Why Stronger Doesn't Always Mean Better I want to talk to you about vitamin A, because it's a conversation I find myself having in the treatment room almost every week now. Retinol. Retinal. Retinoids. Tretinoin. If you spend any time on social media, you'll have seen people recommending increasingly stronger forms of vitamin A, usually with the same unspoken assumption underneath it all: Stronger means better. Stronger means faster. I understand why that idea is appealing. B

And this is where experience, knowledge and understanding of the skin really matter. There is something I want to challenge when it comes to microneedling. Somewhere along the way, the redness immediately after treatment has become almost a badge of honour. The redder the skin, the deeper the treatment must have been.The more uncomfortable the treatment, the better the result must be. I don't agree. In fact, when I perform microneedling, I am absolutely not looking for the re

Understanding Your Skin From the Outside In One of the things I find myself talking about more and more in my treatment room is rosacea. I have had quite a few clients come to me believing they have rosacea because their skin is red, flushed, warm, irritated or sometimes a little bumpy. But one thing I always want to say is: Not every red face is rosacea. Rosacea is a genuine, chronic inflammatory skin condition. It can cause flushing, persistent redness, visible blood vessel