The Gut Skin Connection. Why Your Best Skin Starts in Your Colon
- daryn herzfeld

- Jan 15
- 3 min read
If you’ve tried every serum, facial, laser, supplement, and trending TikTok hack and your skin is still acting up, it might be time to stop blaming your pores and start paying attention to your gut.
Yep. The real glow up often starts way deeper than your skincare shelf.
At Feel The Heal in Miami, we’ve seen it for years. When clients start supporting their digestive health, their skin changes. Breakouts calm down. Inflammation drops. Texture improves. That dull, tired look starts to fade. The gut and skin are besties whether we like it or not.
Let’s break down what the gut skin connection actually means and how you can use it to your advantage.
What Is the Gut Skin Connection
Your gut is home to trillions of bacteria that influence digestion, immunity, inflammation, hormones, and nutrient absorption. When your gut is balanced, your body runs smoother. When it’s overwhelmed, backed up, or inflamed, your skin often becomes the messenger.
Common skin issues linked to gut imbalance include:
• Acne and breakouts• Rosacea and redness• Eczema and irritation• Dull or uneven skin tone• Premature aging and dehydration
If your digestive system isn’t eliminating waste properly, toxins can recirculate in the body. Your skin then steps in as a backup detox organ. Hello congestion, inflammation, and mystery breakouts.
Your face isn’t betraying you. It’s communicating.
How Your Gut Impacts Your Skin
Here’s the simple version without the medical textbook snooze fest.
Inflammation travels.An irritated gut can trigger inflammation throughout the body, which often shows up on the skin as redness, sensitivity, or breakouts.
Nutrient absorption matters.If your gut isn’t absorbing vitamins and minerals efficiently, your skin doesn’t get the building blocks it needs to repair, hydrate, and glow.
Hormones get influenced.Gut health plays a role in hormone regulation. Hormonal imbalances often show up on the jawline, chin, and neck.
Detox pathways need support.When elimination slows down, your body looks for other exits. Skin becomes the emergency exit door.
Basically, you can’t out cream a cranky colon.
How Colonics Support Skin Health
Colonics gently cleanse the colon using filtered water to remove built up waste and gas. This helps support regular elimination, detox pathways, and overall gut function.
When your digestive system flows better, your skin often follows.
Benefits clients commonly notice include:
• Reduced bloating and inflammation• Clearer, calmer skin• Better digestion and energy• Improved hydration balance• Brighter overall complexion• Feeling lighter and refreshed
Many clients come in for digestive reasons and accidentally end up loving their skin even more. Best kind of side effect.
Why We Believe Skin Care Starts in the Gut at Feel The Heal
We’re not anti skincare. We love good products, good treatments, and good technology. But we believe real, lasting skin health comes from supporting the body internally.
At Feel The Heal in Miami, our approach blends gut health, detox support, and advanced skin treatments so you’re not just masking symptoms. You’re addressing root causes.
After 25

years in wellness, one thing is clear. When the gut improves, everything else starts behaving better, including your skin, your energy, and your mood.
Plus, let’s be honest. Glowing skin hits different when you also feel good in your body.
What to Expect From a Colonic at Feel The Heal
If you’ve never had a colonic before, take a breath. It’s clean, private, gentle, and way less intimidating than your imagination.
You’ll be guided by a trained therapist in a comfortable private room. Most clients relax, scroll, breathe, or zone out during their session. Many leave feeling lighter, calmer, and oddly proud of themselves.
Our space carries a retro healing vibe that feels welcoming and human, not cold or clinical. We take cleanliness, comfort, and respect seriously. Always.
First timers usually walk out saying, “That was it?”
Yep. That was it.
Who Benefits Most From Gut Focused Skin Support
You might especially benefit if you struggle with:
• Adult acne or stubborn breakouts• Inflammation or redness• Digestive issues or bloating• Low energy or brain fog• Chronic stress• Skin that doesn’t respond to products
If you have medical conditions, always check with your healthcare provider first. We care about smart wellness, not risky shortcuts.
Real Glow Comes From the Inside
If you’re searching for skin care in Miami, holistic wellness, or ways to support the gut skin connection, Feel The Heal offers a different kind of approach. One that treats you like a whole human, not a single symptom.
Your skin is talking. Your gut might be the translator.
Come see what happens when you heal from the inside out.






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