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Who else feels that the novelty of iso has worn of

Who else feels that the novelty of iso has worn off?? I’ve been feeling quite flat like there’s no real purpose in my day. ⁣
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So last night I made the effort to meet up with a few other ladies for dinner. Today a girl friend and I ordered @ubereats_aus for lunch. ⁣
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I’ve had a productive afternoon once the ball was set in motion. I’ve tidied, rearranged and then got stuck into wrapping skincare #minifacials
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Comment below if you’d like one! 🇦🇺 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇯🇵 .
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Is staying in bed all day smart or utter laziness?

Is staying in bed all day smart or utter laziness? ⁣
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I’ve actually been remarkably productive in bed today! Alone with Lexi, my pup!! 🐶 ⁣
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Had a bit of a sleep in, then been flat out computer 👩‍💻 working on my business, chatting 📱 to people, sorting out going back to work options 💉 and taking life at an amazingly slow pace!!⁣
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I feel so fortunate to have options and income that is recession proof, pandemic proof and also allows me to empower other amazing people to be financially independent!!! ⁣
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How do you spoil yourself?? Do you ever treat yourself to a day in bed?? .
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I’ve found the slower pace in my world during Co

I’ve found the slower pace in my world during Covid-19 isolation has given me far more quality of life with less frantic rushing, fewer deadlines and better time with my family. ⁣⁣
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Because I’d taken in something a bit left of centre in my business world, I’ve been able to focus on it over the past months. I’d begin to dream about what my life could look like. ⁣⁣
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You have to dream before your dreams can come true. ⁣⁣
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Happiness is one of the most valuable assets. It can be achieved by those who follow their heart. Spend each and every second of your life by doing what you love. And by working towards those dreams. Don’t lose the faith even when the going gets a bit tough because anything worthwhile is worth fighting and working for! .
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If you want to improve or change your life....ther

If you want to improve or change your life....there will never be a good time. Look at me......I got over cancer.....that would never have been a good time. ⁣
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But then one of my children became severely unwell for many years. SO when exactly was I to start over and build me a new Iife??? If I kept waiting.....NEVER.⁣
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I'm a do-er. I find the task and then I work out solutions to getting it done.⁣
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Everything else would, honestly, be an excuse: I'm too scared.....not confident in ME....we look for things or people to blame for our non success.⁣
As Rachel Hollis says, "Girl Wash Your Face."⁣
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SO guys......if you've been watching my life change over 12-18 months.....it's not by luck (hey I didn't get the luck card).....it's by commitment, consistency and perseverance. By trusting a system I know works well. By having faith that if others can do this, I can too. ⁣
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Here's a little secret- guess how many friends and family supported my new venture?? ⁣
ZERO!!! ⁣
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Friends and family tend to bring excuses to the table. If yours support you....LOVE ON THEM!! If they don't......go and find your tribe of supporters! ⁣
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Beauty hacks during iso can be amazing or quite th

Beauty hacks during iso can be amazing or quite the opposite. Ask me..... I bought a home gel nail kit and bombed out with it! So if you’re scrambling to maintain your usual beauty habits, we've got your back with a few hacks....⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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HAIR - When it comes to hair colour, professional stylists beg you to avoid the temptation of using a box dye. They warn they could be damaging to your hair. And if it doesn't turn out how you hoped, it could be a difficult and costly fix later. A temporary root spray to get by for now.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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SKIN CARE - In keeping up with your skin care, you might not be able to get a professional facial for awhile, but you can still support your local, by buying quality products from them online.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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NAILS - If you have gel or dip nails, there is a way to safely remove them at home. Tutorials on Youtube show how to do it using pure acetone, cotton balls, aluminum foil, and a file. Be sure to put strengthening polish on your natural nails when you're finished.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Are you finding isolation time to be beneficial? A

Should a 16 year old have antiwrinkle injections??

Should a 16 year old have antiwrinkle injections??⁣⁣
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The answer is a definite YES if it’s being done for medical reasons. ⁣⁣
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I get injections in the back of my neck every 3 months by a neurologist for a condition called DYSTONIA. ⁣⁣
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Similarly, my colleague Mr Liew, in the video, demonstrates why we use these injectables to minimise scarring. ⁣⁣
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I work at a dermatologist and regularly do this for skin cancer surgery- on men and women. If the area with the excision doesn’t move much, it will heal better....and leave less of a scar! .
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The beauty of a person should not only be based on

The beauty of a person should not only be based on physical aspects, but we should be putting more importance on the differences they make for our world, their talent, their uniqueness, their way of standing in what they believe in. In other words, I believe that the physical aspect of a person should be of no importance regarding beauty, and looks should not have a negatively impact in our lives.

Life has already its challenges to overcome. It is not fair to the society that the media imposes a criterion, another wall to cross, how to be beautiful. Every human being is unique. Why try to categorise people when their true beauty lies in their differences? Who has the right to decide who or how to be beautiful?
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#isohack How to remove shellac nails - Take a nail

#isohack How to remove shellac nails - Take a nail file and file gently across the gel polish, to disturb the seal. Soak a small piece of cotton wool (try cutting discs into four triangles) in acetone, available cheaply in any chemist. Place the wet pad on to the nail, then “trap” it by wrapping in place with a piece of tinfoil (or special clips, widely available online). Leave for at least 10 minutes, preferably 20. Take an orange stick and gently scrape away the colour. Use a buffing file to remove any tiny fragments, then apply oil to nails and cuticles.
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SOOTHE Rescue Mask! This mask reveals softer, smo

SOOTHE Rescue Mask!
This mask reveals softer, smoother-looking skin in just 10 minutes. Then, it reduces visible redness, transforming dry, irritated skin to a clearer, healthier-looking complexion over time. When your moisture barrier is compromised, moisture can escape and irritants can get through to skin.
With moisture-attracting Glycerin, this calming green face mask helps skin feel softer instantly and more comfortable over time. Plus, Calamine calms skin and neutralises irritants to help relieve
stressed skin. Use this calming mask if you’re concerned about visible redness or sensitivity and to bolster the results of any Regimen.
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Make the most of any downtime ~ as you grow out th

Make the most of any downtime ~ as you grow out that fringe or brows, consider upping your skincare game. Retinol can work wonders on acne and ageing skin, but many of us can’t face the inevitable two to four weeks of dryness, flaking and peeling as it takes effect.
Now is your time to push through the peel barrier in the privacy of your own home. Gently does it: begin with a low-dose retinol (perhaps a 0.3%) applied every other night, then work up to nightly application. R+F’s retinol is so pure because of the special patent for the capsules. What most people don’t know is that oxygen ruins the efficiency of retinol.
So when you’re using a pump like other products, the retinol becomes less potent each time that you press down on that pump and allow oxygen to get in there. With R+F’s capsule you open it, put it on your face, it is time released, and you get the maximum efficiency with every use because there’s no chance the product will be compromised by oxygen.
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Having a smile on your face gives everyone around

Having a smile on your face gives everyone around a lift and improve the mood of most people around you, keep smiling!
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#smile #happy #quote #smilequote #quoteoftheday #positive #positivevibes #love #happiness #likes #lovemyself #skinfacelife

As the COVID-19 situation deepens, there are two g

Are you experiencing the same sense of loss and gr

Are you experiencing the same sense of loss and grief over all the jobs lost, the closed stores and restaurants and being forced into almost solitude? ⁣⁣⁣
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I'm trying to look at all this quite differently (but I am sad) as I see that a whole lot of good is going to come from this. Well I certainly hope it does. ⁣⁣⁣
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What I mean is that we are now being forced to spend time doing family things and caring about ourselves. This seems to have got lost in our busy-ness of our 21st century lives. ⁣⁣⁣
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Because I'm in the OLDER age category (52), I'm starting to feel that life is more like I recall it as I was growing up. ⁣⁣⁣
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Slower pace- not having everything we want- tidying up at home because I can. I'm even seeing that my teen is spending more time with me. We chat. We cook and even eat dinner together. ⁣⁣⁣
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These are massive SILVER LININGS that come out of a forced massive change. ⁣⁣⁣
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I'm wondering if you're experiencing any POSITIVE changes in this time of financial devastation and loss? ⁣⁣⁣
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Let's share our growth and focus on what we're gaining!!!⁣ .⁣
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Do you believe in the “universe”? I didn’t b

Do you believe in the “universe”? I didn’t but some weird as heck stuff happenend to me during my cancer journey. I’m wondering if you’ve ever had a complete change of thinking from something happening to you?⁣
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I was this science backed dr. Everything had to have a reasona nd be provable.⁣
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But when I’d finsihed chemo, I was told to go home and wait for the cancer to recur…….NOT a good option for a control freak like me.⁣
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I needed answers. I wanted proof that it WOULD or WOULDN’T come back. I tried tricking my drs into giving me a 100% guarantee of either way…...which, of course, they couldn’t do. SO I went to the next dr to try to get the proof.⁣
But. Sometimes. There. Isn’t. Proof .⁣
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Sometimes we just have to wait and see.⁣
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Just like right now. We don’t yet know who WON’T make it through Coronavirus. Only people in China know as they seem to be past the worst.⁣
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The rest of us are living in either fear or denial.⁣
I’m hoping that we use this experience to teach us that we can’t take advantage of what we have. We have to think about our environment and care about the animals and plants. Belieivng everything is here for human benefit is short sighted and naive.⁣
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I’m even wondering whether I’ll go back to eating vegan, as I did in my cancer journey. I know @veganoncologist firmly advocates for a plant-based lifestyle.⁣
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What are your thoughts??? I’d love a bit of a discussion here as noone knows what the right thing REALLY is.⁣

WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO AVOID MEDIA HYPE AND CRAZINE

WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO AVOID MEDIA HYPE AND CRAZINESS about COVID-19?? As a doctor, I thought I’d share some helpful facts to keep us all safe.
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COVID-19 is NEW. ✅ SO….as a medical professional……I have to say WE DON’T HAVE ALL THE FACTS YET. 😢But what we do know is that there are ways to protect ourselves ✅ and our loved 💓 ones, mainly with the intention of reducing the likelihood that everyone who gets it severely, has that happen AT THE SAME TIME 🏥. This will help to avoid overloading our healthcare systems, which were already overloaded pre-COVID-19.
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The main thing we can do is to 💦 HANDWASH and when that isn’t available…..👏HANDRUB. But there are ways to do this effectively, and, I have to admit, before I did the Australian Department of Health’s training, I was doing the hand wash thing TERRIBLY 😔🤬😱.
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The next important thing is HOW do we recognise COVID-19, especially as Australia moves into winter months. So much flu and colds around and the symptoms aren’t that different- at least if you don’t get the pneumonia complications, you may just think you have a bit of a cold.
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I’ve put together some reliable information and will post updates (mostly via my stories).
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SO PLEASE TAG your friends here so they can keep up with reliable information rather than Facebook hype.

What if your tan was made in the shade?! Despite w

What if your tan was made in the shade?!
Despite what medical science tells us, wearing a tan makes us feel healthier 🥰 and more confident!! 💪🏻💃
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Truth fact- I have NEVER had a spray tan! I’m one of those crazy inhibited people who feels weird being naked in front of people. (Yep I know I’m a doctor and should be past this insanity 🤷‍♀️ OMG).
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I’ve used at-home fake tans and the amount of buffing and streaking frustrates me so much ⏰ ! So I gave up.
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But I’ve recently discovered a foaming, applied-with-🤚hand-not-mitt sunless tanning product that works a treat! No lines, no streaks, no “orangeness” and no mess. 👏👏👏
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So I can actually walk into Autumn and keep my glow 💫 through winter ❄️ too without the harmful, aging effects from the sun's 🌞 UVA/UVB rays!
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I’m offering a free 🎁 SUNLESS TANNER! ➡️ Tag 3 friends in this post to be in the draw to win 🛎 a full size bottle of this amazing oil-free, lightweight bare hand-applied fake tanner...dries quickly too! 💗

Because I’m trained as a doctor, that’s what I

Because I’m trained as a doctor, that’s what I’m stuck in forever? Right? Not right!!
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⁣These 3 ladies with me in this photo, are medical specialists- ophthalmology, anesthesiology and infectious diseases. They love medicine just as I do!
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⁣Medicine, like many other careers, comes at a price. The price is often giving up family time, relaxation time and we do it with love for the people we’re helping.
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⁣However once you master something, what we’ve shown is that we can learn and get good at something else. We can use the skills we have gained in the past to take on new things in our present and future.
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⁣All of us in this photo have done this!!
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⁣We’ve all taken on a side gig that has given us a bit of extra work AND a heck of a lot of quality of life, fun and a whole lot more.
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⁣We have managed to cut back on what was draining us, and are able to help people in a different way. And the best part is, we’re helping far more people than we ever could from behind our doctors desk!
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⁣My message to you is DONT LIMIT YOURSELF TO WHAT YOU KNOW. WHAT YPU DONT KNOW MAY BE A BETTER FIT!

Lips, like the face, change as we age- they reduce

Lips, like the face, change as we age- they reduce in plumpness. Some of us have luscious lips to start with, and others, like me, have small lips.
As we age, we have natural reduction in the size of our upper and lower jaw bones, and this allows the lips to turn to face inwards. So what we have looks SMALLER, even if lip size remains the same.
Many of us become wider in the lower face as we age, due to clenching and grinding our teeth. The wider the face looks, the smaller the mouth looks. I don’t suggest going to get jaw slimming and this needs to be assessed individually as it isn’t always the best option for everyone.

Another thing that can make a difference is checking to make sure the lips are well hydrated. Just like skin anywhere, dried out lips look tighter and smaller. Using a conditioning serum designed for the lips can go a long way to maximising what you have.
Recently there’s a newly clinched phrase “lip flip”. This isn’t something new. When we place tiny amounts of anti wrinkle treatment around the mouth, on the lip border, we get a bit of lip turning outwards. This is usually quite subtle and also only lasts 4-6 weeks because we have to use small doses to avoid impairing speech and mouth function. Also, even a small dose can affect drinking from a cup and it isn’t a great idea if you sing or play a flute or clarinet.
And then we have fillers that give a 4-9 month result. If done well, they enhance, and if done less well, they can make you look downright ridiculous. Having a friend recommend her injector, isn’t always the best advice as assessment of who to do what in,. Is the important issue. At medical conferences, I see so many injectors walking around looking ridiculous. I wonder…..if they don’t know how bad they look……how do they advise a patient?

I’ve recently started wearing Invisalign as clenching has caused my teeth to go inwards. This means that the teeth no longer push the lips outwards. So. Having a good look at the teeth, which provide support for the lips, is important too. Most injectors overlook this in an attempt to get the patient on the injecting couch.
I hope. You can see that there’s more to lip enhanceme

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Have you ever felt 🤷🏻‍♀️ that you’d

Have you ever felt 🤷🏻‍♀️ that you’d like curlier or straighter hair?? Or to be thinner or fatter?? I hear YOU!!! ⁣That’s how I am.....or, I can now say, WAS 😱.⁣
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Always wanting what I don’t have 😩⁣.When I was a late teen, I had massive boobs. ⁣ I had a breast reduction that was THE best investment 🤩🥰 ever as I could fit into clothes 👗and bras 👙again.⁣
Yes, it came at a 💵 price because breastfeeding was a battle but it improved so much of my day to day life that it really was lifechanging 🙏🏻.⁣
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Then I ended up having a double mastectomy. Then implants. Then 2 years later I’ve just had them removed and a full 8 hour reconstruction was done.⁣
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SO I’ve come full circle from big boobs……to…..1 boob to NO boobs…..and now fake boobs.I see it all as a blessing 🙌🏻because I’m fortunate to have survived 💪🏻and I have options.⁣
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I’m slowly starting to accept ME for who I am.I’m learning to handle 💓🙋🏻‍♀️my flaws rather than ❌ hate them, as well as understanding how much this body has been through 💃.⁣
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My body is still here ready to face each day, even though it has a few battle scars as 🏅medals to prove it’s resilience.⁣
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My hope 😇 for everyone is that you don’t need to go through something as terrifying 😰 as a health scare to be able to bond with what you HAVE.⁣
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Once we have 😍gratitude for ourselves, we grow a much deeper form of love ❤️ for others.Without valuing what we have ❣️, we try to find 👀 someone else to complete us 💫.⁣
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🆗 Have YOU had a moment or disease or experience that has changed the way you see yourself⁉️ I’d love to hear about it!⁣

EVERY person should be treated DIFFERENTLY because

EVERY person should be treated DIFFERENTLY because they ARE DIFFERENT! ⁣⠀
Each person really has to be individualised and assessed by someone who knows HOW to inject AND also HOW to assess a face correctly.
Otherwise, everyone young would be having ‘PREVENTIVE’ treatments and wasting a lot of $$. ⁣⠀
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We all know we can’t treat a 50 year old face exactly the same as a 25 year old because the face structure is very different.
The way I like to assess my patients is to have a look at their BEST feature on their face and then look at which area is showing the most signs of ageing. ⁣⠀ Then I tie this into what they are wanting to be done. If there are distinct hollows or lines that are visible AT REST, preventive interventions will slow the ageing process. ⁣⠀
Since things can go wrong with any procedure, even if it’s USUALLY SAFE, I think everyone should be using skincare products that have a variety of active ingredients. ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ One product won’t do the job because some ingredients don’t store well together. ⁣⠀
Sunscreen is the best antiageing treatment and sun avoidance, even whilst wearing SPF, is paramount. ⁣⠀
Other wonderful antiageing devices are microneedling rollers that help the body to speed up collagen production. ⁣⠀
So all in all, it’s important to have a dr or nurse who approaches your face in a holistic way rather than just being quick to inject you. ⁣⠀ What are your thought?? Comment below

What’s the right age to start cosmetic enhanceme

What’s the right age to start cosmetic enhancements?

It’s tricky to generalise as this depends on several factors like
-how you’re aging
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-stress 😞
-bone structure

I often see young people coming in for ‘preventive’ 💉treatments. But when I look at them there is really nothing to prevent....YET. 😍

On the flip side, I get older people coming in when the damage is done and trying to reverse it is difficult.
So how do we strike a happy balance?
That really has to be individualised and assessed by someone who knows HOW to inject 💉 AND also how to assess a face correctly.
Otherwise, everyone young would qualify for PREVENTIVE treatments. ❗️We all know we can’t treat a 50 year old face exactly the same as a 25 year old because the face structure is very different.❗️ The way I like to assess my patients is to have a look at their BEST 💫 feature on their face and then look at which area is showing the most signs of ageing.
Then I tie this into what they are wanting to be done.
If there are distinct hollows or lines that are visible AT REST, preventive interventions will slow the ageing process. ✅
Since things can go wrong with any procedure, even if it’s USUALLY SAFE, I think everyone should be using skincare products that have a variety of active ingredients.
One product won’t do the job because some ingredients don’t store well together. 🌞Sunscreen is the best antiageing treatment and sun avoidance, even whilst wearing SPF, is paramount.
Other wonderful antiageing devices are microneedling rollers that help the body to speed up collagen production.
So all in all, it’s important to have a dr or nurse who approaches your face in a holistic way rather than just being quick to inject you. ❌ They shouldn’t always agree with whatever you ask for. They need to guide you. 🔆 Tag 3️⃣ friends below to got into a draw for the best exfoliant I have ever used!

You know how you were told as a kid to believe in

You know how you were told as a kid to believe in yourself?? To have confidence?? Just DO IT!!!
We tell our kids the same thing. But, as we mature into adulthood, we envelop ourselves in fear and doubt.

We become scared to try new things, to take on new ventures. Even when we don’t enjoy what we’re doing, we keep at it because ‘better the devil you know’. I was like this being a GP. I never ever wanted to be a GP. In fact, it was THE only speciality in medicine I didn’t want to do.
I got involved in aesthetic medicine early on in my GP career. I 100% love what I do, helping people to feel the most confident in their bodies. NO, I DO NOT INJECT everyone just because they want it. I use my psychology expertise to help them to drill down and work out if they really want it or if they just think they want it to solve some other need they may have.

BUT I was too scared to give up my GP work. Scared of quitting, scared of moving on despite hating what I did.
During that time, I was young and healthy and could have done anything. Fear stopped me.
Then I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I had an ‘honourable discharge’ from GP work. I didn’t quit or choose to leave. My body forced me to.
How insane is that? Why do we allow fear to immobilise us? Have you allowed fear to hold you back?

How often do you hear yourself thinking…….”W

How often do you hear yourself thinking…….”Why did I do that??”
“Why on earth didn’t I do that?”
Then you go down the I should’ve, could’ve, would’ve path that doesn’t help anything……it only makes you feel bad.
I’m working to change this in myself.
Over the past few years, I’ve learned about being kind to myself, not just to other people. I was trained as a doctor and everything involved in the training is about putting others first and ourselves last.
How on earth didn’t I realise that I’m not like a car at all. When a car gets old…….guess what we do???? We trade it in, or sell it and get a new car!

But bodies don’t work like that. If we don’t take good care of ourselves, our body packs up and we can’t get hold of a new or better one.
So, knowing this now, how could I not have realised this before I was diagnosed with breast cancer?? How come I didn’t realise that if I went down, my family would go down with me?

BECAUSE YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW. EVER. You only know it when you know it.
SO drop the guilt show. Drop the bad luck excuse. Do you think you could start accepting that life is a journey of lessons……like hurdles…..and we have to jump over one at a time. If we’re smart, we learn from how we succeeded or failed before. So the next hurdle is approached with more wisdom.

Do you SELFIE?? Do you like what you see in your S

Do you SELFIE?? Do you like what you see in your SELFIE?? Personally I don’t. I don’t like photos of myself and selfies make me look weird.⠀
Not sure whether you know that the camera lens on the selfie camera actually DISTORTS HOW WE LOOK???⠀
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Another very scary fact is that since the rise of selfies, plastic surgeons are performing more nose jobs. WTH???⠀
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Selfies don’t look completely like ourselves. There are a few reasons for this. ⠀
We are used to seeing ourselves in the mirror. What we do when we look in the mirror, is turn and adjust our head into a position that gives us a familiar look of ourselves. ie we self adjust. We can’t do this in a selfie as much. ⠀
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Another thing, according to @vgplasticsurgery, the nose appeared about 30 % wider and the tip of the nose 7 % wider than real life images when photos were taken up close. This is because the camera lens enlarges parts of the body that are closer to it (like the nose which sticks out). ⠀
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So all the fussing about trying to make ourselves look amazing in selfies……they don’t actually truly look like us!! ⠀
And surely we don’t want to look amazing in a selfie but not that awesome in real life!⠀
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Do you think this may change how you think of yourself in a selfie??⠀
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Do you feel trapped yet you’re unable to change

Do you feel trapped yet you’re unable to change anything?
What will people say What will they think?
I was just like that!

Even as a kid I was super scared to answer questions in case I said the wrong thing. I would never volunteer for anything in case I made a fool of myself.
I went to medical school and was probably the most terrified student there in case I made a mistake.
BUT I DID IT ANYWAY!!! As we get older, we often become even more scared to change anything. I see this in so many people. We become more willing to share our thoughts but less willing to make changes.
Just last night a girl friend shared how she admires me that I am so open with what I’ve been through and all the rest.
So what changed??
I got fed up with the status quo and being told how to live. The people who have judged me aren’t going to support me financially. They aren’t going to provide for me. And they haven’t been through what I’ve been through. SO why should I let them decide whether what I’m doing is the right or wrong thing.

Something I’ve learned is that successful people fail before they succeed. Anything else would be a stroke of luck. But most millionaires and gizzilionaires have mucked up hugely and made fools of themselves. But they got up again and learned from it. Nelson Mandela’s quote is how I lead my life now, “I NEVER LOOSE…..I EITHER WIN OR LEARN”. So, young lady or man, are you brave enough to take a chance to do something different? The worst that can happen is you don’t get it right and you learn valuable stuff along the journey. Best case…..it goes the way you want.
See that???? It’s WIN-WIN- not loosing!!! #changes #girlboss #beingboss #liveauthentic #thehappynow #creativepreneur #skinfacelife #beingboss #savvybusinessowner #growyourbusiness #mompreneur #mominbusiness #womeninbusiness #workingmomlife #authenticself #makeanimpact #createmorejoy #womeninbiz #workfromhomemum #handsandhustle #ママライフ　#日本上陸#ワークママ#在宅ワーク#美肌#海外子育て#夢実現#自由な仕事#子供の夢#将来設計#副業探し

In case you think I look like I have my SH*T toget

In case you think I look like I have my SH*T together, you are a tiny bit wrong. ⠀
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I have 2 older kids and ⠀
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I work some weird hours (but yes I have better work:life balance than 10 years ago. ⠀
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5 years after my breast cancer I had implants put in ie 2 years ago. Since then, my health has really deteriorated to the point that I’m wondering if the silicone could be affecting my health. So I went to see a plastic surgeon who agreed that taking them out isn’t a silly idea, particularly that the implants I have are the textured ones that are associated (uncommonly) with a form of lymphoma. ⠀
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Taking them out is usually fairly straight forward apart from some pain, a hospital stay and a few nuisance issues. But after double mastectomy it’s a bit more tricky. If I do nothing, I’ll be deformed and if I want a fix, it’s a huge job. ⠀
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I look at this and feel so incredibly lucky that I live in a world where we have options. I was able to choose to do the implants when I was well enough to do them. And I now have the option to remove them and reconstruct with my own tissue. Yes it’s a massive process….but I find it empowering. I AM CHOOSING to improve MY HEALTH. ⠀
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And often, things have to be difficult before they can be amazing. ⠀
Can you relate to this?? Have you ever suffered to get to a better place??⠀
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Do you ever feel like you’re never going to be a

Do you ever feel like you’re never going to be able to accept how your body changes with ageing? ⠀
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I hear you! When I first started noticing fine lines and wrinkles, I was so incredibly grateful I worked with a dermatologist where I could get access to all the lasers and treatments for my skin to keep me looking refreshed. ⠀
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But I still didn’t feel confident and thought I was fat. ⠀
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I thought if I just lost a few kg I’d feel happier. ⠀
I thought I wasn’t ok as I was. But what I didn’t realise was that I was perfectly ok and was the best I’d ever be as ageing affects all of us all the time. ⠀
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After being burned with a ‘very safe’ machine at a clinic, I developed permanent scarring to my whole face. Nothing I tried helped very much and I started to accept me for who I was not who I wished I could be. ⠀
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Now, a few years down the line, I look at photos of myself a few years back. I am shocked to see how thin I actually was, how great my skin was and how awesome my hair looked. ⠀
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I have finally come to terms with being ME. Yes I try to be the best version I can be, but I no longer long to be who I can’t be. ⠀
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This shows that you can learn everything you need to know to be happy with yourself.⠀
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It’s just a matter of focussing on you rather than how anyone else looks. And, hopefully, you won’t need a nasty experience that leaves scars to teach you some lessons that I needed to learn. ⠀
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I know that you can figure all this stuff out. There is so much information out there for you...⠀
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Learning this stuff yourself is going to be such an empowering experience because you will feel completely in charge of your own destiny.⠀
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Do you really believe you can change how you see y

Do you really believe you can change how you see yourself? ⠀
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I learned how to change my perception of me and my life so that I could live in a way that I truly love and that fulfills me. I learned how to change my feelings of disillusionment, discontent, and frustration so that now I can show up as the woman I want to be, the type of girl I can be proud of, and the mother my kids deserve to have. I learned how to take ownership over my life so that I could stop feeling like I was just surviving and instead create a life I actually love living.⠀
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What are you hoping will just change so that you can feel better? How long have you been waiting for that change? Do you realise that almost nothing can change until you decide to change it? ⠀
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It's okay if you don't know how to make those changes on your own. Maybe all that needs to change is your belief that you should be able to figure it out on your own. Maybe all that needs to change is deciding to ask for help. That's when everything changed for me.⠀
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"I feel so stuck"⠀ "It wasn't supposed to be lik

"I feel so stuck"⠀
"It wasn't supposed to be like this"⠀
"I don't have any other options"⠀
"I don't see my kids enough"⠀
"I can't cut back"⠀
"I don't know if I can keep doing this another 10 or 20 years"⠀
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These are the things I hear all the time talking with other ladies. We supposedly have "arrived," yet nothing about this destination feels like it was supposed to.⠀
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We went into our adult lives to grow a career and create a family to contribute, and yet we find ourselves exhausted, unappreciated, wondering what it was all for and if we want to stay in this profession that often times feels like it takes more than it gives.⠀
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One of the main takeaways I have from attending the amazing #BraveEnough conference last week is that we are not alone. You are not alone. There is a tribe of compassionate, wickedly smart, irreverent women who have your back.⠀
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But nothing will change if you don't change it. Your feelings of stuckness, my disillusionment with medicine, the guilt YOU might feel over not loving your career 100% of the time, none of it can change until you decide it's time for a change. Because nothing changes if nothing changes.⠀
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Cancer and control.⠀ Have you ever really hated

Cancer and control.⠀
Have you ever really hated something but then realised you NEEDED it ....that it changed your life for the better? ⠀
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During my cancer experience, my anxiety was MASSIVE. I couldn’t sleep. I was terrified of dying. I couldn’t cope with not being able to control my life. I hated feeling so scared and helpless. ⠀
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So I went and did things that most drs would never admit to doing........ I learned meditation to try to cope with something so scary over which I had no control. ⠀
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From that, I started realising that I had actually been existing in a massive rush from waking up, kids off to school, rushing to work, then to school pick up, showers, dinners and collapse into bed and the next day do it all again. ⠀
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Do you ever really wonder what the purpose of all this is? ⠀
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I 100% hate that I had cancer. From the diagnosis, chemotherapy, double mastectomies, radiation, and all the rest.....to recently, 8.5 years later, finally having reconstructive surgery. ⠀
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But it gave me something really positive. I stopped being a workaholic. I started listening to my body. I began to make choices for ME rather than just for my kids and patients. I stopped being a people pleaser! ⠀
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Cancer taught me to live ... to take and make time to smell the roses .... to say NO. ⠀
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Am I grateful for cancer? Heck NO!! But truth be told, I think I needed it. ⠀
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I’d love to hear your lifechanging bads that turned into goods.....if you don’t have time to write a full comment......post a 🌸 ⠀
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