A weekly conversation where skin becomes less about noise and more about pattern.
Elise and André sit at the intersection of clinical knowledge and lived experience—
helping you decide what belongs on your face, what belongs in the clinic, and what
can be left behind entirely.
New episodes releasing soon · Practical, clinic-aligned skincare without the scalpel.
Elise Marais is the person you wish appeared in every consultation—steady, clear,
and quietly exacting. She translates clinical language into choices you can
actually live with: what deserves investment, what can be skipped, and how to
build a routine that respects both your barrier and your real life. Her background
spans treatment rooms, ingredient research, and the slow, disciplined art of skin
repair. On the mic, she is measured, reassuring, and gently protective of both
your skin and your budget—bringing the precision of a clinician with the warmth
of someone who has seen every kind of barrier story.
André
Perspective & Practice · Co-Host
André Solane is the anchor for the listener—the voice that asks the things you
were thinking but weren’t sure you were supposed to say out loud. He comes from
the lived side of skincare: trial-and-error routines, treatment regrets, product
overload, and the quiet exhaustion of trying to look rested in an overextended
world. His role is to keep the conversations human and grounded in how it actually
feels to be in your skin—not just what looks good on a treatment menu. He brings
honesty, curiosity, and a sense of relief to every episode, reminding you that
good skincare is as much about real life as it is about results.
The Science Behind the Conversation
Every episode of Skincare Without Surgery™ is informed by the same science that shapes
the Époquelle™ collection — the formulation principles drawn from the
Compendium d'Aragon,
Émile d'Aragon's 1929 manuscript on skin regeneration. The Compendium is where the
science lives. The podcast is where it speaks. What d'Aragon documented in 1929,
Elise and André bring into your morning. The manuscript is the foundation.
The conversation is the practice.
Episodes
Season 1 · The Foundational Series
The season that teaches you how skin truly works.
Season 1 lays the groundwork for everything that follows. Elise Marais and André Solane
take listeners inside the fundamentals of modern skin health — helping you understand the patterns beneath the noise.
Across the season, they break down what creates visible change, what quietly sabotages
progress, and how to build a routine that actually performs. No hype, no fear, no
“miracle products”—just clear, clinic-aligned guidance shaped by evidence.
From cleansers to vitamin C to retinol and repair, Season 1 helps you learn what your
skin responds to, what it rejects, and how to make decisions with confidence instead of
overwhelm.
It’s the foundation. The starting point. The season that teaches you
how to choose, not chase.
Episode 01
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Episode 02
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Episode 03
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Episodes 04–15
Coming Weekly
As new episodes are recorded and mixed, they will appear here with full titles,
descriptions, and audio players. Season One is planned for fifteen episodes.
Future episodes · To be released
Release Rhythm
Skincare Without Surgery™ releases new episodes weekly. The show is designed
to sit alongside your Époquelle™ practice and clinic visits — something you
can listen to while treating, commuting, or simply taking the hour back for
yourself.
Ready to see the products behind the conversations?
Explore the Époquelle™ Collection — formulated from the science of the Compendium d'Aragon.
