Why I set up the Institute

Many people have asked me, “Wasn’t the book enough?”

The honest answer is that the book was never the endpoint. It was part of the beginning.

I felt that practical corneotherapy needed a home.
A place for like-minded corneotherapists to come together, whether you have just discovered corneotherapy, whether you are already in the skin industry and feel ready to move towards a more skin-led way of working, or whether you are already practising corneotherapy and want to deepen your understanding.

The Institute has been created as a place where we can learn, laugh, and love our work.

It is not about a product line. Many of you know that I distribute dermaviduals, but the Institute itself is not about selling products. It is about understanding the skin, understanding the client, and understanding why corneotherapy is so much more than simply repairing the barrier.

Practical corneotherapy begins with the skin. It begins with the consultation. It begins with listening, observing, setting realistic expectations, and learning to make decisions guided by the client’s skin, not by trends, protocols, or product marketing.

Whatever products you choose to work with, the Institute is here to help you understand how those products relate to the skin in front of you. Because the foundation of corneotherapy is not the product. The foundation is the skin, the consultation, the client, and the reason behind every choice we make.

The Institute is a place for education, conversation, support, blogs, discussion, and connection with other like-minded skincare therapists who want to work in a more thoughtful, respectful, and skin-led way.

That is why I created it.

Because practical corneotherapy deserves more than a passing conversation.

It deserves a home.

Why did I set up the Institute?