‘Antioxidants’ is one of the biggest buzzwords in skincare these days. I get countless questions about them in clinic every day. There seems to be a lot of confusion about what exactly antioxidants are and how they should be used. So I have summarized the most important facts about antioxidants here: What is an antioxidant? Antioxidants are substances, which can …
Support our new charity “The Well of Joy Foundation”
Support our new charity, ‘The Well of Joy Foundation’ by joining us at our Launch Party ! The proceeds of the night will go to ‘Changing Faces’, an amazing organisation, which supports people and families whose lives are affected by conditions, marks or scars that alter their appearance. Join us on Saturday, 19th May 2012 at 7:30pm for a glamorous …
What is best for your ‘first time’ ?
An effective skincare regime is important for maintaining healthy, beautiful looking skin, but there might come a time when you want to do a bit more to turn back the clock. Thanks to a wide range of minimally invasive aesthetic procedures, we can now diminish the signs of ageing effectively and achieve natural appearing results non-surgically. However, it might seem …
Skin ageing is more than just lines and wrinkles
Here are the 8 most common giveaways: 1.) Lines and wrinkles: As we age, we develop ‘dynamic lines’ (i.e. lines caused by repeated movement of mimic muscles such as frown lines and crow’s feet) and ‘static lines’ (i.e. lines which develop independent of mimic movement such as the nose-to-mouth lines). 2.) Irregular pigmentation: With age, our skin tone become less …
Orgasms and Skin
I recently read in an article that Lady Gaga attributes her beautiful skin complexion to lots of orgasms. That statement sounds a little exaggerated, but might there be a drop of truth in it? What actually happens in our skin during an orgasm? There are in fact lots and lots of physiological processes happening in our skin during sex and …