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Aesthetic clinic opens second location Study questions
effectiveness of
nanoparticles Research by scientists at the University of Bath is challenging claims that nanoparticles in skin care are able to transport and deliver active ingredients deep inside the skin.
Nanoparticles, which are tiny particles that are less than one hundredth of the thickness of a human hair, are used in sunscreens and some cosmeceutical products.
The Bath study discovered that even the tiniest of nanoparticles did not penetrate the skin’s surface.
Dr LisaDelamaine and the teamat Persona’s newclinic in Sittingbourne, Kent.
Persona CosmeticMedicine,Aesthetic and Laser Clinic (Persona) recently opened its second clinic, located in Sittingbourne, Kent, and appointed BeautyTherapist and AestheticianAlishaAshworth to the team.
With over 30 years’ experience between them, the Persona teamismade up of highly skilled Doctors, Nurses and therapists, headed by Dr Lisa Delamaine,Medical Director.
The new clinic offers a range of treatments including Botox™, dermal fillers, lip enhancements, chemical peels, thread vein removal and advanced beauty treatments.
This year, Persona’s flagship clinic in Bexley was shortlisted for three awards in the AestheticAwards including Dr Lisa Delamaine asMedical Practitioner of theYear.
Could you be a ‘MumPreneur’?
Sunless tanning brand Sienna X has announced the launch of its new ‘MumPreneur’ initiative, created to inspiremums with young children to set up their own business whilst providing the flexibility amodern daymum requires.
Becoming a professional tanning expert involves the completion of an accredited online learningmodule, attendance at a one-day local course and the purchase of a specific ‘MumPreneur’kit which includes everything needed to run a spray tanning business.
NickyMatthews, CEO and founder of the company, says: "We have helped over 5,000 start-up businesses in the last eight years and the ‘MumPreneur’ initiative draws fromall of this experience ensuring a busymum can hit the ground running whilst maximising profit and with the guarantee of award- winning expert back up from the Sienna X team.”
Bolton salon scoops award
Enhance beauty salon inWesthoughton, Bolton scooped the crown in the ‘Health and Beauty’ category at the 2012 EnterpriseVisionAwards (the EVA’s).
The awards celebrate the achievements of women in business across the NorthWest of the UK, and are run by Pink Link Ladies founders, Coral Horn and Rae Stephenson.
NicholaHulbert of Enhance is picturedwith awards host StephanieDavies (left) and category sponsor, Claire Lord of Southport RoadDental Practice.
Enhance, owned by Nichola Hulbert, faced stiff competition from businesses across the region, in a category which attracted hundreds of entries. Nichola says: “I’ve taken a few risks along the way in reaching this point in the business and the award is really a huge ‘thank you’ to all of my friends, family, clients and the team who have stuck by me along the way.”
The scientists used a laser scanning confocalmicroscopy technique to examine whether fluorescently-tagged polystyrene beads, ranging in size from20 to 200 nanometers, were absorbed into the
skin.They found that even when the skin sample had been partially compromised by stripping the outer layers with adhesive tape, the nanoparticles did not penetrate the stratum corneum.
Professor Richard Guy, who led the study, said: “Previous studies have reached conflicting conclusions over whether nanoparticles can penetrate the skin or not.
“Using confocalmicroscopy has allowed us to unambiguously visualise and objectively assess what happens to nanoparticles on an uneven skin surface. Whereas earlier work has suggested that nanoparticles appear to penetrate the skin, our results indicate that theymay in fact have simply been deposited into a deep crease within the skin sample.
“The skin’s role is to act as a barrier to potentially dangerous chemicals and to reduce water loss fromthe body. Our study shows that it is doing a good job of this.”
The results of the work, published in the Journal of Controlled Release, suggest that itmight be possible to design a new type of nanoparticle-based drug formulation that can be applied to the skin and give controlled release of a drug over a long period of time.
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