Dr Natalia Hancock

07/09/2025

It means peel season is officially open!

I won’t bore you with all the marketed benefits of the Perfect Peel — you can find those easily online. Instead, I am sharing my own 8-year experience with it.

Positives:

1. It is my second favourite procedure after Botox (based on results and safety). By day 4–5, you literally leave your “old face” on the pillow.
Watching the old skin peel away is oddly satisfying — you can really see where your money went.

2. It’s not painful — not during the application or the peeling stage. It can feel a bit itchy while the skin is shedding, but that’s about it

3. It’s safe— I’ve been using this peel on myself and my patients for over 8 years without any complications (touch wood)

4. You don’t need a course - even a single peel will do a great job.

The downsides

1. You’ll look like the bride of Frankenstein for the first 6 days (especially days 3–5). Once I forgot I had a parents’ evening 4 days after doing the peel — the poor teachers didn’t dare look at my face or make eye contact 🙈.

2. The price: £320. It’s a medical-grade peel, so naturally more expensive than regular beauty salon peels.

3. It’s seasonal: I only offer it September–March (low UV index months). That’s my own rule — I wouldn’t put this type of peel on my skin in summer, so I don’t recommend it for my patients either.

4. You’ll need a pair of handcuffs 🫣 — the temptation to pick at the peeling skin is real, but you must let it shed naturally.

So if you can spare 6 days to hide away, drop Veronica a message

30/08/2025

I’ve tested these actives one by one (all showed great results vs placebo). Now I’ve put them together into a combination formula.

While it’s been gentle on normal skin, I want to make sure it’s suitable for our sensitive skin community too.

What I’m looking for:

* Any signs of irritation or sensitivity
* How it feels during and after application
* Overall experience and thoughts

Your feedback will directly shape the final formula, so please keep it brutally honest (no British politeness :))

If you are a patient of my clinic (so I already know your skin well) and would like to test, please drop Veronica a message.
Samples are free as usual. First come, first served basis

Thank you!

24/08/2025

You often ask about this area…

🚫 Fillers in the Décollete

On August 13, 2025, the FDA advisory panel reviewed the use of dermal fillers - Hyaluronic acid, PLLA (Sculptra), CaHA (Radiesse) in the décolleté (chest area).

Experts highlighted the risks:

• migration of filler
• interference with mammograms and breast screening
• possible effects on breastfeeding and lymphatic drainage
• difficulty removing fillers if complications occur

❗️Outcome: The FDA has NOT approved dermal fillers for use in the décolleté.

❓What about skin boosters?
The FDA statement did not specifically address them. In my personal opinion:
• Non cross linked HA skin boosters maybe safe (but usually not effective).
• Cross-linked HA ones maybe not advisable in this area.
• Diluted Sculptra or Radiesse (so-called “chest wash”) is an absolute no.

✅ Better options for décolleté care:
• Daily SPF
• Consistent professional skincare
• chemical peels in winter
• Even sleeping without squashing your chest cam make a difference

11/08/2025

Have you seen the news?

A 60-year-old man decided to cut chlorine from his diet — meaning no more table salt (NaCl).

He consulted ChatGPT for advice, and together they came up with the brilliant idea to replace it with sodium bromide.

Three months later, he was in hospital with psychosis.

What am I trying to say?

If you are my client/ patient and need advice on diet or supplements — ask me.

Let’s prevent another psychosis! 🙈

10/08/2025

Let’s talk about “luxury jar” scam.

We all know that a “premium” or “luxurious” jar can sell almost anything. There are plenty of mediocre formulas that cost a fortune simply because they come in an expensive-looking pot.
In fact, often the packaging costs more than the cream inside!

This luxury usually means:
* Cutting back on ingredient quality or
* Making you pay extra for the look (not the results).

For me, the real priorities are:
✅ Chemically inert, food-grade plastic – so no hormone-disturbing chemicals leach into your cream
✅ Airless pump – to protect those potent (and pricey!) active ingredients from air and bacteria
✅ No finger-dipping– because we don’t need bacterial contamination

The jars above tick all these boxes.

Please tell me in the comments which ones you like most (ignore the colours - those can change!)

Thank you

27/07/2025

How to protect yourself:

1. From 01/06/2025, UK regulations require a face-to-face consultation with a prescriber every 6 months for all botulinum toxin treatments. Video calls are not permitted.

➤ Ask for your prescriber’s full name and professional registration number during the consultation.

2. Check the product: Before treatment, ask to see the prescription label with your name and the dispensing pharmacy — unless your injector is a doctor or dentist, who are legally allowed to hold stock.

3. Verify the vial: Take a photo of the vial showing the product name and expiry date.

✅ Only the following toxins are licensed in the UK:
Botox®, Azzalure®, Alluzience®, Bocouture®, Nuceiva®, Letybo®, and Relfydess®.

Stay informed = stay safe

03/07/2025

20/06/2025

Do we embrace innovation or stay with what we know works?
This newly launched product is designed to take effect within a day and last up to 6 months.
It has now been officially introduced in the UK.

As it’s a prescription-only medicine, we’re unable to share details publicly — but feel free to contact Veronica directly for more information.

17/06/2025

As aesthetic doctors, we are required to complete at least 50 hours of relevant education every year.

If we don’t, we don’t pass our annual appraisal and can’t keep our license to practise.

That’s 750+ hours over the last 15 years in aesthetics for me…

10/06/2025

We are continuing our exploration of retinoid alternatives—some of you might remember testing Blue Retinol (Lana Blue) with me last year.
We were a bit concerned we’d end up looking like Smurfs for the sake of sciencе, but luckily, we didn’t! :)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5tsyMMsPKY/?igsh=MW9wczdnOXdxZmMzYQ==

This time I’ve decided to expand the trial to include both bakuchiol and Reneseed.

In this round, we’ll be testing four formulas:
• Bakuchiol
• Encapsulated bakuchiol
• Reneseed
• Placebo (control)

Some of these have been formulated as eye creams (using concentrations suitable for the delicate eye area), while others are face creams.

As always, you’ll receive a clear instruction sheet on how to use the samples.
I am excited to hear your feedback—thank you for being part of this journey!

30/05/2025

📍Case study: Alopecia areata & Ozone therapy

This 39-year-old lady came to my clinic after struggling with alopecia areata.

She had been using Dermovate (prescribed by a dermatologist) for 3.5 months with no improvement. In addition to that, she had been regularly using Collagenius red light helmet
Over the years, I’ve trained in ozone therapy through British, German, and Russian schools — and I’ve used it successfully in treating a wide range of inflammatory skin conditions.

Interestingly, Ozone therapy is formally approved by the Russian Ministry of Health for a variety of medical uses. It appears in clinical protocols in areas such as:
• Infectious diseases
• Chronic inflammatory conditions
• Wound healing
• Gynecology and urology
• Dermatology (including acne, eczema, and some hair loss protocols)

However, though legal, it is not formally recognised in the UK yet.

I never charge for helping with medical conditions like this, so we had nothing to lose — and decided to give it a go.

🧠 Why Ozone may help with alopecia?

💥 Calms Inflammation
Ozone helps reduce inflammatory cytokines like TNF-α and IL-1β — the same ones that attack hair follicles in autoimmune alopecia.

💨 Boosts Oxygen & Circulation
Improved microcirculation = better oxygen delivery = reawakening “sleeping” follicles.

🔄 Rebalances Immune Response
Instead of shutting the immune system down like steroids, ozone helps modulate it. That’s key in autoimmune conditions.

🌱 Stimulates Growth Factors
Ozone triggers a gentle oxidative signal that boosts repair molecules like VEGF & IGF-1 — both important for follicle health

⚖️ What the publications say:

📖 PubMed Study https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8869367/
📖 Medozons: Ozone in Dermatology https://medozons.com/ozone-therapy/different-fields/dermatology
📖 Longevita Hair Guide
https://www.longevitahairtransplant.com/guides/ozone-therapy-for-hair/

More research is needed — but in cases like this, science and clinical intuition work hand in hand.

05/04/2025

This 51 year-old lady came in for cosmetic injections …
Taking her medical history I found out that for a long time she had been struggling with:

• Chronic fatigue
• Brain fog
• Anxiety
• Feeling generally unwell

Despite doing all the right things:
✔️Saw her GP
✔️ Worked with functional medicine specialists (UK + abroad)
✔️ Supported her gut health
✔️ Corrected nutritional deficiencies
✔️ Started HRT, including testosterone

…her symptoms persisted.

ALL ILLNESSES happen for only TWO REASONS:
1️⃣ You don’t have enough of what you need (nutrients, hormones, enzymes etc)
or
2️⃣ You have too much of what you don’t need (toxins, infections, stressors etc)

In her case, she’d already had everything she needed. So I started looking for what she might be getting that she didn’t.

Key points of our conversation:

• Her house had been flooded a few years ago
• She believed stress from that time triggered her symptoms
• Her husband now struggles with chronic sinus infections
• Her children developed eczema

That was a clue!

I ordered a mycotoxin panel (photo 2), and the results showed:
⚠️ Very high levels of mould toxins found in water-damaged buildings
(Fun fact: mycophenolic acid is also used as a potent immunosuppressive drug in transplant medicine)

We tested her husband too—he had the same mycotoxins in his system.

An environmental specialist inspected their home and found:
Extensive hidden mold inside the bedroom walls.

The home was professionally remediated. She is now under a mould toxicity clinic
And for the first time in years, her symptoms are finally improving.

We also discovered another toxin (photo 3):
☠️ Elevated arsenic levels in her system.

One of the most common dietary sources in the UK?
Rice—especially brown rice, even if it’s organic.

Tip to reduce arsenic in rice:
1️⃣ Boil the rice for 5 minutes
2️⃣ Discard the water
3️⃣ Refill with fresh water and finish cooking

Your body speaks in symptoms.
When everything seems “normal” but you still don’t feel well, it’s time to look deeper—often into your environment.

Because sometimes, the real root cause is hiding behind your bedroom wall.