CLINIQUE LA PRAIRIE UNVEILS ITS NEWLY RENOVATED ADVANCED SKIN SCIENCE & REGENERATIVE AESTHETIC CENTE
A medically led Skin Longevity Platform redefines aesthetic medicine — moving beyond surface correction toward amplified skin healthspan.
Clinique La Prairie, the world-renowned Swiss medical institution that
has shaped longevity and preventive medicine for more than 90 years, announces the opening of its newly renovated Advanced Skin Science & Regenerative Aesthetic Center in Montreux.
The Center marks the next evolution of the institution’s aesthetic expertise, transforming its former Aesthetic Surgery & Medicine Center into a fully integrated, medically led platform built around a single clinical purpose: amplified skin healthspan — extending the period during which the skin remains biologically functional, structurally resilient, and visibly vital.
Since 1931, Clinique La Prairie has been rooted in cellular therapy, a pioneering approach that shaped its founding medical identity and long-standing reputation in regeneration. Nearly a century later, the new Center takes this legacy further, translating the institution’s cellular and regenerative heritage into skin science: a medically led platform where cellular vitality, tissue quality, and aesthetic outcomes are considered part of the same longevity continuum.
A market moving toward regenerative aesthetics
The announcement comes as aesthetic medicine enters a phase of accelerated growth and premiumisation. Industry forecasts estimate that the global medical aesthetics market will grow from USD 37.6 billion in 2024 to USD 102.3 billion by 2035, at a CAGR of 9.6%, with
facial aesthetics alone representing approximately 55% of total medical aesthetics revenue.
Within this expanding category, regenerative aesthetics is becoming one of the strongest growth engines. The global regenerative aesthetics market is projected to grow from USD 3.76 billion in 2025 to USD 7.15 billion by 2034, while exosome therapeutics for aesthetic and skin applications are forecast to rise from USD 81.1 million in 2024 to USD 1.69 billion by 2034,at a CAGR of 35.9%.June 2026
Beauty as an expression of skin biology
At the heart of the Center is a redefinition of what aesthetic medicine is for. Rather than masking the signs of aging once they appear, it treats the skin as a living, dynamic organ and intervenes earlier, deeper, and more durably by addressing the underlying biology. Its
philosophy is one of biological authenticity: interventions are chosen to work with each patient’s anatomy, not against it, so that the result is a face that looks like itself — at its healthiest and most vital. A youthful appearance, in this model, is understood as the visible
expression of a healthier skin environment, never an artificial transformation imposed upon it.
This rests on a clear scientific principle: preservation is more powerful than rescue. Facial aging unfolds simultaneously across four interdependent tissue layers — the craniofacial skeleton, the facial musculature, the subcutaneous fat compartments, and the skin itself —while, beneath the surface, the molecular hallmarks of aging accumulate silently long before any visible change occurs. Acting early, before this damage is consolidated, allows outcomes that are more natural, more durable, and achieved through less invasive means.
A Multidimensional Skin Longevity Platform
The Center operates not as a conventional aesthetic division but as a Multidimensional Skin Longevity Platform: eight integrated clinical components, working under unified medical leadership and converging on one outcome.
1. 2. 3. 4. Dermatology — the health-first medical foundation of the platform.
Advanced diagnostics — establishing a precise biological baseline for each patient.
Molecular screening — characterizing biological skin age at the cellular level.
Objective imaging — quantifying structural evolution over time.June 2026
5. Aesthetic medicine — precise, non-surgical refinement of skin quality and facial 6. 7. 8. harmony.
Aesthetic surgery — definitive structural correction, applied with restraint.
Regenerative interventions — reactivating the skin’s own repair and renewal capacity.
Lifestyle optimization — addressing the systemic conditions that accelerate skin aging.
These are not separate service lines. They are sequenced into a single patient journey — assess,
guide, treat, and follow up — guided at every step by CLP’s longevity method of assessment,prediction, personalization, intervention, and continuous monitoring. The clinical framework expresses this across three dimensions of care: Prevention, which protects cellular and structural integrity before visible decline becomes advanced; Maintenance, which sustains results through longitudinal follow-up and adaptive care; and Amplification, which actively improves skin quality through targeted regenerative and aesthetic intervention.
A signature regenerative approach
The Center’s most distinctive interventions reflect its commitment to biological coherence.
The CLP Stem Cell Protocol with Autologous Aesthetic Application harnesses the patient’s own cells to restore dermal density, collagen architecture, and regenerative responsiveness from within. Where volume restoration is required, autologous nanofat grafting is favored over dense synthetic fillers for its natural integration and regenerative benefit, while blepharoplasty,
when indicated, restores periorbital architecture with surgical precision. Complementing these, the CLP Signature AntiInflammatory Nutrition Protocol and a precision nutraceutical program address the systemic drivers of skin aging — a true beauty-from-the-inside-out
intervention.
A renovated sanctuary of Swiss medical excellence
The newly redesigned Center pairs advanced medical technology with contemporary elegance. Conceived as a sanctuary of discretion, it offers patients an elevated and seamless
medical experience:
⎯ private consultation areas ensuring absolute comfort and confidentiality,
⎯ fully equipped in-house operating rooms meeting the highest Swiss medical standards,
⎯ dedicated post-surgery recovery suites,June 2026
⎯ a comprehensive portfolio of aesthetic medicine, laser, and energy-based treatments,
⎯ both surgical and non-surgical facial and body interventions.
A prestigious multidisciplinary medical team
Clinique La Prairie is delighted to welcome PD Dr. Michael Benzaquen, an internationally recognized dermatologist and specialist in surgical dermatology, to its medical team. Dr.Benzaquen graduated top of his class from the Faculty of Medicine in Marseille and served as Chief Resident in Dermatology at Hôpital Nord, Marseille. Since 2019 he has practiced at the Dermatology Department of Inselspital, the University Hospital of Bern, where he serves asHead of Surgical Dermatology and holds the position of Privat-Docent (Assistant Professor) in Dermatology at the University of Bern. With more than 40 international scientific publications, he brings distinguished expertise in surgical dermatology, clinical research,dermatologic innovation, and regenerative skin science. Dr. Benzaquen joins an established team of specialists, including Dr. Smarrito and Dr. Gandolfi, Aesthetic Surgeons, and Dr. Parzin,
Specialist in Aesthetic Me.
