EdinburghEst. 2019Skincare · Medicine · History

The Aesthetics Edit

Evidence-based writing on skincare science, aesthetic medicine and the occasionally gruesome history of beauty.

By Dr Emmaline Ashley, cosmetic physician

The collection

Beauty's Dark History

Body snatchers, radium face cream, mercury and mummies: the stories behind modern aesthetic medicine, told by a doctor studying the history of medicine.

Myth, busted

The trends, fact-checked

The library