Bio-identical hormones share the same chemical structure as naturally occurring hormones. This means that they fit hormone receptors better and have fewer off-target effects (side effects) compared to synthetic hormones. Non-bio conventional HRT generally uses synthetic hormones which are chemically different to those produced by the body. Generally the oestrogen used in HRT and BHRT are the same (estradiol) so there is no significant difference.

Bio-identical HRT (BHRT) is prescribed on an individualised basis for a specific client. These products are unlicensed. They are often prescribed in lower doses than conventional HRT and often in a transdermal cream or oral lozenge which is generally well tolerated. A full discussion of all the different types of HRT will be available together with the difference between licensed and unlicensed products and which would be the most suitable for you.

Type: Face-to-face / Video
Duration: Up to 60 minutes

The new patient appointment will be with one of our expertly trained doctors or advanced nurse practitioners and will provide an in-depth consultation around your current symptoms and past medical history. Guided by this, the clinician will be able to offer a discussion on how BHRT may be of benefit to you. This will include blood tests.

Our clinicians will be able to advise you after your consultation as to which is the most suitable diagnostic test for you such as urine or blood tests.

Your clinician may recommend other tests depending on your symptoms. These include a mammogram, pelvic ultrasound scan and Dexa Scan. We work with a number of trusted providers locally who will be able to provide these tests( prices provided separately).

Type: Face-to-face / Video
Duration: Up to 20 minutes

The follow up appointment will be scheduled when the diagnostic tests are available. At this appointment the clinician will go through the tests results with you and you will have a full opportunity to discuss these. Your clinician will offer you a suggested treatment plan which may include a personalised prescription of BHRT.

Type: Face-to-face / Video
Duration: Up to 20 minutes

The follow up appointment will be scheduled when the diagnostic tests are available. At this appointment the clinician will go through the tests results with you and you will have a full opportunity to discuss these. Your clinician will offer you a suggested treatment plan which may include a personalised prescription of BHRT.

Type: Face-to-face / Video
Duration: Up to 60 minutes

At SWHC, we also offer Men’s Health hormone consultations. Hormone function can affect many aspects of day to day wellbeing. Examples of hormone imbalance include lethargy, fatigue anxiety, poor memory and concentration and low libido. During your consultation we will explore your symptoms and if advised, a blood test can help determine where you hormones levels are at.

Including the Latest in Keyhole Surgery techniques, Dr Alex Taylor provides a number of surgical procedures including:

• Hysterectomy – For heavy periods, period pain, fibroids and endometriosis
• Endometrial ablation
•  Laparoscopy – For endometriosis, adhesions and ovarian cysts
• Sterilisation
• Myomectomy – For fibroids
• Operative Hysteroscopy – For fibroids, adhesions, heavy periods and polyps
• Pelvic floor repair
• Labiaplasty
• Insertion & removal of Mirena IUS/IUCD
• Insertion & removal of Implanon
• Sterilisation
• Reversal of Sterilisation

Enzymatic peels utilise gently exfoliating fruit-based enzymes to dissolve dead skin cells, support skin cell renewal and soften skin texture with minimal irritation. Perfect for all skin types, especially dry or sensitive skin, our professional enzyme peels deliver powerful skin rejuvenation and visible results in just one treatment. There are a number of different levels of enzyme peels available at the clinic. All our peels last approximately 1 hour.

IMAGE O2 Oxygen Image Facial

This luxurious skin care treatment infuses oxygen, plant-derived stem cells, peptides and a high concentration of enzymatic botanicals into the skin leaving it luminous, refreshed and rejuvenated. Oxygen offers numerous benefits for a healthy, radiant complexion and helps bring clarity to troubled skin, purifies clogged pores, supports collagen production and brightens dullness.

IMAGE Signature Facial

This facial includes Vitamin C and fruit enzymes blended in an organic aloe vera base with hyaluronic acid to visibly reduce redness and brighten the skin while providing superior hydration. This facial is great for: Redness-prone, dry/dehydrated, smoker’s skin, tired/ dull, post-microdermabrasion, oily/acne.

IMAGE Ormedic Facial

A papaya, pineapple, pumpkin and mango infused blend of organic and medically effective ingredients designed to rebalance tired, stressed and dull-looking skin. This facial naturally rebalances, regenerates, restores and soothes your skin while stem cells boost cellular turnover.

LIRA Green Power Rebuilder Facial

Not a big fan of needles? This is a beautiful blend of herbal ingredients to give the same effect as derma- needling but by using stinging nettle and natural salicylic compounds. The Rebuilder facial is perfect for pigmentation, acne scarring, loose skin, lines and wrinkles. *Please note, activity may be felt on the skin for up to 48 hours after your treatment.

There are different grades of peels, which determine how deep they delve into the skin layers. There are a number of different levels of skin peels available at the clinic. All our peels last approximately 1 hour.

The Perfect Peel

The Perfect Peel is a chemical peel, but it’s arguably the most advanced one available. This medium-strength, medical-grade peel, transforms your skin and boosts skin health from deep down and brightens complexions, with results achieved after just one week. One of the main reasons why the Perfect Peel is so unique is that it requires ZERO preparation and can be used on all skin types

IMAGE Lightening Lift (Lactic Peel)

Balance your complexion with this mega lightening treatment that gently blends lactic acid and a cocktail of lightening and brightening agents to reduce sun spots, brown spots and redness caused by Rosacea.

IMAGE Acne Peel (Salicylic Peel)

Blend of AHA’s and BHA’s with protective agents to effectively treat all grades of acne to reduce the appearance and occurrence of blemishes. It will also help to stimulate cell turnover which can help minimise the appearance of acne scarring and open pores.

IMAGE Wrinkle Lift (Glycolic Peel)

Ultra-resurfacing blend of glycolic acid combined with retinol to visibly reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. This is ideal for skin concerns such as ageing, wrinkles, smokers’ skin or rough complexions as its powerful AHA glycolic acid and potent retinol boost the speed of cell turnover.

IMAGE Beta Lift

An intensive treatment for mild to moderate acne. This peel exfoliates congested pores, calms aggravated skin and helps to fade the appearance of spots.

IMAGE Perfection Lift Peel

This distinct blend of active exfoliants works synergistically to visibly reduce the appearance of fine lines, correct uneven skin tone, smooth rough texture and reduce acne blemishes.

LIRA Salicylic Peel

This 20% salicylic acid peel combined with retinol and stem cells penetrates into the pores to help clean them out and dissolve excess sebum to prevent acne and black heads from forming. It is also full of antiseptic, anti- bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties to help fight existing acne.

LIRA Lactic Peel

This peel is great for all skin types and helps to even out skin tones, reduced the appearance of pigmentation, suppresses melanin, increases cell turnover, promotes collagen production and stabilizes hormonally imbalanced skins whilst retaining the skins natural hydration.

LIRA Glycolic Acid Peel

Often known as the ‘fruit acid’ because its derived from sugar cane, this peel works hard to unglue dead skin cell and remove them to reveal bright, youthful, dewy skin whilst encouraging new cell turnover and minimizing the appearance of pores.

LIRA Vita Brite Refresher Facial

This enzyme peel full of Vitamin C and AHA is the perfect introduction to Lira facials. With 30% ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), it also helps to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

Dermalogica ProSkin 30 Facial 

Our intensive facial is designed to specifically for you and your most pressing skin concerns. This bespoke service combines key steps of professional exfoliation and deep serum treatment with results-intensifying micro-current technology, to provide you with visible brighter and healthier skin fast.

Dermalogica ProSkin 60 Facial

Our ultimate treatment is customised to target all of your skin needs and leave your skin radiant and glowing. It incorporates exfoliating Hydra Dermabrasion to improve texture and tone, LED light therapy to bright and boost collagen production and highly advanced professional-grade actives for deep treatment.

Dermalogica Pro Power Peel 30

The Pro Power Peel redefines the peel experience. It features a full suite of peel products, including Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHAs) and BetA Hydroxy Acids (BHAs). With a unique system of three different acids for a deep exfoliation personalised to you, this express treatment is ideal to target lines and wrinkles, uneven pigmentation or breakouts to instantly rejuvenate and refresh your skin.

Dermalogica Pro Power Peel 60

This customised effective treatment combines the benefits of the Pro Power Peel with additional advanced techniques and technologies. Peel results are dramatically enhanced by incorporating powerful IonActiveSerum™, a customised masque, LED light therapy and relaxing massage to ensure your skin is left clear, smooth and glowing.

This amazing peel system is formulated to improve the appearance and texture of the skin by increasing cell turnover. This rejuvenates and smooths the skin and so improves skin ageing, hyperpigmentation, acne and rosacea. These are powerful yet gentle, leading to an immediate improvement in skin clarity and radiance and reduced dullness and sallowness.

The million-dollar facial is an extremely popular beauty trend and for good reason! Working your skin from the outside in, this luxurious facial combines two key techniques; Dermaplaning and dermarolling to deeply exfoliate days of dead skin cells and remove soft vellous hair leaving the skin powerfully polished. This is the perfect pre-holiday facial!

This is a luxury facial that nourishes your skin by injecting a specially formulated cocktail, tailored to your skin’s needs making it one of the most personalised micro-infusion facial treatments available. The serum is injected into the skin using microneedles and can be used to treat the face, neck, décolletage and hands.

Collagen P.I.N microneedling is an advanced medical-grade automated micro-needling for deeper penetration into the skin, with a total of 36 micro needles and ability to penetrate to 3mm rather than the usual 0.5mm. This microneedling triggers a release of natural growth factors, new collagen & elastin by the skin.

Growth Factor Rejuvenating Complex is injected  leading to remarkable levels of improvement in skin rejuvenation and anti-aging, fine lines and wrinkles. Skin laxity, tone and texture is improved and this improves acne scarring, stretch marks and hyper pigmentation.

This simple yet effective treatment uses fine crystals and vacuum technology to remove dead skin cells and is safe enough for some of the most sensitive skins. Microdermabrasion exfoliates and removes the outermost layer of dead skin cells to gently clear congestion, improve mild to moderate acne, superficial pigmentation and fine lines.

Unlike traditional facials, the hydra-dermabrasion facial provides your skin with a gentle cleansing and rejuvenating experience. The facial works to deep-clean, exfoliate, extract and hydrate the skin. Addressing all skincare needs, the hydra-dermabrasion facial can treat fine line and wrinkles, uneven skin tone, acne, hyper pigmentation, oily and congested skin.

Spoil your skin with the ‘ultimate’ skin treatment using the latest skincare technology. The skin is assessed, cleansed, and prepared for the radio frequency which heats the skin to stimulate collagen and elastin. The Geneo exfoliating oxypod containing active skin food ingredients is then chosen (from the 7 different pods) to treat your individual skincare goals. The oxypod will buff off dead skin cells leaving you with a retexturised smooth base. The Oxygeneo Super facial is finished off with the oxygeneo serum massaged into your skin.

GENEO Superfacial in a nutshell:

1) Exfoliation of the outer layer of the skin
2) Infusion of unique rich skin food nutrients
3) Skin cell oxygenation generated from within
4) Tightening & Contouring

There is no downtime on this treatment, the convenient “walk in, walk out treatment.” Suitable on all skin types, colours and facial areas. Not suitable for pregnant patients, cancer treatment patients or pacemaker implants.

Hailed as the perfect complexion boost, Dermalux instantly energies skin cells to revitalise a dull and tired complexion. A course of treatment offers long lasting results, stimulating the skin’s natural rejuvenation and repair processes to promote healthy looking skin, accelerate cell renewal and resolve a range of skin concerns.

Discover the benefits of Derrmalux and find out how this award-winning treatment can transform your skin.

Using the latest technology in micro-needling to create multiple, tiny vertical punctures in the skin causing controlled microtrauma which stimulates the skin’s own wound- healing process. The Dermapen penetrates the skin deeper than the Dermaroller and can change the depth depending on the area. We add a serum to this treatment prior to the needling to encourage absorption into the skin. This treatment stimulates collagen and elastin to smooth out fine lines and improves texture and tone. Dermapen treatment can also help to treat deep scars!

This manual exfoliation technique helps to remove the debris and dead skin cells that sit on the surface of the skin. With immediate results after treatments, Dermaplaning improves the skin elasticity and creates a smooth texture to give a more radiant glow! It also increases the absorption of topical products, reduces the appearance of acne scars and fine lines. This treatment is suitable for all skin types.

Similarly to the Dermapen treatment, the Dermaroller uses micro-needling to puncture the skin causing controlled microtrauma and stimulates the skins healing process. The Dermaroller uses single depth microneedles which can be used all over the skin, unlike the Dermapen which can be changed to give deeper penetration to cater to different areas. We add a serum to this treatment prior to the needling to encourage absorption into the skin. This treatment stimulates collagen and elastin to improve texture and tone.