My personal favourite in the anthology is titled “Lee Savage”. This one is based on a larger than life man I had the good fortune to meet while I was in Uganda. This poem in particular is a love letter to a selfless and unrecognised paragon of a community.
Acne Vulgaris is the most common skin issue clinics and dermatologists deal with daily. It usually begins with hormone changes during puberty but there’s more and more evidence for an increasing number of adults that experience acne later in life. A good skincare routine with the right ingredients and formulations can reduce blemishes and the scarring damage […]
I laid awake at night, sweating, anxious, crying. My parents are old and old-fashioned. I heard horror stories about coming out, I heard good stories too but you rarely hold onto the good ones in your head very long. I practiced in my head, with friends, with my therapist. I promised them all I was going to do it.
Sorting out fact from fiction in this space can be quite difficult. As you know though, everything we do at Science Skincare is based on evidence.
So…..on the left is me in 1976. I was ten years old and in Year 4 at Garran Primary School in Canberra with a chin full of pimples. On the right is me today. I’m nearly 55 year old, a Grandmother and look….I have a pimple still (again) just near my right eyebrow and nose! […]
Hi, I’m Ashleigh, I’m 36 and live in country Western Australia. I have three kids aged 17, 11 and 2. I’ve had a couple of terminations and a still birth and my kids all have different dads. Complications after one of my terminations meant I almost bled to death, but hey, here I am. […]
It’s acne awareness month and we help unravel the confusion between scrubs and serums for exfoliating skin. Even the best skincare products are useless on top of layers of dead skin cells. Dead skin cells and debris build up on the top layer of the skin and often cause clogged pores, breakouts, and a dull-looking […]
Unfortunately, I also learnt that society is still devastatingly unequipped to handle women and all of the issues we are presented with. Or the way in which we are given strategies is so medieval and outdated.
Not all vitamin A products have been created equally. Retinol is cheap to manufacture, so it is cheap for the consumer to buy and is aesthetically pleasing to the eye as it can be produced colourless and you have a lovely white cream.
There are so many endometriosis stages that lead on to more stages and the IVF medications you have to go on can overstimulate your ovaries and can actually kill you!
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