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SKIN CANCER FACTS YOU MAY NOT KNOW…
New Zealand and Australia undoubtedly have the highest ratesfor both melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer in light skinned populations in the world. So what can we do about this? We don't want to move. We love where we live and who would not envy us for living in the...
WE’RE AHEAD OF THE GAME WITH LATEST TRENDS…
These two ingredients keep appearing in the magazines as the latest and greatest thing to put on your skin. I keep hearing "have you heard about Vitamin C and Hyaluronic Acid?" Well, I hate to be the one to tell you, but these ingredients have been a staple at the...
MAKING THE NEWS…
Our very own Dr Neil Mortimer comments in this highly interesting and informative Bay of Plenty Times article regarding skin cancer and the best way to choose a sunscreen. "Slip, slap, slop – how sunscreens measure up" - By Dawn Picken...
STAMPING ON WRINKLES AND SCARS
The solution to stamp away wrinkles and scars is here…… Dermastamp, the latest technology available at the Skin Centre, is a collagen induction therapy and scar reduction therapy procedure that works by stimulating your own body's collagen and breaking down scar...
DON’T MARCH TO THE BEAT OF MELANOMA’S DRUM
Did you know that each year, many more people die from skin cancer than road accidents in New Zealand? Did you know that 2 out of 3 New Zealanders will be diagnosed with skin cancer before the age of 70? Did you know that each year, New Zealanders are four times more...
SKIN CANCER SERIES: PART 3 – MELANOMA SURGERY
Melanoma is the most serious form of skin cancer. Left untreated there is a high risk of melanoma spreading around the body, and this can be fatal. At the Skin Centre this cancer is treated with the highest priority. Surgery may well be fitted in out of hours to...
SKIN CANCER SERIES – PART 2: SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a very common type of skin cancer. Luckily, it is not usually a threat to life, as secondary growths are uncommon. SCCs typically affect people of fair complexion. They develop in areas which have been exposed to the sun over a long...
SKIN CANCER INFORMATION – BASAL CELL CARCINOMA
Further to the overwhelming interest in our Education Information Seminars held earlier in the year, over the following few weeks we will be posting Skin Cancer information, beginning with information on Basel Cell Carcinoma: Basal Cell Carcinoma Basal cell...
THERE’S NO ‘I’ IN TEAM
The Skin Centre 2013 team day was a day full of mud, pig bits, cows and FUN! On Friday 6th September the Skin Centre closed it's doors for our annual team day, which this year was held on the Hynds farm in Papamoa. All staff arrived in their gumboots, trackpants and...
INSPIRATIONAL KNOWLEDGE GAINED
Leanne Cashmore and Nicola Wearne, the Skin Centre Appearance Medicine girls, recently went down to beautiful Queenstown to attend the NZCAM (New Zealand Society of Cosmetic Appearance Medicine) conference, to learn about the latest advances in cosmetic fillers and...