About Us
Internationally renowned and individually focused, River Aesthetics’ honest and mindful approach is centred on putting wellbeing first and supporting you to be the best version of yourself.
Award-winning advanced aesthetic doctors, global trainers, international speakers, and former general practitioners; Dr Charlotte Woodward and Dr Victoria Manning specialise in non-surgical treatments that create natural-looking results, restoring youthfulness and enhancing overall wellbeing. Supported by a team of dedicated medical and cosmetic experts, River Aesthetics utilise the latest cutting-edge technologies available in the industry specialising in facial rejuvenation and body sculpting treatments.
Our ethos is to provide a highly personalised approach, with bespoke procedures tailored to an individual’s needs. We are passionate about providing unrivalled patient care and are proud to take an ethical approach, meaning you will only be offered treatments appropriate to your needs.
River Aesthetics have a wide treatment offering, developed after many years of extensive education and research. Our pioneering treatments include The RiverLIFT, The RiverBROW Lift, Ellansé Dermal Fillers, Silhouette Soft thread lifts, alongside the more traditional anti-wrinkle injections, lip augmentation and body sculpting procedures.
With a wealth of clinical experience combined with a true passion for aesthetic medicine and industry reputation, you are in excellent hands with River Aesthetics.
Safety and expertise
Your safety, quality results and happiness are our number one priority. River Aesthetics is accredited by Save Face – an impartial organisation committed to ensuring that aesthetic practitioners are properly trained and qualified. This is the only scheme to visit every accredited practitioner and premises to ensure that patients are in safe hands, and that safe products are used in a safe environment.
The ‘RiverLIFT’
Our unique ‘RiverLIFT’ is renowned for its subtle, yet stunning results, with patients and celebrity fans lining up for Dr Victoria and Dr Charlotte’s expert touch.
A technological innovation, offering a simple way to a redefined face, restoring volume and reducing wrinkles, all without the use of incision or sedation. The ‘RiverLIFT’ restores natural facial balance and softens the signs of ageing, by using a combination of thread-lifting and facial injectable treatments for stunning results.
We have combined our thread expertise in conjunction with hyaluronic acid dermal fillers, to create bespoke thread lifts for the lips, face, body and breasts. Dr Charlotte pioneered the UK’s first-ever breast lift using threads, and now offers this easy, non-invasive alternative to full breast lift surgery from the comfort of the clinic.
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River Aesthetics Hampshire, 6 The Mews, 41-43 Gosport Street, Lymington, Bournemouth, SO41 9BB
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Dr Charlotte Woodward
Medical Aesthetic Doctor & GP Dr Charlotte Woodward is a leading medical aesthetic doctor with over 25 years’ experience across both general practice and aesthetics.Dr Victoria Manning
Medical Aesthetic Doctor Dr Victoria Manning is a highly skilled and experienced medical aesthetic doctor, with over 20 years’ clinical expertise across both general practice and aesthetics.Our Other Services
Treatments, Products and Conditions
River Aesthetics Hampshire Treatments
Botulinum Toxin
Botulinum toxin type A, know by the brand names Botox (Vistabel), Dysport (Azzalure) and Xeomin (Bocouture), is a naturally occurring protein produced by the bacterium clostridium botulinum. It is licensed as a prescription only medicine and can be used to treat wrinkles like frown lines and crow`s feet as well as hyperhidrosis or excessive sweating. As a prescription only medicine, it requires a face-to-face consultation to determine your suitability for treatment.[Read More]
Chemical Peels
The use of chemical peels to soften and improve the appearance of skin dates back to the ancient Egyptians. Today, scientists have identified numerous forms of acid which can be used to treat skin.[Read More]
Dermal Fillers
Dermal fillers are made of various kinds of natural, man-made or synthetic materials that have been developed for injection into the skin and lips; including hyaluronic acid.[Read More]
Injectable Body Contouring
Injectable Body Contouring currently available using Macrolane, is the first body shaping and volume restoration product which uses hyaluronic acid, a natural component of our own bodies.[Read More]
Intravenous (IV) Nutritional Therapy (Vitamin Drips)
Intravenous or IV Nutritional Therapy delivers a controlled dose of electrolytes, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients directly into your body intravenously or directly into your bloodstream through your vein. [Read More]
Lower Body Lift
A lower body lift is part of a cosmetic surgery procedure called body contouring which is designed to remove large amounts of excess skin and fat from the stomach, hips, thighs, and back.
Medical Skin Needling
Medical Skin Needling, also referred to as Collagen Induction Therapy and Micro-Needling is aimed at stimulating the body’s own collagen production to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
Mesotherapy
Mesotherapy is a medical technique used for the treatment of cosmetic conditions, including skin rejuvenation and improvement, hair regrowth, localised fat reduction and as a treatment for cellulite.[Read More]
Non-Surgical Vulvo-Vaginal Rejuvenation
The availability of non-surgical options for vulvo-vaginal rejuvenation to target both cosmetic and practical concerns such as labial remodelling of the outer vaginal lips, vaginal tightening for great sexual satisfaction, a reduction in vaginal dryness to ease discomfort and pain from sexual intercourse, or as a cure for stress urinary incontinence have expanded rapidly. [Read More]
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy, also known as the vampire facelift works on the basis that the bodys own natural healing powers may slow and even reverse the ageing process .[Read More]
Sclerotherapy and Microsclerotherapy
Sclerotherapy was developed for treating varicose veins. Microsclerotherapy is a technique of injecting thread veins with a sclerosant that causes swelling in the vein’s wall which destroys it.
Specialist Skin Creams
There are many hundreds of different types of cosmeceutical skin care products on the market today that contain active ingredients and claim they can improve wrinkles and the appearance of ageing.[Read More]
Sunscreen
SPF, UVA, UVB? All too confusing? Dermatologists recommend daily use of a broad-spectrum (covering a wide range of wavelengths) UVA and UVB sunscreen with a Sun Protection Factor (SPF) of at least 15.[Read More]
Thread Lift
Thread lift uses free floating cogged (barbed) or smooth sutures for lifting sagging tissue in the face and neck. It is marketed as APTOS Thread Lift, Contour Lift, Silhouette Soft, Scarless Suture Lift & Feather Lift.[Read More]
River Aesthetics Hampshire Products
AQUALYX ™
AQUALYX™ is an injectable treatment of deoxycholate solution (containing deoxycholic acid) which is being marketed for ‘Aqualysis’ or ‘Aquaplasty’ treatment as a means of body contouring.
Azzalure ®
Azzalure ®, botulinum toxin type A, has been available since the early 1990s as Dysport ® but is licensed in the UK as a prescription only medicine for cosmetic use to treat frown lines and crow`s feet under the name Azzalure. You will require a face-to-face consultation with a prescriber to determine your suitability for treatment.
Botox
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Dermaceutic Peels
Dermaceutic chemical peels are a medical peel. Depending on the peel, they may contain glycolic acid, salicylic acid, lactic acid, trichloroacetic acid (TCA) or mandelic acid.
Desirial
Desirial is a hyaluronic acid dermal filler that has been developed for treating female vulvo-vaginal conditions, such as vaginal atrophy and dryness by non-surgical vaginal rejuvenation treatment.
Emervel ®
Emervel (no part of the Restylane brand) is a cross-liked hyaluronic acid based dermal filler from Galderma. It was available in 5 product derivatives for differing indications, Touch, Classic, Lips, Deep and Volume which have now been renamed.
Obagi Blue Peel
Blue Peel significantly improves skin tightness and reduces fine lines, wrinkles, acne scars, large pores and hyperpigmentation.
Perfectha ®
Perfectha® from Laboratory ObvieLine (a Sinclair IS Pharma company) is a highly advanced hyaluronic acid gel dermal filler, cross-linked by E-brid® technology and developed to fill out wrinkles, hydrate the skin and add volume.
Phenol Peels
Phenol peels are not very commonly used, but can be very effective, in experienced hands, as a skin resurfacing method for reducing the appearance of deeper lines and wrinkles.
Radara ™
The Radara™ system consists of a unique micro-channelling transdermal patch with a hyaluronic serum, that is designed to improve skin quality and reduce the visible signs of ageing.
Restylane ® Skinboosters (Vital & Vital Light)
RESTYLANE Skinboosters (Restylane Vital and Restylane Vital Light) are a Non-Animal Stabilized Hyaluronic Acid (NASHA) gel aimed at a whole new approach to skin rejuvenation for the face, neck, décolletage and hands.
Teosyal ®
The Teosyal range consists of three monophasic hyaluronic acid based products of non-animal origin, which are highly biocompatible, offering patients immediate and long-lasting results.
The Perfect Peel
The Perfect Peel is founded on a key anti-ageing ingredient never before used in a chemical peel: Glutathione. It can be used on all skin types and requires no pre-peel skin preparation.
ThermaVein™
ThermaVein™ uses Veinwave™ technology which is already proven within the medical field for the process known as thermocoagulation which seals the walls of thread veins with a micro-current of heat, causing them to permanently disappear. It can also be used to treat other skin lesions.
River Aesthetics Hampshire Conditions
Acne
Acne is a chronic inflammatory disease of the sebaceous hair follicles.
Body Contouring
The term `body contouring` refers to a range of procedures that encompass size and weight reduction, as well as re-shaping of certain areas of the body, in some cases following massive weight loss where excess skin is a problem.
Breast and Chest - Augmentation, Enlargement, Reduction and Lifting ( Boob Job )
The size and shape of the chest can be a cause of much concern for both men and women. There are a number of surgical treatment options, many of which are widely available, that can alter your physical appearance, particularly of the female breast.
Complexion Improvement, Skin Texture Concerns
Commonly concerns are focussed on changes in the skin and ones complexion that occur as we age. Skin specialists now believe that most of the changes that we see in our skin as we grow older are due to the sun (sometimes referred to as "photodamage").
Eyes - Bags and Crow’s Feet
The development of small crows feet, or shadows beneath the eyes (dark circles) can be the first signs that our skin is not as youthful and elastic as it once was.
Eyes - Tear Trough ( Dark Circles )
Tear trough rejuvenation is a relatively new treatment that is used to improve the appearance of dark circles or dark hollows underneath the eyes which appear in some people.
Facial Skin Tightening, Sagging Skin and Jowls
The concept of facial skin tightening refers to cosmetic procedures which seek to cause contraction in the tissues to effectively tighten them up or which involve a lifting technique often accompanied by the removal of excess skin.
Fat ( Love Handles, Saddle Bags, Muffin Tops )
Liposuction is the most commonly performed aesthetic surgical procedure for fat removal and body contouring.
Foot Cushioning With Dermal Fillers
Foot cushioning with dermal fillers is the latest treatment being demanded by those ladies who live for their ‘killer heels’, made famous by shoe styles from designers such as Christian Louboutin and Manolo Blahnik.
Hair Loss ( Male Pattern Baldness, Alopecia )
Male pattern hair loss (androgenetic alopecia) is the commonest cause of hair loss in men. Alopecia areata can occur in both men and women.
Hand Rejuvenation
The hands are the second most visible area of our body. There are now a number of non-surgical treatment options to help rejuvenate the hands.
Heavy Brow
Eyebrow shape and position can make an important difference to how you look. Plucking them is not the only way to achieve a difference in shape, and sagging eyebrows can be lifted using surgery.
Hyperhidrosis ( Excessive Sweating )
Hyperhidrosis is the condition whereby an individual has abnormally increased or excessive perspiration or sweating which can occur most commonly on the hands, feet, armpits and groin area. Botulinum toxin, Botox is a popular treatment choice.
Lines and Wrinkles
The signs of ageing on a person’s face start to show as early as the end of the second or the beginning of the third decade of a persons life. At first, fine lines start to form between the nose and the mouth, around the eyes and on the forehead.
Lip Volumising and Shaping
Lip augmentation, volumising, shaping or enhancement is a cosmetic procedure which uses various materials to plump out and re-shape the lips.
Moles, Warts, Skin Tags and Benign Growths
Moles, warts, skin tags can be both upsetting to look at and cause social and psychological unease. Thankfully though, most growths are benign and harmless, and removal is often quick and simple with reassuring cosmetic results.
Non-Surgical Face Lift ( Nefertiti Lift )
One of the most common forms of non-surgical face lift procedures is to use as combination of botulinum toxins and dermal fillers to plump out wrinkles and any volume lacking areas of skin on the face and provide lift, including the Nefertiti Lift.
Nose Reshaping ( Nose Job )
Most cosmetic procedures in this area relate to the alteration of the size or shape of the nose.
Pigmentation ( Age Spots, Brown Spots )
Age spots or lentigos, sometimes known as "liver spots" are medically known under the condition of hyperpigmentation. Professional skincare clinics have effective treatments to reduce the appearance of more pronounced age spots or hyperpigmentation.
Rosacea
Rosacea is a common chronic skin condition that tends to affect the face. Individuals with vascular rosacea, which tends to include symptoms such as flushing, redness and thread veins, can often be successfully treated with laser or IPL treatment.
Scarring ( Acne, Keloid, Atrophic Scars )
Scarring can affect a person’s confidence and self-esteem, particularly when the scars are on the face. Depending on the type of scar and the way an individual heals there are a variety of options for improving the appearance of scarring.
Stretch Marks ( Striae )
Stretch Marks, known medically as Striae are lines or streaks on the skin, which can be pink, purple or white in colour (depending on their age), that occur when the inner skin layer is stretched thin and loses its elasticity.
Sunken Cheeks
In recent years aesthetic practitioners who study the outward signs of ageing on the face have been focussing on the loss of facial volume that occurs as many of us get older.
Thread Veins or Spider Veins
A variety of options, including using heat generating technologies such as light and electrical currents have been developed to treat thread veins, also called spider or broken veins.
Upper Arm Laxity ( Bingo Wings )
Upper arm laxity, also known as bingo wings is a common problem for many men and women. The main treatments are brachioplasty or upper arm lift and liposuction.