{"id":511672,"date":"2026-01-12T21:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/511672\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T21:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:08:12","slug":"how-mushroom-supplements-have-transformed-my-dry-skin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/511672\/","title":{"rendered":"How Mushroom Supplements Have Transformed My Dry Skin"},"content":{"rendered":"

I thought my parched, dry skin was just the collateral I paid for the wisdom that comes with age, right until the time I wintered in a warmer, wetter climate. Suddenly, my complexion, which was raisiny in New York, became grape-like in Mumbai. It was the humidity, I realized. My hair was frizzy, but my skin was buoyant.<\/p>\n

After this epiphany a few years ago, I\u2019ve become devoted to my humidifier(s) and to slathering on layer after layer of lightweight essences, toners, and serums for hydration and sealing them in with an occlusive ointment or oil. None of it worked.<\/p>\n

In early fall, I started taking Verdoie Le Compl\u00e9ment Alimentaire<\/a>, a once-daily mushroom-based supplement. I don\u2019t take a lot of supplements, but this one was designed to help with specific skin concerns I had (redness, reactivity, and impaired barrier function). It was a short-term commitment (more on that later), so I jumped in. After a few days, I noticed that the patch of psoriasis on my knee had calmed, so I kept taking it. Thirty days later, when my supply ran out, my skin began looking crepey and less plump. So, as we transitioned into high winter, I went back on it. So far, I still have my summer skin\u2014with no signs of shriveling. While these changes might not be obvious to anyone else, I can definitely see the difference. This is the first winter I haven\u2019t powered up my humidifier at all.<\/p>\n

Verdoie Le Compl\u00e9ment Alimentaire<\/p>\n

\"Le<\/a>What Is Verdoie Le Compl\u00e9ment Alimentaire?<\/p>\n

Verdoie, a French wellness brand, was started by Sonia Gaillis-Delepine, whose family has a long history in mushrooms. While fungi of all sorts have been a mainstay in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries, Gaillis-Delepine wanted to showcase them through a French pharmacy and nutraceutical lens. \u201cWhen we think of skincare today, topicals only go so far, and 50 percent of the equation is going to be the internal aspect of it,\u201d she says. Verdoie currently offers the capsule created by a certified herbalist, in partnership with SYNADIET, France\u2019s trade association for supplements. And there\u2019s a moisturizer, the ‘shroom-enhanced La Cr\u00e8me Hydratante, which works in tandem to help sensitive skin develop resilience.<\/p>\n

Verdoie\u2019s core construct is that sensitive skin is more of a fluctuating condition rather than a skin type. \u201cAnyone can become reactive, whether it’s through stress, travel, or hormonal or seasonal shifts,\u201d Gaillis-Delepine says. The supplement is meant to be taken for a finite period of time, when your skin is really going through it. \u201cYou’re not going to have that tap always on, but take it when you really need it in a structured approach to wellness,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

The general nutritional benefits of mushrooms include being a great source of dietary, prebiotic fiber as well as a source of some B-vitamins and vitamin D. \u201cThe mushrooms used in Verdoie\u2019s products, like tremella and reishi internally and shiitake, tremalla and chaga, topically, provide more than just dietary fiber and vitamins,\u201d says Blaire Edwards-Maschotta, a New York-based herbalist and founder of Mindful Medicinals, a product development and formulation consultancy. This combination of mushrooms that she formulated the supplement with, \u201cprovides polysaccharides, beta-glucans and antioxidants that help support our overall bodies and skin, internally and externally, by supporting skin barrier repair, hydration, cellular calm and appropriate physical and emotional responses to stress.\u201d These nutrients can help modulate inflammation, promote moisture retention, strengthen and support the gut microbiome, and protect against oxidative stress. There\u2019s more: triterpenoids found in reishi have an antihistamine response.<\/p>\n

Supplementing concentrated extracts of medicinal mushrooms can provide higher, more clinically aligned and bioavailable doses of several of these compounds than what would be possible by trying to eat them, says Edwards-Maschotta.<\/p>\n

The Results<\/strong><\/p>\n

While the supplement can transform skin in as little as two weeks (my skin is proof), the brand recommends taking it for one to three months at a time, though up to 120 days is fine, too. Timing it to the changing of seasons is a good hack for many, but Gaillis-Delepine wants users to determine when their need is the greatest.<\/p>\n

The results speak for themselves: In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study conducted in France under dermatological supervision in third-party labs, the results show a 41 percent increase in hydration after 60 days, a 26 percent improvement in elasticity, and an 18 percent reduction in fine lines and wrinkles. In consumer perception tests, 80 to 85 percent reported smoother, softer, less flaky skin.<\/p>\n

Gaillis-Delepine wanted the supplement to address three aspects of skin burnout: reduced moisture, a lack of lipid integrity, and restoring cellular calm. Tremella helps bring the hydration. \u201cThey contain a high amount of hyaluronic acid, so that may help bind to water and pull it into the skin,\u201d says Morgan Rabach, a board-certified dermatologist based in New York who\u2019s unaffiliated with Verdoie. \u201cWhen skin is supported with hyaluronic acid, it looks and feels plumper and more hydrated.\u201d<\/p>\n

The concentrated beta-glucan complex from the two mushrooms modulates skin stress. \u201cBeta-glucans as an oral supplement may be prebiotic, and help support gut health and blood sugar regulation,\u201d says Rabach. She also likes the plant-derived ceramides, which reduce moisture loss, help relieve dryness and sensitivity, promote more resilient skin, and improve long-term hydration. The antioxidant support gets her approval from vitamin E and astaxanthin, which help prevent cell damage.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s unique about Verdoie\u2019s mushrooms is that they use fully fruiting body mushrooms instead of mycelium, the mushroom root network cultivated on cereal grains. \u201cFruiting bodies contain richer, more complex betaglucans and secondary metabolites versus mycelium-grown-on-grain, which dilutes actives and is often used as a cheaper and quicker alternative,\u201d says Edwards-Maschotta.<\/p>\n

Now that I\u2019ve found a way to hack winter skin, the only problem will be weaning myself off of this stuff once my 120 days are up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I thought my parched, dry skin was just the collateral I paid for the wisdom that comes with…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":511673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[27657,228740,1201,3181,210,2875,1182,228739,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-511672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-content-type-product-review","9":"tag-contentid-1a46ca18-0e3a-4fe0-a00b-293458f19bd4","10":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","11":"tag-hasproduct-true","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-locale-us","14":"tag-nutrition","15":"tag-shorttitle-this-french-mushroom-supplement-changed-my-skin","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115884176400953135","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}