Questions
The questions that come up most often about regulation in Scotland, about who may lawfully do what, and about why this site is built the way it is.
No. This website is operated by Aesthetic Launch Lab, a UK aesthetics digital specialist. It provides information about non-surgical aesthetic treatment in Glasgow. It does not provide treatment, does not employ practitioners and does not recommend or rank any clinic.
No. There is no appointment book behind this site. Enquiries sent to hello@aestheticlaunchlab.com are read and answered by Aesthetic Launch Lab, who operate the site, and they cannot arrange treatment for you.
Advertising a prescription-only medicine to the public is prohibited under the Human Medicines Regulations 2012, which covers botulinum toxin. Beyond that, a price without the context of who assesses you, what product is used and what happens if something goes wrong is not useful information. The cost guide explains every variable instead.
Because this site treats nobody. It has no patients, so any review or result published here would be an invention. The guide to reading reviews explains how to judge the ones you find elsewhere.
Independent clinics in Scotland where the service is provided by a doctor, dentist, nurse, midwife or dental care professional must register with Healthcare Improvement Scotland and are inspected. Practitioners outside those groups fall outside that requirement. Individual healthcare professionals remain accountable to their own regulator.
Yes. Botulinum toxin is a prescription-only medicine and must be prescribed for you individually by a qualified prescriber following a face-to-face assessment.
At present, in law, largely yes. Fillers are regulated as medical devices rather than medicines and there is no general licensing requirement to inject them. This is why checking the individual practitioner matters so much.
It is the enzyme used to dissolve hyaluronic acid filler, including urgently if a blood vessel is compromised. It is a prescription-only medicine, so a practitioner who cannot prescribe cannot lawfully hold it.
Since October 2021 it has been a criminal offence in England to administer botulinum toxin or cosmetic filler to anyone under eighteen for cosmetic purposes. Responsible practitioners across the UK decline to treat under-eighteens cosmetically.
Contact the practitioner who treated you immediately. If you cannot reach them and the problem is urgent, contact NHS 111 in Scotland or attend an emergency department. Any change in vision after facial filler is an emergency.
Yes. Concerns about a registered healthcare professional go to their regulator. Concerns about a registered independent clinic in Scotland go to Healthcare Improvement Scotland. Suspected side effects of a medicine or device can be reported to the MHRA Yellow Card scheme. Misleading advertising can be reported to the Advertising Standards Authority.
No. This site carries no advertising, no directory, no sponsorship and no referral arrangement with any treatment provider.
Treatment specific questions
Every treatment page carries its own set of questions covering that procedure: duration, pain, swelling, suitability and complications. Start with the treatment index.
Enquiries
This site does not sell treatment and has no appointment book. What it can do is help you arrive at a consultation with the right questions, and tell you plainly when a procedure is not the answer to the thing that is bothering you.
hello@aestheticlaunchlab.comEnquiries are read and answered by Aesthetic Launch Lab, the UK aesthetics digital specialist that operates this website. Please do not send clinical details or photographs. If something has gone wrong after a procedure, contact the practitioner who treated you, or NHS 111 in Scotland, rather than waiting for a reply here.