Skin Microbiome Analysis: What Your Skin Microbes Reveal

Discover what your skin microbes reveal about health and balance. Skin microbiome analysis examines the communities living on your skin—bacteria, fungi, and other microbes—and how they interact with your skin barrier. Through non-invasive sampling, DNA sequencing, and advanced analytics, skin microbiome analysis highlights which microbes are thriving, which are underrepresented, and what metabolites they produce. By comparing your profile to a healthy reference, you can gauge skin balance, resilience, and potential vulnerabilities tied to irritation, sensitivity, or flare-ups. From these insights, you can unlock personalized skincare insights. Skin microbiome analysis helps map associations between microbial patterns and outcomes like moisture retention, oil balance, and barrier integrity. It also reveals which bacterial functions are driving positive skin states and which may contribute to inflammation when out of balance. With this information, you can tailor cleansers, moisturizers, and actives to support beneficial microbes while limiting factors that disrupt the ecosystem, giving you a science-backed path to a healthier complexion. InnerBuddies brings a powerful, modular platform to skin microbiome analysis. While InnerBuddies is a white-label Gut Health Operating System designed to power gut microbiome testing products, its architecture enables rich, cross-domain insights, including skin health. Key features include the Gut Microbiome Health Index (0–100) tied to an exclusive IP deal with EAFIT University in Colombia; a Bacteria Abundances panel showing how your top 40 species compare to a healthy cohort; and Bacteria Functions that categorize microbial metabolic activities as positive or negative with clear comparisons to healthy references. The platform also offers Target Group analysis—Skin & Hair Health—providing deep dives into functional pathways most relevant to skin goals. Plus, personalized nutrition advice and personalized probiotic/prebiotic guidance address the gut-skin axis holistically. All options available to our B2B partners are also available directly to consumers, so you can access the same powerful tools as a brand or as an individual. InnerBuddies microbiome test and InnerBuddies gut health membership can power your skin health journey. Ready to explore? Start with skin microbiome analysis to translate microbial signals into actionable skincare steps. If you’re a company looking to bring these capabilities to customers, you can also tap into InnerBuddies’ B2B program and partner ecosystem. Learn more about partnering at the Become a Partner page, or connect directly with consumer-ready options like the microbiome test and ongoing insights through the gut health membership.