Which Is Better for Blemish Removal? When you’re researching blemish removal, you’ll come across two treatments that keep appearing: cryotherapy and advanced electrolysis (also known as diathermy and electrocautery). Both are widely offered; both work, but they’re genuinely different. After offering cryotherapy in my clinic for several years, I made the deliberate decision to stop using it and focus solely on advanced electrolysis. I want to explain why, and what it means for you as someone trying to choose the right treatment. Cryotherapy works by freezing the blemish, usually using nitrous oxide via a CryoPen or, in some clinical settings, liquid nitrogen. The extreme cold destroys the cells, and over

I was in consultation with a client recently, and she told me that she had spent the best part of ten years trying to conceal the yellow patches on her upper eyelids with makeup. She thought they were something she just had to live with. She hadn’t realised they had a name, let alone that they could be treated. She wasn’t one for going to the doctors and had seen them on her grandmother many years ago, so she just assumed this was it, as such. If you have noticed soft, yellowish patches near your eyes, usually on the upper or lower eyelids, or at the inner corners, then you

Skin Tag, Wart or Seborrheic Keratosis? How to Tell the Difference Skin tags, warts and seborrheic keratoses can look surprisingly similar to the untrained eye, but they’re actually very different. Skin tags Soft, small growths that hang off the skin, usually flesh-coloured or slightly darker, with a smooth surface. They love friction areas like the neck, underarms, eyelids, groin, and under the bra line. If you can gently move it and it feels like a tiny flap of loose skin, it’s likely a skin tag. Warts Rough, raised and often described as “cauliflower-like” in texture. They’re caused by a virus (HPV), which means they can spread to other parts of