If you have been reading about skin boosters and still do not know what one costs, here is the whole list first, before anything else.
Seventy Hyal 2000 is £165. Profhilo is £185. Polynucleotides run from £135 to £185, depending on which one and whether it is for under the eyes or the whole face. Those are the prices you pay at the clinic, not a starting point that moves once you are sitting down.
I am Natasha, and I carry out every House of Glam HQ treatment personally, at the clinic in Southsea. Every price is published, where most Portsmouth clinics quote only after a consultation.
How much do skin boosters cost?
Two of them. Both put hyaluronic acid into the skin rather than under it, which is what separates them from a filler.
| Skin booster | Price |
|---|---|
| Seventy Hyal 2000, 45 minutes | £165 |
| Profhilo, 45 minutes | £185 |
| Standalone skin consultation, 15 minutes | £15 |
The £15 consultation is only for people who want to talk it through before committing. If you book the treatment itself, we go through your skin at the start of that appointment and there is no separate fee. The £15 comes off your treatment if you book one on the day.
How much do polynucleotides cost?
These get lumped in with skin boosters and they are not quite the same thing. They are injectables derived from salmon trout DNA and they work on the quality of the skin rather than hydrating it with hyaluronic acid. There are six on my list, three made for the under-eye area and three for the face.
| Polynucleotide treatment | Price |
|---|---|
| Dermis Glow Eyes, 40 minutes | £135 |
| Vitaran Eyes | £150 |
| Lumi Eyes | £150 |
| Dermis Glow Face | £155 |
| Lumi Pro | £155 |
| Vitaran, 45 minutes | £185 |
Worth noticing that Profhilo and Vitaran are both £185 and they are different treatments doing different things, so the price on its own will not tell you which is which. The full detail on each of the six is on the polynucleotides page.
What are you actually paying for?
One vial, one appointment, and the time it takes to place it properly. A skin booster is not a quick jab in and out. It goes in across a set of points and each one has to sit in the right layer, which is most of the forty-five minutes.
The product is the bigger part of the cost. A vial is a vial, it is used once, and whatever is left when I have finished cannot be kept for anybody else. That is why a skin booster costs what it does and why the number does not move much between one appointment and the next.
The other thing you are paying for is being told the truth about your skin before anything goes into it. If I think a booster is the wrong treatment for what is bothering you, I will say so at the start of the appointment rather than after you have paid.
A skin booster is not a filler, and that is why it is priced differently
This is the part people get caught by when they compare prices. A dermal filler is a thicker gel placed in one spot to add volume and change a shape. A skin booster is thin, it spreads through the skin, and it adds no volume at all. Nobody will look at you and see that you have had something done to your cheeks, because nothing about the shape of your face has changed.
So if you are weighing a £165 booster against a filler at a similar price, you are not choosing between two versions of the same thing. You are choosing between skin quality and shape. I have written the full comparison on skin boosters versus fillers if that is the decision you are stuck on.
What is a facial skin booster?
A fair question, because the phrase gets used for two different things. Everything priced above is injected. There is also a Signature Skin Booster Facial on my facials menu, which is a facial treatment applied to the surface of the skin, and it is a different treatment at a different price. If that is what you were looking for, it is listed with the rest of the facials in Portsmouth.
The two are not interchangeable. A facial works on the surface and you feel it the same day. An injected booster works in the skin over weeks.
Do hyaluronic acid injections work on the face?
They do something measurable to how hydrated the skin is, and most people notice their skin feels different before they notice it looks different. What I will not do is put a percentage or a timeline on it here, because the honest answer varies from person to person and I am not going to publish a figure I cannot stand behind.
I have written about what to actually expect in do skin boosters work, and on timing in how long skin boosters last. Both are more use than a number in a price table.
What are the downsides of skin boosters?
The small raised bumps. A booster goes in as a row of little blebs and they sit there visibly for a few hours before they flatten out. Most people are fine by the evening, some are not until the next morning, and it is not the thing to book at lunchtime before an event that night.
Bruising is possible, particularly under the eyes where the skin is thinnest. It is a needle going into skin, so that comes with the territory.
And the honest financial downside: this is not a one-off purchase. The effect wears off, so if you like the result you are looking at repeating it rather than paying once. Anybody selling it to you as a permanent change to your skin is overselling it.
What a skin booster will not do
It will not fill a line you can see when your face is still. That is filler, and it is a different conversation and a different price.
It will not lift anything. Nothing injected into the skin lifts tissue that has dropped.
It will not clear pigmentation or sun damage. That is a chemical peel‘s job and no amount of hydration touches it.
It will not fix texture left by acne scarring. Microneedling works into the skin rather than hydrating it, and that is the one I would point you at.
And it will not replace looking after your skin. If you are not wearing SPF, a £165 treatment is doing work that the sun undoes while you wait for it.
Is there a course price?
No, and I would rather say that plainly than invent one. There is no discounted course of skin boosters or polynucleotides on my price list. Each appointment is booked and paid for on its own, at the price in the tables above, so nothing is bundled and nothing is committed to in advance.
What matters more for your budget is that these are not usually one-session treatments. Seventy Hyal 2000 runs as a course of three to six sessions, and Profhilo is two sessions four weeks apart. Work out what you are spending on that basis rather than on a single appointment, because that is the number that actually lands.
Klarna spreads a treatment over three monthly payments if the whole amount at once is the problem. That works out at £55 a month for Seventy Hyal 2000 and £61.67 a month for Profhilo. It is available on treatments.
Which one should you book?
If it is the under-eye area bothering you, start with the eye-specific polynucleotides. Dermis Glow Eyes at £135 is the entry point and it is made for that skin.
If it is your face generally feeling dry, dull and tight, that is what the two skin boosters are for. Seventy Hyal 2000 at £165 and Profhilo at £185 are both reasonable starting points and the difference between them is a conversation worth having rather than a rule.
If you have read all of that and still do not know, book the £15 consultation and I will look at your skin properly and tell you which one I would do, or whether I would do something else entirely. The £15 comes off whatever you book.
Book a skin booster in Southsea, Portsmouth
The clinic is at 1A Auckland Road East, Southsea, Portsmouth PO5 2HA, with free street parking nearby. Open Tuesday 10am to 5pm, Wednesday 12pm to 7pm, and Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10am to 4pm. Closed Sunday and Monday.
- Book Dermis Glow Eyes — £135
- Book Seventy Hyal 2000 — £165
- Book Profhilo — £185
- Book a £15 consultation
The rest of the list, and what each treatment involves, is on the skin boosters page. Or message me on WhatsApp and tell me what is bothering you about your skin, and I will tell you what it would cost. Call 07831 846273 if you would rather talk.
