Aesthetic Launch Lab brings a new infrastructure model to the UK aesthetics sector
Clinics are increasingly built as operating businesses rather than personal practices. What that means, and why patients feel the difference.
Read the guideEvery guide in this section
The business of aesthetic clinics: from clinical skill to scalable enterprise
The transition from a personal practice to a company that runs without its founder, and what breaks along the way.
Read the guideHow to assess a named aesthetic treatment in consultation
A tool for matching a named treatment to your concern, your tolerance for recovery, the alternatives and the follow-up.
Read the guideRadiofrequency and laser platforms in London clinics
What the newer energy devices actually do, which concerns they suit, and when in a consultation to ask about them.
Read the guideWhat probe means in an aesthetic treatment plan
One word doing several different jobs across consent forms, device settings and post-treatment notes, and what to ask when you meet it.
Read the guideThe other sections
Nineteen guides across four sections, all written from the patient's side of the desk.
Before You Book
Consultations, credentials, cost and the questions worth asking before any deposit changes hands.
Open sectionTreatments
What each treatment does, what it cannot do, and how the common options compare on the face.
Open sectionSafety and Recovery
Regulation, downtime, aftercare and the warning signs that mean you stop and ring the clinic.
Open section
The Journal
Patient-side reporting, once in a while
We email when UK regulation or professional guidance changes, and when a guide is revised in a way that would change what a reader does.
Occasional emails when regulation changes, guidance moves or a guide is updated. No treatment offers, because we do not carry any.