Tweakments, Salmon Sperm & the Skincare You Mustn't Scrimp On, With Alice Hart-Davis

07/04/24 • 39 min

In this episode, we’re joined by aesthetics aficionado and award-winning journalist and author, Alice Hart-Davis, for an unfiltered foray into the changing face of Tweakments – a term she coined that has since become industry standard. We journey from 1998, when Alice first ventured into aesthetics procedures, to the present. Back then, nurses were injecting collagen, and the idea of using toxins was met with horror. Fast forward to today and we chat salmon sperm injections for firming things up under the eyes, shaking up cocktails of regenerative medicine and ingredients to regrow your own fat.

We muse over what the future holds for Aesthetics, share the skincare you must always use, and the treatments that have dazzled and disappointed.

About Our Guest: Alice Hart-Davis is an award-winning beauty journalist and author. She has reported on non-surgical cosmetic procedures – ‘tweakments’ and skincare for 25 years and has tried countless procedures and products in order to review them.

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We muse over what the future holds for Aesthetics, share the skincare you must always use, and the treatments that have dazzled and disappointed.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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About Our Guest: Dr. Christopher D’Souza is an award-winning hair transplant surgeon, with extensive experience in Follicular Unit Excision (FUE) and Strip Follicular Unit Transplantation (Strip FUT). Dr. D’Souza has been part of the executive committee of the British Association of Hair Restoration Surgery since 2017 and was voted in as President in 2021. He is also part of the executive committee of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery (ABHRS) where he currently serves as Secretary and Chair of the Oral Examination Committee. He has a state-of-the-art clinic in central London.

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