A Place In The Sun star Laura Hamilton opens up about 'frightening' health discovery

Laura Hamilton, 40, has admitted she was left “frightened” by the state of her skin when she got it professionally scanned today.The A Place in the Sun presenter said that, despite always wearing factor 50 sunscreen, she was shocked by the amount of damage to the skin on her face.Laura took to Instagram to share her experience of getting her skin scanned in view of her 175,000 followers.“This was insane…” she captioned the clip, tagging @toniobagiuk and @liftingspiritsx.“Happy Saturday!” Laura told her followers. “Hope you’re having a good weekend so far. “Feeling good, got up this morning, did a workout and started doing some admin whilst there's bits and pieces going on in my house at the moment (headboard being fitted, some curtains going up). “And then I'm heading to town to go watch a show this afternoon which I'm really excited about,” she continued.“But yesterday morning I went and had a facial scan, and I just want to point out this isn't an ad or an endorsement of any kind. “It was something that was recommended to me through Obagi,” she explained in reference to the health brand. “They basically scan your face and show you the damage on your skin and sort of the deep damage. “And I've always been someone who's really mindful of wearing factor 50 sunscreen and looking after my skin, but… Wow, it was frightening. “And I just want to share these results with you and just remind you no matter what age you are, wear sunscreen.”Laura then went on to share a montage of herself visiting the skin expert, where her face was scanned so that she could see the damaged parts of her skin displayed electronically.The clip then went on to show Laura getting a hydrating face treatment, which included various serums and light.