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  • Hyperpigmentation: Causes of, and Treatments
    Hyperpigmentation is where areas of skin become darker in colour than the surrounding skin. This occurs when an external influence such as UV radiation or cosmetic treatments (even hair removal using tear off strips) create inflammation in the skin (often not visible), which stimulates skin cells called ‘melanocytes’ to produce more melanin or skin pigment. This can affect the skin colour of people of any race.
  • What is Rosacea, and How Can I Suppress It?
    Rosacea affects around 4 million in the UK and Ireland with another 4 million suffering pre-rosacea flushing and blushing. Sufferers often have fair skin and hair and often some celtic background but by no means exclusively. Symptoms range from recurrent blushing attacks, prolonged blushing to permanent red skin often associated with thread veins.
  • Pigmentation reducing creams - the cure worse than the cause
    Therapists should be alarmed to read about recent research relating to hydroquinone causing cancer. Although hydroquinone creams are banned for use in cosmetics you may be still be giving hydroquinone to your clients without being aware. Recent evidence on the long term damage of hydroquinone has made this a critical issue for therapists to assess management of client's pigmentation issues.
  • New Research Reveals the Dark Side of Skin Lightening Cosmetics
    An ingredient previously banned from skin lightening cosmetic creams due to its damaging effects on the skin has now been found to cause cancer, claims a review published by Dr W Westerhof and T Kooyers , two of Europe's leading authorities on pigmentation in dermatology.




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