Out of all the posts I've ever written, this is possibly the most important one I need you to read from start to finish. It will literally take you a few minutes and could save you or someone elses life... After twenty two plus years of looking at skin all day, every day, I think one of the biggest lessons I've learnt is that skin cancer rarely looks how we expect it to. When I first became a facialist, I assumed skin cancers would always look obvious. I imagined these angry

...or insert any other trending ingredient right now pretty much! This is one of the most common questions I get asked in the clinic, along with... "Do I need Botox?" "What are polynucleotides/exosomes/peptides?" etc. "Should I use Vitamin C?" Or one of my personal favourites... "I've started using this serum. I don't really know what it's meant to do, but I bought it as someone was talking about it on TikTok/Instagram". Don't worry, I understand it's incredibly overwhelming.

The term 'anti-ageing' is a bit old hat now and I'm gradually working on removing it from my branding wherever I can. It just feels a bit... well, old fashioned. Firstly, because the term doesn't really make sense. Nobody is actually anti-ageing, are they? We're all ageing. That's kind of how life works and, thankfully, it's generally moving in one direction only. Secondly, because when it comes to topical skincare, there isn't a cream on the market that's going to make us lo

I feel like the majority of people reading my posts probably fall into this category in one way or another. Perimenopause can begin years before the menopause itself, sometimes up to a decade earlier, which means a lot of us may be experiencing symptoms without even realising they are connected to our hormones. When it comes to the skin during perimenopause, menopause and postmenopause, there can be a lot of changes. The main ones I tend to see in clinic are: • Feeling like y