Please use the directions on our 4 Month Skin Recovery Programme:
https://microbiomeschool.com/4-month-skin-recovery-programme/

Yes. Increasing biodiversity kills off pathogenic levels of microbes on the skin (bacteria, fungi etc). Biodiversity is THE BEST way of killing infections

Killing off pathogenic levels of bacteria means that the skin microbiome becomes healthy again, and often bacteria that were harmful become beneficial.

No! You should definitely continue using JooMo. The dryness you are experiencing is normal, a positive sign that your skin is changing and rebalancing for long term health.

Moisturising has two effects on the skin microbiome. Firstly most moisturisers can contain a sea of chemicals that can damage the skin microbiome. Secondly, your skin in its most healthy state creates natural oils. Adding new oils to this disrupts the skin’s normal system, meaning the microbiome is damaged. 

A healthy skin microbiome will allow the skin to regulate its own oils/moisture. Modern cosmetics containing harsh synthetic chemicals strip the skin of its healthy oils, which is why ‘moisturising’ was invented. Our ancestors didn’t carry little bottles of oil around with them to moisturise, and they had far healthier skin than us. Artificially replacing these oils means the skin becomes used to this, and loses its own ability to regulate its moisture, meaning you need to allow the skin to regain that ability.

This depends on the person. JooMo has been proven to significantly improve skin microbiome diversity in just two weeks, but as your microbiome has been abused and damaged so badly, it may take longer. For example one customer who had been on steroids for 50 years, has seen 80% improvement in 2 weeks!

The only reason we started JooMo is to help heal our mother who was prescribed steroids which destroyed her skin. We had to take her healing into our own hands and so we invented the world’s first 100% Natural Face Wash. We realised there were so many people just like our mother that needed our help. We have researched the Skin Microbiome for the last 10 years so that we can help everyone who has been let down by the medical profession.

Using other products while JooMo is being used can affect the progress. Everyday cosmetics, even “natural” labelled ones contain a sea of chemicals that can damage the skin microbiome. JooMo works to rebuild the skin microbiome long term so it can take care of itself.

Antibiotics destroy the microbiome inside and out and so should only be used if your problem is severely threatening to you. If your problem isn’t severely threatening, your microbiome will just get worse the more you use them, leading to more problems.

No. Antibiotics will only make it more likely that you will get an infection in the future, because it kills all microbes and lowers the biodiversity of the microbiome, damaging it even more. The root cause of the infection was a damaged and out of balance microbiome. The solution is to strengthen it by increasing its biodiversity. A healthy microbiome, high in biodiversity, can defend itself from infections and disease. Antibiotics strip the microbiome of the microbes it needs to be healthy. 

No. Your skin microbiome has been horrifically abused and damaged for a long while. Leaving it alone will be better than using drugs or other modern cosmetics containing harsh synthetic chemicals, however, your skin microbiome needs something which will strengthen it up to healthy levels, so it can defend itself from infections and disease and start to heal itself. This is incredibly hard to do alone. We work with many TSW patients who tried just ‘leaving it alone’ and they found that their skin would still flare for no apparent reason.

All skin diseases/problems stem from the same thing: a damaged microbiome, low in microbial biodiversity (low number of different types of bacteria present). When this microbiome is out of balance, in ‘dysbiosis’, microbes that were previously ‘good’ can become ‘bad’ and start causing problems (including staph/fungal infections), colonising and ‘infecting’ the skin. So killing off these microbes (what Gladskin does) doesn’t solve the root cause of the problem, which is the biodiversity of the whole microbiome has been lowered. The infection may be cured for now, but the microbiome may still be out of balance and open to future infections. This is why so many TSW people get secondary infections after taking antibiotics for previous infections etc. A healthy microbiome, high in biodiversity, can defend itself against these infections, not letting colonisation of microbes occur. They are incredibly powerful systems. JooMo has been scientifically proven in published research to significantly increase the skin microbiome biodiversity in just 2 weeks.

The common species of Streptococcus are S. pyogenes, S. agalactiae, S. dysgalactiae, S. bovis, S. anginosus, S. sanguinis, S. suis, S. mitis, S. mutans and S. pneumoniae. It mainly forms part of the Salivary microbiome, but many types are part of the commensal microbiota on the mouth, skin, intestine, and upper respiratory tract.

Staphylococcus aureus, S. epidermis, S. capitis. S. haemolyticus and S. hominis. 

The first fact to understand is that we all carry these microscopic Demodex mites, and that they are probably an important part of the skin’s commensal biodiversity.

So the idea that you can ‘catch’ these mites and so are the cause of the problem is incorrect.

Problems occur when ‘dysbiotic’ levels of these mites occur (ie. more than normal). It is the usual story with unhealthy systems across nature – when biodiversity decreases, normally beneficial organisms can reach pathogenic levels.

For instance, dysbiotic levels of these mites have been linked to Rosacea, but it’s not clear whether this is a cause or effect. There is a very good article explaining this from the National Rosacea Society (including ‘Microbes are our Friends):

https://www.rosacea.org/patients/the-ecology-of-your-face-demodex-rosacea-and-you

The best answer is the same we always give – improve the biodiversity of your skin’s microbiome, and then all commensal organisms (such as these mites) will find their natural beneficial and healthy levels.