Before you book
Can I actually have this?
Most people worry about the price. The question worth asking first is whether a treatment is appropriate for you at all — and a few common answers change the plan completely.
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What she screens for, and why
Nothing on this page is a studio policy invented to look careful. These are the standard contraindications and precautions for these treatments, and they are the questions you should expect from anyone injecting you.
Botox and other neurotoxins
- Are you pregnant, trying to conceive, or breastfeeding?
- Not while you're pregnant or nursing. None of these treatments have been studied in pregnancy or breastfeeding, so nobody offers them — that is standard practice everywhere, not caution specific to this studio. Alla can plan for afterwards, and plenty of skincare is safe in the meantime.
- Have you been diagnosed with a neuromuscular condition — myasthenia gravis, Lambert-Eaton syndrome, or ALS?
- Neurotoxin isn't appropriate without specialist sign-off. The response can be exaggerated and can affect swallowing or breathing. This needs your neurologist's view first. Ask Alla about treatments that don't work through the neuromuscular junction.
- Have you ever had a severe allergic reaction — to a medication, an anaesthetic, or a previous injectable?
- Alla needs the details before anything is planned. Most fillers contain lidocaine, and a previous reaction to an anaesthetic or an injectable changes what can be used. Bring the name of the product and what happened. This is often workable — it just isn't decided online.
- Do you take blood thinners, or daily aspirin?
- Not a barrier — a planning point. It means more bruising, so Alla plans around your calendar and may use a cannula instead of a needle. Never stop a prescribed blood thinner for a cosmetic appointment; that decision belongs to the doctor who prescribed it.
- Right now, do you have a cold sore, a skin infection, or an active breakout where you'd want treatment?
- Wait until the skin is clear. Injecting or needling through active infection spreads it. This is a timing problem, not a permanent no. If you get cold sores and you're considering lip filler, say so — an antiviral is prescribed beforehand, because the needle can trigger an outbreak.
- Do you have an autoimmune condition, or take medication that suppresses your immune system?
- Usually workable, always discussed. Healing and the risk of a delayed reaction to filler both change. Bring your diagnosis and your current medication and Alla will tell you which treatments she'd use and which she'd avoid.
Dermal fillers
- Are you pregnant, trying to conceive, or breastfeeding?
- Not while you're pregnant or nursing. None of these treatments have been studied in pregnancy or breastfeeding, so nobody offers them — that is standard practice everywhere, not caution specific to this studio. Alla can plan for afterwards, and plenty of skincare is safe in the meantime.
- Have you ever had a severe allergic reaction — to a medication, an anaesthetic, or a previous injectable?
- Alla needs the details before anything is planned. Most fillers contain lidocaine, and a previous reaction to an anaesthetic or an injectable changes what can be used. Bring the name of the product and what happened. This is often workable — it just isn't decided online.
- Do you take blood thinners, or daily aspirin?
- Not a barrier — a planning point. It means more bruising, so Alla plans around your calendar and may use a cannula instead of a needle. Never stop a prescribed blood thinner for a cosmetic appointment; that decision belongs to the doctor who prescribed it.
- Right now, do you have a cold sore, a skin infection, or an active breakout where you'd want treatment?
- Wait until the skin is clear. Injecting or needling through active infection spreads it. This is a timing problem, not a permanent no. If you get cold sores and you're considering lip filler, say so — an antiviral is prescribed beforehand, because the needle can trigger an outbreak.
- Do you have an autoimmune condition, or take medication that suppresses your immune system?
- Usually workable, always discussed. Healing and the risk of a delayed reaction to filler both change. Bring your diagnosis and your current medication and Alla will tell you which treatments she'd use and which she'd avoid.
- Have you had filler in this area before — anywhere, with anyone?
- Bring what you know. Product name, how much, when, and by whom. Old filler doesn't always behave the way people assume, and what's already in there decides what can sensibly go on top.
Microneedling, peels, PRP and RF
- Are you pregnant, trying to conceive, or breastfeeding?
- Not while you're pregnant or nursing. None of these treatments have been studied in pregnancy or breastfeeding, so nobody offers them — that is standard practice everywhere, not caution specific to this studio. Alla can plan for afterwards, and plenty of skincare is safe in the meantime.
- Have you ever had a severe allergic reaction — to a medication, an anaesthetic, or a previous injectable?
- Alla needs the details before anything is planned. Most fillers contain lidocaine, and a previous reaction to an anaesthetic or an injectable changes what can be used. Bring the name of the product and what happened. This is often workable — it just isn't decided online.
- Do you take blood thinners, or daily aspirin?
- Not a barrier — a planning point. It means more bruising, so Alla plans around your calendar and may use a cannula instead of a needle. Never stop a prescribed blood thinner for a cosmetic appointment; that decision belongs to the doctor who prescribed it.
- Right now, do you have a cold sore, a skin infection, or an active breakout where you'd want treatment?
- Wait until the skin is clear. Injecting or needling through active infection spreads it. This is a timing problem, not a permanent no. If you get cold sores and you're considering lip filler, say so — an antiviral is prescribed beforehand, because the needle can trigger an outbreak.
- Do you have an autoimmune condition, or take medication that suppresses your immune system?
- Usually workable, always discussed. Healing and the risk of a delayed reaction to filler both change. Bring your diagnosis and your current medication and Alla will tell you which treatments she'd use and which she'd avoid.
- Do you scar badly — raised, thickened or keloid scars?
- Changes which resurfacing is sensible. Anything that injures the skin to make it rebuild can produce the same thickened scar. There are gentler routes to the same goal — this is exactly the sort of thing a consultation is for.
- Have you taken isotretinoin (Accutane, Roaccutane) in the last six months?
- Wait it out. Skin heals differently for months after isotretinoin, and resurfacing too soon risks scarring. Opinion on the exact interval has softened in recent years, but this practice waits. Tell Alla your finish date and she'll tell you when you can start.
Medical weight loss
- Are you pregnant, trying to conceive, or breastfeeding?
- Not while you're pregnant or nursing. None of these treatments have been studied in pregnancy or breastfeeding, so nobody offers them — that is standard practice everywhere, not caution specific to this studio. Alla can plan for afterwards, and plenty of skincare is safe in the meantime.
- Has anyone in your family had medullary thyroid cancer, or MEN2 (multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2)?
- GLP-1 medication is contraindicated with this history. This is a boxed warning on the medication itself, not a studio policy. Medically supervised weight management can still be planned — it just won't use this class of drug.
- Have you ever had pancreatitis, or been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes?
- Needs a proper medical review first. Both change whether this class of medication is appropriate and how you'd be monitored. Bring your records; this is decided with your prescribing history in front of you.
- Have you had an eating disorder, now or in the past?
- Say this out loud at the consultation. Appetite-suppressing medication interacts badly with a history of restriction, and it is not something to start without the clinician who knows that history being part of the decision. Alla will want to work with them, not around them.
Something on this page apply to you?
Say so at the consultation. It is almost never the end of the conversation — it changes what Alla Yusim would do, not whether she will see you.