Dr Barbara Sturm is sitting cosily in her Gstaad home when we meet over a video call. She first stepped into the 17th-century Swiss chalet two years ago and instantly fell for its Alpinus charm. ‘I immediately knew I was going to live here because the building had such a soul,’ she explains. ‘I was familiar with Gstaad during ski-season, but not during the off-season. I soon discovered that it was divine. I remember the first summer here and going mushroom hunting,’ she continues, her face lighting up at the memory.
I also note the luminosity of her complexion, unmistakable despite Zoom’s jolty picture quality. What I’m seeing here is the coveted ‘Sturm Glow’, of course, a patented effect of the German aesthetics doctor’s ‘anti-inflammatory’ approach to skin health.
