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Looking tired is something we can all suffer at one stage or another in life – myself included! Lack of sleep and periods of stress or illness can make us look less fresh and awake than we might like. When looking tired, however, becomes the norm, even when we are fit, well and getting enough sleep, it might mean that we are beginning to show the signs of facial ageing. read more

If you live in London, you’ll know how grubby city life can be, but rightly or wrongly we all tend not to think about it too deeply on a day-to-day basis. We’ll be most likely living your busy lives and enjoying the London culture, blissfully unaware of what surrounding car fumes and pollution are doing to our skins. What does pollution do to skin? According to a recent survey published read more

If you’re someone who suffers with unwanted hair on areas such as the legs, underarms or bikini line, you’ll know how annoying it can be to keep it at bay. The average woman spends around £12,000 and hundreds of hours in her lifetime on shaving, waxing and epilating the hairs away. What’s more, all these methods offer only temporary relief from the fuzz. Frustrating! Hirsutism is a condition that 1 read more

As time passes by, you may start to notice small or medium sized patches of brown or greyish pigments on the face, hands and décolletage. These harmless, uneven brown marks are commonly known as ‘age spots’. However, age spots are not necessarily caused by the onset of age, but the frequency of sun exposure and UV light. Age spots are technically referred to as ‘solar lentigines’ and are usually well read more

Laser hair removal is now considered the most effective way to permanently reduce unwanted, excess hair from the face and the body. It is a device-led technology which uses specific wavelengths of light to penetrate the hair follicle and heat the hair, damaging the hair and deterring further hair growth. Laser hair removal is suitable for men and women and here at Skin Perfection London, we use only medical-grade laser read more

Hair removal has been going on for centuries, but it’s mostly been associated with women. In the past, men have traditionally been thought of as less than masculine if they waxed, plucked or shaved any hair apart from that on the face. Times are changing and latest trends in celebrity ‘looks’ and more acceptance for men to take more care of their appearance, has meant a huge rise in the read more

Milia removal at your next facial If you are experiencing tiny white, hard bumps under your skin in areas such as under the eyes, the nose, cheeks and the chin, you’re most likely seeing Milia. Milia are small collections of a substance called keratin, which is a natural component of healthy skin and hair. Milia can also be a result of skin flakes that get trapped beneath the surface of read more

Taking care of oily skin can be a thankless task and something we get asked about a lot here at Skin Perfection. Oily skin is medically referred to as seborrhoea and can happen because of excess skin oil (sebum) produced within the pores. Oily skin usually starts during puberty as hormonal changes occur within the body and increase androgen levels. For many people, oily skin can continue in to adulthood read more

This is a question I get asked all the time and a perfectly sensible and valid one. The truth is, hair doesn’t grow at the same rate, at the same time all over the face and the body (we do have hair pretty much everywhere apart from the palms, lips and the soles of the feet, we just can’t see all of it). There are 3 stages of hair growth read more

It’s so tempting isn’t it, to bask in the sun as soon as it starts to creep through after what seems like an age of winter. It’s human nature to want to absorb those rays and the vitamin D that the sun produces can offer health-giving benefits. However, sun-damage is a risk not only to our health, but to our skin and can make us look older than our years. read more

I get asked a lot about stretch marks (or Striae in medical terminology) and by all types of people, both male and female. It’s a bit of a myth that stretch marks only appear during pregnancy. It’s possible to get stretch marks at any age from puberty onwards and both men and women can get them. You don’t have to be overweight to get stretch marks though they can appear read more

For anyone who has ever suffered with acne and won that battle, the effects of the condition can be imprinted on to the skin in the form of acne scarring and can be a life-long reminder of the condition. I see many patients who have got over the embarrassment and upset of acne, only to be faced with new skin challenges and who are seeking help to rid their skin read more

As an expert on light based systems for the removal of unwanted or excess hair, I am always being asked if shaving the hair makes it hair grow back thicker and courser. The simple answer I give is “no” as indeed, shaving doesn’t change the thickness, colour or rate of hair growth. However, there are factors of shaving that can indeed, make the hair look as if it is indeed, read more

Dark circles can be tough to eliminate. It actually-depends on why you have them as to how you go about treating them. In many cases, dark circles are caused by not drinking enough water, drinking excessive alcohol and sleep deprivation. These factors can all lead to your skin becoming pale and sallow, allowing for the darker tissues and blood vessels under your eyes to become more visible. Lack of sleep read more

If you have ever had to go through the annoyance of regular shaving or the agony of painful waxing or epilation, you’re probably one of the many thousands of people in the UK who look for alternatives to these methods to get rid of unwanted and excess hair. Being an expert in light-based cosmetic treatments and in seeing many lives being changed by this method, I get asked all the read more

Laser hair removal is one of the most effective, long-term solutions for unwanted or excess hair. However, older technologies have meant that this treatment was not necessarily suitable for Asian skins, due to the single wavelength of laser light. Risk of skin burning was high as melanin in the skin would be targeted as opposed to the hair follicle, making this a very risky procedure for darker complexions. At Skin read more

Rosacea is an inflammatory chronic skin condition that can affect both men and women. As a rule, rosacea usually begins at around the age of 30 and happens when certain blood vessels, usually in the facial area enlarge. Rosacea appears as facial redness and can also produce small, red, pustules (bumps) in extreme cases. Rosacea is often mistaken for acne or eczema and can worsen over time if not treated. read more

Acne is a chronic skin condition which is thought to affect 80 percent of people between the ages of 11 and 30. It can especially affect those from the ages of 14 to 19 and some people continue to experience acne in to adulthood. Hormonal acne is not a term used in medical research or by doctors, but is commonly used by the media and on the internet to describe read more

The latest Laser Hair Removal technology Excess and unwanted hair is extremely common. Most of us will experience this at some time or another. It can be a real nuisance and sometimes embarrassing, especially if you are a woman who experiences hirsutism or you have particularly course or dark hair. Laser hair removal technology has come on in leaps and bounds since the 1960’s, and more and more people are read more

Does Laser Hair Removal hurt? The average woman will spend over £12,000 in her lifetime on hair removal products and treatments, most of which are only very temporary solutions and can be extremely painful! Waxing and epilating involve ripping the hairs out from the root, so you can imagine how this feels and probably have at some point experienced this near torture. Shaving can irritate the skin and cause razor read more