Cheryl Barton is an experienced aesthetic nurse and director of the Aesthetika Clinic in Sheffield. She is consultant editor of the Journal of Aesthetic Nursing and is a full member of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and the British Association of Cosmetic Nurses (BACN). She is also a founding member of the Private and Independent Aesthetic Practitioners Association (PIAPA) Specialist Visiting Lecturer teaching Aesthetics and Ethics at Sheffield Hallam University (now retired) and Expert Witness to the Courts.