The Natural Dermatology Clinic: Pioneers in Botanical Dermatology in Harley Street, London

Claudia Louch at the Natural Dermatology Clinic in London's Harley Street is a Health Scientist with a background in Advanced Dermatology Practice, Pharmacology, Allergology, Clinical Nutrition and Medicinal Plant Science. She specialises in Skin Disease, Customised Botanical Cosmetics, Skin Cosmeceuticals, Allergies, Clinical Nutrition and Phytomedicine.

Highly qualified and experienced skin treatment specialist

Claudia Louch (BSc Hons MCPP MSc MPharm MNutr) owner of the Natural Dermatology Clinic, creates not only chemical-free skin care, but takes it one step further by customising and personalising your entire skin care regime, internally and externally.  Claudia Louch is a scientific natural skin care expert, with a background in pharmacology, allergy, plant based medicine, clinical nutrition and advanced dermatology practice.

Find out about Claudia's extensive training and qualifications in nutrition, dermatology, allergy and phytomedicine.

Claudia Louch in the media

• Healthy Magazine - treatment for severe long-term eczema
• Ecologist - adverse reactions to common antibiotics
• PositiveHealthOnline - Lichen Planus: A disease profile  
• PositiveHealthOnline - Applied Phytomedicine Treatment for Herpes Zoster (Shingles)
• The Tatler - Green Goddesses
• Cult Beauty - Teresa Hale's favourite things

Non-invasive, science based, natural, medicinal plant based skin treatments

As a phytomedical practitioner and pharmacologist Claudia is able to prescribe her patients with unique customised plant based medicines (botanical cosmeceuticals) for most conditions. Claudia has also her own range of medicinal plant based skin care products, which are completely preservative-free and do not contain chemicals such as paraben, sodium lauryl sulphate or titanium dioxide.

Claudia Louch and natural skin treatments in the media.

Skin consultations: full skin analysis

At the Natural Dermatology Clinic Claudia uses a cutting edge skin analyser and specially adapted microscopy camera to automatically analyse your skin using newly developed software.

A comprehensive skin consultation at the Natural Dermatology Clinic includes:

• A first consultation, (up to 1-hour) will establish your own and your family’s health history

• A full skin analysis and dermatoscopy will be performed

• Anthropometric measurements if required

• Resting metabolic rate

• Pulsoximeter blood oxygen measurements

• Spirometry test if required

• Blood pressure and pulse measurements

• A comprehensive urine test, performed by an automated urine analyser, the results of which will be given to patients during the consultation

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What skin conditions does the Natural Dermatology Clinic treat?

The following diseases and skin conditions can be treated very successfully with botanical dermatology:

Acne - a common and is usually treatable condition. You may need treatment for several months to clear spots. Inflamed acne needs to be treated early to prevent scarring.

Skin ageing - oestrogen plays many important roles in the skin and ageing seems to accelerate after menopause. It is known that the decline in skin collagen that occurs with ageing occurs at a greater rate during the first few years after menopause.

Eczema - this condition is prevalent in 15-20% of school age children, up to 10% of adults and 2-4% of patients suffer with a severe form of eczema.

Rosacea - a chronic inflammatory skin condition that symmetrically affects the face and causes tiny pimples and red lines; untreated it can cause bulbous red nose (Rhinophyma).

Seborrhoeic dermatitis - more common in males, this is redness and  scaling (greasy) in regions where sebaceous glands are most active: the scalp, forehead, face, chest, armpits, under the breasts and groin.

Other conditions that can be treated using medicinal plant extracts and nutrition support:

What is a Botanical Cosmeceutical?

Cosmeceuticals are cosmetic products which have biologically active ingredients. The functioning of these biologically active ingredients on the skin barrier and skin health characterise the cosmeceutical realm. Botanical cosmeceuticals are by definition derived from medicinal plants. 

The ability of these ingredients to enhance skin functioning depends on how the cosmetic chemist formulates them into creams, lotions etc. Only an appropriate formulation can maintain the integrity of the active ingredient, deliver it in a biologically active form to the skin, reach the target site in sufficient quantity to exert an effect, and properly release it from the carrier vehicle.

Read more about Botanical cosmeceuticals.