Tweakments are non-surgical cosmetic (or ‘aesthetic’) procedures that can rejuvenate the skin and soften lines and wrinkles, improve irregular pigmentation, tighten sagging skin, add back volume to ageing faces and adjust the proportions of facial features. They are mostly temporary. They are not cosmetic surgery. They involve injectable treatments, lasers and chemical skin peels, but no scalpels and no general anaesthesia.
Below, you’ll find a list of the tweakments on offer in the world of aesthetics. Each one is explained in detail and it’s vital that you read and understand the ins and outs of any procedure you’re considering. Once you have an in-depth comprehension of what’s involved, you’re ready to talk to a practitioner. Use the practitioner finder to find someone well-trained and experienced located near you.
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Botox – or botulinum toxin A if you want to get technical – is one of the best-known drug names in the world. You’d be forgiven for…
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Dermal fillers (also known as ‘injectable face fillers’) are injectable gels made of high-density molecules which add volume or…
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The idea of having your skin shaved, free-hand, with a scalpel may not sound like fun, but this is a gentle if rather advanced form of…
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A dermatology-grade facial is a facial treatment designed to resolve or reduce specific problems with troubled skin. For example, a…
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If electrical muscle stimulation makes you think of Dr Frankenstein shocking his monster to life, you may not feel like queueing up for a…
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Freezing fat sounds a mighty bizarre way to try to reduce fat – until you learn that if living fat cells are chilled below 4 degrees C,…
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Pretty much as it says on the tin: fat injections are injections of fat – your own fat. The fat is used as a filler to plump up areas of…
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I know, this sounds far too good to be true. But we’re living in the future now, folks, and there really is an injection out there that…
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HIFU is the shorthand acronym for High-Intensity Focussed Ultrasound, a type of treatment that uses ultrasound waves. As its name says,…
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A HydraFacial is a deep-cleansing, exfoliating facial that gives your skin a quick acid peel and plumps it with hydrating serums, all in…
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Injectable moisturisers are usually lightweight gels made of, or at least containing a good deal of, hyaluronic acid, a substance that is…
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Like laser, IPL is a technology that uses light to achieve its effects. But unlike lasers, which use a specific wavelength to send beams of…
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INTRAcel is a treatment that uses a combination of radiofrequency and microneedling to tighten your skin. INTRAcel is a noninvasive…
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The Intraceuticals facial is a gentle, deeply hydrating, and face-sculpting treatment which makes skin look amazingly plumped up and…
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Lasers can cut, weld, and drill with terrifying speed and precision, so they’re perhaps not the first thing you’d think of adding to a…
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Laser skin rejuvenation is treatment that uses one or more lasers to make the skin look better. Laser skin rejuvenation uses laser light to…
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Laser skin resurfacing is a category of treatment using lasers to treat the surface of your skin, usually to make it smoother, reduce…
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LED blue light therapy is a treatment for clearing acne bacteria on the skin using blue LED light. This is a treatment that you can either…
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LED red light therapy is a treatment for improving skin texture and softening lines and wrinkles using light from LED bulbs. Treatment with…
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Lip fillers are one of the best-known and most requested tweakments – not to mention one of the most notorious, thanks to celebrities and…
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While many tweakments work on the epidermis, the tough outer layer of your skin, mesotherapy goes deeper and targets the mesoderm, the…
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Microneedling – also called ‘medical needling’ – is the process of applying a roller or pen tipped with rows of tiny needles to the…
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Microneedling has a scary reputation for causing pain and drawing blood, and it certainly can be a hardcore treatment that requires numbing…
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No-needle lip plumper is a device for plumping up your lips temporarily without having injections. At the moment, you’ll only really find…
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Rhinoplasty is the proper term for a nose job. In non-surgical rhinoplasty, injectable fillers are used to reshape the nose. By adding…
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How do you fancy a ‘Dracula Facial’ or a ‘Vampire Face Lift’? Neither? Ok, then, does the term ‘PRP’ sound more appealingly…
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Plexr is a treatment for tightening skin without surgery – for example, to lift the upper eyelids without the cutting involved in a…
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Radiofrequency, often abbreviated to RF, is a type of energy derived from radio waves. Radiofrequency can be used both for skin resurfacing…
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A radiofrequency facial is a facial that includes the use of radiofrequency (RF), a type of energy derived from radio waves. The facial may…
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Skin peels are treatments that remove some of the top layer of skin from the treatment area in order to freshen up the skin’s surface and…
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A skin-peeling facial is a non-invasive treatment that removes some of the top layer of skin from your face in order to freshen up the…
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Thread lifting has become very popular within the last few years as a quick, short-term alternative to a surgical facelift – but what are…
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Tixel is a treatment for tightening and resurfacing your skin. Tixel uses heat energy to deliver smoother, firmer, and tighter skin.…
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Ultherapy is a cosmetic treatment for lifting and tightening the skin on your brow, jawline, mid-face and neck without surgery. Lifting and…
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Wrinkle-relaxing injections are injections of neurotoxins – nerve poisons – to reduce the ability of specific muscles to contract, and…
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