GP and clinical director of Dr Laura Clinic and Phare shares expert advice on rescuing your skin for autumn …
A treatment or product to help with pigmentation: I’m a big fan of Lase MD ultra to clear away pigmentation. Since we got the machine last year, we can’t keep up with demand. It removes pigment like nothing else. You can simply clear away all the effects of summer sun in up to three sessions.” From €350 for one session.
How to hydrate your skin post-summer: Look at incorporating a hydrating serum into your skincare routine. Even when we’re using lots of SPF on our skin, we can still get a bit dehydrated. Look at adding in something like HA intensifier multi-glycan from SkinCeuticals to increase hydration. Or move to a somewhat heavier moisturiser such as The Inkey List Bio Active Ceramide and Plumping Moisturiser (€16.79).
Your best tip for getting glowing skin this autumn: Make sure you have a retinoid and exfoliating acid in your route to keep it glowing. Retinoids stimulate our skin cell turnover and collagen synthesis, and exfoliating acids like glycolic acid exfoliate away the dead skin cells. They work really well together.
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One great pharmacy skincare buy: I’m a massive fan of Bioderma Atoderm shower oil (€22.50) – I absolutely love a shower oil! And Cicaplast B5 Baume from La Roche-Posay (€19.50) is a firm favourite.
One skincare staple to swear by: Vitamin A. You should never be without a good retinoid, summer or autumn.
If you do one thing for your skin this season … Don’t forget to continue wearing SPF all autumn long. Those UVA rays that age us (think collagen loss, fine lines, wrinkles, loss of elasticity) are present every day, even in the clouds and rain! Make sure you keep protecting your skin all year round.
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