Private Dermatologist & Skin Clinic in London

Most dermatology appointments are available within the same week, often within a few days. If you have a suspicious mole or rapidly growing lesion that’s worrying you, tell us at booking — we’ll prioritise you, and if there’s any chance it could be melanoma we’ll see you the same day where possible.

A Dermatology Consultation is £150 and a Mole Check & Dermoscopy is £150. Skin lesion removal (moles, cysts, skin tags, warts, lipomas) is priced separately under Minor Surgery. All costs are confirmed before any test, procedure or report is started — see the full skin price list.

No. You can book a dermatology consultation or mole check directly online or by phone — no GP referral is needed.

Dr Koleva is a GMC-registered medical doctor with specialist dermatology experience. She holds an MSc in Clinical Dermatology from Cardiff University and has more than 10 years of NHS dermatology experience. She is not on the UK GMC Specialist Register for Dermatology — that is a specific training pathway (CCT in Dermatology) she did not undertake in the UK system.

What this means for you: she can confidently manage the vast majority of skin conditions you’d see in a specialist dermatology clinic. For cases requiring a consultant on the Specialist Register — severe psoriasis on biologics, complex paediatric dermatology, suspected skin cancer needing biopsy, rare conditions — she will refer you to a consultant dermatologist, either NHS or private.

Dermoscopy is included in every consultation where mole or lesion assessment is the reason for the visit. We use a dermatoscope — a polarised, magnified handheld device — to examine pigment patterns invisible to the naked eye.

Full mole mapping (whole-body photographic surveillance with software-tracked changes over time) is a more involved service we don’t offer in this clinic — for that we’d refer you to a specialist mole-mapping clinic. For most patients with one or a few moles of concern, a careful dermoscopy assessment is what you need.

If anything looks suspicious for melanoma or non-melanoma skin cancer, we refer urgently — same day in most cases — normally to the NHS 2-week-wait (2WW) pathway, the fastest route for suspected cancer in the UK. We do not excise suspected skin cancers in this clinic. See the mole check pathway above.

If a treatment is part of the treatment plan, yes. For ongoing conditions like eczema, psoriasis or acne, we typically issue a private treatment on the day for you to start treatment, then write to your NHS GP requesting shared care so they can continue NHS-priced treatments long-term where appropriate.

Most GPs accept shared care for standard dermatology medications (topical steroids, retinoids, antibiotics). For some treatments (oral medication for severe acne, biologics for psoriasis), specialist monitoring is required and we refer to a consultant dermatologist for those.

Yes, in most cases. The process is: dermatology consultation first to confirm the mole is benign and discuss the cosmetic outcome of removal, then booking with our surgeons for excision under the Minor Surgery service. Histology is included — even moles that look completely benign are sent to the lab to confirm.

For some lesion locations (eyelid margin, near nostril, very small lesions on the face), we may recommend referral to a plastic surgeon for the best cosmetic outcome.

Yes — skin tag removal and wart / verruca treatment are carried out by our minor surgery team. See skin tag removal and wart & verruca treatment; prices are listed under Minor Surgery prices and confirmed after assessment.

Yes. Male and female pattern hair loss, alopecia areata, telogen effluvium and scarring alopecia are assessed in a dermatology consultation, with blood tests for reversible causes (iron, thyroid, hormones) and topical and oral medical options where appropriate. For surgical restoration, see our Hair Transplant service, or read more on hair loss.

Dr Koleva sees patients from 16 years old upwards. For under-16s with skin concerns, the right pathway is usually NHS paediatric dermatology (which has good waiting times for most non-urgent issues) or a private paediatric dermatologist. Common childhood conditions like atopic eczema, viral warts and molluscum are well managed by GPs in most cases — we can see your child in a regular GP consultation if needed.

If after assessment we conclude that we’re not the right service for your problem — either because it needs consultant dermatology, a surgical setting, or a different specialty entirely — we’ll tell you honestly and refer you to the right place. You’ve still paid for the consultation, but you leave with a clear plan and a referral letter that speeds up your onward care.

This page covers medical dermatology — treating disease and disorders of the skin. For cosmetic skin treatments (chemical peels, anti-wrinkle injections, dermal fillers, skin boosters), see our Medical Aesthetics service. The two are deliberately separate — cosmetic treatments need different clinicians, different premises setup, and different expectations.

Tower Bridge Hospital is at 97–99 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1DT — 3 minutes from Aldgate East and 5 from Whitechapel (Elizabeth line), a short journey from the City of London, Canary Wharf and across East London. We are open 7 days a week, 9am–7pm. See also our private dermatologist in East London page.