You could say that Dr. Lucy is into ‘’skin reconstruction’’ ...naturally.

It’s called the ‘Brick Wall’ Analogy

The barrier function refers to the layer of skin (outermost layer of your skin). It is analogous to a brick wall, a concept coined by Dr. Peter M. Elias of the University of California, San Francisco, who is an expert on skin barrier and epidermal biology.

The bricks per say are dried out, non-living skin cells that are ready to shed.

The mortar (cement holding the bricks together) which is composed of lipids. -Dr. Peter M. Elias of the University of California, San Francisco, who is an expert on skin barrier and epidermal biology.