Topping Up the Tan - How Pigmentation is Formed
So, you’re looking forward to getting some rays this summer and working on your tan? Before you make the decision to tan, you might want to consider the consequences. A tan is a defence response, your skin is desperately trying to protect itself. Repeated sun exposure...
Dr Cat's News Update - January 2020
Welcome to the first newsletter of 2020! It’s the start of a new decade, and the opportunity to celebrate how far we’ve come in the last year, ten years, and almost 20 years! If you haven’t done so already, I hope you take the time to reflect and celebrate your challenges,...
Dr Cat's News Update - December 2019
Wow, the final stretch to Xmas, it’s hard to believe another year has gone by so quickly! November was another incredibly busy month, not only in both clinics but also with ongoing training, conferences, photoshoot and a wonderful new team member! ...
Dr Cat's Top 5 from Aesthetics 2019
On the 8th-10th of November Dr Catherine Stone and our Face Place team attended the Aesthetics 2019 conference in Sydney. The inaugural aesthetic conference aims to promote the ‘Best and Safe’ standard of facial injectables care and the latest in non-surgical therapies with a...
Banning Instagram plastic surgery filters - Dr Cat's take
We are celebrating the recent move by Instagram to ban plastic surgery filters such as Plastica and FixMe, which created exaggerated features, unrealistically smoothed out skin, and even bruising emulating cosmetic surgery. Not only do these filters glorify cosmetic procedures...
Dr Cat's News Update - November 2019
Wow, it’s hard to believe November is upon us already, and that it has been a year since we opened the Takapuna clinic! It’s been an incredible year of growth at Takapuna, and we are delighted to introduce our new medical skin therapist Raechel, who will be mainly based at the...
Adult Acne - We Break Down the Breakouts
So, you’re in your thirties, forties, fifties, and you’re still getting acne?? It’s understandable to think adult acne is a terrible injustice and that acne should be contained to those early pubescent years. Unfortunately, as we age, skin health deteriorates, which can...
Dr Cat's News Update - October 2019
I had a wonderful trip to Bali, celebrating one of my bestie’s 40th birthday, with friends who I have known for between 15 and 20 years! Anna’s actual birthday is in August, the day before mine (although I’m always 5 years older for some reason!), and over the years we have...
Dr Cat's News Update - September 2019
Kia ora koutou. It was my birthday last week, and I don't know about you guys but turning 45 was far harder for me than turning 40! I remember having a ’quarter-life crisis’ at 25, where I left my first fiance and my surgical career to set up The Face Place; and I left...
All you need to know about Collagen Induction Therapy (CIT)
Our Skin Team Leader Lauren gives us a run down on Collagen Induction Therapy (CIT): This treatment, also often referred to as ‘Needling’, 'skin needling’ or 'dermal needling’, offers outstanding results in collagen production with extensive...
Dr Cat's News Update - August 2019
With the creative "Steve Jobs" of our industry. We’ve just got back from the annual Queenstown conference for New Zealand Society of Cosmetic Medicine. Dr Jenni and our nurses Kaitlin and Sonia thoroughly enjoyed attending the full conference, starting...
The Latest in Skin – three learnings from the ASDC Skin Conference.
Our skin team recently attended the Australian Society of Dermal Clinicians 8th Annual Conference in Melbourne. The conference focused on the importance of working collaboratively with other allied practitioners. The team’s 3 key learnings: Key learning...
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