Jalupro Young Eyes, HMW or Super Hydro: Which One Do You Need?

Jalupro is a range of amino acid based injectable skin boosters, and there are four versions of it at Facial Sculpting. Young Eyes is for the under-eye area. HMW is for skin density and firmness across larger areas. Super Hydro is for dehydration and dullness. The Glow Peel is not an injectable at all, it is a topical brightening peel that borrows the same amino acid chemistry. They are not four grades of the same thing, and choosing between them is a question about which problem you actually have.

This guide sets the four side by side: what each one contains, what it is designed to change, how many sessions it takes, what it costs at our South Kensington clinic and where Dr Nina Bal would recommend something else instead. It is general information rather than personal advice, and nothing here replaces an assessment.

What is Jalupro, and what does "skin booster" mean?

Jalupro is an injectable bio-revitalisation range built around an amino acid complex, the raw material your skin uses to make collagen and elastin. Depending on the version, that complex is combined with hyaluronic acid of different molecular weights. The product is injected superficially and spread across an area rather than placed in one spot to create shape.

That is the whole distinction between a skin booster and a dermal filler, and it is the single thing most worth understanding before you book anything.

People often arrive asking for a booster when what they are describing is a structural change, and occasionally the other way round. Getting that wrong is the most common reason a treatment disappoints, so it is worth being clear about it before choosing between the Jalupro options rather than after.

The four Jalupro treatments at a glance

This is the comparison most people are actually searching for. Every figure here is taken from our own published treatment pages and price list.

Jalupro Young Eyes: the under-eye one

Young Eyes is formulated specifically for the peri-orbital area, which is the thinnest skin on the face and the least forgiving of anything injected badly. It is an amino acid based booster designed to support collagen in that skin and improve its texture and tone, so that crepey lines soften and the area looks less tired.

What that means in practice is that it improves the skin under your eye. It does not fill a hollow. If your under-eye issue is a genuine volume deficit casting a shadow, that is a different conversation, covered on the under-eye hollows and dark circles page and usually addressed with tear trough rejuvenation. If your under-eye issue is that the skin itself looks thin, lined and dull, Young Eyes is the treatment being described.

The protocol is a course of three sessions, roughly two to four weeks apart, from £550 a session. Downtime is minimal but the under-eye bruises more easily than anywhere else, so leave a clear week before anything you are being photographed at.

Jalupro HMW: the density and firmness one

HMW stands for high molecular weight, which describes the hyaluronic acid used in it. Larger hyaluronic acid molecules sit in the skin and hold water for longer, and alongside the amino acid complex the formula is aimed at skin that has lost density: skin that feels thinner than it did, that creases where it did not, that has stopped bouncing back.

It is used across the face, and also on the neck, décolletage and backs of the hands, which are the areas people notice long after they have started looking after their face. The course is typically two to three sessions a few weeks apart, from £640 per area, and the change accumulates rather than arriving.

Worth stating plainly: HMW improves the quality of the skin over your facial structure. It is not doing anything to the structure. Where laxity is the real complaint rather than skin quality, the answer sits with the sagging skin options such as Endolift®, and an assessment is what separates the two.

Jalupro Super Hydro: the hydration one

Super Hydro combines hyaluronic acid with the amino acid complex and is aimed at skin that is dehydrated and dull rather than lined or slack. The result people describe is a fresher, more luminous complexion and skin that feels more elastic, built over a course of two sessions a few weeks apart, from £640 per area.

There is genuine overlap between Super Hydro and HMW, and the way to separate them is by which word you used first when you described the problem. If you said thin, lax or creased, that is density and HMW territory. If you said dull, tight, flat or tired, that is hydration and Super Hydro territory. Both improve skin quality, and in a combination plan they may both appear.

Jalupro Glow Peel: the one that is not injected

The Glow Peel is the outlier of the four. It is a topical treatment, not an injectable: a controlled superficial peel combined with amino acids and hyaluronic acid, applied to the skin to brighten, refine texture and improve radiance. No anaesthetic, no needles, minimal downtime beyond mild redness and occasional light flaking, from £250 a session.

It suits people who want an improvement in skin quality without an injectable, or who want to prepare the skin before or maintain it between other treatments. It sits alongside our other skin health treatments rather than competing with the injectable boosters, and comparing it with them is a category error worth avoiding: it works on the surface, they work in the dermis.

How do you know which one you need?

Start from the complaint, not the product. In consultation the sequence is roughly this.

• Is the problem confined to the under-eye? If yes, Young Eyes is the candidate, once a hollow has been ruled out as the real cause.
• Is the skin thin, creased and lacking bounce across a larger area? That is density, and points towards HMW.
• Is the skin dull, tight and dehydrated rather than lined? That is hydration, and points towards Super Hydro.
• Do you want skin quality improvement without injections? The Glow Peel, as a short course.
• Is the real complaint a change in shape, laxity or volume? None of the four is the answer, and you should be told so rather than sold a course.

That last line matters more than the other four put together. Skin boosters are easy to recommend to everybody because almost nobody's skin quality is perfect, which is exactly why they get over-recommended. A treatment that improves your skin by a degree you cannot see in the mirror is not a good use of £550.

Jalupro or polynucleotides for the under-eye area?

This is the comparison that comes up in almost every under-eye consultation, because both are regenerative injectables, both improve skin quality rather than adding volume and both are used in the same delicate area.

Neither is universally better. They are assessed side by side against your skin, your history and what else is planned, and it is common for one to be recommended over the other for reasons that have nothing to do with the product and everything to do with the eye in front of us. The full detail on the alternative sits on the polynucleotides page, and Dr Nina discussed under-eye polynucleotides in Tatler.

What the sessions are like, and what happens afterwards

The injectable versions are short appointments. The skin is cleansed, numbing cream can be used for comfort, and the product is placed in a series of small superficial injections across the treatment area. You will be able to go back to your day, with the caveats below.

• Immediately after. Small raised points where the product was placed, usually settling within hours. Some redness.
• The first 48 hours. Possible small bruises, particularly under the eye, and mild swelling. Avoid heat, saunas, strenuous exercise and alcohol.
• The following weeks. The visible change, as the skin responds. This is why a photograph taken the day after is not the result.
• After the course. Maintenance sessions to hold it, planned at your review rather than sold up front.

Bruising deserves its own sentence because it is the single thing patients underestimate around the eyes. The skin there is thin and richly supplied with small vessels, so a bruise is unremarkable rather than a sign anything went wrong. Plan your diary accordingly.

What Jalupro will not do

Stating the limits is part of the assessment, not the small print.

• It will not lift. Skin quality and skin laxity are different problems with different solutions.
• It will not fill a hollow or change your facial proportions.
• It will not remove pigmentation. That belongs with pigmentation and sun damage treatments.
• It will not work as a single session. All four are course treatments, and a single appointment is a fair trial of nothing.
• It will not hold indefinitely without maintenance and without daily sun protection.

Who is not a candidate?

Suitability is confirmed in person, and the questions asked at consultation are the ones that matter. Treatment is usually postponed or reconsidered where there is active infection or inflammation in the treatment area, during pregnancy or breastfeeding subject to clinic policy, where there is a known allergy to an ingredient, or where medication or a medical condition affects bleeding and bruising. A history of poor reactions to injectables is discussed before anything is planned, not after.

If you are not sure whether your concern is skin quality or something structural, that uncertainty is the reason to book an assessment rather than a treatment. Our approach to sequencing several concerns is set out in what injectables should I get.

What it costs at Facial Sculpting

Jalupro Young Eyes is from £550 per session, taken as a course of three. Jalupro HMW and Jalupro Super Hydro are both from £640 per area. The Jalupro Glow Peel is from £250 per session. Our full price list is published on the site, and your plan and its cost are confirmed at consultation once your skin has been assessed, rather than quoted over the phone.

The individual treatment pages carry the complete clinical detail, aftercare and before and after galleries: Jalupro Young Eyes, Jalupro HMW, Jalupro Super Hydro and the Jalupro Glow Peel. Where skin quality is your main concern rather than a single area, the skin quality and radiance page sets out the wider set of options.

If tired under-eyes or skin that has lost its bounce is the thing you notice first in photographs, an assessment will tell you which of these, if any, is the right tool for it. Book a consultation at our South Kensington clinic, or message us on WhatsApp.