Dr Leah Clinic will be holding its 1st Education Event on 20th September from 11am - 3pm at our Loughton Cosmetic Clinic, Essex. The event is free to attend and we will be educating our clients on how to prevent premature ageing and sharing top tips on how to get the best out of your skin.   

During the event there will be:

• Presentations on how to tackle ageing from our expert team, including Dr Leah.
• Live demonstrations of our treatments 
• Free skin scanning and free consultations with one of our experts 

Attendees are welcome to take advantage of our exclusive 15% off selected treatments and rewards available on the day whilst enjoying the complimentary champagne and canapes.

Watch a video of from our previous event at our London clinic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd_F1omcRpg and if you would like to attend an Anti-Ageing Event please email essexclinic@drleah.co.uk to register

I look forward to seeing you at a Dr Leah event soon!

We’re now well into awards season and the Oscars are fast approaching. Many hours of careful pampering will have gone into the stars you’ll see on the red carpet. So, what are their secrets? Here are five ways you can give yourself the flawless look of a glamorous silver screen star.

Make sure your diet is up to scratch

We all know as the dark nights creep in the craving for comfort food starts and most of these foods are sugar and carbohydrate rich. The American Academy of Dermatology have suggested that consumption of high GI foods such as biscuits, sugary drinks, white rice, bread and pasta can trigger a cascade response that can lead to acne, ageing and inflammation. They also reported a weak but possible link between diary and acne.

Look and feel your best by keeping your skin healthy from inside and out, look out for yellow and orange foods and those high in Vitamin A.  Also salmon and fresh water fish are high in omega 3 and essential fatty acids which your skin needs to keep it healthy, hydrated and glowing.

Don’t overlook the cosmetic benefits of microdermabrasion

If you’ve got a big event planned prep your skin with microdermabrasion, a one off half-hour treatment can immediately result in a revitalised and more glowing complexion that even JLo would envy. Microdermabrasion removes dead skin cells, which also allows make-up to sit better on the skin for a flawless look all evening. We recommend a series of microdermabrasion treatments once a month to achieve optimum results.

Consider laser treatment for reducing redness

Laser sessions have also attracted acclaim among beauty professionals in recent times as a means of calming down acne and redness. Who would have imagined that mere spectrums of light would make such an immense difference to one's appearance?

If your skin routinely looks redder than you think it should, it’s possible that you are suffering from broken blood vessels on the face – or, to use the technical term, telangiectasia. We have recently dedicated a blog post to explaining this common condition and how we can use advanced laser treatment to banish it.

Get the Kate Winslet look with facial treatments

Kate Winslet, who has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress at this year’s Oscars for her role as Joanna Hoffman in the biopic Steve Jobs, is bound to look fresh-faced on the red carpet. That’s because she is a facial fan – and there’s a wide range of facials that we at Dr Leah can provide. These include anti-ageing and skin tightening treatments.

Don’t leave it too late

Remember the prep for a red carpet event begins weeks before! Consider inch loss treatments before a big event, one treatment a week for 6 weeks in the lead-up to an event will allow for optimum results. We use targeted ultrasonic waves to destroy fat cells without harming any other cells in your body, meaning you will lose measurable inches to fit into that perfect little black dress, leaving you to feel confident and enjoy your event! 

Broken blood vessels and redness on the skin are a part of life that many people have to deal with – especially as they age or if they suffer from inflammatory skin disorders such as rosacea. The technical term for these broken blood vessels on the face is telangiectasia – but they can also be referred to as thread veins, spider veins, broken capillaries, or simply redness.

These broken blood vessels are tiny capillaries near the skin's surface that have broken after being overworked and dilating too much. Look closely at your face and you may see them – they typically appear around the chin, nose and cheeks. Unfortunately, once broken blood vessels appear, it can be very difficult to get rid of them.

What can cause broken blood vessels?

We often explain to our clients at the Dr Leah Clinic that capillaries are constantly dilating and contracting and, with over-stimulation, can eventually break, as the vessels are thin and fragile. This is much like if you were to continually stretch an elastic band – eventually, over time, it would just snap. This can occur naturally; however, there are numerous factors that can contribute to increased damage to your capillaries, including:

• Genetics, as with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia
• Hormones
• Inflammation
• Rosacea
• Illness

Additional lifestyle factors include:

• Excess sun exposure
• Sunburn
• Sun beds
• Smoking
• Harsh weather conditions
• Extreme temperatures
• Stress
• Over-processing the skin with harsh products
• Excess spicy foods or caffeine

So, what can be done to treat broken blood vessels?

Remember that prevention is always better than cure. So, take a look at what you can change in your lifestyle to prevent broken capillaries occurring in the first place, and always ensure that you are daily slapping on adequate broad spectrum SPF 30 suncream to protect from damaging UV rays. However, you can never completely prevent these broken veins from appearing – and some people already have many present. This is where we at the Dr Leah Clinic can help you.

To tackle the issue of broken blood vessels, we recommend our Redness Reduction Laser treatment. This treatment is clinically proven to reduce redness - just take a look at these before and after pictures:

Before and after a course of 6 laser treatments

The laser penetrates deep into the skin, shattering and destroying the broken capillaries. These broken capillaries are then removed by the body's lymphatic system, leaving you with a clearer complexion.

This powerful and effective laser treatment is quick, does not require anaesthetic, and unlike traditional ablative laser resurfacing, it doesn't burn the skin's outer layer. As a result, redness and downtime are minimised.

We usually recommend 3 laser treatments at 4-week intervals. To complement your skin health, we also recommend gentle home care products containing key soothing ingredients to help minimise redness and strengthen capillary walls.

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