Alison Mary PMU & Aesthetics

Alison Mary PMU & Aesthetics One of Norwich’s most prestigious aesthetic clinics located in Taverham, Norwich (NR8). Driveway parking is available at all times.

Online booking available: https://alisonmary.book.app/book-now

01/01/2026

COLLAGEN TRUTH SERIES – PART 6/6
💸 So what should you actually do; boosters, polynucleotides, 3-session CO₂, or one big aggressive hit?

We’ve done the science.
You know it’s all about depth, coverage, heat and where each treatment sits on the ladder.

Part 6 is the practical bit:
How do you use that for your face - and your money?

First: you need to ask yourself 3 questions 👇

1️⃣ What does my skin look like right now?
• Pretty good, just a bit dull?
• Or etched lines, crepe, sun damage?

2️⃣ What result am I expecting?
• Glow and “better skin days”?
• Or a genuine change in texture and lines?

3️⃣ How much downtime can I really cope with?
• A bit of redness and flaking?
• Or a full week of monster-face?

Now match that to the lanes:
🔹 Glow lane - Level 2
Skin boosters, polys, PRP, gentle microneedling, a few PDO monos.
Hydration, glow, slight softening of fine crepe, minimal downtime.
Usually ~£600–£900 for 3 sessions.
Great if you understand you’re buying glow, not a laser-level reset.

🔹 Structure & prevention lane - Level 3 / light Level 4
Sculptra / Radiesse, proper RF microneedling, my 3-session lighter CO₂ packages.
For decent skin that’s starting to show lines + laxity.
Similar total spend (£800–£1,200) but now you’re paying for real dermal change, not just surface bounce.
This is topping up the collagen tank so you don’t need rescue work later.

🔹 Repair & reset lane - top of Level 4
Aggressive ablative CO₂, full-field CO₂, deep phenol peels.
For true damage: deep etched lines, heavy sun, real crepe.
This isn’t topping up, it’s rebuild territory with big downtime and higher risk. Don waste your time on the low-mid level things.

01/01/2026

COLLAGEN TRUTH SERIES – PART 5/6
📈 Why most things need 3 sessions… but one big CO₂ can hit harder

People think “collagen is collagen” - one treatment, same result.

That’s not how skin or biology works.

Most “collagen” treatments sold in clinics are low-moderate hits:
- Skin boosters (Profhilo etc)
- Polys / PDRN
- PRP / PRF
- PDO monos
- Plasma
- Home / basic salon microneedling

Each session creates a small, shallow, patchy injury:
- not that deep
- not much area
- no real heat

Biologically, that’s a micro-dose of collagen.

So yes - you genuinely do need 3+ sessions, because you’re stacking little hits to add up to something you can see.

Now compare that with a properly aggressive ablative fractional CO₂:
- deep columns into the reticular dermis
- high density over the whole area
- strong thermal damage + protein denaturation
- shiny, oozing skin, real crusting and a week off work

That’s a high-dose collagen event: big depth + big area + big heat in one hit.

That’s why one intensive CO₂ can sometimes out-muscle several rounds of lighter stuff… and why one big session can be enough, while the low-moderate things realistically need courses.

If you’re confused why you needed 3 of one thing but only 1 of another, don’t look at the branding. Look at how hard the treatment actually hit:
Depth. Area. Heat.

⬅️ Previous: Part 4/6 showed why CO₂, phenol and serious RF sit at the top of the ladder.

🔁 Next: Part 6/6 pulls it all together: what you should actually do for your skin, your downtime and your budget.

🔖 Save this as a reminder before you sign up for “3-session” anything.
💬 Comment what you’ve had 3+ sessions of and whether you’d do it again knowing this.
👯‍♀️ Share to stories if you’re sick of vague “collagen” marketing.

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01/01/2026

COLLAGEN TRUTH SERIES – PART 4/6
⚡ Why CO₂ laser, phenol peels and proper RF microneedling are in a different league

From Parts 1–3 we know:

More depth + coverage + heat = a bigger collagen event (up to a safe limit).

The big guns tick all three at once:

🔹 Aggressive ablative fractional CO₂
- Thousands of vertical ablation columns into the reticular dermis
- Each with a surrounding thermal coagulation halo
- Huge proportion of the skin surface in the healing cascade → months of remodelling

🔹 Serious RF microneedling
- Needles deliver deep columns of heat (no ablation, but strong thermal hit)
- Grid coverage over the whole area

🔹 Deep phenol peels
- Applied as a full sheet over the skin
- Chemical coagulation of proteins (instead of heat)
- Deep, blanket injury through the key collagen layers

Stacked against Level 2:
- Boosters, polys, PRP, monos, plasma = shallow, patchy, cool → low–moderate collagen
- CO₂, phenol, serious RF = deep, wide, hot/sheet → high-dose collagen that can genuinely re-architect the network
That’s why one properly intensive CO₂ / deep peel / serious RF session can out-perform multiple rounds of “collagen boosters”.

It’s not magic – it’s depth, area and heat.

⬅️ Previous: Part 3/6 explained exactly why softer treatments can only ever give low–moderate collagen.

🔁 Next: Part 5/6 explains why those softer things usually need 3+ sessions, but one big CO₂ can sometimes do more than all of them put together.

🔖 Save this if you’re considering “big gun” treatments in the next year.
💬 Comment “SETTINGS” if you want more nerdy detail on how I set up my CO₂.
👯‍♀️ Tag the friend who keeps sending you Morpheus/CO₂ TikToks.

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01/01/2026

OLLAGEN TRUTH SERIES – PART 3/6
💧 Why Profhilo, polys, PRP, PDO monos etc only ever give low-moderate collagen

Lots of treatments can nudge collagen.
Very few can re-architect it.

For real structural change we always come back to:

1️⃣ Depth - most Level 2 treatments (boosters, polys, PRP/PRF, PDRN, PDO monos, basic microneedling, plasma fibroblast) sit in the superficial–mid dermis. They can touch deeper collagen in places, but only in tiny pockets or tracks, not across the whole load-bearing network that controls laxity and etched lines.

2️⃣ Coverage (volume) - how much skin is in the wound programme at once?
- Boosters / polys / PRP = little blebs or strands of product.
- PDO monos = thread tracks only; skin between is untouched unless you use 100+.
- Basic microneedling / plasma = many narrow, shallow punctures or dot burns.
👉 Total wound volume = small and patchy.

3️⃣ Heat – how strong is the signal?
Boosters, polys, PRP/PRF, PDO monos, basic microneedling = mechanical/chemical triggers with no meaningful deep thermal denaturation.
Plasma chars the surface dots but doesn’t deliver serious heat where the main collagen load lives.
So yes: they do trigger some collagen.
But the hits are shallow, tiny and cool → low–moderate collagen at best.

That’s why so many people spend hundreds and then think: “Why do I barely see a difference?”

They’re support acts, NOT headliners or big hitters.

⬅️ Previous: Part 2/6 ranked everything from skincare → big guns.

🔁 Next: Part 4/6 explains why CO₂, phenol and proper RF microneedling sit in a different league for collagen.

🔖 Save this before you book another “collagen booster” course.
👀 Had these and seen nothing? Comment “ME” and tell me what you had.
👯‍♀️ Tag a friend who keeps chasing glow and expecting a facelift.

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01/01/2026

COLLAGEN TRUTH SERIES – PART 2/6
📊 Ranking collagen treatments from ‘meh’ to ‘full skin remodel’

Every “collagen” treatment is just a controlled injury in disguise.
No injury → no healing cascade → no meaningful collagen.

Here’s the ladder:

LEVEL 1 – Skincare & toys:
🧴 Skincare, light peels, facials, LED masks, gadgets etc.
Great for barrier + glow. Collagen-wise = background noise.

LEVEL 2 – Hydration + micro-stimulation:
💧 Skin boosters (Profhilo-type), polynucleotides, PRP/PRF, PDRNs.
On the edge: PDO monos, plasma fibroblast.
They do nudge fibroblasts and collagen I/III, but in small, superficial pockets.
👉 Result: hydration + softness, low-moderate collagen.

LEVEL 3 – Real bio-stimulation:
🧬 Sculptra (PLLA), PCL, Radiesse.
Biopsies/ultrasound show a thicker dermis and new collagen months later.
Course-based (2–4 sessions) = meaningful structural change.

LEVEL 4 – The ‘Big Guns’:
⚡ Full-field CO₂, aggressive fractional CO₂, deep phenol peels, serious RF microneedling.
Deep into reticular dermis + wide coverage + strong thermal effect.
👉 One session here can equal several mid-tier courses.

So when you’re sold a “collagen” treatment, ask:

“Which level is this actually in?”

That tells you what league of results you’re really buying.

⬅️ Previous: Part 1/6 explains the framework: depth, coverage, heat. Watch that first if you landed here.

🔁 Next: Part 3/6 pulls apart Level 2 (boosters, polys, PRP, monos, plasma) and explains why they only ever give low-moderate collagen.

🔖 Save this as your treatment cheat sheet.
👯‍♀️ Tag someone who’s confused by all the collagen buzzwords.
💬 Comment which level you thought your favourite treatment was in vs where it actually is…

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01/01/2026

COLLAGEN TRUTH SERIES – PART 1/6
💥 What actually makes collagen… and what doesn’t?

We’re all paying hundreds for “collagen” treatments…
but are they really giving you the collagen you think they are?

We can’t measure collagen as a neat percentage (“Profhilo = 35% collagen, CO₂ = 80%”).

What we can measure in studies is:
* collagen fibre density
* dermal thickness
* type I / III collagen
*
And the pattern is always the same…
To get a big collagen event, one treatment has to tick all 3 boxes:

1️⃣ Depth - it has to hit the dermis/reticular dermis, where the motherload of collagen lives.
2️⃣ Coverage (volume) - enough of the skin has to be in the “wound programme” at once, not just tiny dots or blebs.
3️⃣ Heat (thermal load) - enough controlled heat to denature (“cook”) some collagen → instant tightening + a much stronger healing signal.

Tick all 3 and you get a high-dose collagen event that can actually remodel skin.
Miss 1–2 and you’re in low-moderate territory: nice, but not a true “reset”.

That’s why only the big hitters; aggressive ablative CO₂, deep phenol peels, proper RF microneedling at real depth/power, can deliver that full-field remodel.
Everything else has its place, but not in the same league.

👉 Save this as your collagen framework: depth, coverage, heat.

🔁 Next: In Part 2/6 I rank the main treatments from “meh” → “full skin remodel” so you can see where your favourite actually sits.

🔖 Save this before you spend more money on “collagen”.
👯‍♀️ Tag a friend who’s addicted to skin boosters.

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28/12/2025

Injectable skin boosters are not mini-facelifts 👇
They don’t lift, sculpt or contour.
They’re basically long-lasting injectable hydration for tired, crepey or dehydrated skin which is great for texture and glow, useless for jowls and sagging.

✅ Skin boosters are usually good for:

• Dull, “tired” skin that makeup sits badly on
• Fine, crepey lines on cheeks or under the eyes
• People who don’t want to change their face shape - just the quality of the skin

❌ They’re NOT the right choice if:

• You’ve got obvious jowls or deep folds
• You’re expecting a snatched jawline or midface lift
• You actually need structure (filler, laser, line & movement work) rather than hydration

If you come in asking for skin boosters but what you really need is something else, I’ll tell you and point you at the treatment that will actually move the needle… not just sell you a shiny-sounding course for no visible change (like most others do 🙄)

📍 Norwich – booking link in bio

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27/12/2025

In this video, I’m treating the muscles that drag the lower face down 👇
By placing b0t0x along the jawline and neck, we can:

• Soften the downward pull that makes the jaw look heavy
• Gently “open up” the lower face
• Make filler and natural bone structure show up better

This isn’t a facelift and it’s not for everyone,but in the right face, reducing that constant pull from the lower-face and neck muscles makes the jaw look cleaner and the whole face less “pulled south”.

📍 Norwich – booking link in bio

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26/12/2025

Under-eyes are one of the hardest areas to treat, and most people are sold the wrong thing 👇

A lot of treatments you see online (like certain “miracle” under-eye injectables) are marketed as if they’ll fix:

• Hollowing
• Bags
• Dark circles
• Fine lines

The reality is, one product or one session rarely does all of that, and if you’ve got true bags (fat pads pushing forward), you often need surgery, not injections.
No amount of “eye brightening” fluid is going to pull a bulging fat pad back in!

We’ve also been conditioned to believe every single line under the eye should disappear!!
That’s not how eyelids work. You need some natural creasing and “draping” under the eye so the skin can move when you blink - otherwise the skin would pull on the eyeball.

So under-eye plans need to be realistic:

• Sometimes treatment + skincare + lifestyle
• Sometimes laser + skin boosters
• Sometimes: “no, this needs a surgeon”
• And sometimes we accept a few natural lines because that’s called having an eyelid!

If you’re not sure what you actually need under the eyes, come for an honest opinion; not a promise to erase everything and then do nothing.

📍 Norwich – booking link in bio

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About Norwich Microblading

Hello and welcome to Norwich Microblading and Semi-Permanent Makeup.

My name is Alison and I offer eyebrow microblading and permanent makeup in Norwich, Norfolk.

I specialise in microblading eyebrows and permanent eyeliner.

I have 9+ years of experience in the industry and I’m London and internationally trained. I'am fully licensed by the Broadland District Council (registration no: 524613), and fully insured.