Contact & consultation

Arranging an assessment

Outpatient appointments are booked through the hospital on the numbers below; international patients can ask for Michael Yu. Bring photographs of yourself from five and ten years ago if you have them, because a comparison of then and now shows what has changed and how quickly. Bring a written list of what bothers you, and of anything you would refuse.

What a good assessment includes

An examination of the face at rest and in movement, an assessment of how much of the change is laxity and how much is descent, a judgement about volume and skin quality, and a clear statement about whether an energy treatment is appropriate at all. You should leave able to say what each option would change, what it would not, and what the plan would be if the answer turned out to be neither.

Asking about the plan

Ask which technology and which depth are proposed and why, how many sessions are expected, who will adjust the settings, what happens if the change is uneven, and what the plan is over two years rather than over the next appointment. Ask what would make this the wrong treatment for your face. A clinician who answers that last question specifically is assessing you rather than presenting to you.

Before you commit

No decision needs to be made at the first appointment. Take the plan away, read it against the guides on this site, and come back with questions. A package that expires, or pressure to book a course before an assessment is complete, is information about the clinic rather than about your face.