Anti-wrinkle treatment uses a prescription-only medicine, so someone has to prescribe it. At KAY Clinics that someone is a pharmacist prescriber: Shuaib Hanafi, a UK-qualified pharmacist who has also qualified as an Independent Prescriber.
How that medicine is prescribed tells you a lot about how carefully a clinic works.
Why does anti-wrinkle treatment need a prescription?
The medicine used in anti-wrinkle treatment is prescription-only in the UK. It is not a cosmetic you can buy over a counter, and it cannot lawfully be supplied for you without a prescription written by someone with the legal right to prescribe.
The same law is why it is not named anywhere on this website. Prescription-only medicines may not be advertised to the public, so we call it what it is on our price list: anti-wrinkle treatment.
The prescription is not paperwork for its own sake. A prescriber has to be satisfied that the medicine is suitable for you, at that time, for what you want to treat. That judgement is the safety step, and it should rest on an assessment of you in person.
What is a pharmacist prescriber?
A pharmacist prescriber is a registered pharmacist who has gone on to complete an accredited prescribing course and had it recorded by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), the regulator for pharmacists in Great Britain. Once that is recorded, the pharmacist can prescribe as an Independent Prescriber.
Pharmacists spend their training and careers on medicines: how they work, what they interact with, and when they should not be used. Prescribing adds the responsibility for deciding, for an individual patient, that a medicine is the right one. Like every prescriber, a pharmacist prescriber is expected to work within their own competence and to answer to their regulator for each decision.
Shuaib is registered with the GPhC under number 2230779. He founded KAY Clinics, and you can read more about him on our home page.
Who else can prescribe it?
Pharmacists are not the only ones. Doctors and dentists can prescribe, and so can other health professionals, such as nurses, who have qualified as independent prescribers. Any of them can be a safe choice. What matters is that a qualified prescriber makes the decision, and that they make it after seeing you.
Why it helps when the prescriber also treats you
If the person treating you is not a prescriber, somebody else has to write the prescription. In a well-run arrangement, that prescriber still assesses you in person. The weak point is distance: the more people stand between the assessment and the treatment, the more there is to go wrong.
The pharmacy regulator has been clear on this. In October 2025 the GPhC said its guidance is clear that, for non-surgical cosmetic medicines of this kind, there needs to be a physical examination of the person to support a safe prescribing decision.
At KAY Clinics there is no gap to close, because assessing, prescribing and treating are all done by Shuaib. In practice that means:
- The decision is made by the person who has assessed you face to face.
- Your health questions are answered by the prescriber. Nothing is passed on second-hand.
- The same person reviews you afterwards. Roughly two weeks on, the clinician who planned and gave your treatment is the one who checks it.
- A no comes from the right place. If the medicine is not right for you, the prescriber says so before anything is booked for the day.
How a pharmacist prescriber plans your anti-wrinkle treatment
Three areas are on the anti-wrinkle list: the forehead, the frown area between the brows, and the crow's feet at the corners of the eyes. Men's anti-wrinkle treatment has its own prices, because male facial muscles are stronger and are dosed for that. Whatever the plan, the aim is a face that still moves naturally.
Shuaib agrees which areas and how much product at your free consultation. You see the full plan and price before anything is treated. Every option and price is on the anti-wrinkle treatment page.
How to check a prescriber before you book
Whoever you choose, these checks take a few minutes and are worth doing:
- Ask who prescribes. Get a name. If the person treating you is not a prescriber, ask who is and whether you will meet them.
- Look them up on their register. Pharmacists are on the GPhC register, which also shows whether a pharmacist is annotated as an independent prescriber. Doctors are on the General Medical Council register, dentists on the General Dental Council register and nurses on the Nursing and Midwifery Council register.
- Ask whether you will be examined in person before a prescription is written. The answer should be yes.
- Ask who you will see at the review. Ideally the same prescriber who treated you.
That applies to Shuaib as much as anyone.
Booking with a pharmacist prescriber in Wickersley
You will find us in Wickersley, S66 2LT, in Rotherham. Home visits are also available. Ask when you book.
To start, book a free consultation online. There is no deposit, and you pay in clinic. If you would rather ask something first, ring or WhatsApp 07746 334403.
Individual results vary. You must be 18 or over to be treated.
