Aesthetic Treatments Before Wedding or Photoshoots: When Should You Do It?
June 23, 2025
Cinematic imagery in weddings and 5-star photoshoot events was once an exclusive domain for celebrities and the red carpet. But fast forward today, when we all love a nice touch of luxury in many of our life’s biggest moments, looking like a celebrity in photoshoots and wedding events is no longer limited to celebrities alone. This trend paved the way for most people to feel the need to invest in personal care in order to prepare themselves for big events such as weddings or personal photoshoots.
Preparing yourself before having your photos taken professionally is more than just great hair and flawless makeup. It all starts with the main canvas — your body itself! If you’re wondering how one can look sculpted and radiant in photos, you have landed on the right post. Believe us when we say Photoshop can’t always do the trick. If you want to look au naturel, you might need to get aesthetic treatments prior to your planned shoot.
Read on to know what treatment to get and when to get it.
Why Timing is Crucial When Getting Aesthetic Treatments
Imagine getting an intensive facial treatment or injectable fillers just a day before your photoshoot — all that redness and needle marks will make a special appearance in your photos too! Not only that, but not scheduling your aesthetic treatments properly will also defeat the purpose of wanting to look good in photos, because your treatment may not even show results just yet on the day of your wedding or photoshoot.
While it’s true that many aesthetic treatments today offer visible results, the effective result still greatly differs if you give it the right window for the enhancements to fully settle into their most natural state. One example would be sculpting procedures and injectables, wherein results are often achieved gradually through a series of sessions.
Any aesthetic treatment, when booked too close to the big day or to your planned shoot, may pose the risk of swelling, redness, or premature results.
Do Thorough and Advanced Planning
Planning your aesthetic treatments in advance gives your skin and body breathing space to recover and for the procedures to take effect. Proper scheduling is also not just for recovery, but also for necessary follow-up sessions. Here are some tips to take into consideration to make your planning more efficient:
Ask your doctor about each of the suggested treatments’ downtime and create a timeline leading to your wedding or photoshoot day. For instance, a fractional laser treatment will cause redness and peeling for a week, while collagen stimulators like Ultherapy Prime will have minimal downtime.
It’s usually ideal to begin your prep journey 3 to 6 months ahead of your wedding or planned photoshoot, for this will give you enough time to experience the range of benefits from your treatments. Another thing you can try when planning your aesthetic treatments is to go for one session first to see how your body will react to it. Usually, the first session tells you what you need, and this way, you won’t be locked into just one route. You’ll have the flexibility of time to see what works and what doesn’t.
Determine Your Target Concerns
When you have the budget and time, it’s pretty tempting to have a little bit of everything to make sure you look great in every aspect. It’s not bad to want to try everything, but determining your top concerns and focusing on them will make your aesthetic prep and reduce stress.
Concern
What You Might Notice
What Your Skin or Body May Need
Lack of firmness or volume
Sagging jawline, fine lines, hollow cheeks, or thinning under the eyes
Collagen-boosting treatments, dermal fillers, or skin tightening procedures
Dull skin tone
Tired, greyish complexion; lack of radiance
Skin boosters, gentle lasers, or light peels for deep hydration and glow
Uneven texture
Bumps, enlarged pores, or rough patches
Resurfacing lasers, microneedling, or exfoliating treatments
Fat bulges in certain areas
Stubborn pockets around the abdomen, thighs, or jawline
Body contouring treatments like fat freezing or non-invasive sculpting
If you’re looking at this table and thinking, “Oh, I think I’m experiencing that.”, then that is where you begin. Knowing what your face and body need will help you build a treatment plan for yourself. This is also something you can communicate with your doctor so he/she can help match you with the aesthetic treatments that will help solve your concerns. Our doctors at Ozhean Zoey will help you understand why these concerns occur and recommend treatments that will offer you subtle refinement to enhance — not change — your most flattering features.
Now, let’s talk about the treatments you may want to consider getting to efficiently address your face, skin, and body concerns.
Face Sculpt & Lift
Looking sculpted and well-contoured is very important in looking good in photos. Photography lights and even regular camera flashes can really catch every angle of your face. So if you’re looking into a more defined facial profile, here are the treatments that help firm up your skin and enhance the contours of your face. This is also ideal for those who notice sagging and wrinkles in their skin.
Ultherapy Prime is a non-invasive procedure that aims to lift and firm the skin by using micro-focused ultrasound to stimulate collagen. This is ideal for those who have hollowness on their cheeks or those who have mild sagging in different areas of the face.
Just like all collagen stimulators, they work deep into the skin, allowing the body to naturally produce collagen but in a levelled-up phase. You can see visible results after the treatment, but it’ll improve over 3 months as collagen production continues.
This aesthetic treatment uses a combination of Liftera2’s Double Lines HIFU technology with the Long Pulse Collagen Laser to give your skin a lasting lift and deep collagen stimulation. Supreme HIFU targets loose skin in the face, especially around the jawline and double chin, while also giving your skin a radiant, youthful glow.
This also has minimal downtime, but it needs a couple of weeks to allow time for collagen remodelling. This will make your features look more prominent and sculpted.
This treatment employs radiofrequency energy to encourage the body to naturally regenerate collagen. This is another non-invasive aesthetic treatment that proves that you don’t really have to undergo any surgery just to achieve a lifted, sculpted look. Think of it as a mid-tier lift — subtle but gives impactful improvements. Apart from sculpting your natural features, it also improves skin tone and texture.
Radiant Healthy Glow
Despite vibrant lighting, do you sometimes wonder why you still look dull in photos? In that case, it’s no longer just an issue about lighting, but your skin’s lack of glow. If you’d like to look radiant with minimal makeup on for your wedding or photoshoot, here are treatments that will help restore hydration and radiance to your skin.
Skin Boosters in the form of injectables are minimally invasive, as opposed to common misconceptions that anything that has to do with needles requires much downtime. While Skin Boosters have minimal downtime, they still need enough time to work their effects into your skin.
PDLLA injectables and PN Skin Booster are just examples of certain types of Skin Boosters that improve elasticity and deep hydration. They are ideal for those whose concerns are more about dullness, uneven skin tone, and enlarged pores.
The PDLLA Skin Booster is a collagen treatment injected into the skin and thinning areas on the face to reverse signs of ageing. As a hybrid filler, it offers both the hydrating benefits of hyaluronic acid (typically found in conventional skin boosters) and the collagen-stimulating effects of Poly D-lactic acid (PDLA), a key component often found in collagen biostimulators. Patients may observe improvements in skin texture and tone, along with a more hydrated and supple appearance. Some individuals may notice a plumping effect shortly after the procedure.
The PN Skin Booster is one of those injectables that also offers effective results, as you can usually see a visibly smoother and brighter skin just after a session. This shot contains polynucleotides (PN) derived from salmon DNA, which are biocompatible with human skin. When injected, the salmon DNA provides a 3D structure for collagen and elastin regeneration, working to repair damaged skin and stimulate the body’s natural production of collagen. Over time, it helps to rejuvenate the skin, giving it a refreshed and bright appearance.
This injectable collagen activates fibroblasts in the skin to boost collagen production. Like Skin Boosters, they are also minimally invasive and have minimal downtime as well. However, it’s ideal to have it 6 weeks in advance because the effect of enhanced complexion and firmness usually manifests over 4 weeks as collagen synthesis progresses.
Smooth, Ideal Skin
Rough, textured skin can easily be captured in photos, especially with flash photography! Good thing, there are treatments to work around this. If enlarged pores and textured skin are your focus, here are the treatments to help you deal with that.
Best scheduled: The first session should be at least 2 to 3 months before
Quinta Laser uses a combination of wavelengths that directly target pigmentation, scars, and redness. It improves the skin’s overall texture after a series of sessions, as the results are going to be progressive.
Fancy that Korean celebrity glass skin glow?! Here’s a treatment that can help you achieve that water glow to do a K-Drama photoshoot. The Mulgwang Laser treatment involves two laser technologies, which are the Long Pulse and Yellow Laser. This dual-laser approach helps treat the skin in multiple layers for a visible, radiant glow.
Laser treatments like the Mulgwang Laser are also minimally invasive, but since it involves heat, there might be redness and slight swelling after the procedure. If you undergo it 2 weeks before, the redness will be completely gone.
Body Treatments
Who wouldn’t want to have a well-contoured body in photos as well? Your clothes would simply look better if you feel more confident in your body, and if giving it a nicer sculpt will boost that confidence, then why not give these body-sculpting treatments a go?
These treatments don’t involve any invasive procedure or surgery, but just like the rest of the aesthetic treatments we mentioned here, they will also need a bit of time to allow your body to reflect the changes naturally.
Fat Freezing is also known as cryolipolysis, and from the name itself, this treatment involves freezing your fat cells in order for your body to naturally eliminate them. If you have those stubborn bulges that won’t seem to go away despite proper diet and exercise, this treatment is ideal for you. It’s great for tummy bulges, love handles, or inner thighs.
Monopolar RF for Body
Best scheduled: 2 months in advance
Monopolar RF can also be done for the body, not just the face. It gives the same lifting effect, which is ideal if you’re concerned with loose skin on areas of your body like the arms or thighs. Also, if you’d like to address skin laxity more than just fat volume, Monopolar RF makes an ideal option for you.
Conclusion: Planning backed by professionals is key
Whether it’s your big day or your most-awaited photoshoot, behind-the-scenes preparations should be carefully planned in advance to make sure you’re getting the most out of your treatments. But more than just planning, you have to plan smart by having a professional aesthetic doctor to guide you with your journey. The key is to be strategic with scheduling and timing your treatments to give you that good look.
When it comes to aesthetic treatments, it’s not always just about the finale, but also the pacing that gets you there. Consult with a doctor early, and you’ll be assured that you’ll get effective results to look your best on your special day.
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