In this article in Beauty KNOWHOW by Edwina Inns-Chambers, she discovers the amazing power of Endermologie to relieve stress & tension.
Read all about Endermologie in ‘The Sun’ newspaper, or at least Lisa Snowden’s experience with the treatment.
Endermologie in ‘The Sun’ newspaper…. finally printing something worth reading!! 
Good on Lisa Snowdon for sharing her experience with Endermologie. At 52 years of age she’s making sensible, healthy, risk-free choices to support her wellbeing and helping her to look her best.
She’s a regular at @endermospauk and is a great advocate for Endermologie.
This article describes what collagen is and how age affects our skin.
I often talk to my clients about what happens with collagen and ageing. And, although I have a feeling I’ve shared this before, I held onto the link because it’s one of the best articles I’ve read that describes what collagen is, how it affects skin tone and elasticity, and how its depreciation as we age affects our skin. It’s a handy one to keep on file for when you have 5 mins to delve deeper.
This excerpt from the LPG ‘Management of endometriosis with endermologie®’ seminar answers “WHAT IS ENDOMETRIOSIS?”
Excerpt from the LPG ‘Management of endometriosis with endermologie®’ seminar.
WHAT IS ENDOMETRIOSIS?
• Endometriosis is a chronic, inflammatory gynaecological disease.
• In a normal cycle, each month cells react in the same way to those in the womb. Building up and breaking down and bleeding.
• In endometriosis the cells similar to those lining the womb are found elsewhere in the body: ovaries, fallopian tubes, and other pelvic organs.
• The blood (displaced tissue) has no way to escape but returns to back to the body and gets trapped.
• This causes inflammation, pain, formation of scar tissue and adhesions.
• The cause of endometriosis is unknown and there is no definite cure.
Watch this space to learn how Endermologie can help manage the symptoms of Endometriosis.
Endometriosis metrics: Endo is suggested to affect 1.5 million women, with many women still waiting years before an accurate diagnosis.
Endometriosis metrics
Although Endometriosis was first discussed in medical journals in 1690 (Dr Daniel Shroen), it took another 300 years before the condition was more fully understood and the name endometriosis was coined. However advances in the treatment of endo didn’t really happen until the 1980s when laparoscopic surgery became available.
It’s still a long way from being a perfect diagnostic pathway, however, with many women still waiting years before an accurate diagnosis.
Non-invasive Endermologie reduces the pain and inflammation associated with endometriosis.
Wonder how Endermologie for endometriosis works? The following slides explain how the non-invasive Endermologie massage can have a much deeper effect than surface level. Hence reducing the pain and inflammation associated with #endometriosis.
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Perimenopause or “reversing out of puberty” by Dr Carrie Jones. Don’t get caught off guard and think you’re going crazy! It’s perimenopause!
Following on from the last few weeks discussing endometriosis, I’ve decided to continue looking at women’s health for a little longer, this time tackling menopause and perimenopause.
I’ve collated a load of fabulous resources so will post directly from these so you can go follow and learn more.
This post from @dr.carriejones discusses “Perimenopause or “reversing out of puberty” which means literal reversing. Things that used to work in favour of reproduction are not now.
And this affects your brain state. Your hormones, particularly estradiol (a type of estrogen) is required by many parts of your brain! The decline of those hormones creates all those Brain symptoms. 
Not to mention affecting other health aspects of you like blood sugar and bone health.
A single Instagram post isn’t the same as a full visit and plan with your practitioner but swipe through to get ideas! 
Don’t get caught off guard and think you’re going crazy! It’s perimenopause!”
Perimenopause and menopause Dr Mary Claire discusses the very real effects of these hormonal changes in women’s lives.
Reposted with thanks to @drmaryclaire
What breaks my heart the most in my journey to learn about perimenopause and menopause is how many hoops the average person must jump through to get qualified care. We deserve so much more than outdated guidelines, under-education of our providers, and the societal dismissal of our symptoms as psychological. Keep the conversation going and look at the resources we have available to you at the link in Dr Mary Claire’s BIO.
Considering a cosmetic procedure? Make sure you know who’s doing it and do your due diligence first. It could save your life.
I’ve said it before and I’ll no doubt say it many, many times again. Please don’t undertake any procedure, even if it’s marketed as non-invasive or harmless, without doing your research first. The consequences of poor and uneducated treatment/practitioner choices aren’t usually fatal, but can lead to life-altering side-effects.
Oestrogen & weight gain in menopause coupled with less movement, processed diet & stress,can keep the abdominal weight expanding.
Many of my middle-aged clients come to me to help shift the belly fat that’s crept on in the last few years and won’t shift despite a healthy diet and regular exercise. It’s our biology ladies! As well as using Endermologie to tackle that stubborn fat and reduce your waistline, Endermologie’s lymphatic drainage effect means it reduces the overall inflammation associated with menopause.
This post from @menopausespecialist is a great explainer about why we stack on the weight in peri-menopause:
Noticed a shift in body weight recently, yet your movement, lifestyle and eating habits haven’t changed? During peri/menopause, it’s common for women to notice an increase in weight, particularly around their abdominal region.
• As detailed above, the decline of oestrogen during peri/menopause can lead to weight gain. Coupled with a lack of daily movement, a processed diet and a stressful lifestyle, the abdominal weight can keep expanding.
• Treatment with Oestrogen Therapy, along with lifestyle changes, can help reduce this weight gain. Benefits of Oestrogen Therapy include: Short-term symptom relief and long-term prevention of heart disease, osteoporosis, dementia, diabetes and depression.
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing more on this topic, highlighting a number of different contributing factors to this weight gain. Have you been doing anything to manage your weight during peri/menopause? 
Read on for more info about neck tightening treatments.
I’ve spoken with a few people recently about their options for neck-tightening treatments. Here’s a quick summary. Feel free to DM if you want to know more about any of these options and I can help talk you through them.
At home:
Retinol
Prescription-strength retinoids e.g. tretinoin (aka “Vitamin A”), will increase the turnover of your skin cells, exfoliating your skin and signals an increase in your endogenous collagen production. It can take some people a while to build up a tolerance to the product, so it’s best to start with a once or twice-a-week application, taking care to avoid the eyes and the corner of the nostrils and mouth where a product build-up could cause irritation. Skin must be protected from sun as it’s likely to be more photosensitive during treatment, and therefore likely to cause hyper- or hypopigmentation.
Micro-needling
Using a derma roller, micro-needling pen or derma stamp creates tiny injuries to your skin’s surface, stimulating a healing response to create more collagen and elastin. Care must be taken to ensure the skin and equipment are sterile otherwise there is a high risk of infection which could lead to scarring. Can be done every 4 – 6 weeks, assuming the skin is healthy.
In-patient procedure:
Surgery
Since last year, if you are considering cosmetic surgery, you must first get a referral from your GP. You should make sure your Cosmetic Surgeon is certified by The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS). Neck lift surgery is usually performed in a hospital under general anaesthesia. The surgery involves making small incisions on the skin at the top of your neck where the skin is tightened through plastic sutures, usually hidden in the hairline. More extensive surgery can involve removing excess fat and skin.
Post-op swelling, bruising and pain are common, and many surgeons recommend wearing a compression garment in the days and/or weeks post-op. It takes 3 to 6 months before the scars become less visible and swelling is much reduced (although 12 months for full healing).
In salon:
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) injections or with needling (aka ‘Vampire’ facial)
For a PRP treatment, the patient gives a blood sample and that blood is spun in a machine (centrifuge) to separate out the platelets. The platelets are the blood cells that respond to injuries to begin the healing cycle, wound clotting, inflammation, proliferation, and remodelling. Injecting platelets into the skin will boost collagen and elastin production with minimal side effects (temporary bruising and swelling). Some people will choose to apply the platelets after a microneedling treatment to stimulate a faster healing response.
Muscle relaxants (‘botox’)
Qualified injectors will insert Botox into the neck (platysma muscles), along the lower jawline and sometimes along the wrinkle lines on the neck. This helps to ease the downward pull and over time can lead to less wrinkle development. Can be done every 3 to 4 months (depending on dosage). There are minimal side effects other than those usually associated with injections, e.g. mild bruising, swelling or infection (or allergic reaction).
Hylauronic acid (HA) injections (‘Profhilo’)
High-strength hyaluronic acid is injected into the skin in several areas where it disperses and boosts water retention in the deeper layers of the skin. Over time it’s thought to stimulate collagen and elastin production. Often requires 2 – 3 treatments and results are expected to last for approximately 6 months. Again, like botox, there are minimal side effects, e.g. mild bruising, swelling or infection (or allergic reaction).
Threadlift/ PDO threads
Threads and/or PDO (polydioxanone) threads are inserted into the skin using long needles. Threads may not absorb into the skin over time, whereas PDO threads will usually absorb. This treatment works by creating scar tissue (thicker collagen fibres) around the inserted threads that will lift and tighten the skin. Usually carried out every 2 years. Side effects are usually mild, pain, bruising and swelling. However, can also cause infection, abscesses, dimpling, granulomas, and movement of the threads to the skin’s surface, causing pulling on the skin.
Laser
Laser Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (LASER) treatments can be ablative (will cause damage skin surface) or non-ablative (penetrates the skin without surface damage) depending on the wavelength. An ablative laser causes surface trauma to create a healing response and stimulate collagen production and will usually tighten skin and reduce surface pigmentation. This requires some downtime (depends on treatment depth/area etc) and there is a risk of infection as the skin heals. Results last for years with good sun-protection.
Non-ablative laser treatments will create heat in the deeper skin layers to stimulate collagen and will take longer to see results. Usually requiring treatments every month for approx. 4 – 8 months, with touch-ups every few months. Any treatments that generate heat in the skin, there is still a risk of burn/pigmentation changes etc.
Ultrasound
Ultrasound treatments such as ‘Ultherapy’ or HIFU (High-Intensity Frequency Ultrasound) deliver micro-focused ultrasonic energy into the deeper skin layers to create a tightening/contraction of the connective tissues. Billed as a non-invasive treatment, it should only have mild side-effects such as redness, heat, tingling and tenderness for a few hours after the treatment. However, some patients have experienced burns, fat atrophy (i.e. damage to underlying fat causing a sunken/pulling or sagging effect) and nerve damage. Results are typically seen within 3 months and last approximately 1-2 years.
Radiofrequency (RF)
RF uses low-frequency electromagnetic waves to penetrate into deeper skin layers to generate heat that stimulates the regeneration of collagen and elastin fibres. Like ultrasound, RF is considered non-invasive and should only cause temporary redness and swelling after the procedure. However, it too can cause burns, fat atrophy and nerve damage. Usually requires 3 – 5 treatments every 3-4 weeks with quarterly maintenance sessions.
Radiofrequency with micro-needling
A device which uses a combination of RF and micro-needling. Said to improve the outcome of both treatments.
Peels
There are three fundamental types of peels that work at different layers of the skin; superficial, medium and deep. Whether it’s a mandelic acid, milk, glycolic, jessner, trichloroacetic acid etc, they all do one job, strip the surface layers of skin to stimulate cell regeneration and leave newer skin exposed. However, they can cause burn-like injuries and with every peel you risk destroying the skin’s microbiome which can lead to issues further down the track.
Endermologie
Endermologie has been proven to stimulate the fibroblasts – aka the cells responsible for collagen growth, as well as stimulating your endogenous production of elastin and hyaluronic acid. As a truly non-invasive, zero-risk treatment, the results are gradual.
Other things to note. Sun protection is a must! Keep the skin hydrated and focus on maintaining overall good health, i.e. eat a balanced, healthy diet that supports a healthy gut, get plenty of rest, reduce stress, drink plenty of water and supplement with vitamins and minerals if they’re lacking in your diet or your gut’s not working as it should. A GP/Naturopath can help you discover and correct any deficiencies.
Read “Peninsula Endermologie delivering results for beauty and health” right here…
Have you read “Peninsula Endermologie delivering results for beauty and health” by Mornington Peninsula Magazine?
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