AESTHETIC TREATMENTS
Skin care and topical products
Creams and serums are one of the most important parts of maintaining skin health and repairing sun damage.
- Ongoing skin maintenance
- Inexpensive products are usually as effective as expensive “cosmeceuticals”
- An important addition to aesthetic and skin cancer procedures
To achieve the best possible skin health and appearance, it’s important to maintain a good skin care regimen.
Topical creams and serums can have multiple beneficial effects:
- Fading pigmentation, melasma, age spots and freckles.
- Settling redness and inflammation (e.g. dermatitis, rosacea and acne).
- Smoothing the skin.
- Making thin and fragile skin fuller.
- Reducing fine wrinkles.
- Protecting against ultraviolet-induced damage.
- Speeding up wound healing and reducing scar formation after procedures and injuries.
The ABC of skin care
For most people, the combination of vitamin A (retinoid/tretinoin), vitamin B3 (niacinamide) and vitamin C achieves the beneficial effects listed above.
We normally recommend a twice-daily routine:
- Morning: Sunscreen and vitamin C
- Evening: retinoid/tretinoin, vitamin B3 and moisturiser. Combined vitamin B3/moisturiser products are available. We recommend Solarcare B3 moisturiser.
Our approach to skin care products
Wherever possible, we offer treatments based on a combination of:
- Efficacy, as demonstrated by the best possible evidence, and
- Acceptability to our patients.
When offering and recommending cosmetic and other treatments for sun-damaged and ageing skin, we keep in mind the following principles:
- We keep treatments simple, offering maximum value for money. Rather than prescribing or recommending expensive branded skin care products, we prescribe and recommend products compounded to our specifications by pharmacists who specialise in skin products.
- We keep our markup on retail products to a minimum so patients can leave the clinic with the products and treatments we recommend.
Skin cancers and dermatological conditions
Some skin cancers can be cured, and many dermatological conditions can be effectively managed with a combination of prescription and over-the-counter topical preparations.
For most people, creams and serums can help in the treatment of superficial basal cell carcinoma, Bowen’s disease, rosacea, melasma and acne.
Learn about our topical medications for skin cancers and solar keratoses.
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Skin care and topical products
We provide, recmmend and prescribe a range of topical creams and serums to help treat skin cancers and dermatological conditions.
Topical vitamin B3 (niacinamide)
Vitamin B3 (niacinamide) applied to the skin is an effective and inexpensive treatment to reduce signs of sun damage, settle inflammation and improve the skin’s moisture barrier.
Topical retinoids
Topical retinoids are a type of vitamin A, used to treat sun-damaged and ageing skin. They have been shown to reduce pigmentation and wrinkles.
Vitamin C cream/serum
Topical vitamin C is an effective treatment for skin pigmentation and protection against sun damage.
Silicone & hypochlorous acid gel
Silicone and hypochlorous acid gel speeds wound healing, reduces infection, and improves cosmetic results.
Topical medications for skin cancer and solar keratoses
Pre-cancerous solar keratoses and superficial skin cancers can be treated non-surgically using topical medications.
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