Understanding Inflammation

🔥 Understanding Inflammation: What Dr. Ben Johnson Teaches

Founder of Osmosis Beauty, medical doctor, and holistic skin expert

Dr. Ben Johnson believes that inflammation is not the enemy — it’s the body’s way of communicating distress and initiating repair. When it shows up on your skin (as redness, breakouts, sensitivity, or rosacea), it’s a sign of internal imbalance, not a surface problem.

Rather than suppressing inflammation with harsh products, Osmosis supports the body in healing the root cause.

💥 If You’re Seeing Inflammation on Your Skin... Ask:

• What am I putting in my body that could be triggering this?

• What is my stress load, and how is my nervous system functioning?

• Is my body detoxing properly — or are things backed up?

• What is my skin trying to purge, release, or warn me about?

🛑 Dr. Ben’s Common Inflammation Triggers to Avoid or Reduce:

1. Alcohol
   ➝ Creates heat, dehydrates tissues, and burdens liver detox pathways

2. Processed Foods & Refined Sugars
   ➝ Feed gut dysbiosis, create systemic inflammation, and slow skin healing

3. Chemical sunscreens & conventional skincare
   ➝ Contain toxins that disrupt the skin barrier and endocrine system

4. Stress & Anxiety
   ➝ Raise cortisol → disrupt hormones, weaken the immune response, inflame the gut and skin

5. Antibiotics & harsh topical medications
   ➝ Strip the microbiome, damage skin long-term, suppress healing

🌿 Dr. Ben’s Approach Instead:

• Support the liver + gut with internal elixirs (like Regenerate and Skin Perfection)

• Use topical products that reduce inflammation naturally (like Rescue, Calm, and Quench)

• Hydrate, nourish, and listen to the body’s signals — don’t suppress them

• Focus on repairing from the inside out, gently and intelligently

🌸 Summary for Clients:

“Redness, breakouts, or skin sensitivity are not flaws — they’re messages.
Your skin isn’t overreacting. It’s asking for balance.”
– Dr. Ben Johnson, Osmosis Beauty