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Skincare
Active ingredients, routines and formulations — from retinol and vitamin C to sun protection. Which products have a measurable effect and which do not.
A physician-led platform
Medicine. Aesthetics. Evidence.
A physician-led platform on aesthetic medicine, beauty, anti-aging, treatments and products — focused on scientific evidence rather than marketing claims.
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The approach
Between medical reality and marketing claims there is often a long distance.
Few areas of medicine are shaped by advertising as strongly as aesthetic medicine. Ingredients are celebrated before the studies exist. Treatments are recommended because they sell well. And what goes viral on social media frequently has little to do with the underlying data.
This platform works the other way around: it starts with the published evidence and moves towards a practical recommendation. Some treatments pass that examination convincingly. Others do not. Both outcomes are stated plainly.
Topics
Six areas, one standard.
Every article follows the same structure: mechanism of action, state of the evidence, realistic benefit, risks and a clear assessment.
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Injectables
Botulinum toxin, fillers, biostimulators, skin boosters, PRP and polynucleotides — with duration, risks and realistically achievable results.
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Procedures
Lasers, microneedling, peels, radiofrequency and ultrasound — non-surgical and surgical procedures compared without embellishment.
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Anti-Aging
Skin ageing, collagen, nutrition, sleep and prevention. Which anti-aging strategies hold up scientifically — and which merely sound convincing.
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Medications
Medical compounds relevant to skin, hair and ageing — explained factually, without individual treatment advice.
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Evidence
Products, treatments and viral trends under systematic review: claim, evidence, benefits, risks, verdict.
Journal
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Latest analyses
Skincare
Retinol and retinoids: what is actually proven
Few ingredients are advertised so often and explained so rarely. What retinoids actually do, how retinol and tretinoin differ, and who should not use them.
Injectables
Botulinum toxin: the complete data sheet
Mechanism, indications, realistic results, duration, risks, side effects, evidence and cost — all nine fields for the best-studied treatment in aesthetic medicine.
Evidence
Do collagen supplements work?
One of the best-selling product categories in beauty — reviewed systematically by claim, evidence, benefit, risk and overall verdict.
Evidence over marketing
Read the reviews
What survives scrutiny?
In the Evidence section, products, treatments and social media trends are examined against a fixed structure — so that conclusions remain comparable rather than a matter of instinct.
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Claim
What exactly is being claimed — and by whom?
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Evidence
What do studies and the medical literature actually show?
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Benefits & Risks
Which realistic benefits stand against which risks?
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Verdict
A clear overall assessment — even when it is inconvenient.
Guides & e-books
All guides
The knowledge, condensed into one document.
In-depth guides bring together what is otherwise scattered across studies, clinical guidelines and specialist articles — structured, readable and fully referenced.
Featured
Evidence-Based Anti-Aging Guide
What is actually supported by evidence against skin ageing — from sun protection and retinoids to nutrition, sleep and aesthetic treatments. Including a sober assessment of what supplements can and cannot do.
- How skin ages: intrinsic and extrinsic factors
- The four measures with the strongest evidence
- Active ingredients compared: evidence, effect, limits
- Treatments: benefit, risk and realistic expectations
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About the author
Medical knowledge should be understandable without becoming imprecise.
A physician with a surgical background and a particular interest in aesthetic medicine, minimally invasive procedures and the scientific assessment of beauty and anti-aging trends.
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Analyses and assessments of current trends — condensed for Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.