DermaRenew Medical Aesthetics

Radiesse vs Sculptra: Which Collagen Stimulator is Right for You?

✨ Radiesse
• Immediate lift and volume restoration
• Stimulates your body's natural collagen production
• Strong contouring and definition, especially for the jawline and lower face
• Improves skin quality and texture when diluted
• Results can last up to 18 months
• Usually requires fewer treatment sessions (1-2)

✨ Sculptra
• Gradual, natural-looking volume restoration
• Powerful collagen stimulation throughout the face
• Improves skin firmness, elasticity and thickness
• Ideal for widespread volume loss and facial ageing
• Results can last 2 years or more
• Builds beautiful results over a series of treatments (2-4)

💡 My general rule? Radiesse is fantastic when you want visible lifting, contour and structure, while Sculptra excels at restoring lost volume and rejuvenating the face from within.

📍 Chesterfield & Matlock
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✨️ Looking tired, heavy around the lower face, or noticing a loss of definition? Radiesse is one of my favourite treatments for restoring structure while also improving skin quality ✨️

✔️ Instant lift and volume restoration
✔️ Strong contouring effect for improved definition
✔️ Stimulates your body's natural collagen production
✔️ Long-lasting results for up to 18 months
✔️ Can be used to restore lost volume or improve skin texture and firmness

The best part? You leave with visible results, but the treatment continues working behind the scenes as new collagen develops over the following months.
Natural-looking, refreshed, and beautifully supported. 💫

📍 Chesterfield & Matlock clinics
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Holy mole-y!

This raised, textured lesion was more stubborn than expected and needed several rounds of cryotherapy treatments to achieve the result we were aiming for. 👏

It's now dramatically reduced, almost completely flat, and just about gone!

A reminder that not every treatment delivers instant results. Sometimes the most satisfying transformations come from sticking with the plan and trusting the process.

Interested in benign lesion removal? Get in touch to see if cryotherapy could be suitable for you.

📍 Chesterfield & Matlock clinics
⚠️ All lesions must be assessed for suitability before treatment.

✨ Think jawline enhancement requires syringes and syringes of filler? Think again.

This result was achieved with just 1.5ml of Radiesse.

One of the biggest misconceptions in aesthetics is that noticeable results always require large volumes of product. In reality, the right product, placed in the right area, can create subtle yet impactful changes that enhance your natural features without looking overdone.

Radiesse is one of my favourite treatments for improving:
✔️ Early jowling
✔️ Loss of jawline definition
✔️ Mild skin laxity
✔️ Marionette lines
✔️ A weak or poorly defined chin
✔️ A lack of lower face structure and support

Unlike traditional hyaluronic acid filler, Radiesse not only provides immediate structural support but also stimulates your own collagen production over time, helping to improve skin quality and firmness.

The result? A more defined, supported and refreshed lower face that still looks completely natural.

Sometimes, less really is more. 💫

📍Chesterfield & Matlock clinics
💉 NMC Registered Nurse Prescriber
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People hear the words lip filler and immediately picture giant, overfilled lips that arrive in the room before the person does. 👀

But here's the thing...

Lip filler doesn't automatically create that look.
In fact, results like that usually require multiple syringes of filler over time and a practitioner who's either ignoring facial balance or more interested in giving a patient what they ask for than what actually suits them.

Most of my lip filler patients don't want "filler lips". They want their lips to look healthier, more defined and hydrated, and in proportion with the rest of their features.

This before and after is exactly that.
Natural. Balanced. Slightly enhanced.
The kind of result that leaves people wondering if you've changed your lipstick, had a great holiday, or are just looking particularly well lately.

Because contrary to popular belief, good lip filler shouldn't be the first thing people notice about your face. 💋



📌 Clinics in Chesterfield and Matlock
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Ever assumed that anyone calling themselves a "nurse" is actually a nurse?

You might be surprised to learn that whilst "Registered Nurse" is a legally protected title in England, "nurse" is not.

Currently, it is a criminal offence for someone to falsely claim to be a Registered Nurse or to imply that they are registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) when they are not. This protection exists to help patients and the public identify professionals who have met recognised standards of education, training and regulation.

However, someone who is not a registered nurse can currently use the title "nurse" in many circumstances, creating the potential for confusion and, in some cases, misleading the public.

The Government and the NMC are now exploring whether the title "nurse" should also be protected in law, making it a criminal offence for someone who is not a registered nurse to present themselves as one. The aim is simple: greater clarity, greater transparency and greater protection for patients.

This isn't just a discussion for healthcare professionals.

🩺 Registered nurses
👥 Other healthcare professionals
❤️ Patients and service users
📢 Members of the public

Everyone can have their say.

As someone who has been a Registered Nurse for 17 years, I know the education, accountability and regulation that sit behind that title.

The question is:
Should protecting "Registered Nurse" be enough, or should the title "nurse" be protected too?

Share your thoughts below and take part in the Call for Evidence:

🔗 https://consultations.dhsc.gov.uk/using-the-professional-title-nurse

Aesthetic nurses on a day off: "No shop talk today."
Also aesthetic nurses 30 seconds later: 👄💉✨

Coffee, brunch and a healthy amount of industry gossip with some of my favourite Yorkshire British Association of Medical Aesthetic Nurses (BAMAN) girls at The Bothy

Turns out you can take the nurse out of the clinic, but you can't take the clinic out of the nurse! 😉☕

A patient told me recently that when she brought her husband along to see how treatment works, he turned to her afterwards and said… ‘She looks normal.’
And honestly? I loved that.

There are so many preconceived ideas about what an aesthetics practitioner ‘should’ look like - overly done, overly filtered, and overly sculpted. But real aesthetics isn’t about becoming a caricature of the industry. It’s about showing up as yourself, practising ethically, and helping people feel like the best version of their normal.

If anything, his comment reminded me why I do what I do: to keep aesthetics grounded, approachable, safe, and human.
Normal isn’t boring - it’s reassuring. It’s trustworthy. It’s the foundation of subtle, beautiful, confidence‑building results.

Good morning from Zakynthos! 🇬🇷

Just having a cheeky little week away with my mum on the beautiful island of Zante! ☀️

I will still be able to reply to messages - just a bit slower than usual due to sunbed naps! ⛱️

Yamas! 🌊

Did your makeup cling to dry patches today?
That wasn’t “bad makeup”. That was your skin barrier waving a quiet little white flag.

Tightness after cleansing, makeup pilling, SPF stinging... these are the early whispers your skin gives long before it becomes a full‑blown concern. Most people brush them off. Clinically, they matter.

Healthy skin shouldn’t feel tight.
Hydrated skin shouldn’t flake.
A calm barrier shouldn’t sting.

If this was you this morning, your skin is asking for support, not more products.

In clinic, I focus on restoring the barrier first because everything else works better once that foundation is calm, hydrated and functioning properly.

Your skin is communicating. I help you translate it.

Want me to take a look at what your skin is trying to tell you? Book a consultation here: https://derma-renew.aesthetidocs.app