I typically get up around 4:30am to join video conference calls with my team in Dubai. We opened the clinic in 2018 after I travelled to the country to see my partner, who was working there at the time. I learnt more about Dubai’s aesthetic market, which is fascinating and different to the UK, with treatments for dark tear troughs being very popular. I now spend a week every quarter seeing patients there.
With COVID-19, I’m managing two time lapses of how the situation is developing in both Dubai and the UK. Then, about 6:30am my 18-month-old son Roman wakes. I sort breakfast and get him ready for the day, before making a start on my emails. One of my main focuses is speaking to the patients who were booked for treatment as part of the Esho Initiative. I set this up to offer corrective treatment free of charge to those who have congenital deformities, severe scarring or disfigurement…