After Hours Skin Clinic25 Mar 2025

Poisonous Beauty: Lessons from Dangerous and Bizarre Beauty Trends in History + Listener Q&A on Vitamin C Application, Affordable Brands, and Gold Standard Skin Ingredients

It’s Women’s History Month so in this episode of the After Hours Skin Clinic Dr Emma Craythorne and fellow Consultant Dermatologist Dr Ellie Rashid explore the strangest and most shocking beauty practices of the past. From questionable medieval scalp treatments to Victorian arsenic wafers, Emma and Ellie discuss how far women have gone in the name of beauty. They’re talking about hair plucking practices, translucent trends, mercury ointments, opium and perfumed eyedrops. Also, they compare historical beauty practices with modern-day equivalents and bizarre TikTok trends. They also talk about some truly shocking ingredients used in the name of youthfulness. In the second part of this episode Emma and Ellie answer listener questions. They cover their top tips for applying Vitamin C, which ingredients to use alongside it and their holy grail recommendations. Products mentioned: Paula’s Choice Vitamin C15 Super Booster Skin Rocks The Antioxidant Garnier Vitamin C* Brightening Serum Skinseuticals - C E Ferulic For Visible Signs of Ageing & Phloretin CF Serum For Discolouration La Roche-Posay Vitamin C12 Serum Anti-Wrinkle and Radiance Restoring Serum Klira - Founded by Dr Emma Craythorne, Klira is a bespoke luxury skincare formula prescribed by dermatologists. You may hear it mentioned from time to time on the podcast and if you want to find out more head over to klira.skin via this link: https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=76982&awinaffid=1877964&clickref=AHSC&ued=https%3A%2F%2Fklira.skin%2Fproducts%2Fthe-klira-special-annual%2F Have any questions? Send them over to ahsc@raconteur.tv Find us on Instagram @AfterHoursSkinClinic Producer: Ella Blaxill Series Editor: Eve Streeter Music by Simon Elms. This is a Raconteur Studios Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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