The Power of Protons

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is considered a metabolic / endocrine disorder, affecting up to 20% of women during their reproductive stage of life. Today we’re exploring this multifaceted condition for the impact it yields on our integumentary system, the skin, the oil glands, and the hair follicles, which as we know, are heavily influenced by our hormones. We explore some of the leading symptoms that present and whether a gold-standard treatment program exists?

Increasing volumes of reports, studies and anecdotal evidence lands vaping in hot water - not only for the deleterious effects it has on overall health, but for this issues it has potential for causing with your skin. Vaping has been linked to increased trans-epidermal water loss and dehydration, dryness, acne flare-ups, inflamed skin disorders like dermatitis, accelerated skin ageing and impaired healing ability. Therefore, it serves as an important line of questioning when consulting with clients and patients, especially if advanced treatment modalities and skincare infused with active ingredients is the proposed treatment avenue. And there's a high chance that a sector of your clients regularly vape! This episode of The Power of Protons will unveil how vaping affects the skin, why it can have this negative affect and what the latest regulations are here in Australia. Enjoy https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/tobacco/Pages/e-cigarettes.aspx

Everything you need to know about the changes that occur to the skin during pregnancy and how you can adapt your pHformula homecare routine for greater safety and peace of mind during this important life phase. www.phformula.com.au

It’s time we redefine the meaning of a ‘chemical peel’, afterall, technology and techniques evolve and certainly in the case of chemical peels they’ve evolved in leaps and bounds since the 90s where they became mainstream treatments. Rewind 15 years and pHformula was (already) ahead of the times in developing a new generation of acid based treatments that offered the happy benefits associated with the concept of ‘peeling’ yet removed the sad side effects that would often result. At pHformula we have always taken the untraditional approach, redefining what has always been, challenging the status quo and offering our formulas exclusively to the professional skin specialist who can work with optimised precision to achieve the most beautiful results for their clients and patients. This episode will explore the philosophy of controlled chemical skin resurfacing and how it differs from traditional chemical peeling techniques. If you're curious to learn more, be sure to join our email list so that you're first in line to register for our upcoming webinar series :-) www.phformula.com.au/joinouremaillist

It’s time we get a firmer understanding of the bait before we click or act. The P-word is thrown around a lot in our industry – and it’s certainly used as a form of bait to sell everything from coaching courses to seminars, equipment to product. It’s also used frequently in our industry as a metric of success – the more profit, the healthier your business is. But it's not accounting profits that actually determine the true health and wealth (or sustainability) of your business! Today we’re exploring the world of profit, the types of profit that we can analyse and why profit is actually NOT as important as CASHFLOWS – money in, money out, and the timing of these cashflows. Strap yourself in and get ready for this thought-provoking discussion :-) This podcast episode has been developed and published by pHformula Australia. www.phformula.com.au

Historically the skin has been treated in silo – it’s been beautified topically and managed for the symptoms that present at various stages of our lives. It's been regarded as no more than a barrier for our body and the important organs it houses, like our brain our heart and our lungs. Over the last couple of decades, the available research showcasing the skin as more than just a barrier has become overwhelming. The skin is an organ with neuro aspects, endocrine aspects and immune aspects – creating a trinity of sister systems that orchestrate its performance, its appearance and its ability to respond. And the magic is that this sisterly relationship is bidirectional – the skin provides feedback to its sisters at various stages with the ultimate goal being to maintain its dynamic state of balance, homeostasis. In episode 37 today we’re diving into skin science and exploring these relationships and how when we speak to the skin, we’re also speaking to the immune system, the nervous system and the endocrine system. www.phformula.com.au Life | Free Full-Text | The Trinity of Skin: Skin Homeostasis as a Neuro–Endocrine–Immune Organ (mdpi.com)

If you’re working within the professional beauty, dermal, aesthetic medicine or allied health sector, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that you would know Chiza Westcarr. Chiza is a dynamic beauty therapist, dermal clinician, clinical nutritionist and is now embarking on a PhD that I know will reveal groundbreaking finding finds around the role of nutrition and exercise on cardiometabolic health in menopausal women. She is a wealth of knowledge and a born educator - and today is revealing everything you need to know to kick start your understanding of the role menopause plays in skin health. In Chiza’s words, “an ageing [female] skin is a menopausal skin”. In this thought-provoking podcast Chiza shares her passion for skin and nutrition with an added lens that highlights the significant impact that estrogen has on the skin and therefore the impact that peri-menopausal, menopausal and post-menopausal life phases has on the appearance and function of our body's largest organ, the skin. Beyond the skin symptoms associated with menopausal skin, we will discuss the fine line surrounding treatments that aim to stimulate new cells and new proteins in the hope that the skin will bounce back looking tighter and firmer versus what becomes a declining ability to naturally and optimally respond to such procedures as we age. I know you will love this discussion, that it will spark your curiosity, as it did for me, to learn more and to upgrade the education you can pay forward to your clients and patients who may be battling with the symptoms associated with this life phase. Connect with Chiza via: https://www.instagram.com/glowskinandnutrition/https://www.instagram.com/thenutritionalskincareacademy/ Discover more about the very first dedicated Menopause Conference in Australia, Thriving Through Menopause: https://www.instagram.com/thrivingthroughmenopausebycw/ https://thrivingthroughmenopause.com.au/ The Power of Protons is proudly brought to you by pHformula Australia. Learn how you can introduce the innovative art of controlled skin resurfacing into your clinic in 2024 via our website www.phformula.com.au Visit the international pHformula website at www.phformula.com

Niacinamide would have to be one of the hardest working ingredients in skincare. It delivers myriad benefits and can assist in supporting and managing skin conditions spanning from hyperpigmentation to redness, acne to ageing. On today’s episode we’re deep diving into the science that underpins the performance of this active ingredient, the conditions that may benefit from a program that includes its presence and what key pHformula products contain this miracle worker. Enjoy x D www.phformula.com.au

Meet Saan Burey, the positively charged skin specialist and owner of Bare Skin Aesthetics in Wagga Wagga, NSW. Saan is on a mission to educate and empower every face that walks through her clinic door. Striving to stay ahead of the latest advancements, Saan is nearing completion of her Dermal Science degree, an endeavour that sees her elevating the level of technical expertise and education that can pay forward into the advanced treatment programs she develops. With a heartwarming ability to connect and empathise with clients on a personal level, Saan has become a trusted leader in dermal therapy, educating her community to achieve skin confidence. In this unscripted chat we explore the art of balancing university with running a skin clinic and raising a young family, the power of education, partnering with pHformula and how to stay positive in challenging times. Connect with Saan: https://www.instagram.com/bareskinaestheticswagga/ Become a pHformula Australia Partner: www.phformula.com.au