Restylane

Restylane was the first dermal filler made of hyaluronic acid (a naturally-occurring substance found in our body) to be approved by the FDA in the United States of America in December 2003. Since then it has been used on more than 1 million patients worldwide, and so its track record and safety profile is probably the most extensive among all the newer dermal fillers.

Because hyaluronic acid is structurally the same between human and animal species, there is no need for allergy and skin testing when receiving Restylane injections. Restylane typically lasts between 6 to 12 months (8-9 months on average) depending on the formulation and the area injected.

Juvederm

Juvederm is one of the newest hyaluronic-acid-based dermal fillers which is FDA-approved in the USA in June 2006 for the correction of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds. For some time now the product has been marketed in the United Kingdom as Hydrafill or SoftLine.

In our experience, Juvederm injects smoother than Restylane, and some patients claim that the result feels slightly more natural. Juvederm can last between 6 to 12 months as well.

Evolence

Evolence is the latest dermal filler to hit the UK market. It is made of natural collagen, one of the most prevalent materials in your body. No allergic responses have been reported in clinical trials, nor in post-launch surveillance studies, so no skin allergy testing is needed.

Because Evolence is a collagen, it offers the added benefit that it stimulates the clotting cascade, possibly resulting in less bleeding and bruising upon injection. Evolence has been approved by the FDA for treatment of facial wrinkles and skin folds… its cosmetic effect lasting between 6 and 12 months.

What To Do Next

If you’re interested in smoothing out unwanted skin folds (e.g. “smile lines”) or enhancing your lips with dermal filler injections that are expertly performed by our accredited, skilled and experienced cosmetic doctors at iKon Clinic, please call 01925 730 130 for your free no-obligation consultation. Our doctors can carry out the dermal filler injections at the same time as the consultation should you decide to go ahead with the treatment.

Unlike other dermal fillers, Sculptra actually works by stimulating your very own skin cells to produce more collagen. The result is a fuller, smoother, younger-looking face that looks entirely natural (as opposed to the “pulled” or “done” look associated with traditional facial cosmetic surgery).

How Sculptra Works

Dissolution of fat on the face contributes to significant changes in appearances and may result as a consequence of hereditary syndromes, disease or aging. In natural ageing, it happens as a part of a constellation that includes loss of elasticity, collagen breakdown and reabsorption of bone. This sunken appearance due to loss of facial volume causes excess skin.

Trying to correct by tightening the skin without addressing volume replacement results in a skeletonised and scrawny appearance. Volume replacement has been addressed by a wide variety of naturally-occurring (collagen, fat, hyaluronic acid) and synthetic (acrylates, silicone and other polymers) fillers, both permanent and biodegradable (meaning that the body can break them down). Sculptra is a fresh type of injectable treatment whose ‘bulking effect’ is dependent on host response.

Injectable Poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA), the main ingredient of Sculptra, is a reabsorbable, biocompatible polymer that stimulates an intended inflammatory response to foreign body, regeneration of skin cells and a slow-paced metabolic breakdown of the polymer material.

Sculptra received FDA approval in 2004 for the remedy of HIV-mediated facial lipoatrophy. It is inserted by injection into the subcutis and triggers skin cell replication. A number of injections are required, but the cosmetic results for hollow cheeks have been nothing less than impressive. In the European clinical trials, the result lasted for about 2 to 3 years.

Our skilled and experienced cosmetic doctors will inject Sculptra into the right area. If it’s injected into the wrong area (for example the dermis) by other less experienced practitioners, the risk of lump formations will increase.

What To Do Next

If you’re interested in restoring your facial volume gradually and naturally with Sculptra injectable treatments that are expertly performed by our accredited, skilled and experienced cosmetic doctors at iKon Clinic, please call 01925 730 130 for your free no-obligation consultation.

Whitley Day & Medi Spa
The Barns, Limes Lane
Higher Whitley
Warrington, Cheshire
WA4 4DU

Telephone Number: 01925 730 130

Alternatively, you can use the contact form below to get in touch with us.

Botox Injections: Step-By-Step

Botox generally comes in vials of 100 units each, that can be left in a refrigarator at a temperature of between two and eight degrees Celcius for as long as 2 years.

Prior to administering the injection of Botox, our doctors will mix the Botox with clean salt water, leading to a formulation of 4 units Botox per 0.1 mL of salt water. Our doctors will also double-check the expiration date on the vial, and that the formulated Botox is clear, colourless, odourless and free of particles before you get the Botox injection.

Once the vial has been opened and mixed, our doctors will keep the Botox in a refrigerator at a temperature of between two and eight degrees Celcius, and administered within 4 hours. Any solution that remains will be discarded carefully as medical waste and NOT shared.

To start the injection, our doctors will use a clean syringe to extract at least 0.5 mL of the well reconstituted toxin, and expel any residual air bubbles in the barrel. The used needle is then removed and a new one affixed to administer the injection.

Our doctors will then get you to make a number of face expressions including frowning, smiling and raising your eyebrows. Via these the activity of the facial muscles can be determined to decide on an effective dose and the injection points.

To reduce the possibility of ptosis, our doctor will make sure that the injected volume is correct, and that the Botox is not injected closer than 1 centimetre above the central eyebrow, or near the upper eyelid.

The whole routine takes between ten and thirty minutes. The Botox injection will start to take effect after 1 or 2 days, reaching highest effect after 1 week. The resulting improvement will hold from three to six months before another course is necessary.

What To Do Next

If you’re interested in softening your facial wrinkles with Botox injections that are expertly performed by our accredited, skilled and experienced cosmetic doctors at iKon Clinic, please call 01925 730 130 for your free no-obligation consultation. Our doctors can carry out the Botox injections at the same time as the consultation should you decide to go ahead with the treatment.

How To Find Us

From Junction 10 of the M56, take the A49 signposted to Whitchurch, Limes Lane is approximately half a mile on the left. Drive to the end of the lane and you will arrive at Whitley Day & Medi Spa on your right. Simply proceed through the gate where you will find free parking spaces.

Or… you can use the satellite map below to find directions to our cosmetic clinic.

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Clinic Hours

Our cosmetic clinic is open between 9am to 6pm on every Friday by appointment only. Please call us now on 01925 730 130 to book your free consultation.

That’s why when you receive your non-surgical cosmetic treatment at iKon Clinic, you can rest assured that both the consultation and the procedure WILL be carried out by a doctor who’s not only fully trained, qualified and accredited in the UK, but also skilled and experienced in performing cosmetic treatments.

Our cosmetic doctor will make sure that you experience the least pain possible when receiving your non-surgical treatment. Unlike nurses, doctors are legally allowed to prescribe and administer nerve blocks, sedation and strong painkillers if required.

Our medical director, Dr Martin S.Y. Ooi, was one of the top students in his class at Ninewells Medical School UK, graduating MBChB with Commendation. Having been involved in the medical profession for twelve years (including cosmetic medicine training in Harley Street, London), he is well-qualified and vastly experienced in the realm of cosmetic medicine. He is fully registered with the General Medical Council (GMC No. 6031342) and is a member of the following professional bodies: British Association of Cosmetic Doctors, British Medical Laser Association, American Academy of Aesthetic Medicine and the International Academy of Cosmetic Dermatology.

Our trading address is The Barns, Limes Lane, Higher Whitley, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 4DU. Our registered office address is Aesthetic Therapy Limited, 7-8 Waterhouse Lane, Kingswood, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 6EB; we can be reached via e-mail at admin AT ikonclinic.co.uk.

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• Identifiable & Non-Identifiable Information
• Cookies
• Security
• Policy Change
• How You Can Access & Correct Your Information
• How To Contact Us

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Identifiable information is used:

• To allow customers access to restricted areas of our site.
• To protect our services and rights.
• To enable us to answer queries or provide a specific service.

ikonclinic.co.uk uses non identifiable information for the purposes of business analysis, marketing and promotional purposes.

We will not make your identifiable personal information available to third parties unless required to do so by law.

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data stored locally on your computer and contains information about your activities on the Internet. On our website, we use cookies to track users’ progress through the site, allowing us to make improvements based on usage data. The information in a cookie does not contain any personally identifiable information you submit to our site.

Once you close your browser, our access to the cookie terminates. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose not to accept the cookie, this will not affect your access to the majority of information available on our website. However, you may not be able to make full use of our online services.

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Policy Change

From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will post the policy changes to our website to notify you of these changes and provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our website periodically.

Customers may prevent their information from being used for purposes other than those for which it was originally collected by e-mailing us at the above address.

How You Can Access And Correct Your Information

Upon request we provide site visitors with access to contact information (e.g., name, address, phone number) that we maintain about them .

Consumers can access this information by e-mail us at the above address. Upon request we offer visitors the ability to have inaccuracies corrected in contact information.

Consumers can have this information corrected by sending us e-mail at the above address.

How To Contact Us

If you feel that this site is not following its stated information policy, you may contact us at the above postal address or email.

1. INFORMATION ABOUT US
1. www.ikonclinic.co.uk is a site operated by us, Aesthetic Therapy Limited. We are registered in England and Wales under company registration number 06546560 and have our registered office at 7-8 Waterhouse Lane, Kingswood, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 6EB. Our main trading address is The Barns, Limes Lane, Higher Whitley, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 4DU.

2. ACCESSING OUR SITE
1. Access to our site is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service we provide on our site without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason our site is unavailable at any time or for any period.
2. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of our site, or our entire site.
3. If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any third party. We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.
4. When using our site, you must comply with the provisions of our acceptable use policy.
5. You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our site. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use, and that they comply with them.

3. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
1. We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
2. You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page from our site for your personal reference and you may draw the attention of others to material posted on our site.
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4. Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of material on our site must always be acknowledged.
5. You must not use any part of the materials on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.
6. If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

4. RELIANCE ON INFORMATION POSTED
1. Commentary and other materials posted on our site are not intended to amount to advice on which reliance should be placed. We therefore disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by any visitor to our site, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

5. OUR SITE CHANGES REGULARLY
1. We aim to update our site regularly, and may change the content at any time. If the need arises, we may suspend access to our site, or close it indefinitely. Any of the material on our site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

6. OUR LIABILITY
1. The material displayed on our site is provided without any guarantees, conditions or warranties as to its accuracy. To the extent permitted by law, we, other members of our group of companies and third parties connected to us hereby expressly exclude:-
1. All conditions, warranties and other terms which might otherwise be implied by statute, common law or the law of equity.
2. Any liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred by any user in connection with our site or in connection with the use, inability to use, or results of the use of our site, any websites linked to it and any materials posted on it, including, without limitation any liability for loss of income or revenue, loss of business, loss of profits or contracts, loss of anticipated savings, loss of data, loss of goodwill or wasted management or office time; and
3. for any other loss or damage of any kind, however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if foreseeable.
2. This clause 6 does not affect our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, nor our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation or misrepresentation as to a fundamental matter, nor any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

7. INFORMATION ABOUT YOU AND YOUR VISITS TO OUR SITE
1. We process information about you in accordance with our privacy policy. By using our site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.

8. TRANSACTIONS CONCLUDED THROUGH OUR SITE
1. Contracts for the supply of goods or services or information formed through our site or as a result of visits made by you are governed by our terms and conditions of supply.

9. UPLOADING MATERIAL TO OUR SITE
1. Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload material to our site, or to make contact with other users of our site, you must comply with the content standards set out in our acceptable use policy. You warrant that any such contribution does comply with those standards, and you indemnify us for any breach of that warranty.
2. Any material you upload to our site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary, and we have the right to use, copy, distribute and disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose. We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any material posted or uploaded by you to our site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy.
3. We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials posted by you or any other user of our site.
4. We have the right to remove any material or posting you make on our site if, in our opinion, such material does not comply with the content standards set out in our acceptable use policy.

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1. You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack.
2. By breaching clause 10.1, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.
3. We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, viruses or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or to your downloading of any material posted on it, or on any website linked to it.

11. LINKING TO OUR SITE
1. You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.
2. You must not establish a link from any website that is not owned by you.
3. Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. The website from which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out in our acceptable use policy.
4. If you wish to make any use of material on our site other than that set out above, please address your request to us using the details on the contact page.

12. LINKS FROM OUR SITE
1. Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

13. JURISDICTION AND APPLICABLE LAW
1. The English courts will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from, or related to, a visit to our site although we retain the right to bring proceedings against you for breach of these conditions in your country of residence or any other relevant country. These terms of use are governed by English law.

14. VARIATIONS
1. We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in these terms of use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our site.

15. YOUR CONCERNS
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Acceptable Use Policy

THIS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY SETS OUT THE TERMS BETWEEN YOU AND US UNDER WHICH YOU MAY ACCESS OUR WEBSITE WWW.IKONCLINIC.CO.UK. THIS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY APPLIES TO ALL USERS OF, AND VISITORS TO, THE SITE. YOUR USE OF THE SITE MEANS THAT YOU ACCEPT, AND AGREE TO ABIDE BY, ALL THE POLICIES IN THIS ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY, WHICH SUPPLEMENT OUR TERMS OF WEBSITE USE.

1. PROHIBITED USES
1. You may use our site only for lawful purposes. You may not use our site:-
1. in any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation;
2. in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect;
3. for the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way;
4. to send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards;
5. to transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation; and
6. to knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.
2. You also agree:-
1. not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our site in contravention of the provisions of our terms of website use; and
2. not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt any part of our site, any equipment or network on which our site is stored, any software used in the provision of our site, or any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.

2. INTERACTIVE SERVICES
1. We may from time to time provide interactive services on our site, including, without limitation chat rooms or bulletin boards.
2. Where we do provide any interactive service, we will provide clear information to you about the kind of service offered, if it is moderated and what form of moderation is used (including whether it is human or technical).
3. We will do our best to assess any possible risks for users (and in particular, for children) from third parties when they use any interactive service provided on our site, and we will decide in each case whether it is appropriate to use moderation of the relevant service (including what kind of moderation to use) in the light of those risks. However, we are under no obligation to oversee, monitor or moderate any interactive service we provide on our site, and we expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of any interactive service by a user in contravention of our content standards, whether the service is moderated or not.
4. The use of any of our interactive services by a minor is subject to the consent of their parent or guardian. We advise parents who permit their children to use an interactive service that it is important that they communicate with their children about their safety online, as moderation is not foolproof. Minors who are using any interactive service should be made aware of the potential risks to them.
5. Where we do moderate an interactive service, we will normally provide you with a means of contacting the moderator, should a concern or difficulty arise.

3. CONTENT STANDARDS
1. The content standards stated in this clause 4 apply to any and all material which you contribute to our site (“contributions”), and to any interactive services associated with it.
2. You must comply with the spirit of the following standards as well as the letter and the following standards apply to each part of any contribution as well as to its whole:-
1. contributions must be accurate (where they state facts), be genuinely held (where they state opinions) and must comply with applicable law in the UK and in any country from which they are posted; and
2. contributions must not contain any material which is defamatory of any person, contain any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory, promote sexually explicit material, promote violence., promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age, infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person, be likely to deceive any person, be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence, promote any illegal activity, be threatening, abuse or invade another’s privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety, be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person, be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person, give the impression that they emanate from us, if this is not the case, or advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act.

4. SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION
1. We will determine, in our discretion, whether there has been a breach of this acceptable use policy through your use of our site. When a breach of this policy has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate.
2. Failure to comply with this acceptable use policy constitutes a material breach of the terms of use upon which you are permitted to use our site, and may result in immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our site, immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any posting or material uploaded by you to our site, issue of a warning to you, legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach, further legal action against you or disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary.
3. We exclude our liability for actions taken in response to breaches of this acceptable use policy. The responses described in this policy are not limited, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.

5. CHANGES TO THE ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
1. We may revise this acceptable use policy at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are legally binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in this acceptable use policy may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our site.