Covid-19: Lynton freezes payments and Aesthetic Source gifts skincare to key workers

Devices manufacturer Lynton Lasers is implementing a payment freeze for customers. 

In light of the financial struggles suddenly facing many clinic owners due to coronavirus, Lynton is offering a payment holiday to all customers with service agreements and rental contracts during April and May. 

Customers will not be liable to pay the two “missed” payments when business returns to normal. Sales and marketing director Hayley Jones said: “This is not just a freeze – our independent aesthetic customers simply will not pay for service contracts or rentals in April or May and the debt won’t be added on later. We hope this should help all our customers during these unprecedented times.”

Managing director Dr John Exley added: “…Under these conditions, we will be unable to deliver our usual high level of service support to our customers, although we are maintaining an emergency service response where required, and especially for all our NHS sites where many of our surgical lasers remain in use for life-saving procedures despite this crisis.”

The company will contact customers directly with further details. 

Meanwhile, distributor Aesthetic Source has partnered with cosmeceutical skincare subscription company Get Harley to offer “thank you” care boxes to 50 key workers who can be nominated by the general public. 

The boxes will be gifted to the first 50 key workers who have closed their aesthetic practice to return to roles with the NHS, who have been nominated by a friend, colleague or family member. 

They contain a 500ml bottle of Clinisept+, which has been tested and proven to kill coronavirus in 15 seconds, and NeoStrata Bionic Face Cream, included to soothe and hydrate the skin after PPE has been removed. 

Lorna McDonnell-Bowes, co-founder and chief executive of Aesthetic Source, said: “We want to personally thank everyone returning to support the NHS. We all know how challenging it is for skin to be under PPE all shift. 

The NeoStrata Bionic Face Cream will support skin after PPE is removed, skin is washed, and Clinisept+ is applied and left to dry for 15 seconds. NeoStrata Bionic Face Cream is intensely hydrating, soothing and revitalising.”

Key workers can be nominated by posting: “Thank you” followed by their handle in the comments section on any of the Aesthetic Source and Get Harley social posts. If the person is not on social media, email details to lorna@aestheticsource.com