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Salubre Skin Solutions Natural skin solutions for Psoriasis/ Eczema, Anti Ageing/ Hyper-pigmentation, Acne, Rosacea. We sh Irene shares her personal and clinical experience with you.

Dr Irene Prantalos (chinese medicine) is living proof you can Live Psoriasis Free. Psoriasis can be healed with the right changes to your diet, lifestyle and mindset you too can Live Psoriasis Free.

Eczema and psoriasis may show up on the skin, but the story often starts much deeper.In clinic, I look beyond what is ha...
13/10/2026

Eczema and psoriasis may show up on the skin, but the story often starts much deeper.

In clinic, I look beyond what is happening on the surface because skin inflammation can be influenced by what is happening throughout the body.

Blood sugar regulation, insulin, cortisol, oestrogen and progesterone can all influence inflammatory signalling, immune activity and the skin barrier.

With psoriasis, metabolic health and insulin resistance are important pieces of the bigger picture.

With eczema, some people notice changes during periods of prolonged stress, hormonal shifts, pregnancy, perimenopause or around their menstrual cycle.
This is why I don't believe in a one-size-fits-all approach to skin.

A topical product can be an important part of supporting the skin barrier and managing symptoms, but understanding what may be contributing to ongoing inflammation allows us to take a more personalised approach.

This is Pillar 5 of the ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฑโ„ข: ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ & ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†. ๐ŸŒฟ

If you're ready to understand the bigger picture behind your skin, book a Skin Assessment through the link in bio.

Dr Irene Prantalos
Chinese Medicine Practitioner

There was a time when I wanted nothing more than for my skin to stop reacting.I know what it's like to wake up and immed...
08/10/2026

There was a time when I wanted nothing more than for my skin to stop reacting.

I know what it's like to wake up and immediately check your skin.

To wonder what caused the flare.

To feel frustrated, embarrassed, uncomfortableโ€ฆ and sometimes just exhausted from trying to figure it all out.

I lived with psoriasis from the age of 11.

So when I became a practitioner, I thought I understood what my patients needed.
I thought my job was to help stop the skin from reacting.

Calm the inflammation.
Reduce the itching.
Clear the plaques.
Make the skin look better.

And of course, those things matter.

But 22 years into practice, I understand something much more deeply:
The skin was never the enemy.
It was communicating with me.

And when I eventually began looking beyond the skin โ€” at my gut, my health, my triggers, my body and the way everything was connected โ€” I started to understand my own skin in a completely different way.

I realised that for years I had been asking:
"How do I make this go away?"
When the more important question was:
"Why is my body responding this way?"

That shift changed everything for me.

And it's one of the most powerful shifts I now see in the people I work with.

The moment you realise your flares aren't necessarily random.
The moment you start connecting the dots.
The moment you stop blaming your skin and start listening to it.

Something changes.
Not just in the skin.
In you.

Because you move from fear and frustration to understanding.

And understanding gives you something you may have been missing for a very long time: a sense of agency over your own skin story.

This is why I do what I do.

Because I know what it feels like to be the person desperately searching for answers.
And I know how different it feels when you finally start to understand what your skin has been trying to tell you.

๐ŸŒฟ Your skin isn't the enemy. It's part of the story.

Thank you for being here, for trusting me with your stories, and for being willing to look a little deeper.












07/10/2026

Histamine is one of the messengers your immune system uses to raise the alarm. It's part of why reactive skin becomes itchy, red and hot.

When your system is already on high alert, as it so often is with eczema and psoriasis, everyday foods, habits and even stress can add to your histamine load, one layer at a time, until the skin tips over into a flare. None of these triggers is the root cause on its own. Together, though, they can keep an over-vigilant immune system from settling.

The encouraging part is that once you can see what's adding to your load, you can begin to lighten it. I've put together the same Histamine Load Checklist I use in clinic, covering the common foods, habits and triggers that quietly add up.

Comment ๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—  below and I'll send it straight to your inbox. ๐ŸŒฟ

Dr Irene Prantalos, Chinese Medicine Practitioner

07/10/2026

Reactive skin is often at its most uncomfortable in the evening. As the day winds down, the body's natural anti-inflammatory hormones dip, and a skin barrier that has been losing moisture since morning has little left to protect it. For an immune system that is already on alert, that combination can be enough to set off the itch and heat so many of you know too well.

That's why I teach my patients an evening ritual that works from two directions.

On the outside, the ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—น๐—บ goes onto slightly damp skin straight after a warm shower. It is water-free and preservative-free, made from plant butters and oils including borage seed oil, one of nature's richest sources of GLA, and oat kernel oil. It forms a breathable protective layer that holds moisture in and brings comfort back to dry, tight, reactive areas.

On the inside, a cup of ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ-๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ closes the day. Ashwagandha, rhodiola and rose petals are traditionally used to support the body's response to everyday stress, and ten quiet minutes with a warm cup is a signal to your nervous system that it's safe to switch off.

Outside in, inside out. Calm skin starts with a calm system. ๐ŸŒฟ

Discover the evening ritual at salubre.com.au (link in bio).

Dr Irene Prantalos, Chinese Medicine Practitioner

06/10/2026

One of the most common things I hear in clinic is, "๐‘ด๐’š ๐’”๐’Œ๐’Š๐’ ๐’‡๐’๐’‚๐’“๐’†๐’… ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’๐’‡ ๐’๐’๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’†."

After 22 years of sitting across from people with eczema and psoriasis, I've learned that flares are rarely random. Most often, they arrive two or three days after a demanding stretch, not during it. While you're pushing through a deadline, broken sleep or a busy family week, your stress hormones are working hard and hold inflammation partly down. When the week ends and you finally exhale, the immune system rebounds, and the skin shows it.

This is why I spend so much of a first consultation listening. The pattern is almost always there in the story, and once you can see yours, something shifts. The flare stops feeling like an ambush, and you can start supporting your body before it reacts. That is the heart of Pillar 4 of the Skin Reset Method: Regulate Immune Reactivity.

If your flares feel unpredictable, let's map your pattern together. Book your Skin Assessment through the link in bio. ๐ŸŒฟ

Dr Irene Prantalos, Chinese Medicine Practitioner













05/10/2026

โ€œ๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’• ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’…๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‡๐’Š๐’๐’†.โ€

Itโ€™s one of the most common things I hear in clinic.

And hereโ€™s what I want you to know:
You can have a quiet gut without having a balanced gut.

Gut imbalance doesn't always show up as bloating, pain, constipation or diarrhoea.

Sometimes, the first place you notice something is wrong is your skin.

When the balance of microorganisms in the gut changes, and the intestinal barrier becomes more permeable, it can alter the signals reaching the immune system.

And those signals don't necessarily stay confined to the gut.

For some people, the skin becomes one of the places where that imbalance becomes visible โ€” through increased reactivity, redness, itching or flaring.

This is why I don't look at the skin in isolation.

Your skin can be telling you a story about what's happening elsewhere in the body.

This week, we're exploring ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฑโ„ข: ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

Because healthy digestion isn't just about how your stomach feels.
Itโ€™s about whatโ€™s happening beneath the surface.

And if youโ€™ve been trying to understand why your skin keeps reacting, a Skin Assessment can help you look at the bigger picture rather than continuing to guess your way through it.

If you're ready to understand your skin more deeply, book a Skin Assessment with me.

For years, I thought I was doing everything I could to improve my skin.And I was.But I was looking at my skin as though ...
02/10/2026

For years, I thought I was doing everything I could to improve my skin.

And I was.

But I was looking at my skin as though it existed on its own.

It wasn't until I became older and, eventually, a practitioner that I began to connect the dots.

I had experienced gut issues since childhood, yet I had never thought to connect them with my skin.

Then I started working on my own gut health.
And as my gut health improved, so did my skin's ability to heal.

That was a major realisation for me.

Because sometimes it's not that you're not doing enough for your skin.

You may simply be missing part of the story.

This experience fundamentally changed the way I approach skin health in my practice today.

I don't just want to know what your skin looks like.

I want to understand the individual story behind it.

โญ If you've been treating your skin from the outside for years and still don't understand why it keeps reacting, book a Skin Assessment with me.

We'll look beyond the surface and start uncovering your skin story.

Your skin has a story. Let's find out what yours is.

Many people with chronic skin conditions end up eating fewer and fewer foods, hoping the next elimination will be the on...
01/10/2026

Many people with chronic skin conditions end up eating fewer and fewer foods, hoping the next elimination will be the one that works. A shrinking diet can starve the very bacteria your gut needs to stay balanced.

Restoring microbial balance is about what you bring back, not only what you remove. My Food Freedom Formula walks you through that shift. Comment ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜๐——๐—ข๐—  and I'll send it to you.

Dr Irene Prantalos, Chinese Medicine Practitioner

29/09/2026

Topical care matters. It calms the skin and protects the barrier while deeper work happens. But when the drivers of inflammation begin in the gut, the skin can only ever be part of the answer.

๐‘ณ๐’–๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”๐’Š-๐‘ป๐’†๐’‚ was formulated for this inside-out layer. It combines olive leaf, traditionally used for its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties; nettle and calendula, long valued in herbal medicine for inflamed skin; and dandelion leaf and cleavers, traditionally used to support digestion and elimination. It is a daily ritual that brings gut support into your routine, alongside your topical care rather than instead of it.

Dr Irene Prantalos, Chinese Medicine Practitioner

After more than 20 years in clinical practice, I've noticed a pattern that patients rarely connect themselves. A flare a...
29/09/2026

After more than 20 years in clinical practice, I've noticed a pattern that patients rarely connect themselves. A flare arrives weeks after a course of antibiotics, a bout of gastro, a period of heavy travel, or a stretch of poor sleep and sugar. By the time the skin reacts, the trigger feels too distant to matter.

One presentation I see often is a woman in her thirties whose hand eczema became persistent the year after repeated antibiotic courses. She had tried every cream and barrier product. Nobody had asked about her gut.

The first questions I ask are not about the skin. When did this begin? What happened in the months before? The answer is often sitting in the timeline.

Dr Irene Prantalos, Chinese Medicine Practitioner

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