Endospheres for the neck in London

The neck is where the maker's website ends its list of areas, "from feet to neck", and in our practice it is treated with the smaller face system after the face, in light passes down the neck. No maker series has measured the neck, and we say so. The maker publishes no length for the face course; its one face series used five sessions, and it advises two maintenance sessions a month after the intensive cycle. The free consultation is with Dr Marie Duggan, GMC 7488383, at Endospheres Clinic, 8 Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2HF, with the price in writing.

What it does and does not do

A light mechanical massage of the neck changes the feel and the look of the skin for a time, and in our experience it is the part of a face session people with a tense neck notice most. We make no claim that it lifts, tightens or drains lymph, and it does not soften the horizontal lines of the neck; for a loose neck the doctor discusses a tightening treatment at the consultation. In the maker's one face series, nine volunteers had skin roughness 20.5% lower on imaging thirteen weeks after the first of five sessions, measured on the face, not the neck.

The session and after

In our practice you lie on the couch; the face roller is passed down the neck in light passes after the face, away from the front of the neck over the thyroid, and the operator adjusts the pressure with you. The neck adds a few minutes to a face session. In our experience the skin can look pink afterwards and settles within the hour, and make-up can go on once the skin has settled.

Who it suits

In our practice it suits an adult having a face course who wants the neck included, for the feel of it and a fresher-looking skin tone. The maker's protocol excludes pregnancy and breastfeeding and asks for 30 days after fillers, and a thyroid problem under investigation is a reason to ask your doctor first. The face page covers the face, and the full guide the rest.