At Aescend Aesthetics, we will always offer patients an opportunity for a free review following initial treatment. If we have performed the same treatment previously on you at the same setting or dose, we may discuss with you forfeiting review for your own convenience. In saying that, if you are concerned about your treatment or wish for a review at anytime we will do what we can to get you in as close as necessary for follow-up.

Regarding subsequent treatment at review appointments:

A review appointment should be thought of as an opportunity to check and correct treatment. It is time in which our artisans can touch base with patients, ensure that safety and efficacy has been achieved, and that you are satisfied. It is not an opportunity for additional treatment in order to prolong the efficacy of your initial treatment.

At the time of treatment, our artisans will discuss with you your concerns, your aims, and what you might expect from treatment. This will be balanced against budget, downtime, safety and aesthetic judgement. While we endeavour to predict based on experience, how the decided upon treatment will address your aims, the nature of what we do, and the response of each individual, is highly variable and so results often contain a degree of unpredictability.

In general, where we have made a dosing recommendation that has been sub-therapeutic, or requires correction; we may compensate additional units at the discretion of the artisan. If a dosing recommendation has been made by an artisan and the patient has chosen not to accept this recommendation I.e. based on cost or personal preference, additional treatment will in most cases be at the patient’s expense. If at the time of treatment you have indicated to your artisan that you wish for your treatment to ‘look natural’ i.e. retain movement, additional treatment to increase therapeutic effect will in most cases be at the patient’s expense where it has been deemed at your review that the original aim(s) have been met.

For treatments that rely on the regenerative capacity of your tissue I.e. Tixel, PDO threads, PRP; patients enter into treatment with the knowledge that results can not be guaranteed. At all times, our artisans will comply with best practice and perform therapies within their capacity to maximal therapeutic effect, however we will not accept responsibility for treatments that fail to meet your expectations.

All patients enter into treatment with the knowledge that maintenance of results is required, that the ageing process continues to occur regardless of intervention, and that treatment efficacy and longevity is highly variable between individuals. While we can give estimated times of effect and indicate the time frame in which most patients would require retreatment, results will vary between individuals and we cannot be held to account for specific intervals.

All patients enter into treatment with the knowledge that results may be effected by comorbid conditions, individual factors such as metabolism and medication use; and lifestyle choices such as alcohol consumption, smoking, use of recreational substances, level of physical activity, diet, sun exposure and/or concurrent topical regimes. Where patients are not compliant with recommendations made by a dermal artisan, we cannot take responsibility for treatment outcomes.