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The Emma Guns Show

Dr Sam Bunting | The Power of Beauty and Mental Health

The Emma Guns Show

Emma Gunavardhana

Inspiration, Feel-good, Society & Culture, Health, Inspiring, Life Lessons, Empowering, Health & Fitness, Fun, Honest Conversations, Arts, Mental Health, Self Improvement, Deep And Meaningful

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Dr Sam Bunting has been a familiar face on the beauty scene for some time. A cosmetic dermatologist who now has her own skincare line Dr Sam’s, Sam wanted to bridge the gap between medical dermatology and beauty.

But as one of my go-to skincare experts, in my role as a beauty journalist, I’ve also learned that Sam understands the emotional stress of ‘bad skin’. We both suffered terribly from teenage acne and know all too well how much it can impact confidence and one’s sense of self.

It’s these conversations I’ve had with Sam over the years that have led to broader, more deep and meaningful conversations about life, love and much more, which is why I was curious to hear the life lessons she’s learned, the challenges she’s had to overcome and how, as someone who can feel as though the world gets a little too much at times, she copes with the lows as well as the highs.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

So you went from uncooled to cool. Not inside, of course.

0:06.9

You know, I loved skin. I loved the concept of kind of making people look and feel better whilst also tackling key issues.

0:14.0

And then I left just out of my own practice, which was quite an unusual thing to do at the time.

0:18.0

I think people thought I was bonkers. I didn't do things according to the usual paradigm.

0:23.4

Live TV, though, is really stressful. That's so stressful.

0:27.4

So it was all very neat to cut your hair or you off the show, Samantha.

0:31.4

I think I might have wiped a little. Oh my gosh!

0:33.4

I think they just had this image of like, you know, a doctor lady with her curly bob.

0:39.4

I mean, my parents were told by somebody in the town that what business do they have,

0:43.4

sending their daughter to Cambridge, having hope around better skin for a lot of people

0:47.4

is a terrifying notion in what their hopes get dashed again.

0:51.4

Is the way all the skincare stuff I've gone on to do began, really.

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