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Hyaluronic Acid Benefits: Enhancing Skin Barrier Function

Ep 76: Healthy Skin Aging Begins With Skin Resilience What is the skin barrier? Repairing your skin barrier  The skin barrier is best thought of as a protective wall between the internal environment of the body and the external. A healthy skin barrier enables all your organ cells to function optimally. This means carrying out…

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Active Ingredients to Treat Pigmentation on Face

Ep 75: All About Hyperpigmentation Hyperpigmentation is often associated with aging. However, there are actually many different types of pigmentation that dermatologists encounter. While not all forms of hyperpigmentation on the face are the same, there are a few common pathways that effective treatment options can target. Melanocytes are the cells that produce pigment, known…

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Glycolic Acid Skincare – How to Exfoliate at Home

Ep 74: How to Incorporate Glycolic Acid Into Your Skincare Routine Everyone wants to have radiant, glowing skin. As one of the most popular active ingredients used in chemical peels at the dermatologist’s office and also incorporated in skincare, glycolic acid truly deserves its reputation as a star exfoliator. How does it work? Do we…

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Hair Loss Treatments That Work – Dermatologist’s Advice

Ep 73: Demystifying Hair Loss Treatments- What Works and What Doesn’t View this post on Instagram A post shared by Teo Wan Lin 张婉琳 (@drteowanlin) This week’s podcast episode is a masterclass sponsored by L’Oreal Paris, the beauty giant behind the latest Full Resist Anti-Hair Fall range. Backed by evidence-based ingredients researched by hair scientists, this…

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Character Makes a Face

Ep 72: Our Faces Tell the Story of Our Lives The world has been witness to the diabolical events unfolding in Ukraine over the past few weeks. The internal horror we each feel to the atrocities committed is testament to the fact that human beings have an innate sense of what is right and wrong.…

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Inner Beauty According to Science

Ep 71: The Emotional World of Beauty – Beauty in the Mind  Possessing “inner beauty” isn’t just the consolation prize for those less than genetically blessed with physical beauty. Science tells us that our perception of beauty is deeply rooted in our psychological makeup, which colors the way we view beauty. Inner beauty is a term…

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Intelligent Beauty: The Science of Beauty

Ep 70: 2022 Skincare Trends Part 3 – Intelligent Beauty An Invention of the Mind — Intelligent Beauty Beauty is a topic of fascination throughout millennia. Gustav Fechner, the pioneer of modern psychology proposed a set of metrics which could be used to statistically define the experience of beauty. Known as psychophysics, he examined the…

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How To Be Beautiful- Tips From a Dermatologist

Ep 69: 2022 Skincare Trends Part 2: How to be Beautiful Inside Out  Self-care is more than just a buzzword. At the heart of a skincare routine is an emphasis on wellbeing. Practising your skincare ritual daily is self-care in action. Behind this is the science of the brain-skin connection, an area increasingly studied by…

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2022 Skincare Trends: Facial Tools & Skincare Devices

Ep 68: 2022 Skincare Trends Part 1- Home Facial Devices for Your Skincare Regime The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic thrust home based self-care regimens into the spotlight from 2020. The home facial devices trend looks set to stay in 2022 skincare trends. In-office technologies such as radiofrequency, microdermabrasion and microcurrent incorporated in home facial care devices…

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Best Moisturiser for Dry Skin

SKIN SLEUTH SERIES BY DR.TWL EP 1 : THE SCIENCE BEHIND MOISTURISER FORMULATIONS Hi guys this is Dr. TWL, your Skin Sleuth here. In this series, we will share the science behind skincare active ingredients. We’re going to shed light on how skincare active ingredients directly affect cell processes and how we can expect to…