FACE VALUES

Do you feel you're losing it? I certainly did, and it turns out we're in good company - in fact, half of the male population has started to lose it by the time they hit 50. Hair, that is. Today, we're baring all on baldness, thanks to our guest Mr. Chris D'Souza , a master in the field of hair transplants and the very surgeon who performed my recent procedure.  Baldness is often described as...

In this episode, we’re joined by aesthetics aficionado and award-winning journalist and author, Alice Hart-Davis, for an unfiltered foray into the changing face of Tweakments – a term she coined that has since become industry standard. We journey from 1998, when Alice first ventured into aesthetics procedures, to the present. Back then, nurses were injecting collagen, and the idea of using to...

Today, we’re breaking down maybe the biggest topic in skincare: Retinoids, or as my co-host Salima calls them ‘the broccoli of skincare’ - something you do need to have, whether you like it or not.   Possibly the most effective ingredients when it comes to improving skin health, the retinoid family do have a reputation for being troublemakers, leaving many (like Salima) “too terrified” t...

Have our brains undergone more transformation than our faces? Today, I'm joined by powerhouse psychotherapist and author, Jennifer Cox, to explore the fascinating intersection of aesthetics and psychology. From the rise of the 'Annabels Face' - a new aesthetic tribalism where conformity trumps individuality, to facial dysmorphia and the pressure on men to keep their hair (but only in the righ...

Life in Plastics: It’s Fantastic. In our first episode, we’re really going to get under your skin – deep beneath its surface – past the SMAS and into the layers where skin ageing truly occurs. Our guide? The brilliant Georgios Orfaniotis. We’re exploring the fascinating world of facelifts, covering the most common age for these procedures, the truth about the recovery process, the real scoop on ho...