Losing your hair? It can be distressing, but as Scalp Confidential’s Kelly Morrell explains, you have treatment options. Here’s a surprising statistic – more women than men experience hair loss. It may not be as severe as men, but 40% of women experience hair loss by the age of 40 and 80% by the time they reach 60 years of age. Some 50% of men may experience some degree of hair loss in their lifetime. For men it is usually genetic, the typical male pattern baldness and can start as early as late teens or early 20’s for some. For…
Dr Simon Zokaie, BSc MBChB MRCP, is a cosmetic dermatologist and the medical director of the LINIA Skin Clinic on Harley Street. In addition to his private practice he continues to work for the NHS. His areas of interest include the treatment of acne, rosacea, pigmentation, psoriasis and eczema as well as skin lesions and skin cancer. He is a core member of the NHS skin cancer multidisciplinary team. In 2003 he graduated from the University of Manchester and underwent his medical training in London. He gained membership to the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) and subsequently spent more than …
Dr. Krystyna Wilczynski is passionate about aesthetics. She is a qualified cosmetic dental surgeon and facial aesthetician. Since graduating form the University of Leeds 2010 in dentistry, she has undertaken a vast amount of post-graduate training in both dental and facial aesthetic procedures including several prestigious advanced training programmes in both New York and London’s Harley Street. Dr Krystyna Wilczynski is a member of The British Dental Associate, The Royal College of Surgeons Faculty of Dental Surgery and the International Team for Implantology. As a result of her extensive training she has develop a unique set of practice skills which…
Dr Unnati Desai, founder of the Urban Aesthetix Clinic in Mayfair, is a highly skilled GP who has undertaken extensive post graduate training in aesthetics procedures, dermatology and women’s health. She is a member of the British College of Aesthetic Medicine (BCAM) and is actively involved mentoring and appraising doctors and nurses in both General Practice and Cosmetic Medicine. Dr Desai graduated from Birmingham Medical School in 2000 and Nottingham Law School in 2003. She completed her medical training in Birmingham and gained membership to the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2006. Shortly afterwards she moved to central London…
Dr Bhavjit Kaur is an Aesthetic Physician, with more than 27 years of clinical experience. She is a postgraduate in Pathology, Biomedical sciences, DRCOG, DFSRH and Cosmetic Medicine. She is a Member of the British College of Aesthetic Medicine (BCAM), Appraiser for BCAM, Mentor for BCAM Academy, BCAM Audit Committee member and ex-mentor for Harley Academy. She is a key opinion leader and presents at national and international conferences. She has contributed to journals as an author and reviewer. Since 2009 she has devoted her professional life to Medical Aesthetics. She has focused on all aspects of non-surgical cosmetic treatment…
Dr Penelope Tympanidis, consultant dermatologist and owner of the Dermaperfect Clinic on Harley Street, is one of London’s leading dermatologists and has been a pioneer in minimally invasive anti-aging and body sculpturing techniques for the last 20 years. Dr Tympanidis is recognised by the European Board of Dermatology. She trained at Tufts in the USA and UCL in London, and has worked as a Clinical Research Registrar at the Department of Dermatology at UCL and the Royal Free/UCL Medical School Campus and as a Consultant in Dermatology at Mayday University Hospital in London, as as well as Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.…
Doctor Awfa Paulina is a qualified GP and aesthetic practitioner. He is the medical director and co-founder of Clinica Medica in Glasgow, and is actively involved in training of other practitioners as part of general practice training scheme and also as a Scottish trainer with Esthetique Distribution “first lift” PDO threads. Dr Paulina is an expert Aesthetic Practitioner, with almost a decade of experience behind him. His client base extends across the Greater Glasgow area and Ayrshire. His main interest is non-surgical facial rejuvenation utilising all available technology from anti-wrinkle injections, dermal fillers, deep fillers, Sculptra, silhouette soft, mesotherapy and PDO threads. Dr…
Dr Aamer Khan is a leading expert in cosmetic and non-surgical procedures. Since graduating from The University of Birmingham in 1986, Dr Khan has amassed knowledge in areas as diverse as Human Psychology, Psychiatry, Surgery and Dermatology. In 2004, he became a full time Cosmetic Doctor, channeling his love of aesthetic treatments into his own practice as co-founder of The Harley Street Skin Clinic with his wife, Lesley Reynolds. Since then Dr Aamer Khan has dedicated more than a decade to perfecting anti-ageing skin treatments, combining technical skill and aesthetic vision to both reverse the signs of ageing and preserve…
What is Rejuvenation Mesotherapy? Since its invention as a medical procedure in the 1950s, mesotherapy has become a popular cosmetic treatment for facial rejuvenation, particularly across Europe. Mesotherapy is a drug delivery technique that involves hundreds of tiny injections into the subcutaneous layer of the skin instead of one large injection into the blood stream. When used for skin rejuvenation, a cocktail of vitamins and other small molecules is injected in 0.01 mL doses across the target area. Mesotherapy is controversial as a lack of regulations means that many practitioners use formulations of vitamins not approved for injection. Organisations…
Dr Justine Hextall is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and has been an NHS Consultant dermatologist for more than a decade. During that time she has worked as clinical and skin cancer department lead for 5 years. She was appointed as skin cancer chair of Sussex 3 years ago and has been educational lead for Sussex Skin Network Site Specific Group (NSSG) for 5 years. She was recently appointed to the skin cancer sub-committee at the British Association of Dermatologists. Dr Hextall trained at the St John’s institute of dermatology for 5 years where she remained as an honorary consultant…
