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 they show where your tissue used to sit and how much fullness was there before, which is more useful than any description. Bring a written list of what bothers you and what you would refuse.

What a good assessment includes

An examination of the face at rest and in movement, an assessment of skin quality and elasticity, and a judgement about how much of the change is descent and how much is volume loss. You should leave able to say which of the two dominates, what each treatment would change, what each would leave exactly as it is, and what the plan would be if you declined.

Asking about the plan

If a lift is proposed, ask which plane will be dissected and why, where the incisions will sit, and whether anything is being added such as fat. If filler is proposed, ask what substance class is being used, how long that product is expected to last in that area, what the plan is when it fades, and how the clinic recognises and treats a vascular complication. Ask what would make either option the wrong one for you; a specific answer is the sign of an assessment rather than a presentation.

Before you commit

No decision needs to be made at the first appointment, and neither option needs to be chosen before the examination has named which change is dominant. Take the plan away, read it against the guides on this site, and come back with questions. A discount that expires, or pressure to book before an assessment is complete, is information about the clinic rather than about your face.