Meet Dr Nyla: Mayfair's star dermatologist who wants to get you off Ozempic

Got Ozempic face”? It’s because your skin can’t keep up with the rapid weight loss, cosmetic doctor Nyla Raja tells WILLIAM HOSIE

- WILLIAM HOSIE

Raja is the cosmetics doctor to the nought point nought one per cent: a dermatological Wonder Woman and Mayfair's surgical siren. She opened her first clinic up north, among the bucolic pastures of Alderley Edge - the heart of Cheshire's golden triangle - where her clients included Abbey Clancy, Coronation Street's Helen Flanagan and practically the entire cast of The Real Housewives of Cheshire. Some years later, she set up shop in London. "We're the biggest doctor-owned clinic chain in the UK," Raja beams.

Since winning the Top Cosmetic Clinic Award in 2019, she's been busier than ever. "Most of my clients are 39, 49, 59," she reveals, and thus contemplating a new dawn at the turn of a decade. Their profile? "Company owners, CEOs, people who've got time for themselves," she says. "It's people who really need help," she continues, "who need advice but are educated enough to understand that a healthcare professional, a doctor, should be leading their transition. I'm not interested in people who are looking for quick fixes."

The Dr Nyla Medispa is as selective as the private members' clubs that pepper the neighbourhood. It sits in a converted townhouse at 32 Dover Street, the Mayfair artery that's become like a miniature longevity-industrial complex. Clinics like hers and the London outpost of the Lanserhof (at number 18) sit side by side with five-star hotels, high fashion stores and Maison Estelle.

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