Skin&Self

Hydrate - Moisturise - Ease off the Acids - Keep wearing SPF 🙌🏼

Your skin hasn’t suddenly become problematic. It doesn’t need a complete personality transplant! It just needs a minute to realise it’s autumn 🍂

Put the credit card down and grab yourself a cuppa.

Your skin does not need to look like glass. It needs to be healthy, supported and looked after in a way that actually fits your life 🤍

If your skincare routine takes longer than your morning coffee, we probably need to have a chat 😂

Promise yourself, never to neglect your décolletage 🤎💉

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Your foundation isn’t the problem. Your canvas might be. 👀

Dermaplaning removes the peach fuzz + dead skin that can make makeup cling, cake and sit unevenly.

Better prep. Better base. ✨

Your treatment is only half the work… 👀

What you do afterwards can make or break your results.

Protect the barrier. Respect the healing process. Follow your aftercare. And please… STOP PICKING 😂🤎

☀️ HIGH UV DOESN’T MEAN SKINCARE HAS TO STOP 🛑 BUT IT DOES MEAN WE HAVE TO ADAPT❗️

With UV levels remaining high this week, Skin&Self has seen heightened consideration, careful treatment selection and enhanced aftercare guidance.

Good skin practice isn’t about stopping everything for summer, but about understanding the skin, respecting UV exposure, treating responsibly and rescheduling / adapting high-intensity treatments where necessary.

SWIPE❗️Not every review provides the reassurance we hope for, but every submission gives us the opportunity for timely review and, where necessary, prompt action. 🤎

Following feedback received through Map My Mole, an urgent NHS dermatology appointment was arranged. A biopsy was undertaken and, fortunately, the results came back benign. 🙌🏼

A reminder that not every lesion will be harmless and early assessment matters.

Vigilance is essential. Early action can make all the difference. 🔎

Massive thank you to Skin&Self & Wellness Grantham Grantham for providing sunscreen for our young players to top up with during our camps, helping keep them protected in this crazy heat!

☀️🧴 Your support helps ensure our players can train safely while enjoying their football.

Redness? Normal.
A bloodbath? Not the aim.

Why does skin go red during microneedling? 🔎✨

That post-treatment flush is actually a normal and expected response.

Microneedling creates thousands of tiny, controlled micro-channels in the skin. This triggers your body’s natural wound-healing response, increasing blood flow to the area and kickstarting collagen + elastin production 🙌🏼

So yes… some redness is a good sign. It tells us the skin is responding and repair mode has been activated ✔️

And the old school idea that microneedling should leave skin as a bloody mess? Thankfully, we’ve moved on.

Excessive bleeding and trauma often suggest the skin has been overworked, creating unnecessary inflammation, longer downtime and potentially compromising barrier recovery.

Controlled stimulation > uncontrolled trauma 💉✨