Skincare: From Acne to Aging (& everything in between!) {Ep. 61, with Dermatologist, Heidi Foster}
Hey guys!
I have such a treat for you! My friend, dermatologist, and Mom to SIX joins me to talk about all things skincare! This episode may be good for the whole family to listen to as there is something for everyone in here!
I met Heidi about twenty years ago when she and my husband were both in medical school. (You’ll hear that story in the interview!) Since then I’ve loved following Heidi and her husband Brent as they have raised their kids on a lake in Minnesota (they even have a hockey rink in front of their house in the winter!) Heidi is so generous, smart, and fun, and I think you’ll find this conversation to be eye-opening, and super practical!
Heidi starts off by answering my question: What age should kids start a skin care routine? Then we move on to acne prevention, and acne treatment. We talk about sunscreen for all ages, then dive into anti-aging and Heidi’s suggestions for women’s skincare. Heidi shares some startling statistics, (so important!) and she offers lots of suggestions for skincare products and treatments. (I did a serious Amazon shopping trip after this talk!) Consider this your (free!) virtual visit to a dermatologist who is giving you her best tips for the whole family. Oh, and her show notes are allllll below! I put links in** to pretty much everything she suggested!
SHOW NOTES:
Heidi (Dr Foster)’s recommendations:
Facial Cleansers:
Facial Lotions:
Body Cream
OTC retinoid for acne and beginner anti aging
Sunscreens
Elta MD- spf 40 or Clear 46(acne prone) for face
-spf 50 Sport or 47 PUR for body
Surface clear zinc spf 50- body and face <– (USE Code: BOYMOM for 20% off!)
Vanicream spf 30 or 35 sport-a bit thicker great for kids
Anti-aging
1- SPF EVERY DAY RIGHT AWAY (Elta MD 46Clear)
2-Retinoid every night ( start withDifferin .1% gel at bedtime and see derm to work up to higher strength)
3- Antioxidant under spf in morning– Obaji Vitamin C serum, Skinceuticals CE Ferrulic
Growth Factor Serum- Skin Medica TNS Essential Serum
Lightener- Skin Medica Lytera 2.0
Bleaching creams- (prescription)-Triluma
Coolibar.com for sun protective clothing
Heliocare antioxidant supplement
CHECKING MOLES: Be on the look out for “ABCDE” — (see a doctor if you notice a mole with any of these–)
A: Assymestry.
B: Border (jagged, irregular)
C: Color (pink, gray… changing color.)
D: Diameter. (larger than 6mm//a pencil eraser…)
E: Evolving (shape, color, or size.)
Lazer treatment. Chemical peels, Intense Pulse Light (IPL)
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More about Heidi Foster, M.D., FAAD
Dr Heidi Foster is a board certified dermatologist employed at Skin Care Doctors in Orono, Minnesota since 2005. She received a B.S. In biology from Bethel University in St. Paul and received her medical degree Alpha Omega Alpha from the University of North Dakota of Medicine in 2001. She practiced her internship at Hennepin County Medical Center and then completed her dermatology residency at the University of Minnesota in 2005.
She grew up in Aberdeen, South Dakota, and currently resides just west of the Twin Cities area where she lives with her husband and six children. Dr. Foster enjoys running, water skiing, hiking, and being involved with her church community and medical missions. Above all, her greatest passion is spending time with her family which expanded through adoption from West Africa in 2017.
Dr. Foster’s clinical interests include general, pediatric, skin cancer, and surgical dermatology with special interest in cosmetic procedures including BOTOX®, J
Heidi says she is currently closed to new patients BUT if anyone mentions they heard the podcast, she’ll get them in because they must be fabulous! 
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Any recommendations on an antioxidant that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg? I live in Canada and the ones suggested cost closer to $200.
Thank you for such useful information! I have two teenage boys right in the middle of the acne problem.
Another run, another great listening experience! I so look forward to each podcast!
Thank you Monica!
Oh I love to hear that!! 🙂 Thank you so much!! XO
My favorite summer memory was going to summer camp, taking swimming lessons, and playing all day outside with my sister. Thanks for this episode. It was super informative and I can now share with my kids that there is someone else who preaches sunscreen. Also at 41 I STILL have acne so going to try some of her recommended products. Thanks Monica!
My favorite summer memory from childhood is traveling with my family to Argentina and being with my dad who used to work there as a wine maker. Visiting those vineyards, eating fresh sweet grapes right from the vine, are all beautiful memories. To much to be thankful for!
My favorite childhood memory was and still is church camp! There is a camp in Colorado we go to every year that has changed my life! It is called NYR and I still look forward to going. Unfortunately it’s canceled this year due to COVID-19. But, my husband and I are looking forward to bringing our son for the first time next year!
Thank you so much for all the great skin care tips! I have acne prone skin and have the prescription retinoid but have gotten out of the habit of using it. Thank you for giving me the push I needed to get back to caring for my skin!
I loved going to the library every week with my family to get a new stack of books to read over the summer.
Growing up in the Deep South, summers were filled with my brother and I playing outside with a make shift slip n slide, squirting each other with the water hose, catching and watching lightning bugs, playing with sparklers, and staying up later with the longer sunlight hours.
This episode was so great! I have a family history of everything- from acne to skin cancer, so I really enjoyed these helpful tips, recommendations, and reminders! It inspired me to start the sunscreen early with my 3 boys! Thanks!!!
I grew up in Paraguay, and there we have more hot days than cold. I always looked forward to the camps (kids, Teens, or youth).
A favorite childhood summer memory is playing in the sprinkler with my two siblings during the hot summer days of North Carolina and then catching lightning bugs in the evenings.
Growing up in Kentucky, all of the neighborhood kids would catch fireflies or we called them lighting bugs every night. Soo fun! We’d all have our jars with the holes poked in the lids so the lighting bugs would stay alive. I live in SoCal now and it doesn’t seem like we have lighting bugs here.
Living in Arizona, every summer our dad would take our family of seven to Crystal Pier in Pacific Beach (San Diego). We would stay right at the Pier where there were some cottages. Great memories!
I remember summer trips to the lake for picnics and swimming. Lots of neighbors and friends would be there. Great family times.
Growing up in Michigan, I have to say that it was going to Lake Michigan and enjoying the waves and the Sand Bar and the enormity of the lake. I also have great memories of going to specific festivals every year. My favorite was a blueberry festival in Indiana.
My favorite memories from childhood, especially from the summer, always are linked to the McKenzie River in Oregon, where I grew up. My dad and I would fish right off the bank below my house. My mom would drive us up river then we would hop in inter tubes and float down the river all the way home. It was a wild and free kind of living 🙂
A family trip which included Yosemite Park and exploring Redwoods in CA!
Growing up in NYC, we had a summer cottage in the Catskill Mountains where we spent many weekends enjoying nature and swimming in the lake!
Oh that sounds dreamy!! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Summer nights in Chicago…sitting on the front porch catching lighting bugs! ☀️🌔
So cool! (I’ve never been to Chicago!) Love it. 🙂
My family had a lake house when I was young. I loved spending the entire day outside with my family waterskiing, swimming and log rolling until we were exhausted. Then, we would all grab books and read until dinner time. It was awesome!
I love imagining that! What areat childhood memories!!
A favorite memory from childhood. Being at the beach in Lake Michigan digging a makeshift lounge chair out of sand and watching the fireworks. Seems like they were literally right above us.
So special!! Love this. 🙂
Fourth of July pig roast on our family farm and watching the fireworks laying in the field!
Awesome!! Sounds like a great memory!