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GMC-registered medical doctor and aesthetic practitioner. Trained in surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, with advanced injectable training from Derma Medical and the Harley Academy. He practises aesthetic medicine from UNTIL Marylebone, alongside his NHS work as a colorectal surgical doctor.
Dr Oli graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from medical school, having first completed a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Biomedical Sciences. He is a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (MRCS) following surgical training at one of the four UK surgical Royal Colleges.
His advanced injectable training was completed with two of the UK's most established aesthetic-medicine training providers, Derma Medical and the Harley Academy. He is a member of the Aesthetics Complications Experts Group (ACEG), the UK clinical network for the diagnosis and management of injectable complications.
Alongside his aesthetic practice, Dr Oli operates as a colorectal surgical doctor with the NHS. The surgical training and detailed knowledge of anatomy that role demands informs his approach to aesthetic medicine. The face is a layered structure of bone, muscle, fat, and blood vessels, and safe injecting depends on knowing precisely what sits beneath each millimetre of skin.
This blended career, NHS surgical work alongside private aesthetic practice, is uncommon and deliberately so. Maintaining surgical training keeps his perspective sharp, and aesthetic medicine stays genuinely elective work, not a substitute for medicine.
Dr Oli Aesthetics is explicitly an inclusive provider. Regardless of gender, the clinic offers a range of treatments aimed at sculpting the face to soften or strengthen specific features. With the support of Prollenium UK, transgender patients can access reduced rates on specific treatments; please ask at consultation. The aim is always the same: helping you identify more closely with the person you see in the mirror.
Every treatment begins with a £50 paid consultation, the fee for which is redeemable against any subsequent treatment cost. For dermal filler in patients new to the treatment, a minimum 7-day "thinking-time" gap between consultation and appointment is built in. It is best-practice in UK aesthetic medicine and a personal standard at this practice. There is no pressure to proceed, and every patient is screened against treatment goals, medical history, and realistic outcomes before anything is offered.
All injectable products used are prescription-only medicines or CE-marked medical devices (HA fillers, Profhilo, polynucleotides) sourced from licensed UK suppliers. Hyaluronidase for filler dissolution is stocked on-site for immediate correction of any complication. The practice carries full medical indemnity insurance and operates under GMC Good Medical Practice guidelines, not the looser framework applicable to non-medical injectors. ACEG membership signals readiness to handle the rare-but-serious side of injectable practice.
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Featured in Revamp Magazine, The Story Magazine, TransVox, and the Red Circle Podcast for clinical commentary on injectable treatments and gender-affirming aesthetic care.
Daily Mail
“Most collagen supplements don't include vitamin C; but taking collagen without vitamin C is a waste of money.”Read the feature
Revamp Magazine
“A new generation of medically-trained aesthetic practitioners is putting honesty and conservative dosing back at the centre of injectable practice: Dr Oli Curwen is one of them.”Read the feature
The Story Magazine
“When it comes to the under-eye, the decision between dermal filler and polynucleotides depends entirely on whether the problem is structural volume loss or skin-quality decline: they are not interchangeable.”Read the feature
Red Circle Podcast: The Joy Toy Truck Club
“The most important question in aesthetic medicine is the one nobody asks at the first consultation: what does a result you would actually be happy with look like, three years from now?”Read the feature
TransVox
“Gender-affirming aesthetic medicine is finally being practised the way it should be: patient-led, conservative, and rooted in a long-term clinical relationship rather than a single appointment.”Read the feature
Evolve Online Counselling
“Listed in the Evolve Online Counselling surgeons directory: a curated index of UK practitioners offering medically-trained aesthetic care.”Read the feature
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Dr Oli Aesthetics • 111 Charing Cross Road, UNTIL Soho, London WC2H 0DT
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