Ian Webster

Dr Webster was born in Cape Town, South Africa and matriculated at Kearsney College in Natal. He completed his undergraduate medical studies as well as post-graduate medical studies as a Dermatologist at the University of Cape Town/Groote Schuur Hospital. He completed the Diving and Submarine medicine course at Simonstown, South Africa and was the doctor on the icebreaker, the SA Agulhas during his compulsory military service. He underwent a period of post-graduate training in skin and laser surgery with Professor Jeffery Dover at Harvard Medical School, USA. He was the first Dermatologist to import a skin laser into South Africa and he co-founded the first dedicated skin laser clinic at the Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital in Cape Town in 1993. Dr Webster has been in private practice as a Specialist Dermatologist in Somerset West since 1993. He has been a Director of Dermalaser (Pty) Ltd, a medical skin and laser clinic in Somerset West since 2013. In 2015 he co-founded Dermastore with his son Greg – it was the first online skincare store in South Africa that specialises in selling niche, curated skincare products. He enjoys teaching, sharing his vast medical knowledge with various members of staff that includes skin therapists and his nursing sister. He also enjoys writing original content for Dermastore and for the written media, mainly women’s magazines. Dr Webster has been a guest on various radio and television shows including Cape Talk, the Morning Expresso and Afternoon Express shows. Dr Webster is an avid reader of non-fiction and for recreation he enjoys mountain biking in the beautiful Cape Winelands and bird-watching in the African bush.