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If your skin feels dull, dry and lacklustre and fine lines and wrinkles have become more noticeable over the last few years (particularly around the mouth, eyes and forehead) I have discovered a new and revolutionary treatment that could be of interest to you; Viscoderm Hydrobooster treatments.
When patients come in for consultation and specifically say they don’t want fillers, their reasons are more often than not based on misconceptions and myth.
The combination of cold weather, central heating and other environmental aggressors can make skin dehydrated and sore. This amalgamation zaps moisture away from the skin which leaves many of us grappling to apply heavy creams to help fight the dryness.
PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) is a technique which is available for both sexes and can be used to encourage regeneration of thicker and healthy looking hair. PRP can also benefit medical conditions such as Alopecia, for example, where the patient has suffered hair loss due to illness, stress or other complications that may or may not be age related.
Are you ready to embrace an Autumn Skin Care regime to help tackle some of the signs of premature skin ageing?
As we mark the centenary since the cessation of conflict and the silencing of the guns on 11th November 1918 to mark the end of World War I, we remember both the fallen and those who came home again, along with the medical pioneers whose plastic surgery techniques helped put their faces back together.
Skin cancer affects over 100,000 people in the UK alone, with a further 2,500 losing their lives because of it. Knowing how to identify skin cancer can save someone’s life.
Whilst the show took over our screens for 8 weeks, social media was rife with how reality TV shows such as Love Island are ‘normalising cosmetic surgery’, but is this really the case?
When it comes to non-surgical aesthetic treatments, I really believe that the hallmark of a talented, experienced and qualified medical aesthetic professional is a result that is subtle and natural rather than looking ‘done’.
It is not uncommon for a woman to feel dissatisfied with her labia minora (inner lips of the vagina). Women presenting with exceptionally long or unequal lengths of the labia minora are the two most common reasons for seeking professional advice for labiaplasty procedure.
Suffering from hair loss can be a devastating prospect and with up to 50% of both men and women being affected by the age of 50, the issue is a common one.
This might seem a tad controversial to some, especially coming from a nutritionist, but I’m going to say it… ALL foods have a place in our diet, that’s right all of them.
Recently we have seen a backlash in the media against the reality TV programme Love Island for its portrayal of modern beauty ideals which are said to increase body image pressures amongst young women and children. Moreover, the biggest complaint came about the inclusion of adverts for cosmetic surgery clinics within the scheduled programming.
I know that the 'Wear SPF daily! requests from healthcare professionals can seem a little repetitive, but overexposure to UV light is the main cause of non-melanoma skin cancer, a condition that presents in over 100,000 new patients in the UK every year.
We discuss the basics of hair, in a healthy state, laying an important foundation to our understanding of hair loss itself.
Vitamin D Deficiency has reached endemic proportions in many parts of the world. It is estimated that about 60% of Brits are Vitamin D deficient.
It’s easy to forget to apply the SPF when the weather is cloudy or overcast, but I’ve heard some people hold off on the SPF application on a hot, sunny day ‘to help top up their Vitamin D levels’. But does this really work? Do we need to risk skin damage to take on sufficient Vitamin D?
Troubled by their bulging appearance, or discomfort they can cause, many patients suffering with varicose veins decide to look into vein treatment options. If you’ve just started looking into treatment options, but feeling overwhelmed by all you need to know, you may find this blog useful.
There is a great deal of confusion that surrounds the aesthetic industry and what procedures within it are subject to regulation. As the popularity of cosmetic procedures continues to rise, so too do the number of complaints and the volume of incidents involving risky practices and untrained or inexperienced practitioners.
There are a number of skin conditions that cause lumps and bumps to appear on the surface or just below the skin.