Beyond aesthetics: The insurance and regulatory risk of expanding into menopause care with Charlotte Body

In this episode of the Aesthetics Business Cast, Vicky Eldridge and Eddie Hooker are joined by Charlotte Body, entrepreneur and founder of the Health Assembly, the organisation behind Menopause in Practice, Pause Live, Future Patient and MEN, a new event dedicated to men's health. Charlotte's roots are firmly planted in aesthetics. Having launched and sold several successful businesses in the sector, including Cosmetic News and the Aesthetic Awards, and having run her own aesthetics clinic, she has spent the last few years bringing women's health and menopause into the aesthetics conversation. With that has come a fast-growing number of clinics looking to add menopause-related treatments to their offering. Hamilton Fraser has worked closely with Charlotte through its Menopause in Practice collaboration, with a shared focus on education, raising standards, and helping practitioners understand where aesthetics can appropriately and safely intersect with wider healthcare. In this episode, Charlotte discusses: - Her unconventional journey into aesthetics, from car magazines to Cosmetic News, the Aesthetic Awards and beyond - What running her own clinic taught her about retail, sales and community that most clinics still miss - Why she launched Menopause in Practice, and the moment her own aesthetic practitioner spotted her perimenopause symptoms before her GP did - The concept of aesthetic practitioners as menopause "first responders", and why medical clinics are so well placed to signpost patients - How hair loss, skin ageing and other symptoms open the door to conversations about wider health - Why andropause matters, and why men's health conversations are ten years behind women's - The launch of MEN and Future Patient, and where longevity and functional medicine fit into the aesthetics picture - Why cover for menopause and related treatments cannot be assumed under a standard aesthetics policy - The safeguarding, chaperoning and before-and-after image storage issues that all practitioners moving into intimate health treatments need to think about - Why passion, collaboration and community are the real drivers of a successful clinic A must-listen for any clinic owner or practitioner considering expanding into menopause care, longevity or wider health services, and for anyone who wants to understand how the aesthetics conversation is broadening. For more content on running and growing your aesthetic clinic, visit the Hamilton Fraser Content Hub.