Your skin is the largest organ of your body. It protects your inner physiology and safeguards against various injuries, is a warning beacon for extreme heat and cold and an indicator of certain health and lifestyle issues. With all this in mind, no wonder the skin is susceptible to read more

If you suffer with unwanted excess hair you’ll know what a nuisance it can be to manage the condition. Painful waxing, laborious shaving and tortuous epilation can take time and patience and most of us would like to find a more permanent solution to the removal of unwanted fuzz read more

It’s said that the hands are our second face, but so many of us neglect this area when considering anti-ageing treatments. When you think about what we put our hands through each day such as exposing them to the sun without SPF, immersing them in water, gardening and partaking read more

To understand how and why laser hair removal can, in a few treatments rid us of unwanted facial and body hair, it’s important to know how the hair itself grows. The hair has three main stages called the Anagen, Catagen and Telogen stages and it’s working around these stages read more

Most of us want to achieve beautifully soft, smooth and toned skin. It’s the epitome of youth and vitality, but as we age, it can start to get tougher to maintain a healthy complexion. Many of us don’t wish to take the ‘injectable’ route and, although effective for lots read more

In general we usually associate facial hair with men. During puberty, men will develop facial hair as part of the natural development process. However, many women can experience facial hair, and for several reasons. These can be a change in hormones or conditions such as PCOS or Hirsutism, or even read more

Ingrown hairs can affect us all and cause raised bumps or spots where they form. Ingrown hairs are hairs that have usually grown up and out of the upper layer of the skin but that curl back around and re-enter it, usually at the hair follicle. This can happen read more

It may be a surprise to learn that acne affects many adults as well as teenagers. This mild to chronic skin condition which presents a variety of symptoms such as whiteheads, blackheads, pustules and papules, as well as oily and congested pores, doesn’t always necessarily start in our teenage read more

Hair removal is big business. The average woman will spend around £12,000 in her lifetime on treatments and products to remove unwanted hair. With popularity rising for more men to treat excess hair and with a staggering amount of different options out there, it’s important to know your stuff read more

What is Hirsutism Excessive or unwanted hair that grows on a woman’s face or body is a condition known as hirsutism. Every one of us has facial and body hair and in women it is usually lighter in colour and fine or downy, but with hirsutism the hair tends read more

If you have made the decision to undergo laser hair removal, there are several ways that you can help to optimise the end-result. A common mistake of those undergoing the treatment is a lack of understanding towards providing the skin with the necessary prepartation and laser hair removal aftercare. read more

If you suffer with thread veins, you’ll know how much of a nuisance they can be, especially now as the weather is getting more pleasant and we all start to bare a little more flesh! Thread veins (also known as spider veins) are tiny veins that can appear just read more

Summer is well and truly on its way and it won’t be long before we will be jetting off to hotter climes to enjoy the summer sun. However, the sun can play havoc with the skin and no matter how hard we try to shield it with high factor read more

Excess and unwanted facial or body hair can be a nuisance at best and can cause upset or embarrassment at its worst. It can afflict both men and women and at times when skimpier clothes are worn, such as in summer, excess hair can prove expensive, painful and time read more

It may still be chilly outside but here at Skin Perfection London, we are already seeing a vast increase in enquiries from our patients of how to rid themselves of unwanted facial and body hair in time for the summer months. With the desire for smoother skin but for read more

Most of us have experienced unwanted or excess hair at some time in our lives and this can be a nuisance and at worse, embarrassing and upsetting. As summer is well and truly on its way, you might be considering an alternative method to rid yourself of unsightly hair read more

With summer just around the corner, you may be considering removing your unwanted or unsightly hair, all in time for that long-awaited beach body reveal! At Skin Perfection in the heart of London, we offer laser hair removal to effectively and permanently reduce unwanted ‘frizz’ on the face and read more

It wasn’t that long ago that hair removal for men was considered not the ‘done’ thing and not really that fashionable. In more recent years, however, there has been a significant shift in male body trends. No longer restricted to metrosexual males or sports people, a body with less read more

The skin is the largest organ of the body. It protects us against the elements and infection, alerts us to extreme heat, cold and pain and covers the entire body. It’s no wonder that over time, the skin can show imperfections, scars, uneven texture, lines and wrinkles and the read more

By the time we reach adulthood, most of us can show off a scar of some kind, either on the face or on the body. Whether from a childhood accident, the remains of a skin condition such as acne or from a deeper wound such as a surgical incision read more