Consultation Kit
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Source: www.london-dermatology-centre.co.uk
Clinic
The London Dermatology Centre
London · 69 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 8AS
Everything below is built from The London Dermatology Centre's public record and the questions you marked in this tab. Take the printed kit to your consultation and write your notes on paper.
A. What Unmist could confirm
from public sourcesNone in this section.
D. Questions for the consultation
Ask these in the room and note the answers on paper. Anything still unclear can be asked again.
General
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Do you discuss alternatives — including not treating — at the consultation?
What a solid answer includes: A directly responsive answer describes relevant alternatives, including the option of no treatment. Professional guidance expects consultations to cover alternatives (GMC guidance on cosmetic interventions; GDC Standards 2.2.1).
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How do you decide whether someone is a good candidate?
What a solid answer includes: A directly responsive answer describes the circumstances in which the clinic would decline or defer treatment.
No treatment-specific questions yet for what this clinic offers — the general and clinic-type questions still apply.
For this kind of clinic
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Who will be carrying out my treatment, and which professional register are they on?
What a solid answer includes: A directly responsive answer names the person, their profession and register, so you can check it.
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What is the total cost, what does it include, and what could change it?
What a solid answer includes: A directly responsive answer gives a written total, what is included, and the circumstances that would add to it.
E. Things to observe and note
These don't show up on a website. None of them mean something is wrong; they are simply worth noticing and weighing as part of your decision.
Before & after: is it a fair comparison?
If you are shown photographs, check:
- Same patient and treated area; the treatment is identified.
- Angle, distance or zoom, crop, posture and expression are comparable.
- Lighting, background and camera perspective are comparable.
- Make-up, filters, retouching, styling or skin preparation do not change the area; ask about sessions, timing, other treatments and results beyond the best case.
Ask: “Can I see unedited photographs taken under comparable conditions, with sessions, timing and any other treatments explained?”
Photography can change how results appear. One person’s outcome is not a guarantee of yours.
Full payment is asked for before the consultation
Consultation fees are normally quoted on their own. Being asked to pay for the whole procedure before you have been assessed is worth pausing on.
You are asked to book on the day
The Royal College of Surgeons' standards recommend a cooling-off period of at least two weeks for cosmetic surgery, and GMC guidance asks doctors to give you time to reflect — a discount that ends today is worth pausing on.
No written consent form before payment
GMC guidance expects the person carrying out a procedure to take your consent themselves and to give you time to reflect; ask to see the consent form before you pay.
Your specific risk questions get general answers
If you ask what could go wrong for you and the answer stays general, ask again until it becomes specific to you.
No clear route if something goes wrong
Ask who you would call out of hours and what happens if a corrective procedure is needed, and note how clearly it is answered.
F. Your notes
Write your notes on the printed kit.