Amazing facialist or dermatologist in London needed. Or paper bag.

[drjohnsonscat]

Help. My skin, which has never been great, is in a shocking state atm and the time has come to do something about it. I'm 43 and suddenly really spotty. My skin is generally not great (sensitive, open pores, sort of coarse looking) but had finally sort of grown out of the spots and now they're back. I've tried lots of regimes over the years (inc the pill) and had lots of facials but I've never felt they've made a difference. Ditto the elemis products I bought recently and the biotherm ones and more or less everything else.

I don't mind seeing a facialist again if it's someone who is really expert and doesn't just rub creams in and take them off again while playing whale music to me. Do any of the famous ones really help? Or a dermatologist?

Any recommendations? I don't mind spending money on this

Maybe try a dermalogica salon?
I can recommend one in Ewel, but I imagine there are lots in central London.

Maybe you need something like microdermabrasion or IPL.

Just looked it up - some links here.

List of Best from Harpers link

A budget suggestion link

And while you're at it - some other fun stuff:

Budget beauty treatments link

Other beauty treatments on a budget link

Whew - I'm SO tempted now to go to London and do back-to-back budget pampering.

Are they definitely spots and not acne rosacea? I had fab, if sensitive, skin until last year, and then suddenly seemed to be breaking out in places I'd never had spots before - nothing I blitzed the spots with seemed to work, and they were new, scary, angry spots. GP diagnosed rosacea, told me it was quite common in 30/40 something women, gave me some cream, I switched to Avene, and it all cleared up. if I don't drink More or less.

Failing that, isn't Emma Hardie meant to be amazing, and good for sensitive skin?

Good for you for wanting to sort it. There will be some products and or treatments that can help you.

I highly recommend Dr Vicky Dondas www.medicetics.com/

thanks for all the info ladies - am furiously looking up every link and making appointments. As I do this, my skin is clearing - very weird! But will definitely do something anyway - it will break out again tomorrow.

Have seen a friend have great results from Beauty Works West, if you're looking for chemical peel type things.. she was uber-fussy about who did this sort of thing I must say, and she researched the hell out of it before she allowed anyone near her face. Results were great.