About this event

  • Date and time Thu 26 Feb 2026 from 2:30pm to 7:00pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Aesthetic Medicine and Surgery, General Practice with Primary Healthcare, Plastic Surgery

Stay up to date with the latest in aesthetic medicine and surgery.

Aesthetic medicine and surgery clinical cases and short papers with a focus on menopause. 

Menopause presents a range of changes, including those affecting skin, soft tissue and oral health – which may be relevant to aesthetic practice. This meeting will explore medical, surgical and dental approaches to supporting patients during menopause and perimenopause, with an emphasis on evidence-based practice, safety and multidisciplinary care.

Key Features:

Presentations:

  • Insights into menopause and its potential aesthetic implications from physicians, surgeons and dentists
  • Evidence-based approaches to patient care in aesthetic medicine and surgery
  • Updates on new treatments and the management of complications
  • Advances in anatomy, physiology and psychology to aesthetic and medical care.

Also:

  • Present your own short paper or case report, or submit a poster for peer and expert review.
  • Meet friends and colleagues after the session at a complimentary drinks reception.

Who Should Attend?

  • Members of the RSM Section of Aesthetic Medicine and Surgery
  • Members of the RSM Sections, including: Dermatology, General Practice with Primary Healthcare, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Odontology, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Plastic Surgery, Students, Surgery, and Venous Forum.
Non-members are warmly welcome to join our events, but RSM membership offers the best value — including free access to all medical scientific events, free access to the Journal of the RSM, opportunities to connect with peers and many more.

Aims & Learning Objectives

  • Understand the potential aesthetic and clinical considerations of menopause
  • Stay current with evidence-based treatments and best practice in aesthetic medicine and surgery for physicians, surgeons and dentists
  • Apply evidence-based best practice to diagnosis and treatment in aesthetic medicine and surgery
  • Recognise and manage complications and adverse reactions
  • Participate in interactive discussion with peers

Join us for a vital and practical update in aesthetic medicine - where science, safety, and multidisciplinary collaboration meet.

Attendance criteria

To attend our Aesthetic Medicine and Surgery Section events, you need to be either:

1. Full member of the Aesthetic Medicine and Surgery Section. To apply, download the application form and send it to [email protected]

OR

2. Eligible Non-Section Member: Physician/Surgeons on the GMC list or Dentist on the GDC list. Please bring your medical ID to the registration desk on the event day.

If you are a physician, surgeon, or dentist from any discipline and are active in the field of aesthetic medicine and surgery, please regard the section as your academic home.

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We would like to thank our sponsors Brymill Cryogenic Systems, Core Connect Accountants, Cosmeducate Ltd, ES Aesthetic Solutions, Galderma and Surface Imaging Solutions for their support of this meeting.
The companies listed above have supported this meeting through sponsorship of an exhibition stand space at the meeting only, and have no influence or input into the agenda, content, speaker selection or materials of the meeting.

Agenda

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Registration, tea and coffee

Poster viewing and Exhibition

1) Anna Chapman: Hormonal replacement as an adjuvant in aesthetic treatment for perimenopausal women
2) George Titovets: Peptide-based therapy for menopausal changes: a non-hormonal regenerative strategy
3) Sarah Jenkins: Treatment of the genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM): "HA v external RFMN v subdermal electrosurgery v estradiol cream
4) George Titovets: Volumetric restoration of the labia majora in menopause: A regenerative perspective.
5) Esther Emenike-Okorie: Perineal hyperpigmentation — Pathophysiology, patient impact, and safe treatment strategies in melanin-rich skin.
6) Katerina Pattichis: Managing menopausal facial dermatochalasis with ionizing electrosurgery: Evidence and outcomes
7) Wenjing Li: Injectable procedures popular in menopausal women in Asia
8) Lathilda Ajani & Rida Ali, Medical Students, Anglia Ruskin University:  Aesthetic and psychological considerations in menopausal patients
9) Maria Pulido on behalf of Alwyn D'Souza: Sleep, snoring and menopause
10) Sam Lingam: Young menopause: women with early menopause should be investigated
11) Svitlana Larkina, Liliana Sytnyk & Oleksandra Seletska: Radiofrequency microneedling (RF MN) for hyperhidrosis
12) Hiba Injibar & Yazeed Abdulaziz Alrodiman: Successful treatment of Becker's nevus on the chest with the fully ablative CO2 laser
13) Sophie Chan Ah Song and Christopher Rowland Payne: Secondary Intention Healing Results in Good Aesthetic Outcomes

Welcome and introduction

Chairs: Christopher Rowland Payne, President, Aesthetic Medicine and Surgery Section, The Royal Society of Medicine and Adrian Lower, consultant gynaecologist

HRT

Nick Panay

Alternative HRT and alternatives to HRT

Wendy Denning

Management of mood and depression in menopause

Michael Craig

Gynaecological approaches to menopausal genitourinary symptoms

Tania Adib

Subdermal exosome-induced prolonged angiooedema followed by a scleroderma-like subcutaneous atrophy with dermal sclerosis. Active Case.

Favour Essian on behalf of CME Rowland Payne

Tea and coffee break

Poster viewing 

Welcome to Second Session

Chairs: Souphi Samizadeh, President Elect, Aesthetic Medicine and Surgery Section, The Royal Society of and Jonathan Britto, President Elect Designate, Aesthetic Medicine and Surgery Section, The Royal Society

Discussion of active case presentation
Approaches to alopecia in menopause

Inigo De Felipe

Facial rejuvenation using botulinum

Liliana Sytnyk

How I treat the tired face with threads

Irina Poleva

Facial volumisation and collagen stimulation with poly-L-lactic acid and HA

Kuldeep Minocha

Round Table

Chairman: Christopher Rowland Payne
Panel: Inigo De Felipe, Liliana Sytnyk, Irina Poleva, and Kuldeep Minocha

Close of meeting
Drinks reception

Sponsors

Location

Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom

Registrations will close on 25 February 2026 at 1:00am (BST). Late registrations will not be accepted.

The agenda is subject to change at any time

If the event is recorded, we are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenter’s and RSM’s discretion.

All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.

This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels.