We are delighted to share with you that we are now holding a monthly clinic at the Nuffield Health Hospital, Bristol. It is an exciting development for us to offer expert medical skin camouflage and scar therapy to those in the Southwest, saving them the long trip up to London to see us at 10 Harley Street.  

Vanessa is also delighted to have been invited by renowned burns, scarring and plastic surgery consultant, Jon Pleat to join the team of independent experts who form the Scar Team. It is a wonderful opportunity to work alongside such a prestigious group of professionals and to have access to such a fabulous resource for our skin camouflage patients and clients.

Having visited the hospital and been made very welcome by the Nuffield Health team, we were delighted to get the service off to a flying start with full clinic this month. We are already busy with bookings into December and beyond and are delighted to take enquires for clinical and self-referrals, expert witness medico-legal reports, rehabilitation and immediate needs assessments website Skin Camouflage Services Ltd: Contact Skin Camouflage Services.

Crave magazine has featured Vanessa’s top tips of how to manage scar management and skin camouflage at the same time. Read Skin Camouflage for skin confidence. 

Vanessa explains that for areas of scarring that are exposed to the sun, e.g. face and hands, that Kelo-Cote UV Gel which contains an SPF30 sunscreen is particularly useful and for hard-to-reach areas, joints, hairy areas, skin creases and larger wounds such as those caused by burns and trauma silicone sprays are very worthwhile. 

​For the last 5 years Vanessa has been in the fortunate position to work with silicone gels alongside skin camouflage and has developed a technique to further reduce scar height with the camouflage pigments and silicone to create a flattened appearance. This development of this application is unique to Skin Camouflage Services and has taken the traditional base layer of silicone application with skin camouflage to the next aesthetic level.

Vanessa was delighted to have been asked by the Vitiligo Association of Australia to speak at this year’s Skin Camouflage Workshop on Saturday 1 August 2020.
 
The VAA which began in 2010 operates across 5 Australian states and has over 500 members and is an important voice for those living with vitiligo. Having initiated a research project on camouflage products the VAA aims to develop international collaboration in areas of Vitiligo education, research and services. Members have the added advantage of benefiting from international links, information resources through the World Alliance of Vitiligo Support (WAVS) as well as charity events from fun runs to charity dinners.
 
Vanessa talked about the importance of having access to Skin Camouflage guidance and support for each and every individual and how her clinical practices in the UK have become her platform of expertise. Kryolan, Veil and Vitiglow show cased their product ranges with great enthusiasm and helpful information, fellow practitioners contributed their skin camouflage experiences and VAA members joined the informal Q & A session.
 

Here are a few highlights from Skin Camouflage Workshop 2:

• Introduction: Vanessa Jane Davies  0- 1.34 mins
• Q & A. Will Skin Camouflage Services open in Australia? 35.16 - 35.48 mins
• Q & A.  Training Tools  36.00 – 42.18 mins In conversation with Vanessa and Rajja from Kryolan

 
A wonderful event packed with information and support… sprinkled with plenty of discussion along the way, it was great to see everyone, Thank you.