# @drdustinportela on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYugq7pkZlN
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66040805-drdustinportela-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/9ced32985a.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-05-24T15:39:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Dr. Dustin Portela | Skincare & Health Expert (@drdustinportela) — https://gondola.cc/drdustinportela

## Caption

Swipe through this one — especially if your skin has been acting up lately despite doing "everything right."⁠
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Here's the irony nobody talks about: a damaged skin barrier is usually caused by trying too hard.⁠
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Your skin barrier is like a brick wall. Skin cells are the bricks. Ceramides, lipids, and fatty acids are the mortar. When that mortar breaks down, everything that shouldn't get in — does. And everything that should stay in — moisture — leaks right out.⁠
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#SkinBarrier #BarrierRepair #SkincareScience

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## Tags

barrierrepair, skinbarrier, skincarescience

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