SKIN AND HAIR
Skin and hair naturopath for eczema, acne, rosacea, psoriasis and hair loss, online.
Skin and hair are messengers. Read what they are telling you.
Naturopathic support for eczema, acne, rosacea, psoriasis, dryness and hair loss, read through the gut, hormones, the thyroid, stress, the immune system and the skin barrier.
Online consultations. Clients join from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, regional Australia
Why do eczema, acne and rosacea keep returning?
Skin conditions often reflect what is happening inside the body. Digestion and the microbiome, blood sugar, androgens, inflammation and the skin barrier itself all play a part. When these are addressed together, the skin usually responds better than with creams alone.
WHAT IT CAN LOOK LIKE
Why do skin conditions and hair loss keep returning?
Skin and hair reflect what is happening in digestion, hormones, the thyroid, the immune system and the nervous system. Hair is one of the first places the body cuts back when reserves run low, and skin flares when the gut, stress or hormones shift. Stripping and treating the surface can calm it for a fortnight and teach it nothing. Lasting change comes from sealing the barrier, balancing the skin and gut microbiome, rebuilding reserves and calming what drives the flare from within.
Eczema or dermatitis
Adult or hormonal acne
Rosacea or flushing
Psoriasis or flaking
Flares with stress, food, your cycle or perimenopause
Melasma or marks that linger after spots
Hair shedding, thinning, breakage or early greying
HOW I WORK WITH FERTILITY AND PRECONCEPTION
Read the pattern. Restore the balance.
Your symptoms are how your body asks for what it needs. I read the pattern behind them, then choose herbs and nutrients the same way: matched to that pattern, to ease the disharmony, calm the nervous system and rebuild your reserves, so your body can come back into balance and heal.
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Leave the skin alone, gently
Fewer, gentler products, with plant-derived actives such as bakuchiol, squalane and azelaic acid in place of harsh ones.
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Herbs, inside and out
A compounded formula chosen through Endobiogeny, tonic herbs and rasayanas for hair, and fresh plant skin care.
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The gut
Digestion, the microbiome, SIBO, H. pylori and food reactions, tested where it changes the plan.
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Stress and sleep
Because flares and shedding so often follow a hard season.
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Hormones and the thyroid
Androgens, oestrogen, insulin, cortisol, the cycle, PCOS, perimenopause and a full thyroid panel.
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Rebuild reserves
Iron, zinc, protein and essential fats such as sea buckthorn and evening primrose, tested and replaced.
WHAT TO TEST
The results that change the plan.
Testing looks at what the skin and hair may be reflecting, so the plan follows what is actually there
Iron studies and ferritin
The most common cause of hair loss in women.
Full thyroid panel
Dry skin, breaking hair and thinning brows.
Androgens, SHBG and DHEA-S
For hormonal acne and thinning at the crown.
Fasting insulin and glucose
Linked with acne and inflammation.
Zinc, vitamin D and B12
Skin and hair repair depend on them.
Gut microbiome, SIBO and H. pylori
Where skin and gut symptoms travel together.
FREE GUIDE
The free Skin & Hair guide.
The skin barrier and microbiome, the gut-skin connection, eczema, acne, rosacea and psoriasis, hormones and oestrogen, hair loss, thinning and greying, nutrients and herbs, gentle plant actives, homemade remedies, and a plan that begins by leaving the skin alone.
THE DEEP RESET· SKIN AND HAIR PATHWAY
For when you need more than one appointment.
Twelve consultations through a long recovery, paced to your energy, with the foundations of healing and The Wholefood Kitchen included.
01. Twelve consultations
Weekly, fortnightly or monthly, individualised to you.
02. Testing that changes the plan
Functional testing where it helps, read alongside your results.
03. The Deep Reset
The foundations of healing, as downloads, from the day you join.
01. Twelve consultations
Weekly, fortnightly or monthly, individualised to you.
QUESTIONS
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Yes. A naturopath looks at the systems behind your symptoms together, including hormones, the gut, blood sugar, the nervous system and nutrition, and builds one plan around them, alongside your GP.
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Yes. All consultations are online by video. Testing is arranged through collection centres near you, and herbal medicine is posted to you. Clients join from across Australia and overseas.
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Often partly. Androgens, insulin, the gut and inflammation all play a part.
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Yes. The gut and skin are closely connected through the immune system. SIBO and H. pylori are both more common in rosacea.
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Yes. It is an immune-driven condition linked with the gut, stress and metabolic health, and joint pain needs a doctor.
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Shedding often shows about three months after illness, stress, birth, rapid weight loss or dieting. Low iron, the thyroid, cortisol and androgens are the most common causes, and bloods tell them apart.
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Hydrogen peroxide builds up in the follicle and bleaches hair from within. Stress, low B12, iron, copper or zinc and the thyroid can speed it.
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Falling oestrogen reduces collagen, moisture and hair growth, while relative androgens can bring breakouts and thinning. Nourishing, clearing and hormone support help, alongside your doctor.
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Bakuchiol, from the babchi plant, has been studied alongside retinol for fine lines and pigmentation, with less irritation. Patch test first.
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No. Naturopathic care works alongside your skin care and medical treatment.
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Skin renews over about a month, and hair grows about a centimetre a month, so changes are judged over three to six months.
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WRITTEN AND REVIEWED BY
Tanya Miles
Integrative Naturopath
Clinical naturopath and member of ANTA (11109). Practices Endobiogeny and anthroposophic medicine, with compounded herbal medicine and functional testing. Last reviewed October 2026.
Ways to begin.
Book an initial consultation
We map your history and results together and decide where to start.
A free intro call
About fifteen minutes to talk through where you are and which pathway fits. Leave your details and I will call you.
The Deep Reset
Twelve consultations on the Skin & Hair pathway, with the foundations of healing and The Wholefood Kitchen.