Those 4 steps are not a sequence that runs once and finishes.
It is a loop. And it rebuilds itself every day.
Every meal. Every hot afternoon. Every stressful week.
Calm the skin, and the loop restarts from the gut.
Fix one link, and the loop continues from the others. Usually inside a week.
That is what my cream, the TCM, and every bottle in the drawer had in common.
And this is why the probiotics did nothing.
The seals are not maintained by bacteria.
They are maintained by short-chain fatty acids. Which your own gut bacteria produce when they ferment the right fibre.
My gut was never short of bacteria.
It was short of what bacteria are supposed to be making.
And if a probiotic ever made you feel worse โ that is not in your head.
Some strains produce histamine while they work.
If your body is already carrying a full load, adding more can cost you your sleep.
That was my Shopee bottle. 9 months, assuming I had bought a solution.