“We need unity and to focus on patient safety”
One of seven children growing up in a busy terraced house in Liverpool, Dr Lee Walker’s unique sanctuary in his early years was detention, where he would voluntary go for peace and quiet to study. The study paid off, Dr Walker says, “After school, I did Biomedical Science at Manchester University and then I went to Liverpool University to become a dental surgeon, specialising in orthodontics. I finished in 1999 and worked for the NHS for a while, before opening my own practice. It wasn’t until 2001 that I started to dip my toes into the aesthetics pool after a friend introduced me to botulinum toxin.” Dr Walker says that, at the time, toxin was being used off-license for cosmetic indications, and there was not a lot of literature available.
He explains, “Training was less than half a day and you basically had to learn on the job, which, as we now know, is not the best or safest way to do things – it’s scary looking back and wondering…
