You’d be forgiven to think that the trout pout is in fashion. Everywhere we look, whether it’s on social media, television or magazines, we see these large lips (with their own capital city) starring back at us. They enter the room before the rest of the...
How often do you find yourself staring in the mirror, and when no-one is looking, you take your fingers, put them to either side of your face and push your skin taut? Ahh, the nasolabial folds are gone. You stand there for a while wishing that there is some magical...
Over time, and with increased sun exposure, we develop pigmentation (darker patches of skin), otherwise known as freckles, age spots, liver spots, sun spots or solar lentigines. Pigmentation can add years to our appearance and is a common and sometimes distressing...
Our face is made of four major structural areas that change with age – skin, fat, muscle and bone. With age, our face loses muscle tone, our skin thins, the fat pads under our skin wither and drift, collagen and elastin within the skin depletes, and our bone structure...
It’s such a compliment to hear, “you’re glowing”. Skin that has that indescribable glow is hard to define, but you know it when you see it. Does it come from pure happiness, a harmonious chi, inner beauty, or eight hours of deep, restorative sleep? For those of us...
No, it’s not the latest sound system. HIFU stands for High Intensity Focused Ultrasound. Ultrasound has been used in the medical industry for decades, and has more recently been developed to specifically stimulate our body’s natural healing and regenerative response,...
At Appearance Clinic (Essendon) we want to give you the most up to date information on the latest treatments and products available. We also know that there are a lot of different opinions and advice given about skin concerns out there and it can be confusing. This is where our educational blogs come in to give you evidence based advice on skin, treatments, products and cosmetic procedures.
When it comes to female grooming, body hair is an added trouble that they want to get rid of permanently. Needless to say, it is time-consuming and possibly dangerous if you are reckless or clumsy with the shaver. However, you can’t continue to have rough and hairy...
A woman’s body experiences a lot of changes from adolescence to old age, and the vagina as an essential organ faces the consequences most significantly. Pregnancy, childbirth, and natural ageing tend to make the internal tissue of the vagina weak and loose. The...
You'd be forgiven to think that the trout pout is in fashion. Everywhere we look, whether it's on social media, television or magazines, we see these large lips (with their own capital city) starring back at us. They enter the room before the rest of the face. They...
