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The clinic

A doctor looks at your skin before anything is recommended.

Two rooms on the second floor of a Georgian building on Park Street. No sales targets, no packages sold at reception, and no treatment prescribed over the phone.

A clinician reviewing magnified skin on a tablet screen during an assessment.
Dr Ayesha Karim in the Aster consulting room, seated beside a window with a dermatoscope on the desk in front of her.
The consulting room. We do not use a stock portrait here — see the note at the bottom of this page.

Medical Director and dermatologist

Dr Ayesha Karim

GMC 7538142

I spent eleven years in NHS dermatology watching people arrive having spent a great deal of money in places that had never once told them what a treatment would actually do to their face for the following fortnight. So we publish it. If a treatment is wrong for your skin, or wrong for your timing, you will hear that from me at the consultation — and about one consultation in six ends with us recommending nothing at all.

Training and registration

  • MBBS, University of Leeds, 2008
  • MRCP (UK), 2012
  • Diploma in Practical Dermatology, Cardiff University, 2015
  • Eleven years in NHS dermatology, latterly at a regional pigmentary disorders clinic
  • Independent prescriber — every injectable at Aster is prescribed after a face-to-face consultation, not on a phone call

Full registration with a licence to practise. You can check any doctor's registration yourself on the GMC's public register — we would encourage it, here and anywhere else you are considering.

The rest of us

  • Marta Kowalczyk

    Aesthetic nurse practitioner

    NMC 18H4102E. Laser and peel treatments, twelve years in aesthetics.

  • Joel Adeyemi

    Clinic manager

    The person who answers the phone and who will tell you honestly if we are the wrong clinic for what you want.

Three things we hold ourselves to.

  1. 01

    A consultation comes first, always. It is £45 and it comes off the cost of your first treatment.

  2. 02

    Prices are on this page because you should not have to book an appointment to find out what something costs.

  3. 03

    We will tell you if a treatment is wrong for your skin, wrong for your timing, or simply not worth the money.

The treatment room, couch made up and the hydradermabrasion unit beside it.
The window in the treatment room, blind half drawn.
A glass-fronted cabinet of clinic supplies.

Finding us

Second floor, and we will tell you about the stairs when you book.

Second floor, 41 Park Street
Bristol BS1 5NG
  • Two flights up from the street door beside the bookshop. There is no lift, and we will tell you that when you book rather than when you arrive.
  • Nearest car park is Trenchard Street, a six-minute walk uphill.
  • Bristol Temple Meads is twenty minutes on the number 8 bus, or fifteen on foot from the Centre.
Open in Maps0117 496 0184

Opening hours

  • Monday – Wednesday09:00 – 18:00
  • Thursday09:00 – 20:00
  • Friday09:00 – 17:00
  • Saturday09:00 – 14:00, alternate weeks
  • SundayClosed

The phone is answered during opening hours by Joel, who will tell you honestly if we are the wrong clinic for what you want.

hello@asterskinandwellness.co.uk

The next step

Forty minutes, £45, and it comes off your first treatment.

Your skin examined under magnification, your history taken, and a plan with dates and prices written down before you leave.

Book a consultationSee the twelve treatments