The Power of Protons – Details, episodes & analysis

Increasing volumes of reports, studies and anecdotal evidence lands vaping in hot water - not only for the deleterious effects it has on overall health, but for this issues it has potential for causing with your skin.

Vaping has been linked to increased trans-epidermal water loss and dehydration, dryness, acne flare-ups, inflamed skin disorders like dermatitis, accelerated skin ageing and impaired healing ability. Therefore, it serves as an important line of questioning when consulting with clients and patients, especially if advanced treatment modalities and skincare infused with active ingredients is the proposed treatment avenue.

And there's a high chance that a sector of your clients regularly vape!

This episode of The Power of Protons will unveil how vaping affects the skin, why it can have this negative affect and what the latest regulations are here in Australia.

Enjoy

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Everything you need to know about the changes that occur to the skin during pregnancy and how you can adapt your pHformula homecare routine for greater safety and peace of mind during this important life phase.

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Traditionally, free, unbuffered acids have been associated with some pretty negative side effects like irritation, inflammation, superficial burn and post inflammatory hyperpigmentation. Yet, the more you learn about the chemistry of acids, the more you learn about how acids truly work in the skin and why buffering significantly harnesses their ability to effectuate the regenerative effects we seek when correcting and managing undesired skin conditions.

When it comes to ACIDS working effectively in skincare formulas and professional solutions, the holy grail is to maximise the potential yield of protons (so keeping the acids in their free form), yet carefully calibrate the formula to work with the most precise activity, ensuring negative side effects are minimised.

This episode of The Power of Protons will take you on a behind the scenes tour of the engine powering pHformula, the PH-DVC™ and they key to controlling the delivery of acids into the skin.

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Our faces are a powerful communication tool. The expressions our face can make depict our love and admiration of something or someone, our dissatisfaction or anger, our fear, our frustration, our level of relaxation – basically, our mood at any given time.

Whether we’re smiling, emphasising a point, or frowning, it’s our facial muscles that provide the face movement and govern the shapes in which our face can create.

As skin specialists, we work alongside (or more specifically on top of) the facial muscular system, and we can enhance circulation and nutrient supply to the dermis and epidermis through facial massage.

On today’s episode of the Power of Protons, we’re exploring the muscles that populate our face, the benefits of facial massage and how we can incorporate this manual technique into a pHformula controlled chemical skin resurfacing procedure.

A couple of weeks ago we had the privilege to travel to the pHformula Art Club nestled in the heart of El Born, Barcelona. Accompanied by five enthusiastic skin therapists, we fully immersed ourselves in the culture, the science and the heart of pHformula where we learnt more about the skin, advanced resurfacing techniques, and elevating value that we can offer our communities.

Just like our manifesto reads, here, there is no room for conventional.  No room for complacency. There is only space for the experimental ones that want to learn, to teach, to play and (in the case of our family of skin specialists across the globe) to solve the skin of the world.

There were countless take-homes that we gathered as a group, across our 5 days in Barcelona, 3 of which were at the Art Club. pHformula’s Internation Education Team took us on a journey filled with passion that really did reignite our sparks and shared wo many valuable tips and trips that will amplify the treatments we can perform and the way we ensure optimal outcomes from our homecare prescriptions.

This episode is our Art Club Diary entry – with the top 7 takeaways that we want to share with this audience in the hope that they will not only educate but also inspire a little spark in you too.

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Gone are the days when the only light source was the sun, and people could only connect in person! These days, our lives are heavily reliant on ubiquitous technology that empowers us to connect, communicate, and process. Technology is highly relied upon for us to do business, deliver education, launch new products, connect with friends and run seminars and conferences.

But what effect does this heightened exposure to artificial energy (specifically, high energy blue light) have on the human mechanism and the function of our body's largest organ, the skin. The studies are in and there is some hard evidence that links excessive exposure to impaired barrier function, DNA damage, tissue breakdown and accelerated cutaneous ageing.

Today we’re diving into blue light, reviewing some of the science that links exposure to skin dysfunction, how much is too much and what are the side effects, and exploring some practical steps that can assist in managing the side effects.

Meet Danielle Renee, the powerhouse behind the brand Bobbie Charles.

Recently, I had the pleasure to have a candid chat with Danielle and explore some juicy topics like leadership, grace, culture, change, value and innovation.

Danielle is an award-winning dermal therapist and owner of the two multi-award-winning Brisbane clinics, Bobbie Charles. Bobbie Charles, the brand, is synonymous with exceptional aesthetic transformations, raising standards within the aesthetic field, and empowering the next generation of industry experts.

As part of Danielle's commitment to the betterment of the dermal and aesthetics industry, Bobbie Charles also delivers education through the Bobbie Charles Academy and business consultancy services to fellow clinic owners across Australia.

If you have met Danielle in person, you’ll understand why many gravitate towards her. There’s a genuine passion, care and purpose, all wrapped up with a kind of grace that instantly makes you feel appreciated and important.

Today, we’re kicking things off with a conversation about grace and how interacting with grace can improve your ability to lead and build a powerful culture. We will explore the power of team, value exchange, seeking feedback, and crafting meaningful interactions in clinic as well as navigating a busy marketplace of trends and innovations and the importance of evidence-based practice.

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As an extra special bonus, Danielle has generously shared a unique code for you to be involved in her interactive group coaching workshops. Head on over to https://courses.bobbiecharlesacademy.com.au/virtual-ceo for more information on the value Danielle can share with you and use the CODE: PHCOACHING20 for your special discount!

If you're interested in connecting with Danielle 1-on-1, you can also explore her private coaching sessions at https://shop.bobbiecharlesacademy.com.au/collections/frontpage/products/business-coaching-call?variant=45712568320284

And lastly, be sure to follow Danielle on the gram ;-)

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So often when we look at skincare formulas, we first read the impressive claims and see the shiny marketing images. And whilst most raw ingredients that are widely formulated with come with their own scientific evidence, what becomes of a finished product containing a cocktail of ingredients?

This episode of The Power of Protons will take you on a behind the scenes tour of the most recent clinical study undertaken by pHformula. With Mariona Jimenez, pHformula's Head of R & D, as your guide, you will be amazed to learn what goes on behind the scenes of a clinical study, that 1+1 doesn’t always equal 2 in formulating terms and most importantly, what the results of our Chronic Redness Study were! 

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As we make our way towards the cooler months here in the Southern Hemisphere, it’s likely that your clients will be looking to reverse some of the effects of summer – specifically new pigmentation and brown spots that have been stimulated to the surface.

For decades, the professional beauty, dermal and aesthetics industry have approached the treatment of pigmentation with modalities like IPL and Laser, alongside chemical peels, microneedling and possibly microdermabrasion – procedures that aim to get rid of the old, over pigmented cells and stimulate the proliferation of new fresh daughter cells that hopefully find their way back up to the surface without the same over-population of melanin as their predecessors.

Unfortunately, despite best intentions, we can overlook the fact that the hyper pigmentation has often been triggered by trauma, inflammation and possibly a hormonal influence in the case of melasma for example and that rehabilitating the temperamental melanocyte takes a very careful balance so as not to overstimulate him again and cause a rebounding pigment stream that comes back with a vengeance to better protect the new cells.

So how do we best avoid pigment bounce back whilst still offering the measurable and long-lasting results that our clients are seeking?

Listen up – this episode will explore the process of melanogenesis, treatments that hold risk to trigger pigment bounce back and prudent measures to reduce the risks in our treatment programs.

In today’s episode we are travelling alongside a daughter keratinocyte in her journey from the mother cells in the stratum basale layer all the way up through the epidermis to our skin’s surface, the cells we see when we look in the mirror.

This journey is perfectly orchestrated, complex and dependent on several reactions taking place to ensure our skin serves up a sophisticated barrier that protects us in our environment.

At the very heart of the journey is a transformation – where our living keratinocytes originating in the stratum basale, fully differentiate into their anucleate corneocyte versions, equipped with strong protein that forms part of our protective barrier.

As this journey takes place, the keratinocyte travels through the strata of the epidermis, through a gradient of pH, that is, different zones of acidity and is subject to influencing factors that clock on and clock off to support the transformation of these evolving cells.

This episode will highlight the stages of skin cell lifecycle, from proliferation, early differentiation, terminal differentiation, cornification and eventually, desquamation.

We'll highlight a handful of skin conditions linked to a dysfunctional journey and explore some prudent measures to consider when designing a topical skin care routine that supports this key process of skin regeneration and barrier health :-)

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