AI IN AESTHETICS SPECIAL
Volume 10: Issue 4 | October 2026
Welcome to the Autumn edition of the ConsultingRoom.com Magazine.
In this issue, we focus on the role of artificial intelligence in aesthetics, from risk management and note-taking to clinic support and copywriting. There is no doubt that AI is changing the way aesthetic clinics operate, but is that always a good thing?
Ron Myers explores what clinic owners need to understand about AI on pages 14-17, while Eddie Hooker from Hamilton Fraser shares his top tips for using AI safely and responsibly in your clinic on page 18.
On pages 28–29, I share my own thoughts on using AI to generate copy, including its tendency to produce controversial articles in pursuit of clicks. Meanwhile, on page 24, we examine the latest insights from BAAPS into how AI is influencing patients’ expectations of aesthetic treatment.
Elsewhere in the issue, Dr Kerion Lord discusses complications on pages 36–37, while on pages 32-33, we ask whether your clinic is ready for polynucleotides.
In our skin section, Victoria Hiscock explores the role of copper peptides in skincare (p42-43), followed by a feature on the treatment of post-birth and caesarean section scarring on pages 40-41.
Finally, our technology section examines what weight-loss injections may be doing beneath the skin on pages 50-51, as well as the case for rethinking early intervention in inflammatory acne on pages 46-49.
We hope you enjoy this issue and, as always, we would love to hear your thoughts.
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Cost-of-living skin
New research shows skin condition flare-ups becoming more common in the cost-of-living crisis
Is your clinic advertising compliant?
New JCCP guidance highlights the advertising rules clinics and practitioners must follow when promoting treatments involving prescription-only medicines
Top Tips
Hamilton Fraser founder and CEO Eddie Hooker shares his six top tips for using AI safely in aesthetic practice
Artificial intelligence, assessment and patient safety
Cornelius Pybis asks: Are we still measuring clinical competence?
Fake expectations
BAAPS warns of rise in patients bringing AI-generated faces to cosmetic surgery consultations
The human edit
Three years after first writing about ChatGPT, Vicky Eldridge reflects on how AI has changed her work and shares her advice for using it without losing your voice.
The AI advantage
Louisa Webb asks, when technology can see more, measure more and recommend more – why would your clinic settle for a standard skin consultation?
Is your clinic ready for polynucleotides?
Explore the clinical evidence behind Plinest® and the practical steps to successfully introduce polynucleotides to your patients
The fault in our scars
Rise in UK births and C-sections later in life means proper recovery is more important than ever – but experts warn psychological stress also plays a part in scar development
Pep talk
Victoria Hiscock, medical communications strategist and skin science educator on the evidence behind topical copper peptides
Losing Face
Patients on Mounjaro and Wegovy are not only losing volume. There is a fat layer directly beneath the dermis that appears to go first, and it changes when you would want to treat, writes Sarah Hubball, chief commercial officer, Anglo Arab Trading UK Ltd
