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About DAO Skincare
OUR STORY
Where science meets skin of colour.
DAO Skincare was founded by Dominique Dao, a UK-based doctor in dermatology training and a qualified aesthetician, with over a decade of experience in skin of colour education and advocacy.
DAO Skincare began as a blog in 2015. One of the first UK voices bringing evidence-based skin of colour skincare education into accessible digital spaces in the form of a blog. It is being rebuilt now with the credentials and platform to become
what it was always meant to be.
A multi-pilar platform designed to educate, support, and serve people with skin of colour at every stage of their skin health journey, from first learning about their skin to receiving clinical-grade treatment.
Our Mission
To provide evidence-based skincare education and culturally competent support that empowers people with skin of colour to make informed decisions about their skin.
Our Vision
To become a globally recognised platform advancing inclusive skincare education, skin health awareness, and wellness for skin of colour.
Our Values
Evidence-based information. Inclusivity by design. Accessibility for all. Ethical skincare. Empowerment through education. Holistic skin health
Meet the founder
Dominique Dao
MD, MSc, BSc, MRCP, PGCert MedEd, Dip Cos Sci.
Level 4 Aesthetic Practice and Skin Science
Founder and Doctor
Dominique is a mentor, an NHS UK-based doctor in dermatology training, holds a Diploma in Cosmetic Science and a qualified aesthetician with an interest in skin of colour, a field she has championed for over a decade through education, advocacy, and clinical practice.
Her interest in skin of colour did not begin in a lecture theatre. It began with her own experience of navigating skincare as a person of colour and recognising early on that the culturally competent support her community needed was consistently difficult to find.
Rather than accepting that gap, she went looking for the evidence. She found it and built a platform to share it.
Dominique founded DAO Skincare in 2015, establishing one of the first UK voices to bring clinically grounded skin-of-colour education into accessible digital spaces in the form of a blog. Since 2021, she has served on the committee of Skin of Colour Training UK, contributing to the advancement of skin of colour education and awareness at an institutional level.
Her focus has never been on trends. It is on evidence, education, and ensuring that people with skin of colour have access to informed, competent, and culturally aware support they have always deserved.