BioHack Your Beauty Event: A 2-Day Educational Seminar that Brings Aesthetics, Biohacking and Holistic Medicine Together with the Goal of Transparency.
I had such a great time meeting so many great people at BioHack Your Beauty Event who all share the same passion: health and beauty. Held in a grassy area with palm trees serving acai bowls and a venue with a lighted stage, it was the perfect setting for the beauty community to share their latest knowledge and products! BioHack Your Beauty is an educational event in Los Angeles that brings industry leaders in aesthetics, biohacking and holistic medicine together to understand beauty as a whole: beauty, mind and spirit. I spoke with event host Dr. Kayte Susse and learned about her new ground-breaking supplements and her driving force behind the BioHack Your Beauty Event. I also discovered Bonjour Delilah, a new skincare line made of beef tallow, natural retinol and stem cells! Another favorite discovery was Zen Basil, the up-and-coming replacement for chia seeds. Who knew that basil seeds were much more nutritional than chia and that you could make basil seed pudding instead of chia pudding?
By the way….what is biohacking? Biohacking is a term that describes relatively safe incremental changes you can make to your body, diet, and lifestyle to improve your health and beauty. Biohacking topics at BioHack Your Beauty Event ranged from gut health (for example one’s gut health has a direct correlation to skin, hair and nail health) to myofunctional therapy (resting tongue posture) to fasting and nutrition.
BioHack Your Beauty Event not only hosts biohacking experts, but also invites plastic surgeons, skincare innovators, pharmacists, sleep experts, fitness leaders, stem cell researchers, and more to take the stage and educate consumers and industry professionals about their current innovations and findings. The beauty industry can offer life-changing rewards and the possibilities are impressive, but there is another side to the industry that is more taboo—life-altering injuries. I walked into BioHack Your Beauty Event during Dr. Ben Telai’s transparent talk about the risks involved with lasers. For example, lasers can be used amazingly under the right hands and treatment protocol, but the possible dangers include fat loss and deflation to the SMAS. This side effect can be very distressing to patients and is not openly talked about enough (but not so at BioHack Your Beauty Event!)
After speaking with Dr. Kayte Susse, host of BioHack Your Beauty Event and chiropractor, television host, supplement founder, breast implant illness expert, she expressed her passion of promoting transparency in the beauty industry after she herself contracted a mystery illness shortly after breast implants. Surprisingly, she contracted BII (breast implant illness) which at the time she was unaware was a possible side effect to silicone implants. It can be extremely frightening when someone contracts BII since the majority of the time patients don’t know why they are sick, which leaves them feeling ill, scared, and looking for answers. Most (if not all) turn to online research. Dr. Kayte, for example, came across a Facebook support group called “Healing Breast Implant Illness by Nicole” with 1,000 members, which has now grown to 100,000! The risks in the beauty industry are real, which is why Dr. Kayte makes sure BioHack Your Beauty Event provides a safe space to talk about all the exciting and also unattractive aspects of the beauty industry non-judgementally.
From Pain to Purpose- Dr. Kayte’s Story.
Dr. Kayte turned her life-altering hardship of contracting BII into purpose. Originally, she planned to work in fashion and art, she majored in fine art photography and painting and worked between Miami and LA. However, after she mysteriously got sick after breast implants, most of her time was left to search for answers as to why she was sick. Dr. Kayte’s new mission changed from fashion and art to medical research and doctor’s visits. Dr. Kayte visited the allopathic community and alternative doctors for their opinion, but they were also perplexed as to why she was sick. She finally was able to discern the root cause of the problem after she enrolled in chiropractic school and then functional and regenerative medicine: the answer was toxicity due to breast implants and mercury amalgams. The discovery of her mystery illness finally identified as BII became a pivot in her life. She has now become an advocate for medical device safety, breast implant safety, informed consent legislation for device safety, plastic surgery reform, metabolism of heavy metals, underlying causes of skin laxity and premature ageing and she’s also a researcher for strategies for regeneration after chemical exposures. The time that Dr. Kayte spent searching for answers to her mystery illness mysteriously paid off as she has now poured it all into her new supplement line: Dr. Kayte’s Formulas.
Dr. Kayte’s Formulas: Commitment to Purity and Potency in Every Capsule to Live Healthy with Silicone Implants.
Enter Dr. Kayte’s Formula’s into the beauty market. Made from purple carrots for additional nutrient beta-carotene, there is finally a supplement to help support others with silicone implants! Dr. Kayte’s Formula’s is a daily supplement perfect for anyone who has any type of silicone implant: breast implants, butt implants, chin implants, and more. Dr. Kayte and her team meticulously make sure every inch of this supplement is crafted in detail. Dr. Kayte’s Formula’s closely follows strict FDA guidelines, and good manufacturing practices, and each raw material used is tested for purity, heavy metals, microbiological contamination, and identity. Any failed material is discarded. Test results are reported on a Certificate of Analysis (COA) available to the public.
Now there is an unexpected market window in the beauty industry: solutions to risks that are mostly only made possible due to the brave souls who dive in, do research and then make a product based on their findings. Now, Dr. Kayte can provide a solution to 100,000’s of others who are experiencing breast implant illness. You can shop Dr. Kayte’s Formulas here!
BONJOUR DELILAH, Where Natural Skincare Ingredients, Innovation and Luxury Meet!
My top beauty discovery at BioHack Your Beauty Event is the brand-new science-backed natural skincare line Bonjour Delilah! Bonjour Delilah celebrated their launch at BioHack Your Beauty Event and I am already in love with what their product line offers—science-backed ingredients yet natural at the same time. I met Gillian Bigelson the founder of Bonjour Delilah and she explained that she created this line so naturally that her dog is safe enough to lick her face! (This is where Delilah in Bonjour Delilah comes from, her beloved dog). Even though Gillian keeps each product natural, she commits to innovation and is always improving her formulas looking out for the latest in skincare actives.
Believe it or not, a girlfriend and I were having breakfast right before BioHack Your Beauty Event and talked about skincare and retinol. I couldn’t believe my friend didn’t have a retinol skincare product in her nighttime routine, but she said she likes to stay natural and didn’t know of any natural retinol product. Fast forward 2 hours later at BioHack Your Beauty Event I walk past a beautiful black booth with founder Gillian Bigelson with a bright smile saying “Want to try our new natural retinol product?” Élixir Jeunesse is the product in question, with star ingredient vigna acontifolia (a natural form of retinol). This revolutionary youth serum also contains a peptide that is a cheaper alternative to botox, algae, coQ10, and one of the highest natural concentrations of vitamin C. All her face and body skincare products (except Élixir Jeunesse) are based in fat-soluble beef tallow and include advanced ingredients such as green caviar oil, silk amino acids, peptides small enough to penetrate the skin, blueberry seed oil, astaxanthin extract (natural sun protection)…and more!
Founder Gillian Bigelson at the launch of her new line Bonjour Delilah, BioHack Your Beauty Event, March 8 2024.
Shop Bonjour Delilah here! $1 per product is donated to animal rescue charities!
ZEN BASIL, The Basil Seed that Replaces Chia in Function and Nutrition! Sorry Chia :(
Another brand that I fell in love with at BioHack Your Beauty Event is Zen Basil. Zen Basil is a family-owned business committed to doing good and was founded by Shakira Niazi with her sons. When I first came across Zen Basil’s booth, I had no idea there was an alternative to chia seeds (basil seeds). Basil seeds can be used in the same ways that chia seeds can, as basil seeds are water-soluble just like chia and function much in the same way as chia. Did you know you can make a basil seed pudding instead of a chia seed pudding?
Basil seeds have a large nutritional profile that competes with chia. They are anti-inflammatory to help maintain heart health and are high in fiber that helps support gut health. A fun fact about gut health (gut health was a biohacking topic at BioHack Your Beauty) is that your gut health is directly related to your skin, hair and nail health. ZenBasil seeds are a perfect merger of beauty and health.
Buy ZenBasil here.
I had so much fun at BioHack Your Beauty Event and I can’t wait until next year! It will be interesting to see what advances were made in aesthetic, biohacking, and holistic medicine. Until then, stay posted on BioHack Your Beauty Event on their website https://biohackyourbeauty.org/!
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LAURA