The journal publishes original scholarship in aesthetic medicine, artificial intelligence in clinical practice, postgraduate medical education and patient safety. Submissions must be original, not under consideration elsewhere, and authored by qualified clinicians or researchers.

• Original Research — up to 4,000 words.
• Review Article — up to 6,000 words.
• Case Report — up to 1,500 words.
• Commentary — up to 1,200 words.
• Editorial — up to 1,000 words (invited).

Manuscripts should be submitted as Word (.docx) or PDF documents, 12-point font, double-spaced, with line numbering. A structured abstract of no more than 250 words must precede the main text and follow the headings: Background, Methods, Results, Conclusion.

References must follow the Vancouver style: numbered consecutively in the order in which they first appear in the text and listed numerically in the reference list. Journal titles should be abbreviated according to the National Library of Medicine.

Figures should be submitted as high-resolution (≥ 300 dpi) TIFF, PNG or JPG files. Each figure and table must be numbered, cited in the text, and accompanied by a clear, self-contained legend. Authors are responsible for obtaining permissions for any reproduced material.

Authors who have used AI tools in the preparation of their manuscript must declare this in the Methods or Acknowledgements section. The named human author(s) retain full responsibility for the accuracy, integrity and editorial content of all published work.

All submissions undergo single-blind peer review by at least two independent reviewers with relevant subject expertise. Editorial decisions are made by the Editor-in-Chief in consultation with Associate Editors. The typical first-decision turnaround is six weeks.

Studies involving human participants must comply with the Declaration of Helsinki and have appropriate ethical approval. Informed consent must be obtained for the publication of identifiable patient information, including clinical photographs. Conflicts of interest must be declared in full.

Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0). Authors retain copyright and grant the journal a non-exclusive licence to publish.

Every submission is screened against the following checklist before peer review. Contributors should confirm each item before submitting; manuscripts that fail screening are returned without review.

• Structured abstract (Background, Methods, Results, Conclusion) of no more than 250 words.
• 6–10 keywords, using recognised clinical and anatomical terminology.
• Numbered body sections with descriptive headings (Introduction through Conclusion).
• Vancouver-style references, numbered in order of first citation, with every in-text citation present in the reference list and vice versa.
• Core claims traceable to a cited source — no unsourced statistics, rankings or prevalence figures.
• Quantitative statements state what was actually measured (population, method, denominator) rather than repeating a headline figure.
• Absolute and proportional changes are distinguished wherever percentages are reported.
• Clinical recommendations are separated from anatomical or epidemiological observations — evidence is not presented as a treatment prescription unless a comparative treatment study is cited.
• The author's own technique or clinical observation, where included, is explicitly labelled as such and not presented as proven efficacy.
• Competing evidence is presented fairly, including studies that contradict the article's thesis.
• Tone is academic, neutral and non-promotional — no marketing language, no calls to purchase, no clinic promotion.
• AI disclosure statement included where AI tools were used in preparation (see Section 6).
• Conflicts of interest declared in full.
• Figures and tables numbered, cited in the text, and supplied at ≥ 300 dpi with self-contained legends.
• Ethics approval and informed consent documented for any identifiable patient material (see Section 8).

The editorial office applies the same checklist to invited content. A manuscript that meets every item proceeds directly to reviewer assignment.

Manuscripts should be submitted by email to journal@harleystreetinstitute.com with the subject line "Manuscript Submission — [Article Type]".