What it is
Anti-wrinkle injectable treatments use prescription-only medicines. By law, these can only be prescribed after a face-to-face consultation with a qualified prescriber. This appointment is that consultation: a medical assessment of your suitability, your facial anatomy and your goals.
What is assessed is the movement behind the line. Your prescriber looks at which muscles are pulling, how strongly and in which direction. Two people with what looks like the same forehead line can have different reasons for it, and the reason changes what, if anything, is appropriate.
What it may help with
At consultation, your prescriber can discuss whether treatment of expression lines may be appropriate for you. That covers the frown lines between the brows, the horizontal lines across the forehead, crow's feet at the outer corners of the eyes, and the small lines across the bridge of the nose that appear when you scrunch it. In the lower face, the masseter muscle at the angle of the jaw is assessed for people who clench or grind their teeth, or who would like a softer, slimmer jawline. Whether treatment may help, and to what degree, is individual and assessed in person.
The consultation also separates lines that appear only when you move from lines that have become etched and sit there at rest. The two behave differently, and etched lines often need a wider plan than injectables alone.
Who it may be suitable for
Adults over 18 who would like a medical opinion on softening expression lines, and who prefer subtle, natural-looking outcomes to dramatic change.
It suits people who are undecided as well as those who have decided. That includes people considering treatment for the first time, and people treated elsewhere who were unhappy with how it looked and want to understand why.
Who it may not be suitable for
Treatment is not appropriate for anyone under 18, during pregnancy or breastfeeding, with certain neuromuscular conditions, or with infection in the treatment area. A full contraindication check is part of the consultation. If treatment is not right for you, or not right yet, we will say so, and we will not offer you something else in its place.
What to expect
Your prescriber takes a full medical history, examines your face at rest and in expression, and discusses what treatment can and cannot achieve for you. Expect to be asked to frown, lift your brows and screw your eyes shut so we can see which muscles are doing the work. This tells us more than a photograph does.
If treatment is appropriate and you wish to proceed, a prescription is issued and treatment is scheduled. That may be the same day, or after a cooling-off period, which we may recommend so the decision is not rushed.
Consultations run at our Bedhampton clinic, inside the Borough of Havant and about five minutes from the town centre. It is convenient for Havant, Emsworth, Portsmouth, Waterlooville and Denmead, and is the only clinic seeing clients at present. Our Winchester clinic at 9A Jewry Street opens on 8 December 2026, and appointments there can be arranged from that date.
Consultation & safety
Prescribing decisions are made only by our independent prescriber, an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, after a face-to-face assessment. They are never made remotely and never delegated.
Nothing is planned, and no cost is confirmed, until we have seen you in person. The same will apply at Winchester once it opens. Your medical history, current medication and any previous treatment elsewhere are reviewed at the same appointment. If you were unhappy with a result somewhere else, tell us: it is clinical information.
Aftercare
If you proceed to treatment, you will receive written aftercare covering the first hours and days, what is normal, and how to contact the clinic with any concern. A review appointment is offered as standard.
Possible side effects & risks
Possible side effects of anti-wrinkle injectable treatment include temporary redness, swelling, bruising and headache. Uncommonly, there may be asymmetry or heaviness of the brow or lid, which is usually temporary and settles as the effect wears off. Rare risks are explained at consultation.
Any asymmetry is looked at in the review appointment and, where appropriate, discussed with you. All risks are discussed before you consent to anything, and results vary between individuals.
Anti-wrinkle treatment near Havant
If you are looking for anti-wrinkle treatment in Havant, the choice is usually between a beauty room, a dental practice that also injects, and a medical clinic with a prescriber in the room. Ours is the third kind. The Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Independent Prescriber who assesses your face at consultation also writes the prescription, carries out any treatment and sees you at review.
The clinic is at 4 Masons Avenue in Bedhampton, on the western edge of Havant: about five minutes by car from the town centre and one stop by train from Havant station. It is appointment-only, so there is no waiting room. The Havant page covers travel and parking, and the Bedhampton clinic page covers the practicalities.
Anti-wrinkle treatments in Winchester, from 8 December 2026
Our second clinic opens at 9A Jewry Street, in the historic centre of Winchester, on 8 December 2026, and anti-wrinkle consultations run there from the opening diary. Jewry Street runs north from the top of the High Street, a couple of minutes' walk from the shops and roughly ten minutes on foot from Winchester railway station, with Tower Street car park close by. The Winchester clinic page covers the practicalities, and you can register your interest to be told first when the diary opens.
Winchester already has a good number of clinics offering anti-wrinkle treatments, led by doctors, pharmacists, nurses and, in some cases, by nobody with a clinical registration at all. The question worth asking anywhere, including here, is who assesses you and who prescribes. A prescription-only medicine legally needs a face-to-face assessment by a prescriber, and at some clinics a prescriber signs remotely for someone else to inject. At Jewry Street the Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Independent Prescriber who assesses your face is the person who prescribes, treats and reviews you, and her registration can be checked on the NMC register in about a minute.
The way it works is the same as at Bedhampton. The first appointment is a consultation, and treatment, if it is appropriate, follows only once you have been assessed in person. It may conclude that treatment is not right for you, or not yet, and nothing is priced or planned until you have been seen. If you would rather not wait for 8 December, Winchester clients are being seen now at our Bedhampton clinic, roughly 35 minutes away via the M3 and A27. An assessment made there carries straight over to Winchester, so a review or a later appointment can take place at Jewry Street.
What the consultation covers, area by area
The assessment is built around how your face moves, but these are the areas that can be discussed.
- Frown lines, the vertical lines between the brows made by the muscles that pull them together. This is usually the first area people ask about, and the one where over-treatment shows most, so the strength of the pull is assessed first.
- Forehead lines, the horizontal lines made by lifting the brows. These are treated conservatively or not at all in anyone who relies on that lift to keep the brow up, because softening the lift can make the brow feel heavy.
- Crow's feet, the lines at the outer corners of the eyes that deepen when you smile.
- Bunny lines, the small diagonal lines across the bridge of the nose when you scrunch it.
- The masseter muscle, at the angle of the jaw, for people who clench or grind their teeth, wake with jaw ache, or would like a slimmer jawline. This is a separate lower face assessment with its own considerations.
Which of these, if any, is appropriate for you is decided at assessment, and results vary between individuals. Etched lines that are present at rest often need a wider plan than injectables alone, which the fine lines and wrinkles page covers.
Frequently asked questions
Why can't I just book treatment directly?
These treatments use prescription-only medicines, so UK regulations require a face-to-face consultation with a prescriber first. Assessing before treating is also better medicine.
Do you offer anti-wrinkle treatment in Havant?
Our clinic is in Bedhampton, inside the Borough of Havant and about five minutes from the town centre, so Havant clients are seen here. We cannot advertise or sell the medicine itself. The route is always a consultation with our prescriber first, and treatment follows only if it is appropriate for you.
Will I look frozen or obviously treated?
The aim discussed at consultation is to soften expression subtly, not to switch it off. Results vary, and your prescriber will tell you what is achievable for you.
How soon would I notice a change, and how long does it last?
If treatment goes ahead, the effect usually begins within a few days and settles over about two weeks, so your review is booked at around the two week point. How long it lasts varies between individuals. Your prescriber will discuss what is typical and what tends to shorten or lengthen it.
Can jaw clenching or jaw slimming be discussed at this appointment?
Yes. A prescriber can assess the masseter muscle for people who clench or grind their teeth, or who would like a softer jawline. It is a different assessment from the upper face, with its own considerations, and suitability is decided in person.
Why is there no price on this page?
Anti-wrinkle treatment uses a prescription-only medicine, and UK rules do not allow prescription medicines to be advertised to the public. Costs are confirmed at consultation, once your prescriber knows what, if anything, is appropriate for you.
Do you offer anti-wrinkle treatments in Winchester?
From 8 December 2026, yes, at our new clinic at 9A Jewry Street in the centre of Winchester. As at Bedhampton, the route is a face-to-face consultation with our nurse prescriber first. The medicine cannot be advertised or booked from a list, and treatment follows only if it is appropriate for you. Until the Winchester diary opens, Winchester clients are seen at our Bedhampton clinic near Havant, about 35 minutes away via the M3 and A27, and an assessment made there carries over to Winchester.
I have been treated elsewhere. Do I still need a consultation?
Yes. A prescriber can only prescribe for you after assessing you in person, so a prescription written at another clinic does not carry across. The consultation is also where we find out what you liked and disliked about the previous result.
