APEX Foot & Skin

15/11/2025

🎄✨ Look & Feel Fabulous This Christmas! ✨🎄
Ready to make this festive season your most confident one yet?

At Gravells Pharmacy our Weight Loss Clinic offers a complete support package — combining safe, effective medication with a personalised diet plan designed by our expert team.

💊 What makes us different?
✅ Medication prescribed and monitored by healthcare professionals
🥗 Full tailored diet plan to maximise your results
💬 Ongoing one-to-one support and check-ins
🎯 A proven plan to help you feel your best in time for Christmas!

Spaces fill up fast before the holidays — book your consultation today and start your journey towards a healthier, more confident you!

📍 Visit us at Llanelli
📞 Call 01554 772156 or message us here on Facebook to book!

✨ Gravells Pharmacy— Professional. Supportive. Transformative. ✨

15/11/2025

09/11/2025

Melanoma begins in melanocytes – the cells that produce the pigment melanin that colours the skin, hair and eyes and tans the skin when it is exposed to UV radiation as a form of defence. Melanocytes also form moles, where melanoma often, but not always develops.

These cancerous growths develop when unrepaired DNA damage to skin cells (most commonly caused by over-exposure to UV radiation - 86%) trigger mutations that lead the skin cells to multiply rapidly and form malignant tumours.

As with all skin cancers, melanoma can often be seen on the skin as an abnormal lesion, making it easier to detect in its early stages. But, if left undetected, melanoma can spread to distant sites or organs.

Once melanoma has spread to other parts of the body it is referred to as ‘metastatic melanoma’ at this stage it becomes difficult to treat and prognosis can be poor, so early detection, diagnosis and treatment is vital.

Melanoma often arises from otherwise normal appearing skin (about 75%) or from within a mole or freckle, which starts to grow larger and change in appearance.

Always check your skin once a month for the early warning signs and if you notice anything new, unusual or changing - seek immediate advice from your GP or dermatologist.

For all the advice, guidance and self-management tools you need to reduce your risk of skin cancer and detect the early warning signs:

Visit: SKCIN.ORG

Or, install the Skcin app:

Go to: app.skcin.org
(using Safari on iOS / Chrome on Android)
Tap ‘INSTALL’ and ‘Add to Home Screen’

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23/10/2025

Sunbeds are in the media at lot lately with the increased risk of they have on our skin. Please see the link trying to ban them and why https://bit.ly/3IuYghK

22/10/2025

" rates among seniors are projected to skyrocket over the next 25 years, with some forms expected to increase by more than 140%"🤯
This article is really hard hitting, we all need to ensure we know how to protect our skin from harmful UV rays🌞
https://bit.ly/4ql9Oou

21/10/2025

MONDAY MOTIVATIONAL WALK FOR WOMEN
Friendly, Fun and Feel Good walking group for women wanting to improve their wellbeing and who may be facing challenges of isolation, anxiety, low mood, stress and bereavement.

Contact Anthea on 07912 611852
or centre@wellbeingswansea.co.uk

MONDAYS 11am - 12.15pm

Meet at the Swansea Wellbeing Centre, on the corner of Walter Road and Burman Street, Swansea SA1 5PQ

21/10/2025

We have had some lovely feedback from one of our private clinics, Clinic No. 4. Nichola Maasdorp No4 Clinic
We are so happy to see how proud they are to offer this life saving service😄💙
Early detection can save lives!

21/10/2025

Huge thank you to Osteopath Joe Parkhouse ⭐️of Parkhouse Therapy Centre for sorting my very bad back out this morning, meaning I can return to seeing all my Clients that have been waiting patiently for me this week.
Highly recommend ⭐️🙏🥴👌

18/10/2025

‼ 1 in 5 will develop at least one non-melanoma skin cancer in their lifetime.

The vast majority arise in areas of skin most frequently exposed to UV radiation, such as the scalp, face, ears and neck.

Early detection is vital, particularly with larger lesions or those located close to the eyes, nose or lips, where surgery can be invasive and cause disfigurement.

👀 If you spot anything new, unusual, changing or persistent on your skin - get it checked out by your GP as soon as possible.

👉 For all the tools and information you need to help you take charge of your skin health and surveillance - visit: skcin.org

18/10/2025

The private cancer screening service will be at Gravells Pharmacy next Thursday 23/10 and Thursday 13/11 for you to have any concerning lesions checked with a dermascope.
You will receive your report within a couple of days.
Cost £60.
FREE skin checks and cryotherapy consultations also available.
Contact Jacquie on 07743 546212

29/09/2025

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This lesion has a few different pigment variations, which is causing it to be asymmetrical. These are warning signs for a possible melanoma&it needed to be reviewed by a professional. Luckily this lesion was caught in time!