Cosmetic Insure

01/10/2026

We caught up with Claire Williams at CCR to talk all things aesthetics, industry trends and what’s shaping the future of the sector.

Watch the full interview to hear Claire’s insights and perspectives from across the industry.

If you’re at CCR, come and see us at Stand E86 - we’d love to chat.

01/10/2026

We’re at CCR 2026!

Come and visit the Cosmetic Insure team at Stand E86 to chat all things aesthetic insurance, meet the team and capture your CCR moment at our photo booth.

📸 Take a photo, keep the memory and enter our prize draw for the chance to win.

We’d love to see you there!

📍 Stand E86 | ExCeL London
📅 1-2 October

Aesthetics ExCeLLondon

30/09/2026

CCR is tomorrow! 👀

We’re getting ready to welcome you at stand E86, and we’ve got plenty going on.

📸 Get your photo taken at our photo booth
🎁 Enter our prize draw for the chance to win some amazing prizes
💬 Come and chat to our team about your insurance and ask us any questions you have

From a Dyson Airwrap and LED face mask to HydroPeptide and Medik8 skincare sets, there are some great prizes up for grabs.

We’ll see you tomorrow at CCR - come and find us at E86!

*Terms and conditions. This promotion is open to UK residents aged 18 or over. The promotion will run from 00:00 on Thursday 1 October 2026 to 23:59 on Wednesday 7 October 2026 inclusive (“Promotion Period”). To enter, entrants must complete all fields on the form and submit their entry during the Promotion Period. Maximum one entry per person. There is one prize per winner. Four prizes are available: Dyson Airwrap, LED Face Mask, HydroPeptide Glow Like a Pro, Medik8 Crystal Retinal Set. Winners will be selected at random and allocated one of the four prizes. Prizes cannot be chosen, exchanged or redeemed for cash. The winner(s) will have 7 days to claim their prize from notifications.

29/09/2026

CQC registration can feel complicated - particularly if you’re unsure whether it applies to your business, what the process involves or where to start.

Join Cosmetic Insure, in partnership with DKJ Support Services, for a practical 30-minute webinar covering the key things aesthetic practitioners and clinics need to know.

We’ll cover:

• Who needs to register
• The registration process
• How to prepare your application
• Policies, procedures and governance
• Common mistakes and delays
• What happens after registration
• Your questions

3 sessions available, so choose a time that works for you.

📅 15 October | 8am
📅 21 October | 12pm
📅 21 October | 6pm

1 CPD hour provided | Free to attend

Register via the link in our bio.

28/09/2026

One of the themes that came through strongly in our conversations ahead of CCR was the move away from treating one concern at a time.

Dr Gaby Prinsloo describes the shift as moving from “appointment-by-appointment correction to longer-term care.”

So what does that look like in practice?

Looking at skin quality, facial structure, biological ageing and the wider factors that can influence how a patient ages.

We explore the changing consultation in our latest article - link in bio.

26/09/2026

Patients losing weight rapidly, particularly those on GLP-1 medicines, may be nutritionally depleted in ways that directly affect your outcomes.

Inadequate protein or micronutrient intake can affect healing, muscle mass, facial appearance and skin quality. And it sits alongside everything else going on systemically: insulin resistance and persistently high glucose increase glycation, which affects collagen and makes remodelling harder. Poor sleep, chronic stress and smoking all raise inflammatory and oxidative stress.

The value of asking is diagnostic, not advisory. A short review covering diet, sleep, stress, smoking, alcohol, weight change and weight-loss medication may explain poor healing, or a response to treatment that otherwise looks inexplicable.

It's common enough now to build into the consultation as standard.

Ahead of CCR 2026, we sat down with Dr Gaby Prinsloo of the iiaa and Dr Mayoni Gooneratne, former NHS surgeon and functional medicine doctor, to talk about what systemic health actually does to aesthetic results.

Are you asking about weight-loss medication at consultation yet? We'd be interested to hear how you're handling it.

Full interview on our website - https://loom.ly/TAeCI5A

What Longevity Really Means in Aesthetic Medicine Ahead of CCR 2026, we spoke to two clinicians shaping how the specialty thinks about ageing, evidence and the limits of good practice Skin longevity, regenerative medicine, biostimulation, preventative aesthetics and whole-person health are no longer...

24/09/2026

"Longevity" is now almost unavoidable in aesthetics marketing. It's worth being precise about what it means clinically.

Skin longevity means preserving the skin's function and resilience for as long as possible:

• an effective barrier
• balanced immune function
• stable pigmentation
• good repair capacity
• the dermal support that gives skin strength and elasticity

Inflammation sits at the centre of it. Persistent low-grade inflammation impairs barrier recovery and contributes to the breakdown of collagen. The drivers can be local (UV, blue light, active inflammatory skin disease) or systemic (metabolic dysfunction, smoking, chronic stress, changes in the gut-skin axis).

That changes what an assessment looks for, and the order you treat in. Alongside lines and laxity: redness, sensitivity, barrier impairment, pigmentation, photodamage, healing.

Ahead of CCR 2026, we sat down with Dr Gaby Prinsloo, Medical Director at the iiaa, to talk about what the term should and shouldn't be used to promise.

"Skin longevity is not a promise to stop ageing. It is a practical way to help the skin age well, using realistic goals, periodic review and no more treatment than the patient genuinely needs."

Read the full interview on our website

23/09/2026

Referral is rarely the thing that generates a complaint. Treating outside your competence frequently is.

A wider assessment does not mean a wider scope of practice. Recognising that the skin is an organ, and that its condition reflects more than what you apply or inject locally, doesn't turn an aesthetic consultation into a general medical clinic - and it doesn't require every practitioner to become a longevity doctor.

Where the expertise isn't there, the answer is referral, further training, or working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Ahead of CCR 2026, we sat down with Dr Gaby Prinsloo, Medical Director at the iiaa, and Dr Mayoni Gooneratne, former NHS colorectal surgeon and a founder of the Society of Integrative Aesthetics. Dr Mayoni would like to see more candour across the specialty on exactly this point:
"Practitioners need to know their limits, refer appropriately, and collaborate when patients have concerns outside their expertise. This improves patient safety and outcomes, and helps build trust."

From where we sit, that's a risk management point as much as a clinical one. Read the full interview on our website - https://loom.ly/TAeCI5A

What Longevity Really Means in Aesthetic Medicine Ahead of CCR 2026, we spoke to two clinicians shaping how the specialty thinks about ageing, evidence and the limits of good practice Skin longevity, regenerative medicine, biostimulation, preventative aesthetics and whole-person health are no longer...

21/09/2026

Ahead of CCR 2026, we sat down with two clinicians shaping how the specialty thinks about ageing, evidence, and the limits of good practice.

Dr Gaby Prinsloo, Medical Director at the iiaa, works where skincare science, clinical education and regulation meet - which gives her a clear view of the gap between what a product can be shown to do and what it's marketed to do.

Dr Mayoni Gooneratne came to the same conclusions by a different route: NHS colorectal surgeon, then functional medicine, now practising at the intersection of the two.

We asked them what skin longevity actually means once you strip the marketing language
away.

What came back covers:

✅ Why the consultation is getting longer
✅What "skin longevity" means clinically, and what it can't promise
✅ Why inflammation sits at the centre of it
✅ How to separate evidence for an ingredient from evidence for a product
✅Knowing where your expertise ends, and why that's a risk point as much as a clinical one

Read the full interview on our website - https://loom.ly/TAeCI5A

We're at CCR on stand E86, both days. Come and say hello.

What Longevity Really Means in Aesthetic Medicine Ahead of CCR 2026, we spoke to two clinicians shaping how the specialty thinks about ageing, evidence and the limits of good practice Skin longevity, regenerative medicine, biostimulation, preventative aesthetics and whole-person health are no longer...

17/09/2026

We’re heading to CCR!

Come and meet the Cosmetic Insure team at Excel London 1st & 2nd October.

We’ll be at stand E86, ready to chat all things insurance and catch up with some familiar faces 😊