ABOUT SVETLANA
The story behind BioWell Skin
Every clinic has a philosophy. Mine has a beginning - and it started with my own skin
Why I chose this path?
I started with My Own Skin
I was a teenager in Ukraine when my skin changed. Acne appeared — persistent, painful and deeply distressing - bringing with it questions I couldn't find answers to. What was happening in my body? Why was my skin doing this? What could I do?
At the time, the knowledge around skin conditions was limited. There were no real explanations, no root cause thinking, no integrative approach. I was left without answers — and without effective help.
What followed left marks. Not just on my skin — but on my confidence, my self-esteem, and the way I moved through life for years afterwards.
Acne, and the way it went unaddressed, shaped years of my life in ways I didn't fully understand until much later. It affected the opportunities I reached for, the relationships I allowed myself to have, and who I believed I could be.
That experience planted a seed. I needed to understand what had happened to me — and to make sure others didn't have to face the same thing without support, without answers, without someone who truly understood.
My Journey
Learning to heal Myself and Others
I began studying beauty therapy — not as a career choice, but as a search for understanding. As I learned more about the skin and what it needs, my own skin began to improve. And as my skin improved, something else changed, too. My confidence came back. The weight that had sat on my shoulders for years began to lift.
That connection — between skin health and how we feel about ourselves — never left me. It became the foundation of everything I do.
I didn't choose this path because it was straightforward. I chose it because I lived it.
The more I learned, the more I understood that skin doesn't exist in isolation. It is connected to everything — your gut, your hormones, your stress response, your nutrition, your sleep. That fascination with how the human body works — and how we can support it naturally and holistically — led me to nutritional therapy, to BANT registration, and eventually to a Health Science degree at the Open University, which I am currently completing.
13+
Years in Holistic
Health & Wellbeing
VTCT
Level 2/3 NVQ
Diploma in Beauty
Therapy
Dip NT
College of Naturopathic Medicine
mBANT
Registered Nutritional
Therapist
CNHC
Registered with Complementary&Natural Healthcare Council.
FOR YOU
When you come to BioWell Skin
When you sit across from me, I am not just looking at your skin. I am listening to your story. Because I know — from my own experience — that skin concerns are rarely just about the surface. They affect how you feel about yourself. They affect how you show up. They affect your life.
My job is not to fix your skin and send you on your way. It is to help you understand what is happening — and to walk alongside you while your skin, and your confidence, find their way back.
BioWell Skin
BioWell Skin is an integrative skin health clinic based in Cheltenham, combining advanced skin technologies with clinical nutritional therapy to address the root cause of your skin concerns.
Contact
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07802825394
Location: Cheltenham (Full address provided on booking)
Languages spoken: English, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish
