Naturopathy
Our motto is“labs don’t lie”
Your skin is a very clear communicator. It is begging us to uncover the root cause that lies beneath. It is similar to an iceberg, in that 90% of the action is beneath the surface.
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Naturopathy
Our motto is“labs don’t lie”
Your skin is a very clear communicator. It is begging us to uncover the root cause that lies beneath. It is similar to an iceberg, in that 90% of the action is beneath the surface.
SERVICES
Follow me on Instagram
How it Works
A chance for us to meet, vibe and map out the journey together. No skin advice given in this session, but we will share our testing Wishlist so you can get your labs uploaded before your first Initial Consult.
If you would like to go ahead and book straight in for an initial consultation with Asha book below.
Note: Asha is not available for skin strategy sessions
Step 1 - Book Your Free Skin Strategy Session
How it Works
A chance for us to meet, vibe and map out the journey together. No skin advice given in this session, but we will share our testing Wishlist so you can get your labs uploaded before your first Initial Consult.
If you would like to go ahead and book straight in for an initial consultation with Asha book below.
Note: Asha's books are currently closed & is only available for Corneotherapy Sessions
Step 1 - Book Your Free Skin Strategy Session
When you book, you will receive an invite to your client portal and our intake forms. We review these, as well as any existing pathology and skin pics before we meet.
During this session we take a comprehensive history, as well as answer your Q’s. It’s a safe space to express your emotions, enquiries or concerns.
After your session, we spend around 45 mins on your first protocol which is your guide for food, skincare, supplements, testing, hydration, minerals and more! We need to nail the foundations before we move on to the deeper healing.
If you are seeing Asha, you will be given corneotherapy advice within the initial consultation and offered to do a private skin swab if indicated.
Initial consultations are 60 minutes.
Step 2 - Initial Consultation
Step 2 - Initial Consultation
When you book, you will receive an invite to your client portal and our intake forms. We review these, as well as any existing pathology and skin pics before we meet.
During this session we take a comprehensive history, as well as answer your Q’s. It’s a safe space to express your emotions, enquiries or concerns.
After your session, we spend around 45 mins on your first protocol which is your guide for food, skincare, supplements, testing, hydration, minerals and more! We need to nail the foundations before we move on to the deeper healing.
Initial consultations are 60 minutes.
Note: Asha's books are currently closed & she is only available for Corneotherapy Sessions
Step 3- Return Consultation/Pathology Reveal
This is often the ‘Aha’ moment. We screen share your pathology results, and give you answers to your skin worries. This is when the puzzle pieces come together, and you can stop overthinking and looking for answers.
After your session we will spend around 45 mins on your pathology protocol, including customised compounded supplements and herbs.
We suggest having return sessions every 6 weeks for the first 4-6 months, and then we can move to quarterly catch ups.
This is often the ‘Aha’ moment. We screen share your pathology results, and give you answers to your skin worries. This is when the puzzle pieces come together, and you can stop overthinking and looking for answers.
After your session we will spend around 45 mins on your pathology protocol, including customised compounded supplements and herbs.
We suggest having return sessions every 6 weeks for the first 4-6 months, and then we can move to quarterly catch ups.
Step 3- Return Consultation/
Pathology Reveal
Step 4 - Corneotherapy Consult
with Asha (Optional)
Asha is an award-winning Corneotherapist (holistic skin therapist) and has been changing lives with customised skin care prescriptions for 14 years.
She believes that by supporting the skin barrier, microbiome and pH from the outside-in we can see accelerated healing and results for complex and inflamed skin conditions. Corneotherapy consultations are recommended as part of your naturopathic treatment to ensure we are addressing external concerns while addressing internal drivers.
Asha uses Prologic, a professional skincare range that has everything your skin needs, and nothing it doesn't. Skincare is dispatched with your Naturopathic Script.
Step 5 - Private Skin Swab with Asha (Optional)
Asha specialises in private skin swabs to assess bacterial overgrowths of the skin such as Staph.
These bacteria can mimic acne, but are usually unresponsive to 'acne treatments' like skincare, diet changes and in-clinic skin treatments.
Please note that skin swabs take around 3.5 weeks to culture and get results.
Some overgrowths are transmissible, so if you are a referring skin clinic or seeing a skin clinic - you may have to stop clinical treatments for 6-8 weeks whilst we eradicate. This is highly specialised work, and may also require internal investigations as skin is a 'whole body problem'.
Asha is the only practitioner on the team who can do swabs
Common causes of acne
& dermatitis:
- Stress/emotions causing inflammation, dysregulated blood sugar, gut dysbiosis and nutrient/mineral deficiencies
- Gut pathogens: (SIBO, H.pylori, yeast/candida, pathogenic bacteria, leaky/inflamed gut, history of medications
- Hormones: excess or deficiency, insulin resistance, cortisol imbalance, undiagnosed/misdiagnosed PCOS
- Poor drainage pathways/toxicity: constipation, dehydration, sedentary lifestyle, sluggish liver/bile flow, history of tonsillitis, chemical burden, medication burden, low minerals.
- Heavy metals
- Imbalanced/low minerals (sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, zinc, copper etc)
- Post-pill acne
- Bacterial (Staph, Strep, Klebsiella) or fungal skin overgrowths
- Lifestyle: skipping meals, coffee before food, deficiencies in macronutrients (protein, fat, fibre) or micronutrients (zinc, sodium, iron, vitamin e, selenium, vitamin d etc)
- Environment: mold, chemicals, trauma, pesticides
- Sublinical thyroid (hypo/hyper) and autoimmunity (99% of my acne clients)
book a free skin strategy session WITH Bec or APRIL
Common causes of acne
& dermatitis:
- Hormones: imbalances (excess or deficiency), insulin resistance, cortisol dysregulation, PCOS, thyroid or autoimmune conditions
. - Gut & Digestion: SIBO, H. pylori, candida/yeast, dysbiosis, leaky gut, medication history, poor nutrient absorption.
- Stress & Nervous System: emotional stress, chronic inflammation, altered blood sugar control.
- Detox & Drainage: constipation, sluggish liver/bile flow, dehydration, sedentary lifestyle, toxic or chemical burden, mineral depletion.
- Skin Microbes: bacterial (Staph, Strep, Klebsiella) or fungal overgrowths.
- Nutrients & Lifestyle: low minerals (zinc, copper, magnesium, sodium, potassium, calcium), macronutrient/micronutrient gaps, skipping meals, coffee before food, post-pill changes.
- Environment: mold, pesticides, chemicals, trauma exposures.
- Heavy Metals: contributing to inflammation and impaired detoxification.
book a free skin strategy session WITH Bec or APRIL
We do blood work as a foundation for all clients. Using functional interpretation, things are never ‘normal’ and there is a pattern/story/revealing of the root causes.
You can upload existing pathology to your client portal, understanding that if it is more than 3 months old we will need new labs. Also, timing is everything. We will show you when and how to test your hormones for accuracy.
Don’t want to go through your GP? No problem, there are online pathology services we can utilise for a fee.
GET TESTED FROM:
Australia and New Zealand.
Pathology Testing
Private Testing
We have access to hundreds of tests, but these are my top 4:
We use this testing for skin that is showing signs of a bacterial or fungal overgrowth.
Symptoms such as:
- Worse for good quality skincare
- Diagnosis of Staph infection
- Flaking/crusting
- Redness/inflammation
- Burning
- Stinging
- Itching
- Redness
Private swab testing is more sensitive and accurate than testing with the GP, and we often found that if a GP swab shows no growth then a private swab will reveal a high growth of bacteria.
Asha has created her own eradication protocols to treat infections and overgrowths safely from the outside in, without the need for antibiotics.
With a low price point, this is a great starter test. It measures the mineral composition of hair, and reflects the nutrients and toxic elements in body tissue.
- Mineral deficiences and excess (like zinc, iron, copper, selenium, magnesium + more)
- Heavy metal toxicity
- Metabolic rate (fast or slow)
- Immune health (key for skin)
- Nervous system imbalance
- Liver and kidney stress
- Insulin resistance
- Energy levels & fatigue
- Adrenal and thyroid function
A HTMA reveals:
Skin health is innately connected to gut health. You don’t need to have gut symptoms to be carrying a parasite or stealth infection, but common symptoms include:
- Bloating no matter what you eat
- Indigestion and acid reflux
- Constipation
- Food intolerances
- Loose/sloppy stool
- Pain/discomfort
- Nausea
- Feeling of fullness after food
- Undigested food in your poo
- Light/clay coloured poo
- Stubborn weight gain
- Low immunity/always getting sick
- Recurrent thrush
If your hormones are imbalanced on your blood tests, we may choose a DUTCH test to get more detailed and precise information.
- Oestrogens & pathways
- DHEA-s
- Progesterone
- Testosterone/Androgens
- Melatonin
- Cortisol/Adrenals
- Organic Acids
- Oxidative stress
- Methylation
DUTCH stands for ‘Dried Urine Test for Comprehensive Hormones’. It uses dried urine, taken around 7 days after ovulation to assess 35 different hormone metabolites. Some of these include:
It is the gold standard in hormone testing, and creates a blueprint for treatment.
Frequently Asked Questions
In Australia, a HTMA is $240, a GI Map is $440 and a DUTCH complete is $399 + courier.
Fab! Please upload them at least 3 days before your consult. If they are older than 12 months, we will need to retest but it will give me a tonne of info.
For sure. We have made myself accessible in our appointment structure. If you just want to pick my brain for 75 minutes, go for it!
Not really. It’s a bit like seeing 2 personal trainers at once, its confusing.
If you are working with a prac and just want to do a skin swab and have advice from the outside-in, that’s totally fine.
Unfortunately not.
Your GP is trained to look for disease. We am trained to look for optimal health and wellbeing. We look at different ranges. We have never seen testing that was perfect (including my own!)
I just want to work with diet & lifestyle, no testing. Can I do that?
Skin Strategy Session
15 mins FREE
online / telehealth)
A chance for us to meet, vibe and map out the journey together. No skin advice given in this session, but I will share my testing Wishlist so you can get your labs uploaded before your first Initial Consult.
Note: due to being booked for 2 months ahead, many go straight for booking in their 75 Min Initial Consult.
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We can, and if your acne improves by 50% then you may not need testing. But 99% of my clients do need testing for total resolution.
Please Note: We only ever do one private test at a time (not all at once) and I will cherry pick the most appropriate one
