I'm a doctor who is microdosing a very common medication to get perfect skin. A dermatologist revealed the secret and now I'm blemish-free: DR MAX PEMBERTON
I'm a doctor who is microdosing a very common medication to get perfect skin. A dermatologist revealed the secret and now I'm blemish-free: DR MAX PEMBERTON
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What's the hot new trend currently taking the dinner party set by storm? The answer is microdosing, where you take a small amount of a substance rather than the full dose. Everyone is talking about it, and every other person seems to be doing it. It has come from LA, of course. Just after the pandemic I visited a friend there and saw how enormously popular it was.
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Now, increasingly, Brits are trying it, too. At a dinner party before Christmas, two out of the ten guests confessed to doing it with psychedelic drugs. They weren't hippies or artists – one was a lawyer and the other a TV producer. When people talk about microdosing they usually do mean a psychedelic drug such as LSD or psilocybin (the active substance in 'magic mushrooms').
The idea is that taking a smaller dose means you get the mental health benefits claimed for the drug – increased confidence, focus, creativity, improved mood and empathy – without the hallucinogenic effect. The doses will often be around five to ten per cent of the dose needed to get someone 'high'.
When people talk about microdosing they usually do mean a psychedelic drug such as psilocybin, the active substance in 'magic mushrooms' (stock image). The issue, of course, is that with psychedelic drugs – aside from the fact that they're illegal – there is no 'treatment dose'.
