Endolift laser skin tightening in Warrington
A laser under the skin, not a machine on top of it
Endolift treats jowls, a softening jawline, a loose neck and the skin under the chin, and it works on the body as readily as the face. It works by placing an optical fibre finer than a needle just beneath the skin under local anaesthetic, so the laser energy arrives in the layer that needs tightening instead of passing through it on the way.
BDS, FDSRCS, MBChB, FRCS, FRCA, PgDip, MSc (Cos Med)
Every Endolift treatment here is carried out personally by Dr James Corcoran. GMC 4229209 · Verify on the GMC register
Dr Corcoran consults, treats and reviews you himself. No technician acting on his behalf.
Endolift before and after, across every area
The face and neck
Nine results across the jawline, the neck, under the chin, the lower and middle face and the lower eyelid. Click any one to see it full size.
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Jawline
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Jawline
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Neck
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Neck
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Under the chin
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Under the chin
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Lower and middle face
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Lower and middle face
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Lower eyelid
The body
Endolift treats loose skin on the body as readily as on the face, and these are the areas it is asked for most. The same handpiece, the same local anaesthetic.
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Inner arms
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Inner thigh
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Knees
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Knees
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Abdomen
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Gluteal area
How to read a before and after photograph
Before is on the left and after on the right in every pair. Individual results vary. These show the kind of change Endolift can produce and should not be read as typical or as a promise of a specific outcome. Age, skin quality, how much laxity there is and whether it is skin or structure all change what is achievable.
What Endolift treats
Endolift works where the problem is loose skin rather than loose structure. That distinction decides whether it is the right answer for you, and it is the first thing Dr Corcoran will tell you at consultation.
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Jowls and a softening jawline
The area Endolift is asked about most. It tightens the skin along the jaw so the line reads as a line again. Where the heaviness is fat or descended structure rather than skin, this is not the answer and you will be told so.
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A loose neck
Crepey skin and a softened angle under the jaw. Endolift reaches the neck without surgery and without a scar. Prominent muscle bands are a different problem with a different answer.
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Under the chin
The submental area, where a small amount of laxity changes the whole profile. A precise area to treat, and one where the fibre being finer than a needle genuinely matters.
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The lower and middle face
Treated together where laxity runs across the whole lower half rather than sitting in one place. This is the closest Endolift comes to a broad lift, and it is still a skin treatment, not a facelift.
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Inner arms, thighs and knees
Loose skin on the body, where the alternative has usually been surgery or nothing. Realistic for skin that has lost tone. Not a treatment for weight, and not a substitute for one.
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Abdomen and gluteal area
Skin laxity after weight loss or pregnancy, where the skin envelope has not kept up. Endolift tightens what is there. Where there is a great deal of excess skin, surgery remains the honest answer.
Whether Endolift is right for your face is a clinical judgement, made in front of a mirror rather than over the phone. If it is not, he will say so and tell you what would be.
How Endolift works
Every other tightening treatment sends energy from outside the skin and accepts that some of it is spent getting through the surface. Endolift does not. An optical fibre finer than a needle is passed just beneath the skin, under local anaesthetic, and the laser energy is delivered directly into the layer where the tightening has to happen.
That has two consequences worth understanding. The energy reaches its target at full strength, which is why one treatment does the work rather than a course. And because nothing has to be pushed through the surface, the skin above is left intact: there is no incision to close and nothing to scar.
You feel pressure and warmth rather than pain. The area is numbed first, and Dr Corcoran is a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, which is a relevant qualification when somebody is putting a fibre under your skin and deciding how much local anaesthetic you need.
The mechanism described here is set out at greater length, with the published evidence behind it, in what Endolift actually is. The figures beside this are the clinic’s own for treatments carried out at Warrington.
The treatment
A device working from the surface
The energy starts above the skin and spreads as it passes through, so only part of it arrives in the layer that needs tightening.
Endolift
A fibre finer than a needle carries the energy through the surface and releases it in that layer directly, at full strength.
Endolift compared with HIFU, a facelift and NeoGen
| What we are comparing | Endolift | HIFU | Surgical facelift | NeoGen plasma |
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| Where the energy is delivered | Beneath the skin, through a fibre | From outside, focused to a depth | Not energy. Tissue is lifted and excess skin removed | On the surface, across the whole area |
| Is the skin entered | Yes, by a needle puncture. Nothing to close | No | Yes, by incision | No |
| Anaesthetic | Local | None | General, with a hospital stay | Topical numbing where used |
| Best suited to | Loose skin on the jaw, neck and body | Mild laxity, and people who want no recovery at all | Descended structure and a real excess of skin | Surface quality, texture, tone and pigmentation |
| Recovery | Swelling and bruising two to four days | None | Weeks, and a scar that is permanent | Depends on the energy level chosen |
| How long it holds | Typically two to three years | Shorter, and usually repeated | Longest of the four | Maintained with repeat treatment |
These are not competing versions of the same thing. A facelift moves structure and removes skin, and where that is genuinely what is needed, no laser is a substitute for it and nobody honest will tell you otherwise. HIFU asks nothing of your week and delivers correspondingly less. NeoGen works on the quality of the surface rather than on laxity underneath it.
Endolift occupies the space between: more than a treatment you can have at lunchtime, considerably less than an operation. If your problem is skin that has loosened rather than structure that has dropped, it is usually the proportionate answer.
The longer versions
- Endolift and HIFU, head to head
- What Endolift actually is
- What Endolift costs in the UK
- NeoGen plasma skin regeneration
Dr Corcoran offers Endolift, HIFU and NeoGen, and does not perform surgery. Read the surgical row with that in mind: it is there because it is sometimes the right answer, not because it is on the menu here.
What it costs, and what happens
The price moves with how many areas are treated, and it is quoted precisely at consultation once Dr Corcoran has seen your skin rather than estimated over the phone.
From £1,250
Request your free consultationMost treatments fall between £1,250 and £2,500. The number of areas treated is what moves it. Nothing is quoted or sold to you over the phone, and the consultation that produces the quote is free.
Who it suits, and the risks
Endolift works where the problem is loose skin rather than loose structure. That distinction decides everything, and it is not one anybody can make from a photograph or over the phone.
A good fit if
- Your skin has loosened but the structure underneath has not dropped far
- You want a real change without an operation, a general anaesthetic or a scar
- The concern is the jaw, neck, under the chin, or loose skin on the body
- You can give up a quiet few days, and would rather be told the truth than sold to
Not the right answer if
- There is a genuine excess of skin. A laser under it will not remove it, and surgery is the honest answer
- The heaviness is descended structure rather than surface laxity
- You are hoping for the result of a facelift without the operation
- You are pregnant or breastfeeding, or have active infection or unhealed skin in the area
A bleeding disorder, anticoagulant medication, a history of keloid scarring, poorly controlled diabetes or a significant immune condition do not rule you out automatically. They all change the conversation, which is why they are wanted before the day rather than on it.
The recognised risks
Endolift is well tolerated and safe in trained hands. It is not risk free, because it places a laser fibre beneath your skin, and anybody presenting it as risk free is telling you something untrue.
- Infection
- Contour irregularity
- Pigmentation change
- Thermal injury
- Nerve disturbance, uncommon and usually temporary
Most of these scale with the anatomical knowledge of whoever performs the treatment. Around the jawline the nerve supplying the lower lip is the one that matters most, which is the argument for asking about a practitioner’s medical training rather than about the device.
Read the risks in full, including the five questions worth asking any clinic before you book.
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.
On this treatment that matters more than on most. Endolift puts a laser fibre underneath your skin, and the risk that people are right to ask about is nerve disturbance. Around the jawline, the nerve supplying the lower lip is the one that matters. Where that fibre can safely go is a question of anatomy, and the person answering it here trained in maxillofacial surgery, holds a Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, and spent fourteen years as an NHS Consultant Anaesthetist deciding how much local anaesthetic somebody needs.
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
I was nervous about having any treatment and Dr Corcoran immediately put me at ease. He explained everything clearly and my Endolift results have been incredible.
The procedure was pain free and very reassuring. Knowing the practitioner is a practising NHS Consultant Anaesthetist gives you complete confidence.
I am 82 years old and have never undergone cosmetic surgery. I am truly overwhelmed by the results and cannot believe the transformation in my face. Dr Corcoran is a true professional and makes you feel completely at ease.
Endolift questions, answered
The area is numbed with local anaesthetic first, and most people describe pressure and warmth rather than pain. The person deciding how much local anaesthetic you need spent fourteen years as an NHS Consultant Anaesthetist, which is a relevant qualification for exactly this part of it.
Between 45 and 90 minutes, depending on how many areas are being treated. There is no general anaesthetic and no hospital stay, so you are in and out on the same visit.
Mild swelling and bruising for two to four days is normal, along with tenderness and a feeling of tightness as the tissue settles. Most patients are back to normal within 48 hours. Going back to work in that time is realistic. A major social event in the first week is not what we would plan around.
Some tightening is apparent early, but the substantial change comes as new collagen forms and matures over three to six months. That is when the result should be judged, rather than in the mirror the week after.
Typically two to three years. Your skin carries on ageing underneath the result, so it is long lasting rather than permanent. Anybody describing this treatment as permanent is overselling it.
From £1,250. Most treatments here fall between £1,250 and £2,500, and what moves the figure is how many areas are treated rather than anything else. You are quoted precisely at consultation, once Dr Corcoran has seen your skin, and never over the phone.
Mild to moderate laxity, where the skin has loosened but the structure underneath has not dropped far. Where there is a real excess of skin, or the heaviness is descended structure rather than surface laxity, a laser under the skin will not fix it and you will be told so and pointed towards a surgical opinion instead.
It is well tolerated and safe in trained hands, and it is not risk free, because it places a laser fibre beneath the skin. The recognised risks are infection, contour irregularity, pigmentation change, thermal injury and, rarely, nerve disturbance. Most of them scale with the anatomical knowledge of whoever performs the treatment, which is the argument for asking about medical training rather than about the device.
No, and they are not doing the same job. A facelift moves structure and removes excess skin, and where that is genuinely what is needed, no laser is a substitute for it. Endolift tightens skin that has loosened, under local anaesthetic, with a few days of swelling rather than weeks of recovery and no permanent scar. If your problem is skin rather than structure, it is usually the proportionate answer.
69b Sankey Street, Warrington WA1 1SL, in the town centre and close to Sankey Street parking. Treatments run Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10am to 8pm, by appointment only. Reception takes calls Monday to Saturday from 8.30am.
Why have Endolift in Warrington
One doctor, from consultation to review
The person who assesses your face is the person who treats it and the person who sees you afterwards. On a treatment where the main risk depends on anatomical judgement, that is not an administrative detail.
Two clinical careers behind the decision
Maxillofacial surgery, then medicine, surgery, anaesthesia and cosmetic medicine. Three Royal College fellowships. Thirty years in the NHS, fourteen as a Consultant Anaesthetist.
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. Two treatment rooms and a private reception.
Find out whether Endolift suits your face
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.
Three ways to start
01925 648 533Reception takes calls Monday to Saturday from 8.30am. Ask for a consultation with Dr Corcoran and say it is about Endolift.
Whatever you send, it is read by the clinic rather than by a call centre, and the consultation it leads to is with the doctor who would carry out the treatment.
Endolift from £1,250
Treated by Dr Corcoran himself