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Medical aesthetic facilities are run by licensed healthcare professionals who offer different ways of improving your appearance and wellbeing by recommending combinations of holistic therapies and day-spa treatments with traditional and complementary medical methods. Some medical spas focus on facial and body aesthetics, offering day spa services alongside medically supervised cosmetic and beauty enhancing procedures. Needless to say, technology has improved to the extent that you can have a lot done these days without surgery. The non-surgical medical aesthetic market technically began with the development of the first non surgical product, Zyderm® in 1981. Twenty six years later, this multi-billion pound industry has certainly evolved with a diverse range of solutions and treatments including Botox®, fillers, chemical peels and cosmeceutical products for skin care.
One of the major problems in the medical aesthetic industry is that almost all of the new developments are focused around skin and health problems related to the dominant Caucasian market. In fact, there are very few UK clinicians or beauty therapists who have the requisite experience to deal successfully with ethnic skin [such as black or asian skin types] and therefore the dermatological, medical or beauty advice given to ethnic people who present with problems is imprecise and clinically unproven. This comes as no surprise since the beauty and cosmetic industry which is much older, has continuously failed to include any other ethnicities other than the Caucasian market. Fortunately, the UK ethnic market does not have to wait any longer. The Beauty Society created by Dr. Peter Ilori is one of UK’s most innovative and all-inclusive medi-spas. The Beauty Society philosophy is to provide an integrated approach to beauty and non-surgical medicine for all ethnicities.
Dr. Ilori, an orthodontist and facial aesthetic expert, recognised that beauty considerations and advice should incorporate factors such as personal health, nutrition, weight management, skin care, specialist dentistry and non-surgical medicine. He and his colleagues recently launched the Beauty in Colour Project, a unique set of clinics designed to meet the medical, cosmetic and aesthetic needs of people of colour!
Why is the Beauty In Colour Project different?
We are aware that there are problems which affect people of colour and require specialist assessment and treatments. There are various factors that can affect your skin, hair and nails which might cause embarrassment and frustration.To meet the changing demographics of patients requiring cosmetic and aesthetic procedures it is important to have a thorough understanding of the structure and function of the skin as well as how it differs with special reference to pigmented skin types.To meet the needs of patients who live outside the areas or regions where the Beauty in Colour clinics operate we have put together a network of partners who will provide the same level of care as that offered at our main centres.
The clinics understand that the different ethnicities have unique skin and health issues so our specialists are trained to deal with a range of skin and health issues associated with these different ethnicities.
Whatever your concerns are, it is important to seek advice from an expert! Too many of us seek advice from friends and relatives who would only provide anecdotal solutions, despite their best intentions.
What skin type are you?
Fitzpatrick’s Skin Phototypes (SPT)Characteristics of different skin types
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