Written for you to read before you decide.
Four long pieces covering everything around the treatment itself: the standards to expect of any practitioner, what a real consultation contains, what moves the price, and how to recover properly.
The decision
The standards to expect from an aesthetic clinic in London
Verify the individual rather than the brand. Check their clinical registration on the regulator's own register, establish who pres...
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The consultation
The consultation: what happens, and what to ask
A full medical history, a discussion of what actually bothers you, an examination of your face at rest and in movement, standardis...
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Cost and value
What aesthetic treatment costs in London, and what moves the number
Because advertising a prescription-only medicine to the public is prohibited under UK medicines law, and because a figure detached...
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After treatment
Aftercare after injectable treatment
Keep the area clean and undisturbed, stay upright for a few hours, avoid heat and strenuous exercise for around a day, skip make-u...
ReadRecently published.
Shorter pieces written as the questions come up, newest first.
8 October 2026
How to find an aesthetic clinic near you in London
A practical method for comparing London aesthetic clinics found through local search, including registers, premises, quotations and travel planning.
Read7 October 2026
Checking a filler clinic’s complication plan before booking
What to ask about hyaluronidase held on site, who is reachable out of hours, how an adverse event is recorded, and what a written complication pathway should contain.
Read27 September 2026
Who can legally give injectable treatments in London?
Prescribing, injectors, remote consultations and the different legal position of dermal fillers in England.
ReadTell us what you are considering.
Write with the area that concerns you and what you have had done before. You will get a considered reply setting out which treatments apply, which do not, and what an assessment would need to establish before anything is proposed.
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