19/11/2025
Medical aesthetic clinics are ripping you off.
£250 for lip filler?? Outrageous.
Let’s break down this “daylight robbery”…
£120 – Medical-grade filler
(Because apparently lips don’t plump themselves and we like to use products with years of clinical research and full tracability)
£30 – Staff wages
(Trained medical professionals want to eat… selfish, I know.)
£50 – VAT
(Because yes.. HMRC get paid too )
£5 – Consumables
(Gloves, needles, antiseptic, dressing packs, numbing cream.. all those annoying “safety” things.)
£4 – Insurance and membership of governing bodies
(Apparently injecting faces comes with risk???)
£10 – Training & CPD
(Courses, exams, refreshers.. every time we learn something new, it costs us money.)
£15 – Rent & rates
(Because treating you in a sterile clinic that meets clinical requirements is frowned upon in a garden shed.)
£4 – Utilities
(Lights, heating, water, waste disposal… shockingly not free and we cant chuck our needles in the kitchen bin.)
£4 – Booking/admin software
(People love to DM “have you got availability tomorrow?” but still want an online system.. we have to make sure its fully GDPR compliant and keeps your info safe)
£3 – Equipment & maintenance
(Beds, lighting, sharps bins, fridges.. and no, Amazon Prime doesn’t cover it.)
£5 – processing fees
(Because everytime someone pays card, we are charged.. these fees triple or more if paid by klarna or clearpay.)
Total: £250.
Money left over? Not as juicy as the lips.
So no, clinics aren’t ripping you off.
You’re paying for: safety, compliance, medical training, and products that are actually certified and clinically tested .. not from John Filler Seller on facebook market place.