If you’ve been noticing more skin tags on your neck than you used to, small red dots appearing on your torso, a scattering of little bumps around your jawline, or brown patches that never used to be there, you’re not imagining it, and you’re definitely not alone. I see many clients in their 40s and 50s who feel their skin has changed on them, and it’s genuinely one of the most common conversations I have. The reason is hormonal. As oestrogen levels start to fluctuate in perimenopause and then drop away in menopause, your skin loses collagen, becomes thinner, and behaves differently at almost every level. That drop influences pigment

A New Chapter: Opening My Third Clinic at Maison Abbeville in Clapham I’m genuinely thrilled to share that from Wednesday 10th September 2026, I’ll be seeing clients at a brand-new London location: Maison Abbeville, a beautiful French parapharmacy in Clapham dedicated to wellness and skin health. Alongside my Colchester and Chelmsford clinics, this becomes my third home and my first outside of Essex. Maison Abbeville isn’t a typical setting for advanced blemish removal, and that’s exactly why it feels right. Parapharmacies are a wonderful French tradition, somewhere between a pharmacy and a wellness boutique, where skin, health and considered self-care sit together in one place. Everything under one roof is

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