Dr Harris Clinic

Dr Harris Clinic Dr Harris is an aesthetic doctor recognised for his scientific approach and natural looking results.

Not all evidence carries the same weight.Funding does not automatically invalidate research, and industry-sponsored stud...
06/06/2026

Not all evidence carries the same weight.
Funding does not automatically invalidate research, and industry-sponsored studies can be valuable.
But funding influences which questions get asked and which findings enter the conversation.
This is particularly relevant in rapidly evolving areas of aesthetic medicine where many of the studies, speakers, educational programmes and publications often trace back to the same commercial ecosystem.
Before accepting a claim, ask:
- Who funded the research?
- Do the authors have financial ties to the sponsor?
Transparency doesn’t tell us whether a finding is true, but it does help us decide how much confidence to place in it.

Patients are not rheometers.A filler does not enter a standardised environment. It enters a living mechanical system sha...
27/05/2026

Patients are not rheometers.
A filler does not enter a standardised environment.
It enters a living mechanical system shaped by anatomy, retinacula, movement, tissue density, ageing, fibrosis and prior intervention.
The same product can behave very differently in different patients.
As ultrasound imaging evolves, it is becoming increasingly clear that filler behaviour cannot always be understood through product characteristics alone. Tissue architecture and biomechanics may play a far greater role than our field has historically acknowledged.
The future of injectables is not simply better fillers.
It’s a better understanding of the tissue they enter.

One of the most common phrases I hear in aesthetics is:“The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.”This is tech...
24/05/2026

One of the most common phrases I hear in aesthetics is:
“The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.”
This is technically true but increasingly, it’s being used as an excuse rather than a reason to demand better evidence.
There’s no evidence it works.
There’s no evidence it doesn’t.
And somehow the second sentence keeps getting used to justify the first.
Gua sha sculpting. Face yoga lifting. Lip stretching. Polynucleotides.
Somewhere between wellness culture and pseudoscience, aesthetics lost the control group.
What’s the thinnest-evidence practice you keep being asked to defend?

Filler should not just look good at rest. It should still look natural in motion and expression.Overfilling often reveal...
22/05/2026

Filler should not just look good at rest.
It should still look natural in motion and expression.
Overfilling often reveals itself when the face moves: loss of definition, stiffness, bunching, and altered dynamic contour.
Restraint maintains natural movement, and where needed, modification restores it.

There is no such thing as a “liquid facelift”.Fillers fill.They add volume.They reposition light reflexes.But weight doe...
19/05/2026

There is no such thing as a “liquid facelift”.
Fillers fill.
They add volume.
They reposition light reflexes.
But weight does not lift weight.
Language shapes practice. When injectors chase “lift” with filler, the result is often loaded, not lifted.
Do you agree?

No current aesthetic treatment is truly regenerative.What aesthetic medicine offers is repair and remodelling. But it is...
16/05/2026

No current aesthetic treatment is truly regenerative.
What aesthetic medicine offers is repair and remodelling.
But it isn’t regeneration and patients deserve to understand the difference.
Our new Viewpoint in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - see previous post for the full argument.

“Regenerative” has become one of the most overused and least clearly defined terms in aesthetic medicine.In this Viewpoi...
15/05/2026

“Regenerative” has become one of the most overused and least clearly defined terms in aesthetic medicine.
In this Viewpoint for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, we define and separate regeneration, repair, and remodelling and explore why the distinction matters biologically, scientifically and clinically.
Link in bio.

This isn’t an argument against innovation or aesthetic treatments.It’s a reminder that biology is complex.Every treatmen...
10/05/2026

This isn’t an argument against innovation or aesthetic treatments.
It’s a reminder that biology is complex.
Every treatment described as “regenerative”, “biostimulatory”, or “collagen stimulating” introduces signals into highly interconnected cellular systems. Cells don’t compartmentalise their responses the way marketing language does.
Inflammation, immune modulation, angiogenesis, extracellular matrix remodelling, fibroblast activity, and wound healing pathways are deeply interlinked.
That doesn’t mean these treatments are unsafe, but it means we should be cautious about overstating specificity or implying certainty when long-term data remain limited.
The more we understand biology, the more humility it should inspire.

Textbook diagrams, 3D models, and simplified “safe zone” maps all attempt to reduce anatomy into something predictable.B...
06/05/2026

Textbook diagrams, 3D models, and simplified “safe zone” maps all attempt to reduce anatomy into something predictable.
But living vascular anatomy is incredibly variable, layered, and dynamic.
Ultrasound demonstrates variation in vascular depth, calibre, branching, and distribution across the face – variability that no anatomical average can fully capture.
In our earlier paper, we described this growing trend as “aesthetic dumbification” – the reduction of complex anatomy into simplified codes, maps, and rules that risk creating false confidence (link in bio).
What’s the most oversimplified anatomy claim you still see taught?

Delayed onset nodules aren’t just “lumps of filler”. They reflect complex filler-tissue interactions with multiple contr...
03/05/2026

Delayed onset nodules aren’t just “lumps of filler”. They reflect complex filler-tissue interactions with multiple contributing factors.
Ultrasound-guided hyaluronidase allows targeted modification, but meaningful change often requires high doses.

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