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Leading dermatologist in walk to save our skins

May 2007

Leading dermatologist Professor Chris Griffiths and his team are supporting the organization that supports them – by taking part in this year’s Walk for Skin, a national sponsored walk to support 18 national charities fighting against skin disease.

Professor Griffiths, of the School of Medicine, and many of his researchers and nurses from the Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust will walk three miles around Tatton Park, Knutsford, on Sunday 20 May, as part of the Manchester leg of the event.

Professor Griffiths developed the “hub-and-spoke” model of dermatology services for Greater Manchester, instigated the North West Regional Dermatology Training Scheme and introduced the multidisciplinary Manchester Psoriasis Service, which was awarded Hospital Doctor Dermatology Team of the Year Award 2002. More recently, his surprising test results that showed an over-the-counter anti-ageing cream could match the effectiveness of retinoic acid, a prescription drug used to treat severe sun damage of the skin, discussed on the BBC2 Horizon programme, led to stores selling out of the product.

He said: “We are supporting the Walk for Skin because 8 million people in the UK suffer from skin diseases many of which have unsatisfactory treatment. The British Skin Foundation has been instrumental in supporting pioneering research work at the University of Manchester and this is our opportunity to support them in their fund-raising work.”

Walk for Skin – organized by the British Skin Foundation, sponsored by Sanex and supported by TV presenter Graham Norton and actor Richard E Grant – raised £160,000 with its first outing last year.