Cheek filler at House of Glam HQ in Southsea is £160. That is the whole price for the cheeks as one area, and it is on this page rather than behind an enquiry form, because a price you cannot see is not a price you can compare.
I am Natasha, the sole practitioner at House of Glam HQ, and I carry out every treatment myself. I have been injecting for more than seven years. Cheeks are the area I am most careful with, and this post is mostly about why.
What cheek filler actually does
Cheek filler puts volume back through the mid-face. The cheek is the part of the face that empties first and takes the rest of the lower face with it when it goes. As the fat pads over the cheekbone flatten and slide down, the skin that used to sit over them has nowhere to go, so it folds at the side of the nose and gathers along the jaw. That is why somebody can look tired in photographs long before they have any real lines.
Placing filler over the cheekbone and through the mid-face gives that skin something to sit on again. Done properly, the change most people notice is not in the cheek at all. It is that the fold beside the nose is shallower and the jaw looks cleaner. Two people can be looking at the same face and only one of them knows where the filler went.
The filler itself is CE-marked hyaluronic acid, blended with lidocaine so the injection is more comfortable, and it can be dissolved. I use Juvederm, Restylane and Belotero. There are no permanent fillers here and there never will be.
What cheek filler will not do
It adds volume. That is all it does.
It will not tighten loose skin. If the skin itself has lost its elasticity, filling underneath it makes the face heavier rather than firmer, and that is the mistake that produces the look everybody is frightened of. It will not lift a heavy jowl on its own either, though it often takes the edge off one, and it does nothing for texture, pigment or fine surface lines. If your complaint is that your skin looks dull rather than flat, filler is the wrong treatment and I will tell you so.
It also will not give you cheekbones you do not have. Filler sits on top of bone and follows the shape underneath. On a face with a low, flat cheekbone I can improve the mid-face, but I cannot build a ledge that was never there, and anyone who says they can is about to overfill you.
How much is cheek filler in the UK?
There is no national price. Across the UK you will see anything from about £150 to well over £400 for cheeks, and most of those numbers are written as "from", which means the figure you actually pay is decided after you are sitting in the chair.
Here is my list in full, for cheeks and for every area around them, so you can see where cheeks sit against the rest.
| Single area | Price |
|---|---|
| Cheek filler | £160 |
| Jawline filler | £160 |
| Chin filler, 0.5ml | £130 |
| Chin filler, 1ml | £150 |
| Nasolabial folds | £150 |
| Marionette lines | £150 |
| Pre-jowls and chin together | £190 |
| Consultation on its own, deducted from your treatment | £15 |
Cheeks are often treated alongside something else, because the mid-face and the jaw are the same problem seen from two angles. There is a companion piece on jawline filler and whether it is risky. When a plan runs to more than one area, or to more volume than a single area needs, it is priced by the millilitre instead.
| Priced by volume | Price |
|---|---|
| 2ml Filler Refresh, two areas | £250 |
| 2ml Profile Refresh, including the nose or a pixie tip lift | £330 |
| 3ml Filler Balance, two or three areas | £380 |
| 4ml Filler Sculpt, three or more areas | £450 |
| Full face harmonisation, up to 5ml across six areas | £525 |
Klarna is available on treatments over three monthly payments. Every price is published, where most Portsmouth clinics quote only after a consultation.
Is 1ml of filler enough for cheeks?
Cheeks usually take 1 to 2ml a side. So 1ml in total, split between the two, is a small amount for this area, and I want to be honest about what that buys: a subtle lift that you will see in a side-profile photograph and that almost nobody else will comment on.
That is not a bad outcome. It is often exactly the right one for somebody in their thirties whose cheeks have only just started to flatten, and it is a sensible way to find out how your face responds before committing to more. What it is not is a dramatic change, and if a clinic has quoted you 1ml and shown you a picture of a transformed face, those two things do not belong together.
The other reason I start low is that filler in the mid-face is not a one-appointment decision. It is easier to add a little at a review than to take away something that has gone too far.
Does 0.5ml cheek filler make a difference?
Across both cheeks, 0.5ml is very little. You would feel it more than you would see it.
There is one situation where I will use it, and that is when the two sides of a face are noticeably different and only one cheek needs anything. Faces are asymmetric, all of them, and correcting one side by a small amount can do more for how balanced a face looks than treating both sides with twice the product. Outside that, if someone asks me for 0.5ml across both cheeks because it is the cheapest way in, I would rather they saved up than spent money on a change they will struggle to see.
Is 2 syringes of filler a lot for cheeks?
No. Two millilitres across the mid-face, one a side, is a normal starting amount for cheeks that have genuinely flattened, and it is less than the internet tends to assume. The pictures that make people nervous are usually the result of four, five or six millilitres placed over several appointments without anyone standing back and asking whether the face still looks like itself.
The number that matters is not how many syringes went in on the day. It is how much is in the face in total, across every appointment you have ever had, including the ones somewhere else. Filler in the cheek lasts a long time and it does not all disappear before the next round goes in. I ask about previous treatment for that reason, and if I think there is already enough product in a mid-face, I will say so and suggest leaving it.
Does cheek filler make you look older or younger?
Both are possible, and the difference is placement and restraint rather than the product.
Volume restored where it used to be reads as rested. Volume added where it never was reads as swollen, and a swollen mid-face ages a face rather than freshening it, because it pushes the lower eyelid up, flattens the light across the face and makes the skin look stretched. Overfilled cheeks are what people mean when they say somebody looks done, so I place conservatively and I would rather see you again in a month than put in more than I can take back.
Why are people stopping fillers?
It is a fair question and it comes up in the room now in a way it did not three years ago.
Part of it is that a generation of very heavily filled faces has become visible in public, and people do not want that. Part of it is a genuine clinical conversation about how long hyaluronic acid filler really stays in the deeper mid-face, which may be longer than the marketing said. And part of it is cost, at a point where nobody is treating a standing appointment as untouchable.
What I would say to somebody thinking of stopping is that the honest answer is rarely all or nothing. Stopping does not undo what is there, it simply lets it soften over months or years. If what you actually want is the filler gone, that is dissolving, and it is a different appointment. And if what you want is to stop adding more while keeping what you have, that is a perfectly reasonable plan and it does not need a treatment at all.
What happens at a cheek filler appointment in Southsea
The appointment runs 30 to 60 minutes. It starts with an assessment, sitting up, in normal light, looking at where the volume has actually gone rather than where you have been told it should be. I mark the placement points on the cheekbone with a white pencil so you can see the plan before anything goes in.
Numbing cream goes on first and sits for about twenty minutes. The filler carries lidocaine as well, so the first injection is the sharpest and it settles quickly after that. I work in small amounts, sitting you up between them to look at the face upright, because a face assessed lying flat is not the face anyone else sees.
If you book the treatment directly, the consultation happens at the start of that appointment and there is no separate fee. If you would rather come in and talk first without committing, a standalone consultation is £15, booked on Fresha, and it is deducted from your treatment if you go ahead.
Swelling, bruising and when the shape settles
Expect some swelling for two to three days. The mid-face holds fluid more than most areas, so the first evening can look fuller than the result you have actually bought, and I tell people that in advance so they are not alarmed by it. Small bruises at the injection points are common and usually fade within a week. Concealer is fine after twenty-four hours.
The settled shape is judged at around two weeks. That is the point at which it is worth taking a photograph and deciding whether anything else is needed, and it is the reason I do not want to add more on the day, however tempting it is when the face is already numb.
Practical things for the first day or two: no heavy exercise, no sauna, sleep on your back if you can manage it, and leave the area alone. Nothing about the aftercare is difficult, and the full version is in my guide to dermal filler aftercare.
How long cheek filler lasts
Cheek and jawline filler typically last 12 to 18 months, depending on the product. That is longer than lips, which usually run 6 to 12 months, because the mid-face moves far less than a mouth does and the product is broken down more slowly where there is less movement.
Longer is not automatically better. It is the reason I am cautious with the amount, because a decision made in the cheek is a decision you live with for over a year.
Who I would say no to
I will not treat the cheeks if the real problem is skin laxity rather than lost volume, because filler makes a heavy face heavier. I will not treat anyone who is pregnant or breastfeeding. I will not inject through active skin infection, a cold sore in the area, or inflamed acne over the cheek, and I will ask you to come back when it has settled.
If someone arrives with a picture of a face built on completely different bone structure and wants that face, I will explain what is achievable on theirs, and if the gap between the two is too wide I would rather not take the booking. And if what would actually help is skin boosters rather than filler, or treatment lower down at the jawline and jowls, I will say that instead of selling you cheeks.
If you change your mind
Hyaluronic acid filler is reversible. It is dissolved with hyaluronidase, and facial filler dissolving starts at £180 for the chin, cheeks, jawline or nose. It needs a patch test and consultation at least a week beforehand, which is £15 and is deducted.
Very few people use it. It matters anyway, because knowing you can undo something changes how frightening the decision is, and I would rather you booked knowing that than not booking because you did not.
Cheek filler near me: booking in Portsmouth
House of Glam HQ is at 1A Auckland Road East, Southsea, Portsmouth PO5 2HA, a few minutes from Albert Road with free street parking nearby. I treat clients from across Portsmouth, Southsea, Fareham, Gosport, Havant, Waterlooville and Hayling Island. Every treatment is carried out by me personally.
Cheek filler is £160. You can book it directly, or book the £15 consultation first and have it deducted if you go ahead. The full list for every area, including how the volume prices work, is on my dermal fillers page for cheeks, chin and jawline, and there is a longer breakdown of what each area costs in my guide to dermal filler cost in the UK.
- Book cheek filler, £160, on Fresha
- Book a £15 consultation first
- Message me on WhatsApp, or call 07831 846273
