Skin boosters and injectables
Dr Mattia Parducci
Lead Aesthetic Doctor
Dr Mattia performs every babyGLOW session at Cannelle himself, from the skin assessment to the final review, working to Teoxane's 8-point protocol.
A glow you can see the same afternoon, then hydration and firmness that keep building. Teoxane babyGLOW at our Oxford clinic, eight points of Redensity 1 on each side of the face, placed by Dr Mattia Parducci.
Cannelle Skin Clinic in Oxford offers Teoxane babyGLOW, the 8-point skin booster that hydrates the face from within with Teosyal Redensity 1. Dr Mattia Parducci maps and places every point himself. The glow shows the same day, and skin quality keeps improving over the course.
Cannelle Skin Clinic hears the same sentence most weeks, usually from someone who has done everything right. Good sleep, good skincare, plenty of water, and still the face in the morning mirror looks a shade flatter than the person behind it. The light has gone somewhere. Make up puts a version of it back for a few hours, then sits in the fine lines it was meant to hide. That gap between healthy skin and skin that actually looks it is exactly where babyGLOW lives.
Teoxane wrote two protocols, because dull skin at twenty eight and dull skin at forty five are not the same problem. Our Oxford patients most often come to us with:
Men come to us for the same reasons and phrase them differently, so Teoxane adapted the injection points for masculine faces. babyGLOW for HIM is on this page too. One thing to know before you read on: this is a skin quality treatment rather than a filler, so the shape of your face stays exactly as it is. Volume belongs to dermal fillers, and lines that appear only when you frown belong to anti-wrinkle injections. Every course begins with a face to face assessment with Dr Mattia Parducci.
Teoxane babyGLOW™ is a skin booster built around one product and one technique. The product is Teosyal PureSense Redensity 1, a non-crosslinked hyaluronic acid gel from Teoxane, the Geneva laboratory that has specialised in hyaluronic acid since 2003. The technique is an 8-point injection pattern designed by a global consensus of aesthetic doctors and presented at the IMCAS congress in Paris in 2026. Between them they answer the request we hear most: a glow that shows quickly, then skin that keeps improving after it.
Redensity 1 carries 15 mg/ml of high molecular weight hyaluronic acid. Alongside it sits what Teoxane calls the Dermo-Restructuring Complex, a blend of amino acids, antioxidants, minerals and vitamins that feeds the environment around the skin cells. Hyaluronic acid draws water into the skin and holds it there, while the complex supports the skin’s own repair over the weeks that follow. Older skin booster methods scatter dozens of tiny droplets just under the surface, which can leave visible bumps for a day or two. babyGLOW instead places eight small deposits per side into the layer just beneath the skin, at points chosen for how a face reflects light. So the product spreads evenly, and the glow is immediate.
Men ask us to look less tired in meetings and on camera, and for nobody to know why. Teoxane built babyGLOW for HIM around exactly that brief. The clinical formula is unchanged, while the eight points have been re-mapped for masculine anatomy. The spacing across the cheek is wider, so light spreads rather than pools. A point is added at the angle of the jaw, and nothing is placed below the corner of the mouth. Redensity 1 is a CE-marked medical device, and you can read more about it on Teoxane’s website.
A face looks radiant when light reflects evenly from its high points. Those are the upper cheek, the angle of the jaw, the area beside the mouth and the spot just under the tail of the brow. Skin that has lost hydration scatters that light instead, which is why tired skin reads as tired even after a good week. The 8-point technique places a small bolus of Redensity 1 at each of those points. Four landmark lines drawn on the face keep every injection in the same safe plane.
Each point receives 0.2 ml, with 0.1 ml at the brow, through a very fine 30 gauge needle only 4 mm long. That depth matters more than it sounds. Ultrasound imaging in Teoxane’s published case study shows the gel sitting evenly in the layer just under the skin. It is integrated into the tissue, with no nodules and no drift downwards. A gentle massage at the end of the session spreads it further, so the bumps other skin boosters leave behind are rarely seen here. The glow you see that afternoon is hydration arriving. The firmness you notice at week three is your own collagen answering.
Your first appointment is a conversation, and nothing is opened. Dr Mattia looks at your skin’s hydration, texture and firmness, then talks through your goals and medical history. Together you agree whether the beautification or rejuvenation protocol suits you, and you leave with a written plan and a price before anything is booked.
On the day, Dr Mattia cleanses the skin and draws Teoxane’s four landmark lines with a skin marker. Where the lines cross gives the eight points on each side of your face. It takes a couple of minutes, and it is the reason every injection lands in the same safe layer.
Redensity 1 goes in at each point through a fine 4 mm needle, 0.2 ml at a time. Most people describe a series of small pinches rather than pain, and the whole sequence takes around ten to fifteen minutes. Ask for numbing cream beforehand if you would like it.
A gentle massage spreads the gel evenly through the layer beneath the skin, so that any small bumps at the points settle within a few hours. You leave with a visible glow and go straight back to your day.
Session two follows four weeks later. On the rejuvenation protocol, session three follows six weeks after that. We photograph your skin at each visit, because hydration and elasticity build with every session and progress is easier to see than to remember.
Your doctor
Eight points placed a centimetre too high are eight points wasted. babyGLOW is precise by design, and that precision comes from the doctor reading your face before the first mark goes on.
Skin boosters and injectables
Lead Aesthetic Doctor
Dr Mattia performs every babyGLOW session at Cannelle himself, from the skin assessment to the final review, working to Teoxane's 8-point protocol.
Skin booster photographs reward a slow look. Brightness is the easy part, and a good facial can buy you a week of it. What to look for is whether the light sits differently across the cheek and jaw a month later, because that is hydration and firmness changing rather than a good day. The pairs below are Teoxane UK’s own clinical photographs from its real-world assessment. The procedures were performed by Dr Silvia Caboni, joined by Dr Nasser Madi for the male cases. They are not Cannelle patients. Results from our own Oxford patients will join them as courses complete.
Alena, 46: two months after her third session
Procedure by Dr Silvia Caboni. Photograph courtesy of Teoxane UK
Priscilla, 34: two days after session two of the beautification protocol
Procedure by Dr Silvia Caboni. Photograph courtesy of Teoxane UK
babyGLOW for HIM, 43: after his second session
Procedure by Dr Silvia Caboni and Dr Nasser Madi. Photograph courtesy of Teoxane UK
babyGLOW for HIM, 32: after his second session
Procedure by Dr Silvia Caboni and Dr Nasser Madi. Photograph courtesy of Teoxane UK
Nobody books a skin booster to spend the week explaining it. Most of our patients want to know three things before they say yes. How long does it take, how will I look walking out, and when does the change become obvious to other people? Here is how the whole experience unfolds, from the first conversation to the review.
Everything starts with a consultation with Dr Mattia Parducci. He looks at your skin in person, asks about your medical history and any medication, and agrees the protocol with you. Arrive with clean skin if you can, and pause retinoids and strong acids for a few days beforehand. Mention any history of cold sores. A written plan and a confirmed price come before anything is booked.
The appointment takes 20 to 45 minutes, most of it conversation and mapping. Dr Mattia cleanses the skin, draws the landmark lines, then places Redensity 1 at the eight points on each side of your face. Expect a series of small pinches rather than discomfort, since the needle is only 4 mm long. A gentle massage finishes the session so the gel spreads evenly.
You leave with a visible glow and nothing to hide. Small raised points at the injection sites usually settle within a few hours. A pinpoint bruise or faint redness is possible and fades within days. Keep the skin clean, leave make up off until the following morning, and skip saunas and heavy exercise that day. Teoxane recommends its RHA Serum to carry the glow between sessions. You go home with written aftercare and a direct line to the clinic.
Any clinic can buy a syringe of Redensity 1. What you are choosing is the judgement of the person holding it, because the eight points only work when they sit exactly where the light needs them. At Cannelle Skin Clinic, every babyGLOW session is performed by Dr Mattia Parducci, to Teoxane’s protocol, after a medical consultation. That is how the treatment was designed to be given, and it is how we give it.
Our Summertown clinic is an easy run from Wolvercote, Kidlington and Headington, and patients come to us from across Oxfordshire for skin boosters.
This is the decision the whole treatment turns on, and it is worth understanding before you arrive. Both protocols use the same product and the same eight points. What changes is the number of sessions and the spacing between them, which Teoxane matched to how skin behaves at different ages. Too few sessions for the problem and you will wonder why you bothered. Dr Mattia makes the recommendation once he has seen your skin, and the table below sets the options side by side.
| Protocol | Best For | Sessions | Spacing |
|---|---|---|---|
Beautification | Skin in its twenties and early thirties that wants hydration and light | 2 | Four weeks apart |
Rejuvenation | Skin past thirty five with fine lines, dryness and early laxity | 3 | Four weeks, then six weeks |
babyGLOW for HIM | Masculine faces, with the points re-mapped | 2 or 3 | As above |
Maintenance | Holding the result after your course | Agreed at review | Agreed at review |
A single Teoxane babyGLOW session at Cannelle Skin Clinic is £640. Most patients have two or three sessions, and Dr Mattia can only tell which protocol suits you once he has seen your skin, so the full course is priced at your consultation rather than on this page.
What we can tell you is what the price carries with it. Your skin assessment, your written plan and your review appointment are included rather than added afterwards. Where a course is the sensible plan we cost the whole course at the consultation, so the number you see is the number you pay. Nobody is asked to decide on the day.
If you would like a sense of it beforehand, message us. Tell us roughly how old you are and what you would like your skin to do, and we will come back with the protocol likely to suit you and what it costs.
The questions we field are reliably the same three, in the same order. Will it hurt, will anyone be able to tell, and how soon will I see it? All three are answered below, along with the ones people only think to ask once they are sitting down.
Teoxane babyGLOW is a hyaluronic acid skin booster treatment from Teoxane, the Swiss hyaluronic acid specialist. It uses one product, Teosyal PureSense Redensity 1, placed with an 8-point injection technique designed and validated by a global group of aesthetic doctors. The aim is an immediate glow, then a longer term improvement in hydration, elasticity and skin quality.
Redensity 1 is a non-crosslinked hyaluronic acid gel carrying 15 mg/ml of high molecular weight hyaluronic acid. Alongside it sits a complex of amino acids, antioxidants, minerals and vitamins that Teoxane calls the Dermo-Restructuring Complex. It is a CE-marked medical device made by Teoxane in Geneva, used for skin quality treatments for many years.
No, and that is rather the point. Redensity 1 is not crosslinked, so it spreads through the layer under the skin to hydrate and revitalise. It does not hold shape or add volume the way a dermal filler does. If you want to restore volume or definition, Dr Mattia will talk to you about fillers instead, or alongside.
Both are hyaluronic acid skin boosters, and both earn their place. Profhilo uses a high concentration of pure hyaluronic acid at five points per side. It is chosen mainly for laxity and crepey skin, including on the neck, hands and body. babyGLOW uses Redensity 1 with added amino acids, antioxidants, minerals and vitamins at eight points per side of the face, for an immediate glow and hydration. Many patients use both across a year, and Dr Mattia sequences them so each gets a clear run at your skin.
Dr Mattia draws four landmark lines on the face. Redensity 1 is then injected at eight anatomical points on each side. Four sit along the cheek, one at the angle of the jaw, two beside the mouth and one just under the tail of the brow. Each point receives 0.2 ml, with 0.1 ml at the brow, so a full face uses one 3 ml syringe. The points were chosen for how the face reflects light, and for safety.
Most people see a glow the same day, once the small bumps at the injection points have settled. Teoxane’s data shows further improvement over the following nine days as the gel integrates and draws water into the skin. Hydration and elasticity then build with each session of your course.
Teoxane’s beautification protocol, designed for people in their twenties and early thirties, is two sessions four weeks apart. The rejuvenation protocol, for people over thirty five, is three sessions. The first two are four weeks apart, then a third follows six weeks after the second. Dr Mattia recommends one at your consultation and adjusts it once your skin has shown how it responds.
Results build over the course and are then held with maintenance sessions. Teoxane recommends a maintenance plan after the initial course rather than a fixed interval, because skin, age and lifestyle vary so much between patients. We agree your rhythm at the review appointment.
Redensity 1 is placed with a very fine 30 gauge needle only 4 mm long, so most people describe a series of small pinches rather than pain. In Teoxane’s real-world assessment, 88 percent of patients felt comfortable during the injections. Tell Dr Mattia if you would like a topical numbing cream applied first.
Very little. You may see small raised points where the gel was placed, and they usually settle within a few hours after the massage at the end of your session. A pinpoint bruise or mild redness is possible and fades within a few days. In Teoxane’s assessment, 98 percent of patients went straight back to their daily activities.
Dr Mattia Parducci (GMC 7635663), who also treats with Redensity 1 at our sister clinic in London, Dr Joney De Souza Skin & Laser. Your assessment, your eight points and your review are all his. Skin boosters are injectable medical treatments, and we do not hand them on.
Once babyGLOW makes sense, the next question is always comparative, and rightly so. Skin boosters, polynucleotides, biostimulators and facials all promise better skin and arrive by different routes. What follows is how we talk it through across the desk in Oxford.
They work on different layers of the same problem. Polynucleotides are purified DNA fragments that signal the skin to repair itself. So they are the stronger choice for tired, sun-damaged skin and the under eye area. babyGLOW hydrates and adds a glow you can see the same day. Plenty of patients have both across a year, and Dr Mattia spaces them so nothing competes for the same healing.
All three are hyaluronic acid skin boosters, and the difference is in the map and the formula. Restylane Skinboosters and SkinVive use fine droplets spread across the treatment area. babyGLOW uses eight fixed anatomical points per side, chosen for how the face reflects light, and Redensity 1 carries amino acids, antioxidants, minerals and vitamins alongside its hyaluronic acid. Dr Mattia will tell you which suits your skin at the consultation.
The same product and the same clinical evidence, with the eight injection points re-mapped for masculine anatomy. Teoxane widened the spacing across the cheek so light spreads across the face rather than pooling. A point was added at the angle of the jaw, and the injection below the corner of the mouth was removed. The result is fresher, more hydrated skin that still looks entirely masculine.
Skin boosters wait until after pregnancy and breastfeeding, and until any active skin infection or inflammation has cleared. A known allergy to hyaluronic acid or lidocaine rules the treatment out. Some autoimmune and bleeding conditions, and some medications, need discussion first. Dr Mattia takes a full medical history at your consultation so the plan is right for you.
Redensity 1 is a CE-marked medical device from Teoxane, a Swiss company that has specialised in hyaluronic acid since 2003, with an established safety record in skin quality treatments. Like any injectable it can cause temporary redness, swelling, small bumps or bruising, and rarely a more significant reaction. Teoxane’s 78-patient assessment of the babyGLOW technique reported no adverse events in most patients. Treating with a doctor in a clinical setting is the best protection you can have.
Keep the skin clean and leave make up off the injection points until the following morning. Skip saunas, steam rooms and heavy exercise for the rest of the day, and use daily sunscreen as you always should. Teoxane recommends its RHA Serum, a topical hyaluronic acid, to extend the glow between sessions. Dr Mattia gives you written aftercare and a direct line to the clinic.
Message us on WhatsApp, call 01865 537885, or use the enquiry form on this page. The consultation runs about thirty minutes and covers your skin, your medical history and what you would like it to do. If babyGLOW is right for you, we plan the protocol and the price from there. If it is not, we will say so, and tell you what would be. We are in Summertown, a short drive from Marston and Cutteslowe, with free parking close by.
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