Let me introduce you to Devon’s best-kept beauty secret: Skin Southwest. Based in a beautiful Georgian building in Exeter’s leafy Southernhay, this upmarket facial aesthetics clinic specialises in anti-aging tweakments using state of the art tech and high-performance, pharmaceutical grade products. If it’s not a world you’ve delved into before, you’ll be amazed at the options. Yes, there’s Botox and dermal fillers, but also non-invasive contemporary treatments, such as Endymed, and AgeJET Nitrogen Plasma Treatment which can work miracles, as well as zero-downtime peels that can take years off in your lunch hour.

We love Skin South West’s owner, Dr Pradnya Apté – a friendly, straight-talking Northerner with 20+ years experience. She immediately puts you at your ease, is passionate and incredibly knowledgable about what she does. I’ve seen her work at first-hand and she’s gifted with an artist’s eye for making you look fresher, not like you’ve had something done. What’s more, she is medically qualified as a dental surgeon, so you’re in super-safe hands.

The clinic walls are reassuringly covered in Pradnya’s many certificates and awards, including as Finalist two years running (and Highly Commended) in the Oscars of the aesthetics world, the Aesthetic Dentistry Awards. Plus, she’s listed on Save Face, a national register of practitioners, accredited by Professional Standards Authority which is recognised by the Government, The Department of Health, NHS England and The Care Quality Commission.

While Pradnya gets her patients to look good, it’s her trained aestheticians who keep her patients looking good with a range of contemporary skin treatments for every issue under the sun, including sun damage, skin tags, uneven pigmentation, acne scars, thread vein removal and oodles of others to check out here. Get on the website to search by treatment or helpfully by area of concern. Either way, in Pradnya’s capable hands, you will be sorted. Still don’t believe me? Take a peek at what Skin South West’s many happy dewy-skinned customers have to say.