Profhilo in Warrington
Better skin, with nothing added to the shape of your face
- Carried out by Dr Corcoran, never a technician
- From £245, quoted at a free consultation
- Two sessions, four weeks apart
5.0 on Google Dr James Corcoran, GMC 4229209 BDS, FDSRCS, MBChB, FRCS, FRCA, PgDip, MSc (Cos Med)
What Profhilo treats
Profhilo improves the skin itself. It does not add volume or lift, and that is exactly why it suits people who want to look better rather than different.
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Early laxity
Skin that has started to soften and lose its firmness. Where laxity is established, a tightening treatment will do more.
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Crepey skin
Thin, crepey skin on the face and neck, which improves as hydration and quality are restored.
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Dull, dehydrated skin
Skin that has lost its hydration and its glow, which is often the first change people notice.
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Fine lines
Softening of fine lines as the skin improves overall. Deep lines and folds need a different approach.
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The neck
Where skin quality often shows age earlier than the face, and where it can be treated in the same way.
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The hands
Thin, crepey skin on the back of the hands, which is treated as well as the face.
Whether Profhilo is right for your skin is a clinical judgement, made in person. If what you need is volume or tightening instead, Dr Corcoran will say so.
How Profhilo works
Profhilo is a very pure, concentrated hyaluronic acid. Unlike a filler, which stays where it is placed to add volume, it spreads through the skin from a small number of points, hydrating it across a wide area and encouraging it to produce its own collagen and elastin.
It is placed at five points on each side of the face, ten small injections in all, using one syringe each session. A second session four weeks later builds on the first, and the skin continues to improve for weeks after that.
Because it adds nothing to the shape of the face, it cannot make you look overdone. It also cannot lift a jowl or fill a hollow, and it is honest to say that before rather than after.
How Profhilo compares with Jalupro, the other skin booster offered here, is set out in Jalupro against Profhilo.
The treatment
Profhilo compared with Jalupro, fillers and polynucleotides
| What we are comparing | Profhilo | Jalupro | Dermal fillers | Polynucleotides |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it does | Improves skin quality and firmness | Revitalises tired, dull skin | Restores lost volume and shape | Improves skin quality |
| Made of | Pure, concentrated hyaluronic acid | Hyaluronic acid with amino acids | Hyaluronic acid gel | Purified DNA fragments |
| Adds volume | No | No | Yes | No |
| Usually chosen for | Firmness and early laxity | Tired, dull, dehydrated skin | Volume loss and definition | Skin quality and fine lines |
| Price at the clinic | From £245 | £195 | From £265 | £240 |
Profhilo and Jalupro are the two skin boosters offered here, and neither is better than the other. Profhilo suits firmness and early laxity; Jalupro suits skin that looks tired and dull. The skill is in choosing the right one for the skin in front of you.
Filler is a different treatment altogether: it adds volume. If what you want is fuller cheeks or a more defined jaw, that is filler, and Profhilo will not do it.
The longer versions
- Jalupro against Profhilo
- Is Profhilo a filler?
- Polynucleotides against Profhilo
- Jalupro
- Dermal fillers
Dr Corcoran offers all four, so the comparison is not steering you towards the one on this page.
What it costs, and what happens
Profhilo is priced per session and is usually a course of two. You are quoted precisely at consultation, once Dr Corcoran has seen your skin.
From £245
Request your free consultationPer session, with an additional syringe at the same visit £185. The standard course is two sessions four weeks apart, then maintenance every six to twelve months. The consultation that produces the quote is free.
Who it suits, and the risks
Profhilo suits skin that has started to lose firmness and quality. Whether that is your concern, or whether it is volume or laxity, is what the consultation decides.
A good fit if
- Your skin has started to lose firmness, hydration or glow
- You want to look better, not different
- You do not want anything added to the shape of your face
- The concern includes the neck or the hands
Not the right answer if
- You want volume, fuller cheeks or a more defined jaw. That is filler
- The laxity is established. A tightening treatment will do more
- You have an active cold sore or infection in the area. Treatment waits until it has healed
- You are hoping for a lift
Pregnancy, anticoagulant medication, allergies and previous injectable treatment are discussed before anything is booked.
The recognised risks
Profhilo is very well tolerated, and the common effects are mild and short lived. It is an injection, and like any injection it is not risk free.
- Small bumps at the injection points, which settle within hours
- Redness, swelling and discomfort
- Bruising, which can take up to a week to fade
- Infection, which is uncommon
- Rarely, a blocked blood vessel, a risk shared by every hyaluronic acid injection
The manufacturer’s worldwide monitoring recorded side effects in 0.034% of facial treatments, around one in three thousand, all of which resolved. That is the manufacturer’s own data rather than an independent study, and it is given here as that.
A blocked blood vessel shows as pain that worsens rather than settles, or skin turning pale and then dusky. Ring the clinic straight away if that happens. It is treatable, and speed is what matters.
Who carries out your treatment
BDS, FDSRCS, MBChB, FRCS, FRCA, PgDip, MSc (Cos Med)
A great deal of the lasering and injecting done in this industry is done by people who did a short course. Most clinicians qualify once. He qualified as a dentist, operated on faces and jaws in maxillofacial surgery, then went back to university and qualified again as a doctor, then in surgery, then in anaesthesia, then in cosmetic medicine. Thirty years of that was in the NHS, fourteen as a Consultant Anaesthetist and ten of those simultaneously as Clinical Director, accountable for clinical standards across departments.
There are no technicians here acting on his behalf. Your consultation, your treatment and your review are all with him.
Profhilo is placed at set anatomical points, and where those points are, relative to the vessels and structures beneath them, is what makes it both effective and safe. The person placing it here spent his first career in maxillofacial surgery, operating on faces and jaws.
An anaesthetist spends a career learning what can go wrong and being the person who notices first. That is a more useful habit to bring to this work than any device I could buy.
Dr James Corcoran
What patients say
The treatment was totally pain free and the results were beyond my expectations. Dr Corcoran is incredibly knowledgeable and I would absolutely recommend going to see for yourself.
The consultation alone was worth its weight in gold. Dr Corcoran was completely transparent about what could and could not be achieved. That level of honesty is genuinely rare in aesthetics.
The procedure was pain free and very reassuring. Knowing the practitioner is a practising NHS Consultant Anaesthetist gives you complete confidence.
Profhilo questions, answered
There are ten small injections, five on each side of the face, and most people describe a brief pinching sensation at each rather than pain. Small bumps at the injection points settle within hours.
No. A filler stays where it is placed to add volume and shape. Profhilo spreads through the skin to improve its quality and firmness, and adds no volume at all.
The standard course is two sessions, four weeks apart, followed by a maintenance session every six to twelve months. Dr Corcoran will say at consultation what suits your skin.
Improvement often begins after the first session. The full result develops over the four to six weeks after the second session.
Typically six to twelve months, which is why a maintenance session every six to twelve months is usually recommended.
From £245 per session, with an additional syringe at the same visit £185. You are quoted precisely at consultation.
Small bumps at the injection points settle within hours. Some redness, swelling or a small bruise is possible and usually settles within three days.
The common effects are small bumps, redness, swelling, discomfort and bruising, which are mild and short lived. Infection is uncommon, and a blocked blood vessel, which any hyaluronic acid injection can cause, is rare. The manufacturer’s worldwide monitoring recorded side effects in 0.034% of facial treatments, all of which resolved.
Neither is better. Profhilo suits firmness and early laxity. Jalupro suits skin that looks tired, dull or dehydrated. Dr Corcoran chooses between them based on what your skin is actually doing.
69b Sankey Street, Warrington WA1 1SL, in the town centre. Treatments run Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10am to 8pm, by appointment only. Reception takes calls Monday to Saturday from 8.30am.
Why have Profhilo in Warrington
One doctor, from consultation to review
The person who decides whether Profhilo is right for your skin is the person who places it and the person who sees you through the course.
The honest answer on what it does
Profhilo improves skin quality and adds no volume. If what you actually need is filler or tightening, you will be told that rather than sold this.
A town centre clinic, reachable from three cities
69b Sankey Street, a five minute walk from Warrington Central, with direct trains from Manchester and Liverpool and parking considerably easier than either.
Find out whether Profhilo suits your skin
Your consultation is free, in person with Dr Corcoran, and carries no obligation. Nobody will chase you afterwards. If you decide against it, or decide to wait, that is a perfectly good outcome of a consultation.
Request your free consultation
It takes about a minute. Only your name, phone number and email are required, and the rest just means Dr Corcoran can answer properly first time.
Prefer to talk? Reception takes calls Monday to Saturday from 8.30am on 01925 648 533.
Profhilo from £245
Treated by Dr Corcoran himself
