Every year around July I start sounding the alarm, “Christmas is coming, Christmas is coming!”
My colleagues often look at me like I’m crazy, but for many of our regular toxin patients this means December is only two treatments away.
We’re busy at the moment with many patients well under way with their annual winter routine of IPL to clear up any pigment and sun damage done last summer. This year, we’ve seen an increase in the number of patients opting to treat their hands, arms and legs as well as their faces and decolletage, with more people having taken advantage of travelling and enjoying time in the sun.
Once these patients’ IPL treatments are finished, and they have beautifully prepared canvases, many have booked to come in for treatments or to discuss with their practitioner their plan of action going forward till Christmas. Some of our patients book their full year programme in as early as March each year – I wish I could be that organised.
July to early November is always the busiest time of year at Clinic 42 as regular smaller treatments, or tweakments as they’ve become popularly known, are preferred by our patients.
We’re often asked to write about what’s new and what’s trending in cosmetic medicine and while ‘trends’ in terms of the way people want to look are always changing, the doctors here at Clinic 42 have always tended to shy away from this style of treatment.
What we’re seeing now more than ever in terms of the tools available to practitioners is a move towards bio-stimulatory dermal fillers. Many of these products not only give a subtle result at the time of treatment but continue to have ongoing results.
This reinforces the ethos that Clinic 42 has always held that most people are looking for long term subtle and natural enhancement rather than the radical makeover style changes that were once popular. Replacement of lost volume with the appropriate dermal filler, and the softening of fine lines and wrinkles with botulinum toxin, is still the best way to look fresh and rested. Not frozen, not expressionless, or with unrecognisable features.
So, planning and ensuring you book your initial consultation and your appointments now rather than waiting till the month before Christmas is essential. A well thought out treatment plan should address your concerns and give you something to build on. Lipstick is something you buy on a whim, new lips, perhaps, shouldn’t be, especially if you have a function the next night.
With busy lives it’s often easier to go online and book. You can also read up on pre- and post-treatment recommendations – especially if you have events around the time of your treatments and want to know what to expect or what you can do to help minimise downtime.
For bookings or more information visit clinic42.co.nz or contact us on 09 638 4242 or at reception@clinic42.co.nz.
Words by Amanda Walker
