Mary is getting into something real: the acne flare up she experienced last week, what triggered it (hello, wedding season and travel chaos), and the exact toolkit she used to calm things down fast.

She breaks down her full routine reset, including switching to the Ruby Cleanser, leaning on the Mandelic + Fusion, using the Clear and Calm Mask almost daily, icing, red light therapy, and stripping back to one targeted active instead of layering too much. Plus the supplement side of things (zinc, cod liver oil, probiotics) and why staying consistent with facials made all the difference this time around.

The big takeaway: a strong skin barrier is what helps you bounce back fast when a flare up hits. Hydrated skin heals.

Happy Tuesday, STT Fam!

If you have ever assumed that clearing your skin requires regular facials, this episode is going to change your mind. This week, Mary and Nichola break down what the Pacific Touch Method actually looks like outside the treatment room, and why everything you do at home between appointments matters more than most people realize.
They get into what a virtual consultation with Pacific Touch looks like from start to finish, how Nichola approaches a new client she has never met in person, and what she is actually looking for when she reads a skin health intake. Plus, the lifestyle factors that come up again and again with virtual clients, from blood sugar management to pore clogging ingredients hiding in plain sight, and why getting those basics right can move the needle faster than any product.
Whether you are not local to New York, cannot commit to regular facials right now, or are just starting to figure out what your skin actually needs, this one is for you. The PT Method works from anywhere. This episode shows you how.

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