What a Skin Booster Does,
and What It Leaves Alone

A thin hyaluronic gel that holds water in the skin and leaves the shape of your face as it is.

Portrait of Dr Imogen Hale

Dr Imogen Hale

Founder and medical director

28 August 2026, 5 min read

A skin booster injection at a patient's cheek

A skin booster is a very fine hyaluronic acid gel, placed in tiny amounts just under the surface of the skin. It holds water where the skin has lost it and prompts the skin to renew its own collagen over the following weeks.

What it leaves alone

A skin booster adds no volume and keeps every contour, so your face keeps its shape. Lifting a cheek or filling a hollow is the work of a filler, which is a different treatment.

What changes is the surface. Skin looks smoother, catches the light more evenly and feels softer to the touch, which is why the results are easiest to see in daylight. A course of three sessions, a month apart, lasts six to nine months.

Portrait of Dr Imogen Hale

Written by Dr Imogen Hale

Imogen founded Softglow in 2013 and still plans every new patient’s first course. She writes about method, and about why we so often do less.

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