IV Vitamin Drips

They are when a blood test shows you’re short of a vitamin, or your gut can’t absorb one well. If your levels are normal, a balanced diet does the job for far less, and our lifestyle coaching helps you build one.

Only a quick sharp scratch as the fine cannula goes in. After that you sit back while it runs. A drip that runs too fast can make you lightheaded, so ours run slowly with a doctor nearby.

If you were low in a vitamin, you start to feel better over the following weeks as your levels recover; how quickly depends on the nutrient and how low it was. If nothing was missing, don’t expect a big change.

Vitamin C and the B vitamins aren’t stored for long, so the lasting part comes from fixing the cause: your diet, your gut or a missing supplement. Your doctor plans that with you, so you aren’t booking drip after drip.

With screening and sterile technique, serious problems are rare. Bruising or a sore vein is common. Rarer risks are infection, an allergic reaction, faintness from a fast drip and fluid or salt imbalance, which is why a doctor checks you first and stays close by.

For most people, food and tablets work well and cost less. A drip makes sense when levels need raising quickly, when gut surgery or illness stops tablets being absorbed, or when you can’t keep them down. Your doctor tells you which suits you.

Usually vitamin C, B vitamins and minerals such as magnesium and zinc, in sterile fluid. Your doctor names every ingredient and dose, and leaves out anything that clashes with your health, your test results or your medicines.

A vitamin drip corrects or tops up nutrients. A glutathione drip is chosen for dull, tired-looking skin, and a slimming drip supports a weight-loss plan. Your doctor matches the drip to your goal, or tells you if you don’t need one.

Only when a low level is behind it. Tiredness and hair shedding have many causes, so your doctor looks for yours first, with a blood test where useful. For thinning hair, see our PRGF hair treatment.

Every one of our 12 clinics in 7 cities offers vitamin drips, run by aesthetic-trained doctors, and female doctors are available. You can also WhatsApp a photo of a recent blood report, and a doctor will tell you whether a drip is worth booking.

Yes, but plan early. If you’re low in a vitamin, start tests and treatment two to three months ahead, so your levels are back up well before the day. Avoid a first-ever drip in the final week, as a bruised arm won’t suit bridal sleeves.