Do You Suffer From Melasma? 

Melasma appears as abnormal patches of brown pigmentation on the face and is most common in women around the ages of 20-40.

How Can I Treat It?

Melasma is often chronic and can be very difficult to treat. It requires expert care.

Basic first line measures whilst awaiting your dermatology appointment include:

1. Complete year-round sun protection:
Shade
Hat
Sunscreen – (with tint or foundation over the top)

2. Stop exogenous hormones if possible (e.g.: oral contraceptive pill, HRT)

3. Stop fragranced cosmetics and skin care

4. Avoid irritation of the skin

EXAMPLES OF SUITABLE SUNSCREENS

Tinted Invisible Zinc SPF 50

Sunsense sensitive

Neutrogena Sheer Zinc

ABOVE: One of our patients before and after melasma treatment.

If you’d like to learn more or are considering treatment, please call the clinic.

What are Cherry Angiomas?

Cherry angiomas are common, dome-shaped papules ranging in size from 0.1 to 1 cm in diameter. They can appear anywhere on the body, scalp, or even genitals and often develop in clusters. These harmless growths typically begin appearing around age 40 and may increase in number over time. While they pose no medical risk, many people choose to remove them for cosmetic reasons.

How Can They Be Removed?

Most cherry angiomas can be removed quickly and effectively with vascular laser treatment. The laser works by causing the blood vessels within the angioma to clot (a process called thrombosis), and your body naturally clears them away over the next few weeks. In most cases, a single session is all it takes to achieve excellent results.

See below to view a treatment session…

If you’d like to learn more or are considering treatment, please call the clinic.

Do You Suffer From Milia?

Milia are small harmless keratin cysts just under the surface of the skin. They are very common and usually located on the eyelids and cheeks. They can sometimes arise from skin trauma or excessive occlusion of the skin.

How Can I Remove Them?

They can be de-roofed using a sterile needle and the contents pricked out.

They may be destroyed using diathermy (this was used in the above patient) or cryotherapy.

For widespread lesions or to prevent recurrence, topical retinoids are usually used.

ABOVE: One of our patients before and after treatment for Milia.

If you’d like to learn more or are considering treatment, please call the clinic.

Bear in mind that the images you see of celebrities on television, social media and in magazines are not real depictions of that person. That person will have had professional makeup applied (even the “natural” looks and men have professional make up applied) and the lighting used to take the images will refract the light in such a way to give that aesthetic effect. Furthermore, many images are photo shopped to remove imperfections.

Making it even more unattainable to some is the amount of money celebrities spend on their skin. Routine use of lasers and subtle anti-ageing injections are the norm. Done well, these results look natural and celebrities often deny having anything done.

Firstly, make sure you are eating really well and exercising enough (150 minutes of moderate intensity exercise per week!).

Secondly make sure you protect your skin from excess UV radiation.

Last of all, find an ethical medical specialist to guide you. Ideally this should be a doctor trained in dermatology. Every person’s skin and situation is different and there is no “one size fits all”.

Rosacea results in redness of the nose and cheeks and sometimes the forehead and chin. 

The skin in these areas is often described as sensitive and uncomfortable and can have pimples overlying the red areas. 

It is not excessively itchy or painful but can significantly affects one’s quality of life.

 Cleanse your face daily with a gentle non-foaming cleanser.

Use a zinc sunscreen every morning, even in winter and a ceramide-based moisturiser at night.

Avoid using any products that burn, sting or irritate the skin. Topical retinols, vitamin C and exfoliants should be used with extreme caution in rosacea sufferers.

Sometimes the above is not sufficient and we need medication and/or lasers. Vascular lasers such as Excel V+ are excellent at removing redness and often only require 3-4 treatments. The pimple component of rosacea is usually treated with medication.

One of our patients before and after treatment for Rosacea