Dr Chris Giezing

Dr Chris Giezing ⚕Adv Full Face Aesthetics🇿🇦
📍PTA: Aesthetic Lab 0120019899
📍CT: Advance Full Face Aesthetics: 0665919062

After more than two decades of working, learning and growing in the cutting-edge field of nonsurgical medical aesthetics, I know this exciting field is ever changing and revolving. For much of my career I have focussed on enhancing the lives of patients using treatments at the forefront of aesthetic medicine, integrating art and medicine as a core principle. As a strong proponent of medical innova

tion, I have always had a passion for helping people feel comfortable in their skin, and I'm glad to be able to continue making progress by relying on the least invasive techniques and treatments. Eager to assist people in becoming the best versions of themselves, I took a big step forward in the early stages of my career when we opened one of the first fully-fledged aesthetic clinics in South Africa in 2003. We were later able to expand the clinic’s footprint to other parts of South Africa, basing our medical aesthetics and anti-ageing framework on a 3D facial, body and wellness model. Through my career I have learned that optimised skin treatments are the backbone of facial aesthetics, and our approach incorporates a variety of skin-enhancing procedures. I'm a firm believer in ploughing back the knowledge I have gained over the years, and I have become passionate about training the next generation of aesthetic practitioners through the independent Medskills Training Academy. Aside from being one of the founder members of the Aesthetic and Anti-Ageing Medicine Society of South Africa and the Allergan Medical institute in SA, I was a key opinion leader for the Galderma, Croma, Genop, Asino and Allergan.

11/06/2026

How much do you actually know about Botulinum Toxin?

Most people have heard of it, but what can it actually do?

Dr Chris answered yes or no to the most common clinical questions patients ask him. Can tox minimise pores? Can it improve your mood? Will your wrinkles come back worse if you stop? Can you build a resistance to it over time?

Watch the reel for his answers 🎥

08/06/2026

The maxilla is the central bone of the midface. When it sits too far back, it removes the forward projection that the soft tissue of the face depends on. Without that support, you get flat cheeks, deep nasolabial folds, a less defined jawline and sometimes a chin that looks recessed. The face looks long, heavy and aged. Skincare cannot fix that because the problem is structural.

One of the most under appreciated causes is something as simple as how you breathe. When you breathe through your nose, the tongue rests against the roof of the mouth. That pressure stimulates the maxilla to develop forward during childhood. When you breathe through your mouth, the tongue drops. There is no pressure against the palate. The maxilla grows downward instead of forward and the midface flattens.

The Maxillary Balance Technique works by restoring that forward projection so the soft tissue of the face finally has a foundation to sit on.

01/06/2026

Most people associate tox with aesthetics. But there is a clinical application that does not get nearly enough attention.

Botulinum toxin works on muscle. And for a specific group of patients, that muscle-targeting ability has a very real wellness application. 💪

Recurring tension headaches driven by muscle overactivity, chronic jaw clenching that refers pain into the head, and persistent neck tension that has not responded to physiotherapy or lifestyle changes alone. These are the presentations where tox, placed correctly by an experienced medical professional, can offer meaningful relief.

It works by reducing the intensity of muscle contractions in the targeted area. Less overactivity means less referred tension, and for many patients, fewer headaches and significantly reduced neck pain over time.

Tox works on muscle. If muscle is where your pain is coming from, this might be the conversation you have not had yet.

🔖 Share this with someone who lives with chronic headaches or neck tension.

The lips are one of the most requested treatment areas in aesthetic medicine. They are also one of the most anatomically...
28/05/2026

The lips are one of the most requested treatment areas in aesthetic medicine. They are also one of the most anatomically complex, and the results are immediately visible, which means technique matters enormously.

Natural, balanced lip results do not come from product alone. They come from knowing which injection technique suits the outcome you are trying to achieve and the anatomy you are working with.

There are five techniques that form the foundation of precise lip work.

👄Fanning distributes volume evenly across a broader area from a single entry point.
👄Micro droplets allow for subtle, controlled placement and surface refinement.
👄Linear threads create structure and clean definition along the border or body of the lip.
👄A bolus deposit targets key anatomical points like the philtrum columns and cupid's bow with precision.
👄And tenting, where the needle lifts vertically before the deposit is placed, creates natural space for product and is particularly effective for vermillion border definition.

If lip treatment is something you have been thinking about, understanding the approach behind it is a good place to start.

Botulinum toxin was medicinal long before it became aesthetic.Its first approval came in 1989 for conditions like strabi...
27/05/2026

Botulinum toxin was medicinal long before it became aesthetic.

Its first approval came in 1989 for conditions like strabismus and cervical dystonia. The cosmetic indication followed more than a decade later. This is a therapeutic tool that crossed over into aesthetics, and understanding that changes how you think about what it can actually do.

The wellness applications are more significant than most people realise. The masseter muscle, when chronically overactive from jaw clenching, generates referred pain that travels directly into the skull. The temporalis drives deep temple pressure that painkillers often cannot reach. The frontalis and glabellar complex contribute to frontal headache patterns that go untreated for years simply because nobody has connected the dots.

Precise botulinum toxin injections into these trigger points interrupt the cycle. And patients leave with something they were not expecting. Relief.

This is what tox looks like when it is used with a full understanding of facial anatomy and muscle function rather than a one size fits all approach.

🔖 Save this and share it with someone who has been managing chronic headaches without answers.

26/05/2026

Part 02/02 You have been sending in your peptide questions and Dr Chris Giezing is answering them directly. 🧬

Peptides have become one of the most talked about topics in both skincare and wellness, and with good reason. But the amount of information circulating online, some of it accurate, a lot of it not, has left many people genuinely confused about what peptides actually do, whether they are safe, and how to use them correctly.

Lips are one of the most expressive features on the face; and one of the most personal to treat.👄The shape, the proporti...
26/05/2026

Lips are one of the most expressive features on the face; and one of the most personal to treat.👄

The shape, the proportion, the way they sit in relation to the rest of your face; all of it matters. A considered approach to lip filler takes all of that into account, working with what is naturally yours rather than applying a one-size-fits-all result.

Dr Chris Giezing is hosting a dedicated Lip Filler Treatment Day at Aesthetic Lab Hazelwood on 09 June 2026.

Limited appointments available.

📲WhatsApp us to enquire or secure your appointment 0723868616

It is easy to wait until the changes are visible before doing anything about them. By then, the skin has already been sh...
26/05/2026

It is easy to wait until the changes are visible before doing anything about them. By then, the skin has already been shifting beneath the surface for years.💉

A collagen biostimulator works differently to filler. Instead of adding volume directly, it signals your skin to start rebuilding its own collagen framework; gradually improving firmness, elasticity, and tissue quality from within. The results develop over weeks and months, and because your own biology is doing the work, they look and feel completely natural.

Dr Chris Giezing is hosting dedicated Collagen Biostimulator Treatment Day at Aesthetic Lab Hazelwood on:

🗓️08 June 2026.

Spots are limited.

📲WhatsApp us to enquire or secure your appointment 0723868616

25/05/2026

Part 01/02 You have been sending in your peptide questions and Dr Chris Giezing is answering them directly. 🧬

Peptides have become one of the most talked about topics in both skincare and wellness, and with good reason. But the amount of information circulating online, some of it accurate, a lot of it not, has left many people genuinely confused about what peptides actually do, whether they are safe, and how to use them correctly.

21/05/2026

The eye area is one of the first places ageing becomes visible. But what is actually causing it might surprise you.

Most people assume that lines and sagging around the eyes are simply a skin problem. In reality, what you are seeing on the surface is the result of several things happening at once beneath it. Volume loss, changes in the fat pads that support the eye area, skin laxity, and a gradual shift in the structural foundation of the face all play a role. Treating only what you can see on the surface without understanding what is driving it is why so many people feel like their treatments are not delivering the results they hoped for.

In this reel, Dr Chris uses an iPad drawing to map out the eye area and walk through both the aesthetic medical treatments and the aesthetic skincare treatments that address sagging and volume loss in this region.

Two sides, two approaches, explained clearly so you understand not just what the options are but why each one works the way it does.

Because the eye area responds best when treatment is planned rather than guesswork, and when you understand what is being addressed and why, you are in a much stronger position to have that conversation with your doctor.

Watch the full video and then drop your eye area concern in the comments.

🔖 Save this if the eye area is something you have been thinking about.

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