Skin Microbiome: Dr. Mimi Vega on What Your Skin Is Telling You

What if your skin is telling you about more than your skin? Dr. Mimi Vega, PhD biochemist, former biotech executive, and founder of VGAM Biome, talks about the skin microbiome, the gut-skin connection, and how sleep, stress, and hormones show up on your skin.

She started as a teenager in the chemistry club, trying ingredient after ingredient on her own inflamed skin. Years later, working in oncology, she looked at her son's MRI and knew in an instant what it meant. He is doing well today. The questions that came after led her to the organisms living on our skin. She also talks about the three layers on the surface of your skin, the book she is finishing for early 2027, and why no product can make up for a bad night's sleep.

▶️ Watch the full conversation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/T2oIuuMlMbM

CHAPTERS

00:00 Your skin is telling you something

00:14 What if your skin isn't a problem to fix

01:20 Meet Dr. Mimi Vega

02:38 Asking the same question since childhood

05:12 A teenager in the chemistry club

06:20 Her mother's leukemia

08:43 The MRI

09:31 Discovering the skin microbiome