Dr. Scott Sherr: Why Chronic Stress Disrupts Mitochondria and Accelerates Visible Skin Aging
About this episode
Dr. Scott Sherr discusses how chronic stress disrupts mitochondrial function and accelerates visible skin aging.
Chronic stress isn’t just a mental or emotional burden. It creates a biological cascade that disrupts mitochondrial function, accelerates inflammation, and shows up visibly in the skin long before deeper symptoms appear. We dive deeper into this in the Biohacking Beauty Podcast with Dr. Scott Sherr. We also talk about the sympathetic spiral of doom, why skin reflects mitochondrial decline before other symptoms appear, and why sequencing interventions matter more than intensity. Dr. Scott Sherr is a board-certified internal medicine physician certified in Health Optimization Medicine (HOMe) and a specialist in Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. He is the COO of Troscriptions and focuses clinically on mitochondrial health, stress physiology, and advanced recovery protocols. What's Discussed: (01:52) Why chronic stress is not just mental and directly impacts cellular energy (05:17) How modern life keeps the nervous system stuck in chronic fight or flight (07:25) Cortisol and stress hormones disrupting mitochondria and accelerating skin aging (11:16) Why skin aging is often the first visible sign of mitochondrial decline (24:16) The sympathetic spiral of doom explained through energy loss…
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