Dr Alexis Granite | The Pigmentation Episode
The Emma Guns Show
Emma Gunavardhana
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2019
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Dr Alexis Granite is a Consultant Dermatologist at Mallucci London who joins me on the show to explain all things pigmentation. Covering everything from freckles to dark spots and more, Alexis breaks down the causes and the solutions.
The time with Alexis was made possible by Skinceuticals while on a press trip but this is not a sponsored or paid-for episode. The product mentioned during the episode is Skinceuticals Discoloration Defense Serum.
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| 0:58.0 | big thing at every mind matters. Hello, hi and welcome to another episode of the Emma Gunn Show. I am your host, Emma Gunn Awardner, and in this episode we're going deep. Another skin care special, talking about pigmentation. Now the reason we're talking about |
| 1:26.2 | this today is that I know a lot of listeners have asked questions about it in the Facebook group and also |
| 1:31.5 | via DM on Instagram and email so I thought it would |
| 1:34.4 | be prudent to get an expert on the show to explain what it is what causes it and |
| 1:39.5 | how we can minimize and in some cases remove it. |
| 1:43.0 | So I'm very pleased to welcome Dr Alexis Granite onto the podcast who really does give us |
| 1:47.4 | a pigmentation 101 in the conversation you're about to hear. |
| 1:52.8 | Broadly speaking, |
| 1:54.4 | pigmentation occurs due to an increase |
| 1:56.1 | in the number of pigment-producing cells in the skin |
| 1:58.9 | or the pigmented substance they produce. |
| 2:00.9 | And it can be brought on by a number of factors, the sun and hormones |
| 2:04.2 | chief among them. But what they look like to you and I are dark patches on the skin that can vary in size. |
| 2:09.6 | And if they're anything like mine, you want to get rid of them, or at least reduce them. |
| 2:16.0 | I'll let Alexis explain the rest, but this is something that affects many people, |
| 2:20.0 | and if it's a cause of frustration for you, then I really do advise listening to Alexis's advice. |
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