The French Touch
Meets K-Beauty —
A World First
at 22 Harley Street

Something Has Changed at 22 Harley Street

For over fifteen years, Dr Philippe Hamida-Pisal has practised at 22 Harley Street under a philosophy he calls The French Touch . The idea is deceptively simple: the goal of aesthetic medicine is never to change a face. It is to return a face to its own best version — the version that existed before time, stress, and life began to show. The result, for the patients who have trusted Dr Philippe with their care, is that they do not look treated. They look exceptional. And there is a significant difference between those two things.

But in the last year, something extraordinary has happened. Dr Philippe has formalised a clinical partnership with Dr Jihyun Byun — a specialist trained in and practising across both England and South Korea. And the collaboration between these two doctors, from two countries with two of the world's most influential approaches to beauty and skin health, has created something that did not exist in London before.

They call it The French Touch meets K-Beauty . And if you care about your skin — and care about the results you get from the money and trust you invest in it — it is the most interesting development in London aesthetic medicine in years.

Two Traditions. One Goal.

To understand why this matters, you need to understand what each tradition actually is — and what each one brings to your skin that the other, alone, cannot.

The French Touch gives you the result that nobody can point to. K-Beauty gives you the skin that makes every result more beautiful and more lasting. Together, they give you something no other clinic in London currently offers: a treatment philosophy where the question is never “what can I inject?” but “what does this specific skin, on this specific face, actually need — and what is the most respectful, most natural way to give it that?”

Meet the Doctors

What This Means for Your Skin

In practical terms, The French Touch meets K-Beauty means that your consultation at PHP Aesthetic-Wellness is a different kind of conversation from the one you have had at other clinics. It begins not with what is on the treatment menu but with what your skin genuinely needs — assessed by two doctors who bring different clinical eyes to the same face.

Dr Philippe brings the French aesthetic judgement: what to enhance, what to leave, where restraint serves you better than intervention, how to create a result that looks like you at your best rather than like someone who has had something done. Dr Jihyun brings the Korean clinical foundation: which regenerative protocols will build the skin quality that makes everything else work better and last longer.

The treatments that come from this process are not what most London clinics offer. They are more considered, more personalised, and more focused on the long-term health of your skin than any single injectable treatment could be.

The Treatments at the Heart of K-Beauty Medicine

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  Exosomes — Regeneration at a Molecular Level The most advanced regenerative treatment in aesthetic medicine. Exosomes are tiny biological messengers that carry instructions between cells — triggering your skin to regenerate from within in ways that no conventional injectable can reach. South Korean dermatology has been perfecting this treatment for a decade. It is now available at PHP Aesthetic-Wellness.
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  Polynucleotides — Rebuilding What Time Takes Away DNA-derived fragments that bind to your skin's cellular receptors and trigger genuine tissue rebuilding — new collagen, new elastin, new structural support. The results develop over 8–12 weeks and are genuinely long-lasting. Particularly transformative for the under-eye area, neck, skin laxity, and post-acne scarring.
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  Mesotherapy — Nourishment from Within The technique that sits at the heart of both the French and Korean approaches to skin health. Customised cocktails of vitamins, hyaluronic acid, growth factors, and active ingredients delivered precisely into the skin. The result: luminosity, hydration, and skin quality that no topical product can replicate because it bypasses the surface entirely.
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  Skin Boosters — The Foundation Treatment Non-cross-linked hyaluronic acid delivered intradermally to hydrate the skin at its deepest level. The Korean approach treats skin boosters not as an occasional luxury but as the maintenance foundation that keeps every other treatment performing at its best. Dr Jihyun's protocols for skin booster application are built on the clinical framework developed in Seoul.

A Clinic for Every Skin

Why 22 Harley Street

Harley Street has been London's premier medical address for over 200 years. It is not simply a postcode — it is a standard. The practitioners who choose to base themselves here are choosing to be held to the expectation that comes with the address: that the medicine practised is exceptional, that the patient experience is exceptional, and that the results speak for themselves.

PHP Aesthetic-Wellness brings a 4.9 Google rating from 127 verified patient reviews to that standard. It is Save Face accredited — assessed against NHS-equivalent standards of training, premises, and patient care. It is CQC regulated and a member of the Cosmetic Redress Scheme, which gives every patient the right to independent review if they are ever dissatisfied with their care.