A collective of award-winning medical professionals and aestheticians in the beauty industry have formed the Black Aesthetics Advisory Board (BAAB) to investigate the experiences of black practitioners within aesthetics as well as those of black and minority ethnic patients and consumers. The founding members are:

• Dr Ifeoma Ejikeme: Medical Consultant UCLH, Senior Aesthetics Lecturer at QMUL and Founder of award-winning Adonia Medical Clinic.
• Dr Tijion Esho: Founder and Director of award-winning Esho Clinic and The Esho initiative. Resident doctor on Body Fixers and This Morning. 
• Dr Amiee Vyas: Founder and Director of Doctor Amiee Facial Aesthetics & Skin, Key Opinion Leader in cosmetic dermatology and Expert Aesthetic trainer.
• Dija Ayodele: Expert Aesthetician, Founder of award-winning Black Skin Directory. 

The board aims to produce a report which will provide guidance to brands and professionals, inform training and improve access to aesthetics for black patients. Likewise, the board will engage with all levels of the specialty with a purpose-driven survey launching in early July and will form an advisory panel to effect change in the industry. Survey findings will be published in the autumn. 

Pictured (left to right): Dija Ayodele, Dr Amiee Vyas, Dr Ifeoma Ejikeme and Dr Tijion Esho