Guides

The things worth knowing before you book

Written by Ashleigh Trickett rather than by a content agency — including the parts that cost the clinic bookings, like when a treatment is the wrong answer and how to check any practitioner's credentials.

01Choosing a practitioner

How to choose a safe injector

The UK aesthetics industry is barely regulated. Here is exactly what to check, wherever you go.

Nurse-led versus beauty-led aesthetics

What the difference actually amounts to in practice — written by someone who is not a neutral party, and honest about where it does not matter.

When filler has gone wrong

How to tell a bad result from normal settling, what can be corrected, and what to do next.

02Regenerative & skin quality

What are polynucleotides?

Purified DNA fragments used to support the skin's own repair processes — where they come from, what the evidence supports, and who they suit.

Polynucleotides vs bio-remodelling

Both are injected across the face rather than into one spot, and both improve skin quality — but they work by different mechanisms and suit different skin. How to tell which one you are being offered and why.

Sunekos vs bio-remodelling

Amino acids versus hyaluronic acid — what each supplies, which skin each suits, and why the choice is clinical rather than a preference.

Skin booster or filler — which do you need?

One changes the quality of the skin, the other changes the shape of the face. They are not alternatives, and picking the wrong one is the most common reason a treatment disappoints.

Does PRP work for hair loss?

What platelet-rich plasma can and cannot do for thinning hair, who it suits, what the evidence actually shows, and the honest answer about how long it lasts.

03Lips

What is a lip flip?

A few units of wrinkle-relaxing treatment to roll the upper lip outward — what it does, what it does not, and who it suits.

How long do lip fillers last?

Six to twelve months is the usual answer, but the range is wide and the reasons for it are specific — metabolism, product, placement, volume and what you do afterwards all move the number.

Lip filler aftercare

What to do in the first forty-eight hours, what is normal in the first week, and the specific symptoms that mean you should contact me immediately rather than wait.

Lip filler swelling: what is normal

A day-by-day account of normal swelling, what reduces it, and the difference between swelling and something that needs a phone call.

How to get lip filler that looks natural

Natural is a proportion problem, not a volume problem. What actually makes lips read as done, and the specific things to ask for — and to refuse — at consultation.

Filler migration: what it is and what to do

How to tell migration from swelling, why it happens, and why the right answer is almost always to dissolve and start again rather than to add more.

How much lip filler do I need? What 0.5ml and 1ml actually look like

0.5ml is about a fifth of a teaspoon and is the right starting point for most first-time lips. What each amount changes, why more is rarely better, and how to tell what you actually need.

04Facial harmonisation

Nasolabial folds

The folds beside the nose are usually a midface problem. Treating them directly is why some faces end up looking heavy.

Marionette lines

The lines from the mouth corners toward the jaw — why they make a resting face look unhappy, and why the answer is structural.

Treating a double chin

Fat, skin laxity or a recessed chin — three different causes with three different answers, and treating the wrong one makes it worse.

Is there such a thing as a non-surgical facelift?

What the phrase actually means, what it can and cannot do, and when the honest answer is a surgeon.

Treating jowls without surgery

Why jowls form, which stage responds to treatment, and the point at which filler makes them worse.

05Anti-wrinkle

Treating forehead lines

Why the forehead is the area most often treated badly, what the eyebrow has to do with it, and the difference between lines that move and lines that have set.

Treating crow's feet

The lines at the outer eye — why keeping some of them is usually right, and why the ones under your eye need a different treatment entirely.

Bunny lines on the nose

The diagonal creases across the bridge of the nose — what causes them, why they sometimes appear after other treatment, and how they are treated.

Lines around the mouth

Vertical lip lines — usually nothing to do with smoking, rarely fixed by one treatment, and one of the hardest areas to treat well.

06Skin

Chemical peel aftercare and recovery

What to expect day by day, what to use, and the one mistake that undoes the treatment.

Treating pigmentation on the face

Sun damage, post-inflammatory marks and melasma look similar and are treated differently — how to tell them apart, what actually works, and what makes each of them worse.

Melasma: what it is and how it is managed

A chronic, hormonally driven pigmentation condition — managed rather than cured, and very easily made worse by the wrong treatment.

Improving skin texture

Roughness, visible pores and an uneven surface — what causes them, what genuinely improves them, and what no treatment can change.

Treating acne scarring

Which scars respond to which treatment, why the acne has to be settled first, and what a realistic improvement looks like.

Why skin looks dull, and what actually helps

Dullness is a light problem before it is a skin problem. What causes it, what fixes it quickly, and what fixes it properly.

Microneedling aftercare and recovery

Day by day, what to use and what to leave alone — and why sun protection is part of the treatment.

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