Begin with the feature, movement or everyday concern you would like to understand. A focused guide is useful when one area is clearly central; a broader consultation is more helpful when several areas seem connected, you have previous treatment to discuss or you are simply unsure whether anything needs to change.
Start with what feels relevant to you
Perhaps you have noticed a line during expression, a change in facial balance, a question about your profile or sweating that is affecting daily life. You may also have several smaller concerns and no clear sense of which one should lead.
That uncertainty is normal. These guides help you find useful background reading before an appointment; they are not a test you need to pass. If one guide stands out, begin there. If several seem relevant, Corey can listen to the whole picture in a broader aesthetic consultation.
Choose your starting point
| What you are noticing | A useful place to begin | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| One area or movement is clearly central | Open the closest matching guide below | Focused questions, context and boundaries for that concern |
| Several areas seem connected | Read the broader consultation guide | Space to consider the face as a whole before choosing a pathway |
| You are unsure anything needs treatment | Use the suitability guide | A balanced way to consider waiting, review or no treatment |
| A change is new, painful, rapid or affecting function | Seek appropriate medical or dental assessment | The right diagnostic pathway rather than cosmetic browsing |
Movement and expression
These pages start with what changes during frowning, smiling, speech or lip closure. They should not be used to diagnose movement from one posed photograph.
Lips, cheeks and the midface
These pages separate skin, soft tissue, support, movement and the relationship between neighbouring areas. A line or hollow is not automatically a volume problem.
Chin, jaw and lower face
The lower face should be read as a relationship between chin, jaw border, jaw angle, soft tissue, neck and chewing function. Choose the card that names the first observation, not the intervention you expect.
Under eyes and neck
These regions have important anatomical and medical boundaries. Puffiness, eye history, skin, cheek support and neck movement can change whether clinic discussion is appropriate.
Sweating and broader planning
Excessive sweating may require health context rather than a purely cosmetic frame. Preventative and men’s pages are broader starting points for readers whose question does not fit one facial landmark.
What the guides can do and what they cannot
Find the closest question
Use the cards to compare how each concern is assessed and which nearby features may matter.
Bring the whole picture
A guide can help you prepare, but Corey still needs your health history, priorities and previous care before advising you.
Keep every option open
The next step may be a focused assessment, broader consultation, waiting, referral or no treatment. A webpage cannot confirm suitability or select care for you.
A one-minute shortlist before you book
You do not need a polished explanation. A few notes can make the first conversation more useful:
- Describe the feature, movement or situation in your own words.
- Note whether it feels stable, gradual or newly different.
- Write down relevant health, medicine, dental or previous treatment details.
- Bring the two or three questions you most want answered.
If one card clearly fits, open that guide. If your notes cross several areas, book the broader consultation and bring the list with you.
When another professional should lead
A new lump, rapid or unexplained asymmetry, infection, significant pain, weakness, altered sensation, vision change or dental symptoms needs appropriate medical or dental assessment. Urgent symptoms should not wait for an aesthetic appointment.
Persistent rashes, changing pigmented lesions, complex scarring or intense and escalating distress may also call for a GP, dermatologist or another suitable professional. Corey can explain clinic scope, but cosmetic browsing is not a diagnostic pathway.
Timing and cost come after the assessment
Once Corey understands the concern and confirms that it sits within clinic scope, he can explain suitable options, timing and relevant fees privately. The answer may also be to wait, retrieve earlier records or seek another kind of assessment.
Care on the consultation day is not automatic. If an option is appropriate, alternatives, material risks, consent, costs and review arrangements are discussed before you decide. You can also read the pricing guide before booking.
Why these guides stay concern-led
This public hub does not name or promote prescription medicines, product classes or doses. Current TGA guidance says public health service advertising must not directly or indirectly advertise prescription medicines.
That is why the cards lead to assessment information rather than a catalogue. Individual options and whether any medicine is appropriate belong in a private consultation with an appropriately trained practitioner.
What to expect when you visit
Your appointment is a private, unhurried conversation with the same practitioner who will assess the concern and explain any later recommendation.
Bring your questions, relevant health and medicine details, and records of previous care if you have them. Corey will help separate what belongs in clinic, what may benefit from waiting and what should be assessed elsewhere. If an option is suitable, risks and costs are discussed before you decide.
Bring the question, not a treatment choice
Meet Corey in Oakleigh to talk through what you have noticed and leave with a clearer, personal next step: focused reading, assessment, waiting, referral or no treatment.
Questions about choosing a pathway
How do I choose the right aesthetic treatment page?
Choose the page that matches the feature, movement, symptom or situation you want assessed. If several areas interact or you cannot identify one clear starting point, use the broader consultation guide rather than guessing which area should lead.
Do the pathway cards confirm that treatment is suitable?
No. Each card is a reading route only. Suitability still depends on individual assessment, relevant health and medicine history, scope, alternatives, material risks, consent and whether treatment offers a reasonable balance for that person.
What if two or three pathway cards seem relevant?
Begin with the broader consultation and bring the full list. Corey can help separate the first concern from nearby features, decide what needs records or referral and identify what can wait rather than building several assumed plans at once.
Can I book when I am unsure whether I want treatment?
Yes. A consultation can be used to ask questions, understand anatomy and discuss whether waiting, referral, skincare, review later or no treatment is appropriate. Booking does not require a commitment to proceed.
What symptoms should not be routed through this treatment hub?
A new lump, rapid asymmetry, infection, significant pain, weakness, altered sensation, vision change, dental symptoms or another unusual change needs appropriate medical or dental assessment. Urgent symptoms should not wait for a cosmetic consultation.
Can care happen on the same day as consultation?
Care on the consultation day is not automatic. Corey must complete the assessment, confirm that the question sits within scope and discuss alternatives, material risks, consent and individual timing before deciding whether proceeding is clinically appropriate.
Why does this hub avoid product and dose information?
Public advertising must not directly or indirectly promote prescription medicines. This hub groups the questions a person may want assessed instead. Individual options and whether any medicine is appropriate belong in a private clinical consultation.
Where is Core Aesthetics located?
Core Aesthetics is in Oakleigh, in Melbourne’s south east. Use the contact page to check the current street address before travelling. Corey Anderson RN leads consultations and his Ahpra registration number, NMW0001047575, can be checked independently.
Sources and regulatory references
Is this for you?
Consider booking a consultation if
- Adults choosing between Core Aesthetics assessment guides
- People with one clear feature or movement question
- Readers whose concerns span several areas
- People open to referral, waiting or no treatment
This may not be for you if
- Diagnosis of a new or urgent symptom
- Selecting a prescription medicine or dose
- Confirmation that treatment is suitable
- A promise of same day care
Suitability is confirmed at consultation. This list is general guidance, not a substitute for clinical assessment.