Dr Justine Hextall is a Consultant Dermatologist and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. She trained for six years at St John’s Institute of Dermatology. In this period she set up an inaugural Skin Lupus Clinic. She has continued to work as an honorary consultant in the Skin Lupus unit at St Thomas’ Hospital, managing difficult skin lupus cases referred from centres throughout the UK.

Dr Hextall is one of the leading experts in the aesthetic management of facial lupus. She is also particularly interested in the diagnosis, surgical and non-surgical treatment of facial skin cancers. A passionate advocate of dermatology education, she sits on the Specialty Training Committee for dermatology registrars and has recently been appointed as educational lead for the Sussex Cancer Network.  She lectures both nationally and internationally in skin lupus and has numerous peer reviewed publications.  She is a member of the British Association of Dermatology and British Society of Dermatological Surgery.