Fillers contain anaesthetic, so they are not too painful. However, the one exception is the lips, so I always apply liberal amounts of numbing cream to my patients lips, not very glamorous as you do look like a toddler who has eaten a Mr Whippy ice cream, but it has a fantastic effect on making you as comfortable as possible for the injections.  As a medical doctor, I can assure you that I have injected hundreds of patients’ lips and am extremely skilled at this procedure.

Fillers last different lengths of time in different areas of your face. As a rule of thumb, after 6 months, 50% of filler will have been broken down by your body and remember everyone is different. Exciting new studies I have read are showing that the rejuvenating effect of fillers seem to last much, much longer today than ever before.

The needles I use for filler procedures are tiny, and most clients would say they experience minimum discomfort.  My team is highly skilled with injectables, so your treatment should be quick and smooth. Indeed, most of my new clients will look at me and say, ‘was that it?’. There is an option to apply numbing cream on request, so please do ask, however I rarely need to use it, unless it is for the lips.

No, we don’t.

Unlike Botox, fillers will give an immediate result. They work by replacing volume with Hyaluronic acid instantly but then continue to absorb water and the final results are visible after a month.