Clinique La Prairie has reopened its aesthetic department in Montreux as a medical platform for skin healthspan. What changes for guests who come for longevity.
Longevity medicine usually starts beneath the surface, with blood values, heart rate variability and sleep. Clinique La Prairie now applies the same thinking to the organ everyone can see. In Montreux, the Swiss institution has opened its newly renovated Advanced Skin Science & Regenerative Aesthetic Center. It replaces the former Aesthetic Surgery & Medicine Center and is organised around one clinical purpose that the clinic calls amplified skin healthspan: extending the years in which the skin stays biologically functional, structurally resilient and visibly vital.
From cellular therapy to skin science
The idea has a long history. Since 1931, Clinique La Prairie has been rooted in cellular therapy, the approach that shaped its medical identity and its reputation in regeneration. Nearly a century later, the new centre translates that heritage into skin science. Cellular vitality, tissue quality and aesthetic results are treated as parts of one longevity continuum rather than as separate wishes.
Behind this lies a principle the clinic states plainly: preservation is more powerful than rescue. Facial ageing unfolds in four layers at once, the craniofacial skeleton, the facial muscles, the fat compartments beneath the skin and the skin itself, and the molecular damage builds up long before anything shows. Acting early, the argument goes, allows results that look more natural, last longer and need less invasive means. The stated aim is a face that still looks like itself, only healthier.
Eight disciplines, one journey
Instead of a menu of treatments, the centre works as what Clinique La Prairie calls a Multidimensional Skin Longevity Platform. Eight clinical components sit under one medical leadership: dermatology as the medical foundation, advanced diagnostics for a biological baseline, molecular screening of biological skin age, objective imaging over time, aesthetic medicine, aesthetic surgery applied with restraint, regenerative interventions and lifestyle optimisation. They are sequenced into a single path: assess, guide, treat and follow up. Care is grouped into three dimensions, prevention, maintenance and amplification.
Progress is measured rather than guessed. LifeViz 3D imaging documents facial volume, contour and texture over time, while FotoFinder supports skin health monitoring, mole mapping and the early detection of evolving lesions. The renovated rooms include private consultation areas, in-house operating rooms built to Swiss medical standards and dedicated recovery suites after surgery.
Your own cells instead of fillers
The most distinctive offer is the CLP Stem Cell Protocol with Autologous Aesthetic Application, which uses the patient’s own cells to restore dermal density, collagen architecture and the skin’s capacity to regenerate. Where volume is needed, the clinic favours autologous nanofat grafting over dense synthetic fillers. An anti-inflammatory nutrition protocol and a precision nutraceutical programme address the systemic drivers of skin ageing from the inside.
A new name on the team
The centre also welcomes PD Dr. Michael Benzaquen, a dermatologist specialised in surgical dermatology. Since 2019 he has worked at the Inselspital, the University Hospital of Bern, where he heads surgical dermatology, and he has more than 40 international scientific publications. He joins a team with Dr. Smarrito and Dr. Gandolfi in aesthetic surgery and Dr. Parzin in aesthetic medicine. Tulay Ulutas, Chief Medical Operations Officer, describes the aim as uniting “aesthetic excellence with the science of longevity”.
What it means for a longevity stay
For travellers who already come to Montreux for a check-up or a longevity week, the skin becomes one more measurable marker rather than an afterthought. Our advice: treat it like any other value. Ask for a baseline first, imaging included, and plan the follow-ups before you agree to any procedure. If you are comparing clinics, our guide to longevity clinics and check-ups explains how such stays are structured, and the longevity check-up shows which measurements make sense in the first place. The clinic plans to keep adding new-generation technologies over the course of 2026.
