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Patient guides

Choosing an aesthetic treatment should start with understanding what is actually bothering you — not choosing a product or procedure from a menu.

These patient guides from Dr Suresh Mohan are designed to help you make sense of aesthetic treatment before deciding whether anything needs to be done at all. They cover consultations, treatment choices, realistic expectations, safety, suitability and the differences between some of the treatments you may have heard about.

Sometimes the answer is straightforward. At other times, a concern that looks like a wrinkle may be related to muscle movement, skin quality, loss of support or several changes happening together. That is why assessment matters and why two people of the same age may be given very different advice.

The aim of these guides is not to persuade you towards treatment. It is to give you enough useful information to ask better questions, understand your options and have a more informed conversation with your practitioner.

Start here

If you are at the beginning of your research, these guides are a useful place to start:

Popular treatment comparisons

One of the most common questions is not simply “Should I have treatment?” but “Which treatment actually makes sense for my concern?” These guides compare some of the options patients most often ask about.

  • Profhilo vs Profhilo Structura
    — one of our most-read guides, explaining why the two treatments share a name but are intended to address different concerns.
  • Profhilo vs Dermal Fillers
    — the difference between improving skin quality and restoring volume or structural support.
  • Polynucleotides vs Botox
    — why improving skin quality and reducing muscle movement are two very different treatment goals.
  • Dermal Fillers vs Botox
    — understanding whether a concern is primarily related to facial movement, volume or structure.

A good consultation starts with the concern

There is no single “best” aesthetic treatment. The useful question is what you are hoping to change, what is causing it and how much improvement is realistically possible.

During an individual consultation, that may mean discussing Botox, dermal fillers, Profhilo, Profhilo Structura, polynucleotides, skincare, a staged approach — or sometimes deciding that treatment is not necessary. If you are unsure where to begin, our guide to your first aesthetic consultation explains the process in more detail.