On day 2 or 3 post-treatment, imagine a client sends you a photograph of an area of purplish discolouration in an area of their face where you have treated them with dermal filler.
It looks like a bruise – but then you remember – skin necrosis, following a period of vascular occlusion, can also look like a bruise.
Previous Visage Academy trainee and now successful Harley Street Aesthetics Doctor, Rupert Critchley, shares his thoughts on aesthetics consenting and consultation. hamiltonfraser.co.uk/knowledge/consenting-principles-and-pitfalls Read Dr Michael Aicken’s previous post entitled ‘When Not To Treat’ which covers this same topic.
One more first-timer misconception to mention here is about deciding whether or not to try lip filler injections. It’s important to enhance with small doses and return after a few weeks if you decide to go bigger. But it’s a […]
When we first arrived on the aesthetic injectables scene in the mid-2000’s the classic treatment for the woman over 40 was to fill their nose-to-mouth (nasolabial) lines with dermal filler. For a first-timer, receiving this treatment gave incredible satisfaction for […]
Usually the words ‘body positivity’ and ‘self-love’ don’t come into the same conversation when discussing cosmetic surgery or aesthetic treatments. There are many articles telling women to love what they see in the mirror, but that comes with judgement, ‘if […]
Find Your Glow With Visage Aesthetics UK We are looking for training patients to receive low-price Anti Wrinkle Toxin and Dermal Filler treatments on our courses in Central London which will be held on the 15th, 16th, 18th and 19th […]
Hyaluronic acid-related sudden onset, painless loss of vision and other frightening side effects of Dermal Filler that every practitioner should understand. I have attended several conferences in facial aesthetics since I left the world of fulltime NHS employment in August […]
