{"podcast":{"title":"Beauty Bytes with Dr. Kay: Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon™","slug":"beauty-bytes-with-dr-kay-secrets-of-a-plastic-surgeon-410187","podcast_index_feed_id":410187,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4952384.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4952384","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/40561180.png","author":"Kay Durairaj, MD, FACS @beautybydrkay","episode_count":500,"summary":"The hot new location for all your beauty needs. Learn how to stay beautiful on the inside and out with advice from Kay Durairaj, MD, a top plastic surgeon from Los Angeles, California. This podcast will feature the inside scoop on trends in plastic surgery, botox, fillers, beauty, and wellness. Guest stars will include influencers, entrepreneurs, and other top plastic surgeons across the country. Stay tuned for Beauty Bytes, and follow us on Instagram @beautybydrkay.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T10:20:25.722887+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beauty-bytes-with-dr-kay-secrets-of-a-plastic-surgeon-410187"},"episode":{"title":"826: The Menopause-Gut Connection: Stopping LPS Toxins, Fixing Leaky Gut, and Hacking Aging","slug":"826-the-menopause-gut-connection-stopping-lps-toxins-fixing-leaky-gut-and-hacking-aging","published_at":"2026-04-29T00:12:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beauty-bytes-with-dr-kay-secrets-of-a-plastic-surgeon-410187/826-the-menopause-gut-connection-stopping-lps-toxins-fixing-leaky-gut-and-hacking-aging","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beauty-bytes-with-dr-kay-secrets-of-a-plastic-surgeon-410187","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8896768","audio_url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8896768.mp3?modified=1777421668&sid=4952384&source=rss","summary":"Are your expensive 10-step skincare routines actually destroying your skin’s first line of defense? In this mind-blowing episode of Beauty Bytes, I welcome back Kiran Krishnan, a brilliant research microbiologist and health educator, to completely redefine how we think about the gut-skin axis. We start by breaking down the \"acid mantle\"—why your skin must stay at a highly specific pH (4.5 to 5.2) to prevent fungal overgrowth, acne, and severe dryness, and why you are likely over-cleansing. We also dive into the systemic changes that occur during midlife, exploring how declining estrogen levels create a \"leaky gut\" that allows LPS toxins to flood your system, accelerating aging and inflammation. Kiran shares the exact protocols to reverse this, from using spore-based probiotics and lactoferrin to hacking the \"centenarian microbiome\" with fiber and polyphenols. We even discuss \"psychobiotics\" that act as nature's stress relievers, and the exact topical protocol you should use after microneedling and lasers. Guest Information: Kiran Krishnan is a research microbiologist and the co-founder of Microbiome Labs. You can find him on Instagram at @kiranbiome or join his free community at biome.lc . To learn more about the SIV skin serum, visit sivcare.com .","meta_description":"Are your expensive 10-step skincare routines actually destroying your skin’s first line of defense? In this mind-blowing episode of Beauty Bytes, I welcom…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3302,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/beauty-bytes-with-dr-kay-secrets-of-a-plastic-surgeon-410187/episodes/826-the-menopause-gut-connection-stopping-lps-toxins-fixing-leaky-gut-and-hacking-aging/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beauty-bytes-with-dr-kay-secrets-of-a-plastic-surgeon-410187/826-the-menopause-gut-connection-stopping-lps-toxins-fixing-leaky-gut-and-hacking-aging.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}