Skin, Aesthetics & Healthy Ageing Journal
Evidence-based advice from Dr Caroline Warden, NHS GP and aesthetic doctor in Hale, covering facial ageing, menopause skin, regenerative aesthetics, skincare and natural-looking aesthetic treatments.
What Actually Works for Under Eye Ageing? A Doctor’s Guide to Dark Circles, Hollows and Crepey Skin
Under eye ageing is four problems, not one: thin skin, pigment, hollow and puffiness. Here is a two minute test to find which is yours, what the evidence says works for each, what tends to disappoint, and what it costs in Hale.
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Is Beauty Sleep Real? What Sleep Actually Does to Your Skin, According to the Studies
Beauty sleep is one of the few beauty claims that has been tested in a laboratory and passed. What the experiments show, what your skin does overnight, which features give away a bad night, and the habits that actually help.
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Tired-Looking Eyes? How to Treat Dark Circles and Under-Eye Hollows Without Surgery (A Doctor’s Guide for Hale and Altrincham)
Looking tired after eight hours’ sleep is rarely about sleep. An NHS GP in Hale explains the four types of dark circles, a two-minute test to work out which you have, and what helps each one without tear trough filler or surgery.
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Why I Don't Offer Tear Trough Filler: The Four Causes of Under-Eye Shadows
"I look exhausted all the time. People keep asking if I'm alright. I've read about tear trough filler and I think that's what I need." I have this conversation most weeks, and I nearly always end it by saying no. Not because tear trough filler is a bad treatment, but because under-eye shadows are four different problems and filler treats one of them.
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