Dr Tracey Purnell

15/01/2026

This week I was interviewed on ABC Drive radio Sydney about hyaluronic acid as a skin care ingredient- what it actually does and is it useful.

I thought I’d share my key points with you here 🥰

* HA is a naturally occurring polysaccharide and holds x1000 it’s weight in water
* its primary use as a topical skincare ingredient is skin hydration
* products containing a mixture of high and low molecular weight HA pe*****te better into more layers of the skin
* it is useful for people with acne and rosacea as it hydrates without adding oil to the skin
* my preferred way to use it for dry skin is to layer a HA + B vitamin serum underneath a cream or skin oil. This helps trap and hold moisture
* hydrated skin looks more youthful, this is the only pro-ageing reason to incorporate it into your skincare routine. If photoaging and fine lines and pigmentation are an issue, other products will be needed to address that.

Hope this helps when confronted with a barrage of skincare ingredients!

Images here of my 50 + year old hand the two products I use for skin hydration 🤣
Both are from and are sold in clinic 🥰

15/01/2026

Chatted with ABC Sydney and Hobart drive time radio yesterday about skincare and hydration.
It was promoted by this article I was quoted in. What’s your go to skin care for hydration?

While hyaluronic acid is a common component of our skin and tissue and is marketed as a way to boost hydration, its skin benefits are more complicated than it appears.

19/12/2025

For Doctors in Wagga and surrounds - this is a great event to add to your calendar. I am chairing the event at Wagga Notre Dame campus - I would love to see you there!

Join MIA's hybrid educational symposium for Skin Cancer Doctors and experienced General Practitioners who want to strengthen their dermoscopy skills.

19/12/2025

30/11/2025

November in photos
1. Brisbane for GP25
2. Red and pink for GP25 awards and gala - and academic gown for good measure. With fellow SIG chairs
3. Caught up with my deputy chairs in the flesh. Fortunately they received and grey and black memo
4. And fellow Wagga docs. At least one received the red memo ❤️
5. Presented on the topic “ A GP approach to Acne consultations”
6. Fortunately the beige memo went out to these fine Aesthetic practitioners in Seoul
7. Frocked up for another gala dinner. Everything was very elegant and everyone’s frocks next level
8. Managed a tiny amount of site seeing in Seoul. Will go back with
9. Straight back into it in clinic. How good does this look after one treatment?!
10. My registrars are super stars 🌟 congratulations
11/12 caught up on my pottery projects
13. Queen

December is around the corner and many of you know how I feel about December… but this year I’m charging in with energy and looking forward to a true holiday in January!

19/11/2025

16/11/2025

I’ve been in Brisbane at GP25 - the college of GPs annual conference. This year I had the pleasure of presenting an acne management update. Also found two other awesome Wagga Docs to spend time learning together !

03/08/2025

Heading back from my Roadtrip through Litchfield, Nitmiluk (Katherine) and Kakadu NT

1. Mindil beach sunset and markets
2. Litchfield NP
3.. SPF ++++++ and hats
4. Canoeing in Nitmiluk gorge
5. Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge
6. Sunset over the gorge
7. Sunset over Yellow Water
8. Yellow Water cruise. Magical
9. Croc. We saw a lot of them. Also beautiful in a powerful and ancient way
10. First Nation Art work
11. The rainbow serpent. I was obsessed with this story book I had of this story as a child
12. Sunset set over Kakadu. Seeing a pattern here?
13. Sandstone magnificence
14. Jumping Croc. Tour was actually pretty good and well done. Though watching them power towards me on the boat was a pretty adrenaline fuelled
15. So the trip was to celebrate my 50th. Feeling pretty fabulous I must say. Thank you to all my patients, friends and followers for contributing richly to this wonderful life xx

20/05/2025

I’m presenting an educational dinner meeting on the role of prescription skin care and other modalities in treating photoaging. If you’re a HCP I’d love you to join us on 19th of June at the International Hotel Wagga Wagga. The event is sponsored by .think.skin and the link to register below

https://inovapharma-multichannel.veevavault.com/ui/approved_viewer?token=17489-15f54b7e-55af-41a2-985e-476be71f4a25&email=08LdwbfLBWjNQePwTsw7e9QolUqfA%2FCa&orgid=00D7F000001b8hpUAA&u=0052t000000dv94AAA&AppDocId=a22Od000001YTevIAG

17/05/2025

Took myself off the GC for SCCA Australasian Skin Congress
1. Found some time to take a picture. A rare moment out of scrubs after all
2. Found so had a Wagga buddy to hang with. A giant looks to have taken our picture (but it was my co- lecturing buddy Paul who I finally met IRL
3.carved out time to go for beach walk
4. Excellent talk on how to help debunk health myths
5. SPF facts
6. Trained skin cancer GPs are in fact awesome and save tax $$$ government needs to listen to us
7. My mate John became a college Fellow - no mean feat! Congrats
8, more beach
9. Genetic testing
10. Was tired of two days of socialising so hid in my room with dinner
11. Beach this morning. Heading home early so I’ll be bright eyed and bushy tailed for you all tomorrow
12. Caught up with some alumni

11/03/2025

Last night I had the privilege of talking to a wonderful audience of local hairdressers and beauticians, educating and reinforcing the important role they can play in skin cancer detection
Thank you to and melanoma trust for inviting me to speak
And a huge thank you to everyone who came along - it was so encouraging to see so many people!
In case you didn’t make it I’ve edited a few of my slides and included them here 🥰