Dr Farah Mydin

“Aesthetics is a business, so a clinic won’t send you elsewhere, even if there’s a better treatment for you.”

I saw this doing the rounds, and I want to answer it honestly.

Because half of it is true. Aesthetics *is* a business. Every clinic has bills, rooms and targets, mine included. Pretending otherwise would be a lie.

But here’s what that take misses: a doctor isn’t *only* running a business. We’re bound by medical ethics, a professional code that puts your interests ahead of profit. It isn’t optional, and it isn’t a marketing line.

In practice, that means if a treatment isn’t right for you, I’ll tell you. If you’d be better served somewhere else, I’ll say so. Not as a favour. It’s simply how a doctor is meant to practise.

So yes, always ask who profits from your treatment. But also ask who’s professionally bound to put you first. 🤍

Booking a consultation with a doctor means starting with your skin, your safety and what’s actually right for *you*, even when the answer is “not this.” 👇

Your Christmas glow isn’t a December job. It’s an autumn one. 🤍
Real collagen takes about 12 weeks to build ..which means the skin you’ll have at your Christmas party is being decided right now.
That’s collagen banking: starting the treatments that switch on your own collagen today, so you peak exactly when the invitations land ,instead of chasing a last-minute glow that never quite arrives.
The menu I’d build from:
• Polynucleotides — deep repair + hydration
• Sunekos & Juläine — skin quality, hydration, glow
• SkinPen — collagen induction for texture & tone
• Morpheus8 — collagen remodelling + tightening
• UltraClear — full resurfacing + collagen reset
Start in September and December is easy. Start in December and you’re glowing by spring.

🔖 Save this so you don’t leave it too late.

The Retinol Uglies 😬 that flaky, red, peeling phase everyone warns you about.

Here’s the truth: most of it isn’t the tretinoin’s fault. It’s how it’s being applied

After years of prescribing retinoids, these are the exact tips I give every patient to get all the glow-up benefits ;smoother texture, fewer fine lines, better tone ,with a fraction of the drama 🎭

Swipe through for the full breakdown 👉 and save it for the nights you actually use your retinol (we’ve all forgotten step 1).

The big ones people get wrong? Applying to damp skin, using far too much, and stopping at the jawline. Fix those three and you’re most of the way there. Also rubbing it into your face like you are trying to mould play doh !! Gently does it.

Struggling to get past the uglies, or not sure which strength is right for you? That’s exactly what a consultation is for ..book in and we’ll build your routine properly.

Dr Farah Mydin · Medical Skin Clinic, Donegal Town 🤍