Doctor Nicola Clayton is a general dermatologist who treats both adults and children suffering with skin conditions. She has developed a specialist interest in disorders affecting the hair and scalp. Her NHS practice is at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust where she has a weekly paediatric dermatology clinic, as well as adult general dermatology, skin cancer and skin surgery. Dr Clayton consults privately at The London Skin and Hair Clinic in Holborn and Coyne Medical in Fulham.
Doctor Nicola Clayton is a general dermatologist who treats both adults and children suffering with skin conditions. She has developed a specialist interest in disorders affecting the hair and scalp. Her NHS practice is at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust where she has a weekly paediatric dermatology clinic, as well as adult general dermatology, skin cancer and skin surgery. Dr Clayton consults privately at The London Skin and Hair Clinic in Holborn and Coyne Medical in Fulham.
Nicola gained her medical degree at The University of Bristol School of Medicine where she was also awarded an Intercalated Bachelor’s degree in Medical Ethics and Law. She transferred to London for her postgraduate training primarily at University College Hospital and St Mary’s Hospital and completed her higher speciality training in Dermatology at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Barts Health NHS Trust and The Royal Free Foundation NHS Trust. Nicola became a Consultant and joined the Specialist Register in 2015.
Even before qualifying, Nicola became interested in hair loss as she herself developed alopecia areata and so understands first-hand the effect of having an appearance-altering condition. This experience spurred her on to organise a research sabbatical in Hair Biology and Hair histopathology during her postgraduate education, presenting her work at The World Congress for Hair Research, London Histopathology Symposium and the American Society of Dermatopathology annual meeting in 2013.
Nicola treats a broad range of skin conditions including inflammatory diseases such as eczema, psoriasis, acne and rosacea as well as mole checks, pre-cancerous skin lesions and skin cancer, vitiligo, hyperhidrosis, drug eruptions, hidradenitis suppurativa and keloid scarring. She also treats disorders affecting hair or scalp include alopecia areata, androgenetic alopecia (male and female pattern loss), telogen effluvium, seborrhoeic dermatitis, folliculitis and scarring alopecias such as lichen planopilaris and frontal fibrosing alopecia.
The combination of clinical and scientific expertise, as well as personal experience enables Nicola to treat her patients with evidence based approach as well as unusual degree of empathy, taking into account individual patient needs.
Dr Nicola Clayton is recognised by all major private health insurers and is a member of The Royal College of Physicians, The Royal Society of Medicine, The British Association of Dermatologists and The British Hair and Nail Society.
Dr Clayton holds clinics at both The London Skin and Hair Clinic and Coyne Medical. To book a consultation please contact the clinic directly.
233 High Holborn
Holborn, London WC1V 7DN
TEL: 020 7183 4565
Dr Nicola Clayton was awarded the British Association of Dermatologists study fellowship in May 2013 enabling her to pursue a research interest in Hair biology and Hair histopathology with Dr Catherine Stefanato at St John’s Institute of Dermatology and Dr Rosalind Hannen at The Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London. She remains involved in Dermatology Research as a clinical advisor to Dr Rosalind Hannen’s award winning research group. Ongoing projects include psoriasis, wound healing, dandruff and seborrhoeic dermatitis.
Dr Clayton is widely published in peer reviewed journals, examples include:
“Hannen R, Udeh-Momoh C, Upton J, Wright M, Michael A, Gulati A, Rajpopat S, Clayton N, Halsall D, Burrin J, Flower R, Sevilla L, Latorre V, Frame J, Lightman S, Perez P, Philpott M. “Dysfunctional Skin-Derived Glucocorticoid Synthesis Is a Pathogenic Mechanism of Psoriasis.” J Invest Dermatol. 2017 Aug; 137(8):1630-1637. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.02.984. Epub2017 Mar 28.
Verdolini R1, Simonacci F, Dhoat S, Clayton N. “Symmetric bilateral transposition flap: a very versatile option in facial dermatological surgery.” G Ital Dermatol Venereol. 2015 Feb; 150(1):13-7.
Verdolini R1, Simonacci F, Dhoat S, Clayton N.“Symmetric bilateral transposition flap: a very versatile option in facial dermatological surgery.” G Ital Dermatol Venereol. 2015 Feb; 150(1):13-7.
R. Verdolini, R. Atkar, N. Clayton, R. Hasan, C. M. Stefanato, “Catamenial dermatoses: has anyone ever considered prostaglandins?” Clin Exp Dermatol. 2014 June; 39(4):433-562
Verdolini R, Clayton N, Smith A, Alwash N, Mannello B, “Metformin for the treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa: a little help along the way.” J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2013 Sep; 27(9):1101-8.
Verdolini R, Clayton N, Arkoumani E, “Striate palmar keratoderma and antiretroviral treatment for human immunodeficiency virus infection: not just a coincidence.” Clin Exp Dermatol. 2013 July; 38(5):556-8
Clayton N, Lowry C and Bull R, “Inflammatory leg ulcers: do not forget compression” British Journal of Dermatology, 93rd Annual Meeting if the British-Association of Dermatologists 2013 July; 169: 54-55
Clayton N, Verdolini R, “Ten bright-white fingernails in two young healthy patients.” Clin Exp Dermatol. 2012 Mar;37(2): 201-2
Clayton N L, Jaaback K S and Hirshowitz L, “Primary fallopian tube carcinoma – the experience of a UK cancer center and a review of the literature.”, J Obstetr Gynecol. 2005 OCT; 25 (7): 694-702
Jaaback K S, Ludeman L, Clayton N L, and Hirshowitz L, “Primary peritoneal carcinoma in a UK cancer center: comparison with advanced ovarian carcinoma over a 5 year period.”, Int J Gynaecol Cancer. 2006 Jan-Feb;16 Suppl 1:123-8