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5 Tips for a skin-friendly holiday

Have you ever had your skin rebel against you on holidays?Those spots and blemishes could be the result of a change in your environment and your routine. Dr Johanna Ward shares her best tips to...
Everything to know about hormonal acne

Hormonal Acne. Everything You Need to Know

What is hormonal acne? What effect do hormones have on the skin? When can hormonal acne strike? Where typically does hormonal acne occur? And most importantly: What can be done about it?
Making the sun your friend this summer

Making the sun your friend this summer

There are mixed opinions as to whether the sun actually helps with problem skin. The most important consequence of sun exposure for people with acne is that inflamed and irritated skin is much more likely to become...
LUSTRE ClearSkin, Dehydrated Skin and Acne

Is there a connection between dehydrated skin and acne?

When your skin is dehydrated, it can feel tight and dry – and this may lead you to think that you are suffering from dry skin. If your skin is dehydrated and particularly if this...
World Health Day - What does your skin say about you?

World Health Day - What does your skin say about you?

The most common and troublesome skin complaint is acne, with spots affecting more than 80% of us all at some point in our lives. There are many potential underlying causes and the part of your...
Skin-friendly Easter chocolate tip from LUSTRE ClearSkin

How to have your cake and eat it too this Easter! (skin-friendly edition)

If you have problem skin and are struggling to eat the right kind of diet to help keep your spots at bay, does this mean that you shouldn’t have an Easter Egg at all? Dr...
The Healing Power of Light

The Healing Power of Light

How does Blue Light Technology harnesses all the benefits of light to treat acne without the harmful UV rays? Dr Sam Robson - medical director at Temple Clinic - explains how we can combine what...
Stress and Acne - Putting the brake on the vicious cycle

Stress and Acne - Putting the brake on the vicious cycle

Acne is known to cause stress, anxiety and depression. The effects of stress in causing or worsening acne have not been studied as widely. Together stress and acne comprise a vicious cycle. How to put...
The Perils of Antibiotics

The Perils of Antibiotics

For many years antibiotic therapy has been an important part of acne treatment in either topical or oral form. But nowadays we deal with such endemic levels of resistance that we have had to reduce...