The signals we hear most
The roots we look at
Symptoms cluster around a handful of underlying drivers. For this program, these are the ones we most often find, and treat.
The tests we combine for this program
More than one test, read together. Each answers a different piece, so your plan rests on the full picture.
The gut-skin axis : microbiome balance and the gut barrier, the usual root of stubborn skin.
See the test →For cyclical or hormonal acne : how you metabolise and clear oestrogens and androgens.
See the test →The exact set is decided at your Discovery; you only run what will change your plan.
The battery is a starting point, not a fixed prescription
Every program shows the tests we most often run for it, but the final set is decided one-to-one with Alessandra. If your history or a recent result already answers a question, we drop that test. If something needs a closer look, we add one. You never run a test that will not change what we do next.
We read the gut first because the gut-skin axis drives most chronic skin; where the pattern is hormonal, DUTCH adds how you process and clear your hormones. The skin is the readout, we work the layer beneath it.
We treat the gut and the hormones underneath rather than the surface, and calm the inflammation that shows on your skin.
Functional testing
The test battery for your program, selected one-to-one at your Discovery, added on top of the programme.
Supplements, if they earn their place
Practitioner-grade supplements matched to your results, optional, but highly recommended.
Your tests and any supplements are added on top, and the exact set is decided at your Discovery.
What six months with us looks like
Six months, fully guided
The programme is the structure that makes testing worth it. The first three months are intensive : seven scheduled touchpoints, a plan every fortnight, and us reachable between them. The next three keep you moving with continued coaching and full app access, so a lab result actually becomes how you feel day to day.
- ✦Six months, fully guided
- ✦3 months intensive, then 3 months coaching & app
- ✦Tests and supplements added on top
A touchpoint every two weeks
This is the heart of the intensive phase: real, scheduled contact every two weeks. Three one-hour consultations anchor the journey at weeks 0, 6 and 12; four thirty-minute coaching check-ins keep you on track at weeks 2, 4, 8 and 10. Close, dedicated and accountable, never set-and-forget.
- ✦3 × 1-hour consultations, weeks 0, 6 & 12
- ✦4 × 30-minute coaching check-ins, weeks 2, 4, 8 & 10
- ✦Never more than two weeks between touchpoints
A report and a plan, every step
You never leave a session wondering what to do next. Each touchpoint ends with a written report of where you are, a precise plan for the next two weeks, and the resources, protocols, guidance, recipes and live webinars, to carry it out.
- ✦A written report at every touchpoint
- ✦Your next two-week plan, ready to act on
- ✦Resources, recipes & live webinars to act on
Your app & dashboard
Everything lives in your FunctionAlps app and dashboard: your plan, your daily tracking, your reports and resources, your test results. Full access runs across all six months, so what to do next, and how it is going, is always in one place.
- ✦Manage plan, tracking, reports & results
- ✦Everything in one place
- ✦Yours across all six months
WhatsApp, answered under 24h
Questions do not wait for the next session. Message your care team on WhatsApp whenever something comes up between touchpoints and get a considered reply within 24 hours. Close support, on your schedule.
- ✦A direct line to your care team
- ✦Replies within 24 hours
- ✦For the questions that come up between sessions
The second three months
The work does not stop at week 12. For the second three months of your programme you keep full ecosystem access : the app, your dashboard, AI guidance built around your plan, live webinars, 24-hour WhatsApp, and a monthly 30-minute coaching check-in. Every tool and enough support to hold the gains and keep progressing on the path we kicked off. If you and your care team decide deeper coaching should continue beyond the six months, it can.
- ✦App, dashboard, webinars & AI guidance
- ✦24h WhatsApp + a monthly coaching check-in
- ✦Three months, so the momentum holds
Functional testing
The tests are how we see inside. Each program has a typical battery, but the exact set is chosen with you at your Discovery and can change as we learn more. Test costs sit on top of the programme, and you only ever run what will change your plan.
- ✦A battery matched to your program
- ✦Chosen at your Discovery, can change
- ✦Priced on top of the programme
Supplements, if they earn their place
Where your results call for it, we build a precise, practitioner-grade supplement stack, never a generic shelf of pills. Optional but highly recommended, matched to exactly what your plan actually needs.
- ✦Matched precisely to your results
- ✦Optional, but highly recommended
- ✦Built from what your plan actually needs
Examples only. Your stack is built from your results and discussed with your care team.