In this sizzling issue, Grazia’s International Beauty Editor, Kaniz Ali speaks to Dr Zubair Cajee.
Let’s be honest most GP visits feel like a rushed checklist: blood pressure, vague advice, maybe a leaflet on stress. Then there’s Dr. Zubair Cajee. If you’ve been anywhere near a wellness whisperer, skin guru, or longevity biohacker lately, chances are you’ve heard the buzz: hyperbaric oxygen therapy is no longer reserved for elite athletes or post-op recovery. It’s now the beauty industry’s most coveted secret and leading the charge? Dr. Zubair Cajee, the Johannesburg-trained General Practitioner who’s bringing the future of healing to your cellular doorstep.
Let me put it this way: if oxygen is life, then Dr. Cajee is giving your entire body and brain a resurrection.
Tucked behind his calm demeanor is a clinical mind sharp enough to decode chronic illness and a wellness instinct tuned to detect burnout before you even say “tired.” His approach? Marrying functional medicine with next-gen therapies that are grounded in science but feel like bio-luxury. And his latest obsession and ours is HBOT: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, delivered in its purest, most potent form. Imagine lying in a pressurized chamber while every cell in your body floods with 400% more oxygen than you get from breathing normally.
We’re talking regeneration at a mitochondrial level. It’s healing without needles, lifting without lasers, detox without deprivation. And under Dr. Cajee’s expert care, it becomes something even more powerful: prevention with purpose. Whether you’re a woman navigating hormonal fatigue, post burnout brain fog, stubborn inflammation, or just chasing that elusive glow we’re telling you, HBOT is the game changer. And Dr. Cajee isn’t just offering it he’s personalizing it. For skin. For immunity. For metabolism. For longevity. He’s turning oxygen into medicine and beauty’s next best thing. Because aging gracefully shouldn’t mean accepting dull skin, low energy, or mental fatigue. It should look like clearer thoughts, brighter skin, faster recovery, deeper sleep and that’s precisely what his patients are walking out with. Dr. Cajee isn’t just a GP. He’s the kind of doctor who reminds you what healthcare should feel like: proactive, intelligent, and completely in tune with who you are today and who you want to be tomorrow.
And trust me, after a few sessions of HBOT under his care, your skin won’t be the only thing glowing. You’ll feel it in your clarity. In your joints. In your sleep. In your smile.
Welcome to the age of oxygen.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is by no means a new concept it all started in the 17th century. There is a tons of data to support its use and efficacy as a medical intervention and as a longevity tool.
Mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy is one of the most natural, non- invasive, and relaxing ways to facilitate wellness, longevity, and recovery from various conditions. Oxygen can facilitate a boost for the immune system, decrease in swelling and inflammation, decrease in stress levels, regulation of sleep patterns, faster healing after surgery or injury, enhance the body’s ability to fight off infections, faster recovery times , increase in energy levels, the growth of new blood vessels, release of endogenous stem cells, detoxification, removal of waste products, stimulation of brain cells, stimulation of new capillary growth for wound healing and pain relief.
Healing Requires Oxygen
The increased pressure facilitates for the blood plasma, cells, tissues, and fluids to receive up to 4-5 times more oxygen than the normal concentration of oxygen received through normal breathing. This process allows oxygen to reach areas where the blood circulation is low and needs a restart. By HBOT delivering more oxygen, there is a ramp up in cellular energy which allows for your body to heal itself from within.
AGE WITH GRACE
Oxygen is known to be a systemic component in skin rejuvenation. When we deliver oxygen under pressure during HBOT, the supplemented oxygen levels improve blood flow, boost cell metabolism, facilitate collagen production, contribute to microscopic blood vessel growth, reduce oxidative stress, and on the surface level, increases skin elasticity.
Oxygen Can Kick-Start The Immune And Regenerative Systems
Oxygen supports the immune system, activates the defense system against toxic substances, and sustains the growth of new cells. HBOT is the most efficient method to deliver the necessary oxygen to the cells throughout our body.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy For Beauty & Anti-Aging Strategies
Hyperbaric therapy can be used as part of a proactive approach to aging with grace. When oxygen levels in the tissues start to drop, the body’s natural healing process enters a slow decline which leads to damaged tissues, decreased tissue function, slow healing of wounds, dry skin, fatigue, wrinkles, and a variety of other symptoms related to aging. The supplemented oxygen under pressure during HBOT sessions can reach deep to the cellular level to promote circulation, stem-cell growth and reduction in inflammation. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy sessions have a powerful detoxification effect on the body. Our skin is the largest organ in the body, and toxins in your body show up as blemishes and discolorations. HBOT can accelerate toxin elimination from our system, and helps you to look and feel rejuvenated and healthy.
Brain Benefits Of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Increase oxygen saturation to the brain can reduce brain edema and brain inflammation, help to grow new blood vessels, increase stem cell production (of brain cells), repair gray matter (which contains nerve cell bodies), repair white matter (which are the filaments that connect cell bodies and carry messages between nerve cells), reach all oxygen-deficient areas of the brain to reactivate neurons.
Hbot Is A Foundational Treatment To Stimulate The Brain To Repair Itself
HBOT’s primary mechanism is to hyper- oxygenate tissues and the pressure (1.3 or 1.5 ATM) will increase the dissolved oxygen into the plasma. This triggers multiple healing processes without overwhelming the body’s antioxidant system. The working mechanism of oxygen under pressure can help improve cerebral blood flow through micro-vessels and target injured areas in order to decrease inflammation. This powerful non-invasive anti- inflammatory effect is one of the major advantages of HBOT, which in turn, clears the way for natural healing.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy For Boosting Atheltic Performance
Breaking your new record should not hurt. Performance for athletes should not come with the price of their health. Pain is not nice, pain is not heroic. Whenever you need to take care of yourself, trust HBOT to alleviate your joint pain, torn muscles and tendons and ligament injuries.
Exhausted After Intense Training? Integrate Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy For Sport Recovery Routine
You need to take a breather to stay competitive. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy helps you to deal with recovery and relaxation after intense workouts. HBOT can also be a powerful adjunctive treatment that any athlete can use to improve their performance and enhance the body’s natural healing process. HBOT for sports recovery can bring quick and efficient results for long-term injuries. Studies have shown that hyperbaric therapy for athletes can work effectively as adjunctive therapy in conjunction with various other treatments, part of a recovery program to harness the highest healing potential for any type of sports-related injuries.
With the rise of longevity and wellness clinics globally, accessing hyperbaric oxygen therapy has become easy and affordable. As a takeaway, HBOT offers a powerful, non-invasive approach to support healing and recovery in select medical conditions, though its effectiveness depends on proper diagnosis, timing, and clinical guidance.
