How often should you actually book?
A realistic guide per treatment — including when the honest answer is 'less often than you think'.
Nobody needs everything on the menu every month. Here is a straight answer per treatment, including where more frequent genuinely helps and where it does not.
Massage
For a specific problem: weekly or fortnightly for a short block of three or four sessions, then reassess. Persistent tension responds to consistency, not to one heroic ninety-minute session.
For maintenance: every four to six weeks is the rhythm most people settle into.
If you train hard: a sports massage every two to three weeks in a heavy block; lighter work close to an event, not deep work.
For stress and sleep: whatever you will actually keep to. A monthly relaxing massage you never cancel beats a fortnightly plan you abandon in week three.
Lymphatic drainage
This is the one where frequency genuinely matters, because results are days rather than months.
Starting out: a short block of sessions fairly close together, then maintenance every few weeks.
Maintenance: every two to four weeks, or simply booked around what triggers it — a long-haul flight, a heavy work period, the week before an event.
Post-surgery: entirely dictated by your procedure and your surgeon's guidance. Bring their advice.
Face drainage: as a treat before events, or fortnightly if you are prone to puffiness. There is a five-minute home version in this article for the days in between.
Facials
Skin renews on roughly a four-week cycle, so every four to six weeks is the sensible ceiling for a deep cleanse. More often is usually counterproductive — over-exfoliated skin gets more reactive, not clearer. Your daily routine matters more than the facial does.
Waxing and sugaring
Every four to six weeks, and here the schedule is the whole game. Regular appointments bring the area onto one growth cycle, so each session is quicker, cleaner and more comfortable. Let it grow out fully and you restart from zero.
Don't shave in between — it undoes the cycle. If you are close to the four-week mark and the hair seems short, come anyway; short-but-even beats long-but-patchy.
Our honest position
We will tell you when you don't need to come as often. A course of drainage that has done its job, skin that is behaving, a shoulder that has settled — those are all good reasons to space appointments out, and we would rather say so and keep you for years than sell you a block you don't need.
If you are unsure what rhythm makes sense for you, ask at your next appointment, or message us with what's going on.
A note on all of this: everything here is general guidance based on standard practice, not medical advice. If something is painful, spreading, or simply not settling, please see a GP or pharmacist rather than waiting for your next appointment.
