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Menopause and Your Skin
Menopause represents a huge change in a woman’s life. We know that there are a variety of different signs and symptoms that you can experience, but how does menopause affect your skin?
Let’s dive in.
The Importance of Skincare
We all know how much I love skincare, but did you know that you should take your skincare all the way down to your neck and decollatage?
Check out this incredible photograph to understand why!
This shows the cheek and neck of a 92-year-old lady who used UV-protection on her face but not her neck for over 40 years.
Summer Skin: Some Things You Probably Don’t Hear about Enough
There are some things about summer skin I wish I’d always known, and this goes beyond skincare tips (which of course I’ll include).
But I also want to cover heat rashes (I ALWAYS seem so sensitive to this - but…is it really a heat rash?) and sun protection BEYOND SPF. Also, why are childhood sunburns just so dangerous?
Let’s jump in.
Hypochlorous Acid: Skincare’s Secret Weapon
What is all the buzz around hypochlorous acid?
Find out about this great skincare ingredient - how it's a powerhouse at killing microbes and reducing skin inflammation, all while being extreme gentle and soothing for your skin!
We've known about it for a century, it's something our own white blood cells make to protect our bodies, and it's only in recent years some clever chemists have been able to synthesise the chemical and make it stable enough to use in skincare.
Psychology and Cosmetic Medicine
Assessment of the psychological needs of our patients is an essential aspect of good medical practice, and it is what separates the medical model from the purely “cosmetic model.”
It probably seems intuitive to suggest that there is a connection between our minds and our physical health. And the evidence holds that patient psychology matters massively in aesthetic medicine.
In this article we are going to briefly summarise some of the basic ways that cosmetic medicine and psychology intersect for clinicians.
Five Easy Skin Tips for Winter
As we are fully into autumn and winter is fast approaching, you might notice slight skin changes coming with the colder weather. In chilly, dry temperatures your skin can easily become more dehydrated. Even when we step indoors into warm, heated rooms, the air is still very drying!
We’ve put together a few quick, simple tips to help support your skin during the colder months.
What is Photobiology?
There has been a lot written about the sun and your skin, especially in the context of sun protection, skin cancers, and premature ageing. But the interplay between our skin and the light is more complicated and fascinating than you could ever imagine, and it goes way beyond the common discussions of UV damage.
Photobiology is the study of the way that light interacts with living organisms, encompassing both its beneficial and negative effects.
Remember, that UV light is actually only a small part of the entire spectrum of light. There is visible light, as well as radiowaves, microwaves, infrared radiation, x-rays, and gamma rays.
COVID-19 and Your Skin: Rashes in Coronavirus Infections
When it comes to COVID-19, there is no doubt that it has touched almost every aspect of our lives. There’s been a lot of talk about the effect mask-wearing is having on our complexions (the dreaded “maskne”), but the viral infection itself can directly cause changes to our skin.
Why are these important to be aware of? We know about the common presenting complaints of COVID, which are generally non-specific (cough, high fever). However, recent research has estimated that about 8% of patients have skin symptoms, and for approximately 1/5 of these patients skin symptoms are the presenting complaint, or only sign of infection they ever have.
You Are What You Eat: Skin and Diet
Culinary medicine (and just cooking and eating in general) are passions of mine outside of the field of aesthetic medicine. I actually firmly believe that aesthetics and wellness go hand-in-hand - both feed into a general philosophy self-care for ourselves, which is essential to both our physical and mental health.
In a nutshell: I love food and I love celebrating, enjoying, and eating it. Our skin is also a reflection of our overall health, and there is not doubt that our diets play a massive role in our overall health. However, is there any truth to the claim that you can “eat for your skin?”
The concept of “Instagram face” is not a new one, but has received more recent attention as Meta has banned filters that encourage plastic surgery. Awareness of the role that social media and photo editing plays in aesthetic medicine is incredibly important for both clinicians and patients. The influence of social media can be incredibly negative, and it means it’s more important than ever to navigate between good, ethical medical practice versus “selling” cosmetic procedures.