In this episode of Aesthetically, Paola Chellew speaks with Dr Simone Silver from the Hormonal Health + Wellness Centre in Cape Town about functional medicine and how it differs from conventional Western medicine by focusing on personalised, science-based, preventive, root-cause care and the body as an interconnected “system of systems.”
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Guest:
Dr Simone Silver (Hormonal Health + Wellness Centre, Cape Town, South Africa)
🌐 Website: https://hormonalhealth.co.za/
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drsimonesilver/
About the author
Rochelle is the founder and driving force behind the Aesthetic Appointment Journal. With a passion for the aesthetics and pro-ageing industry in South Africa, she has been in the aesthetic publishing industry since 2012, dedicated to creating a valuable platform for insights and knowledge, bridging the gap between patients and doctors - delivering reliable, medical-based information. Rochelle firmly believes in the power of a good skincare regimen, especially when started at home, and is committed to educating consumers about the myriad of treatments, procedures, and products available to them.
Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery (MBBch) Medicine
Dr Simone Silver (“The Integrated Doctor”) graduated with her medical degree from the University of Witwatersrand in 2007.
Even as a medical student, she was intrigued by the concept that not only are all the body systems connected in an intricate manner, but that a network of environmental, psychological, hormonal, genetic and dietary factors all influence physical and emotional well-being and propensity for disease.
Over the years, as her studies branched into the field of Functional Medicine, her interest in individualised healthcare became an inexhaustible passion.
She practised at the Integrative Medical Centre in Johannesburg until 2014, when she moved to Cape Town and opened her own practice, Hormonal Health + Wellness Centre, and moved to a beautiful new premises in the V&A Waterfront in August 2025.
Dr Simone lectures to both healthcare professionals and patients alike.
Her areas of particular medical interest are Hormonal Imbalances across all ages, particularly in women, Menopausal Health, Chronic stress and Burnout management.
Her fascination with the interplay and complexity between health and factors such as environmental, social, hormonal and genetic factors soon became an inexhaustible passion
She is passionate about sharing her expert knowledge on Integrated Medicine and her unique perspective of the “Artistry of Health” through speaking and events, both locally and internationally.
She values self-growth and awareness and is excited by life’s daily opportunities for continued learning and development.
Dr Silver says, "as "The Integrated Doctor", I strive to blend scientific principles with individual uniqueness, treating medicine as an art form.”
Paola Chellew is a freelance journalist and regularly writes for a number of publications. A former professional contemporary dancer, she has always loved the arts in all their forms. She has been a freelance writer for many years and has been published in various magazines including Live Out Loud, Private Life and Do It now magazines. Her passion for beauty and skincare started in her teens, when she would read every beauty editor’s picks and reviews. Serious about skincare, she has researched medical-grade products for over ten years, as well as aesthetic treatments to restore and repair skin to look its best. Since entering her 60s, she has dedicated her blog to the “over 50s and beyond Club”, shining a spotlight on a generation that is seemingly sidelined by the beauty industry. “There is no age limit for when you stop being beautiful – a gorgeous lipstick, a sexy fragrance, radiant skin- these are not synonymous with youth- they are just things that add an extra sparkle to my day”.