Archive for November 15, 2018

WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR LIPS AS WE AGE ?

As we age, the appearance of our lips experience dramatic changes. A lifetime of pursing the muscle around the mouth when we talk, eat and drink creates lines that radiate from the lip margins. Lip shape and contour also changes and we lose the youthful volume of our lips.

The m-shaped arch of the upper lip flattens, and in some people, lips start to invert, making them appear thin and sometimes almost non-existent. The corners of the mouth also drooped downwards, leading to a

A BRIEF HISTORY OF LIGHT THERAPY

The use of light to treat various medical conditions has been around for centuries.The  Egyptians, Romans and Greeks all practised light therapy in various forms.

However, Danish physician Niels Finsen, known as the father of phototherapy, received the noble peace prize in 1903 when he developed the first artificial light to treat skin condition Lupus.

Since then many devices had been developed, including lasers, intense pulsed light (IPL), infrared devices and Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) .

The modality of  Intense Pulsed Light was first listed as a medical

Being told you look tired when you don’t feel it is something very few women like to hear. Many of my clients who come to see me at initial consultation often state “looking tired” as one of their main concerns. But sometimes its hard for people to pin point exactly what it is that makes them look tired.

SO WHY DO I LOOK TIRED?

From a cosmetic medical perspective, the eye region is the main contributor to a tired look as we age. If we consider the analogy that the “eyes are

Have You Heard of  Skin Microneedling?

So what is skin needling or microneedling ? How does it treat the skin and what is the evidence behind microneedling for skin improvement?

Skin needling is a procedure in which a multitude of fine needle pricks are performed on the skin. The whole aim behind the procedure is to activate the wound healing response and to remodel collagen and produce new collagen in the skin.  For this reason micro needling has been used for a number of purposes –   skin rejuvenation and anti-aging ,  improving