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This may seem controversial, but no I do not recommend skin needling & LED treatments together in most cases. Why? Because when we perform a needling treatment on the skin this creates an inflammatory response, and as weird as it sounds, we actually want this inflammation to hang around in the skin. This is because […]

Skin Needling & LED Together?

To expand further on my last post about controlling the way our skin ages, I wanted to give you some examples of foods to incorporate into your diet to support the ageing process. As mentioned foods high in vitamins provide our skin with protection and can even help to decrease levels of inflammation within the […]

Foods For An Ageing Skin

Have you ever heard of the 2 types of ageing? If not, let me share more with you so that you have a better understanding of how our skin ages and what we can do to keep our skin looking as youthful as possible. The 2 types of ageing are called intrinsic ageing and extrinsic […]

Control The Way Your Skin Ages

left side shows youthful skin, right side of photo shows aged skin

Have you ever felt embarrassed about pimples popping up on your back? Maybe you wanted to wear a backless top but felt you couldn’t because you were suffering from back acne or scarring.. Back acne can be a real pain, but rest assured there are things you can do to help reduce or clear up […]

How To Tackle Back Acne

Let’s be honest, we’re all guilty of popping an occasional pimple – or maybe it’s more like on the daily 🤫 The problem with pimple popping is that when not done correctly the bacteria kept within your breakouts can spread. This is when you start to get some not so friendly clusters of pimples popping […]

Acne? When To Pop Your Pimples

To paint a bit of a picture for you before delving deeper, the skin is covered in hair follicles – this is where our hair comes out of onto our skin. Within these hair follicles (underneath our skin) is where our sebaceous glands sit, and where the oil on our skin comes from. This travels […]

How Your Diet Can Cause Hormonal Acne

A Dermal Clinician is someone who has undertaken a Bachelor Degree of Applied Health Sciences in Clinical Aesthetics or Dermal Science. Dermal clinicians bridge the gap between beauty therapists/dermal therapists and dermatologists. The Bachelor Degree is a 3-4 year full time degree that covers the anatomy and physiology of the entire body, in depth science […]

What is a Dermal Clinician?

I’m sure that you have experienced a nasty breakout sometime in your life as a side effect of stress. Usually these occur at the most inconvenient times, but why? And is there anything that can be done to prevent these? Stress can be experienced in many different ways – for some people stress is very […]

How can I get rid of my acne if it’s caused by stress?

Best suited for: acne, anti-ageing, skin rejuvenation, wound healing, prior to skin needling, post advanced/surgical treatments. LED light therapy utilises different wavelengths of light to penetrate different depths into the skin, creating different cellular responses. The cells within the skin convert this light energy into fuel, similar to photosynthesis in plants. These cells then work […]

How does LED light therapy work?

Best suited for: dull skin, anti-ageing, mild acne, slow healing skin. Cupping is an ancient alternative type of medicine that utilises suctioned cups on the skin to stimulate a healing response. In Chinese medicine, it is believed that cupping improves the flow of blood, lymph and Qi (the energy that flows through the body). At […]

What is facial cupping?