Tag Archives: ageing

Should you have an aesthetic treatment? One doctor’s view

| March 20, 2018

Dr Kalpna Pindolia takes a heart-felt look at what makes you you and what role aesthetic treatments play.   Now, most people kind of know when they want an aesthetic treatment. Friends may encourage you to have them. Family may be passionate about you not to having them. Then you have consider the horror stories of what can go wrong with the procedures. And what about the barrage of conflicting information on the world wide web you have to contemplate? It is a lot to take on board. After all of that you may still be considering an aesthetic treatment.…

DHEA, Menopause and the skin – how do they relate?

| August 28, 2017

DHEA is sometimes used to treat the symptoms of menopause. Dr Haran Sivapalan explains what it is and what it does to you and your skin. DHEA stands for dehydroepiandosterone. It is sometimes known as ‘prasterone.’ It is a hormone naturally produced by the body’s adrenal glands. More accurately, it is classified as a ‘precursor hormone’  because it is converted by the body’s tissues (including the ovary, skeleton and breast tissue) into other hormones – oestrogens and testosterone. Your body’s natural production reaches a peak at around age 25. It then declines gradually – reaching as low as 30% of…

Sugar: it’s not just adding inches-it’s aging you

| March 16, 2017

We all know smoking, pollution and too much sun exposure ages you, but now there’s another culprit to add to the list; according to research, sugar causes wrinkles too. Dr Hannah Sweilam. It’s hard to avoid, and lets face it, it tastes good. But every time you devour a sugary treat or a giant bowl of pasta, it’s doing you harm. It’s not just adding inches to your waitline, raising your blood sugar levels and increasing inflammation around your body, it’s also affecting your skin. Sugar damages collagen, a protein in skin which gives it its firmness, suppleness and elasticity. …

Pollution: how to combat its aging effects

| February 1, 2017

Pollution can play havoc with your skin – irritating and prematurely aging it. But there are things you can do to combat it. Heather Stephen explains. The World Health Organisation claims air pollution is linked to one in eight deaths worldwide,  and pollution through cigarette smoke, exhaust fumes, wood burners and industry has been linked to a whole raft of diseases from dementia to heart disease to cancer. And it’s pretty disastrous for our looks too. Our skin is our largest organ and it bears the brunt of the daily assault our environment throws at us – prematurely aging and…

The skin-stress link: could a psychologist be what your skin needs?

| January 25, 2017

You might have noticed your clinic has a psychologist on the team. Heather Stephen finds out why they are becoming more common and why you might need one.  The link between stress and skin has been known for centuries but it is only over the last 20 years that scientists have really understood the mechanics behind the mind/body connection. We now know that hormones like adrenaline and cortisol which are released when we are anxious can lead to inflammation and lower immunity and aggravate conditions like psoriasis, acne, dermatitis and alopecia. Dr Shawn Talbott, a Fellow of the American Institute…