The Timeline You Need There’s a particular kind of phone call I get. A bride, sometimes a groom, sometimes a mum of the bride, asking if I can squeeze them in before the big day. The wedding is in three weeks. Could I fit them in next Tuesday? Sometimes the answer is yes. Often, it isn’t, not because I don’t have availability, but because their skin needs more time than they have left. Here’s the honest timeline: Six months before the wedding: book your consultation This sounds early. It isn’t. A consultation gives us time to assess the blemish, perform a patch test, see how your skin responds, and plan

A few weeks ago, a 30-year-old woman came to see me. She’d been keeping an eye on a mole for a while and, like so many of us do, had put off getting it looked at. When she finally came in and I examined it under my dermatoscope, I created a report ready to send away to dermatology, checking her history and details regarding the mole. she felt it had grown over the last year. It Isn’t Always What You Expect One of the most important things I want people to understand is that skin cancer doesn’t always appear as a dramatic change to an existing mole. Yes, we should

Everything You Need to Know About Removal If you’ve noticed small, soft growths or tiny finger-like protrusions appearing around your neck, you’re far from alone. Skin tags and filiform warts are two of the most common benign skin conditions I see in my clinic, and they often appear together, particularly in the neck area. The good news is they are completely treatable, and with the right approach, we can remove them safely and effectively with beautiful, lasting results. What Are Skin Tags? Skin tags are small, soft, flesh-coloured or slightly darker growths that hang off the skin on a thin stalk. They’re composed of loose collagen fibres and blood vessels,