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As most menopausal women will tell you, menopause means havoc for your skin.But seeing as menopause happens when both natural skin aging and premature skin aging (which is mainly caused...
Our skin is a pretty incredible organ. It’s the largest in our bodies and its primary jobs are to protect our bodies from impacts, changes in pressure and temperature and...
(spoiler alert, don’t read this if you like to hate alcohol)If you google “alcohol in skincare” you will find a lot of opinions (almost always stated as fact 😊). And...
Vitamin A was first tested in the 1940’s for use in treating acne, but early testing found it to be too irritating. While testing of Vitamin A for acne and...
Jump on to YouTube and search “skincare” … go on I dare you. And you will be inundated with hundreds if not thousands of videos about skin care routines. It...
What is hyaluronic acid?Hyaluronic acid is a polysaccharide (a complex sugar) and it is one of the major components of the scaffolding known as the extracellular matrix of the skin....
It feels like forever since life was normal! Zoom calls, social distancing, Netflix- no chill! So how has your skin reacted? Without makeup and a bit more time on your...
Eye creams: We love them, but are they needed?Both men and women REALLY care about the appearance of our eyes.In fact, Globally, eye rejuvenation is requested from doctors and aestheticians...
Too much of a good thing? Should you be mixing Retinal and Vitamin C?When it comes to anti aging skin care ingredients, two of the heroes are Vitamin C (Ascorbic...
You know it does!It is a bit of a chicken and egg situation. Or a vicious circle. Or both. Acne is caused by stress. But acne is so stressful! (1)WHAT’S...
We KNOW that humidity causes breakout because we have experienced it ourselves. But in 2017 we got some confirmatory scientific proof, (1) in a Saudi Arabian study of 144 women...
Although as you age your skin gets drier and you get more wrinkles, dry skin doesn’t actually cause wrinkles. (1). Wrinkles are caused by damage from Ultraviolet light from the...
The short answer is YES! We have just developed a Salicylic Acid to help Acne called Hydroxy Overnight Mask!Evidence for salicylic acid improving acne-prone skin is extensive. What’s more this...
Most dermatologists and skincare academics agree that Vitamin A is hands down the BEST ingredient to combat the effects of aging. It’s also brilliant for combatting acne and most forms...
As we get older, our skin starts to age and usually wrinkle. While it is estimated that we will all start showing (natural) skin aging when we are in our...
The whole experience of being a woman has changed over the past 100 years. Our emancipation has brought so much. It’s also brought a whole stack of BS that women...
Sugar cravings crashing your best laid plans of a healthy diet and perfect weight? Me too!It’s 3pm. You’re tired, mind is drifting, you have a bit of a headache and...
Who are the grand poo bahs who decide what constitutes a mental illness? The writers of the DSM V manual? Let me in because I want to create a new...
Does going to work make you sick? Do you flinch every time the person across the partition in your local cube farm sneezes? Have you resorted to lashings of hand...
Sandra popped in to see me the other day for a routine script. She had come hot from grabbing 3 year old Polly from day care and was still in...
I often get asked to throw cold water over the idea of “Dr Google”- the tendency to whack symptoms into a Google bar and self diagnose all manner of problems....
You think you’ve got problems? Try telling someone that their blood pressure reading is high and I’ll guarantee you’ll be faced with incredulity, skepticism or simply frank dismay. “But my...
Like so much of my life, starting a skin care company was kind of an accident. I was pretty happy being a doctor and part time TV presenter.The thing is,...
Save Your Brain By Dr Ginni Mansberg
So what are the lifestyle changes that really make a difference to our brain health? What do the experts do to protect themselves from cognitive decline? And what can we do right now to preserve our quality of life as we age?
Save Your Brain answers all these questions and more. As we age, dementia and Alzheimer's pose a serious threat to our health and wellbeing. To give us a running start in the fight against cognitive decline, GP and acclaimed broadcaster Dr Ginni Mansberg presents the very latest evidence based research on how to protect your most valuable asset your clever, vulnerable, powerful brain. As the health of our brains increasingly takes centre stage, Ginni gives up to the minute advice and strategies you can implement now to protect your brain as you age.
A must read for anyone looking to maintain their quality of life, or that of loved ones, into old age.