★ SOSA for Hair Transplant and Hair Restoration Clinics
Derive the register from the procedure, shortlist two or three, test them in the real room for a week each, ask the front desk rather than yourself, then lock it and write it down
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
★★★★★
"Set the timer once and forgot about it. Runs only during store hours, refills last weeks. Exactly what I wanted."
SOSA Vaayu · showroom
★★★★★
"Our old water diffuser couldn't fill the living-dining. This one does the whole floor and you can't hear it running."
SOSA Vaayu · large home
★★★★★
"The app scheduling is the best part - strong in the mornings, gentle in the evening. Clinic feels calm all day."
SOSA Vaayu · wellness studio
★★★★★
"Paired it with the SOSA hotel oils. The projection is genuinely lobby-strength - nothing like a plug-in."
SOSA Vaayu · workspace
★★★★★
"My reception now smells like a five-star lobby. Guests comment on it before they even reach the desk."
SOSA Vaayu · lobby scenting
★★★★★
"Zero dampness, which was my worry in monsoon. The mist is completely dry and the scent carries across the whole salon."
SOSA Vaayu · spa & salon
★★★★★
"Set the timer once and forgot about it. Runs only during store hours, refills last weeks. Exactly what I wanted."
SOSA Vaayu · showroom
★★★★★
"Our old water diffuser couldn't fill the living-dining. This one does the whole floor and you can't hear it running."
SOSA Vaayu · large home
★★★★★
"The app scheduling is the best part - strong in the mornings, gentle in the evening. Clinic feels calm all day."
SOSA Vaayu · wellness studio
★★★★★
"Paired it with the SOSA hotel oils. The projection is genuinely lobby-strength - nothing like a plug-in."
SOSA Vaayu · workspace
★★★★★
"My reception now smells like a five-star lobby. Guests comment on it before they even reach the desk."
SOSA Vaayu · lobby scenting
★★★★★
"Zero dampness, which was my worry in monsoon. The mist is completely dry and the scent carries across the whole salon."
SOSA Vaayu · spa & salon
★ The machine for step five, once the first four steps are done
SOSA VaayuOne profile, chosen by methodView ₹11,999
SOSA VaayuApp timers, the same hours dailyView ₹11,999
SOSA VaayuKey-lock, so the level survives youView ₹11,999
✓ A five-step method with the total named - between ₹1,600 and ₹13,600 depending on the size of your clinic ✓ Adjustable intensity, app timers and a key-lock, so the level you choose in step four survives a staff change ✓ Made in India · independent, not affiliated with any hotel · a portion funds girl-child education
Founder Diaries · Commercial Scenting Guides · Hair Clinics
Why can I not just pick one and be done? You can, and about half of clinics do, and the failure is predictable. What goes wrong is almost never the note choice - it is the level, and then the drift. A profile chosen in a showroom arrives in a room with different light, different air-conditioning, different surfaces and different traffic, and it behaves differently in all four. Testing is not about finding the perfect fragrance; it is about finding the right level for the room you actually have, which is a number you cannot know in advance and which nobody can tell you over the phone.
What does the whole method cost? Less than the interior decisions around it. If you test with reeds, two 50ml bottles are ₹849 plus ₹749, so ₹1,598, and for a small clinic the reed you prefer is also the final answer. If your clinic needs a machine, add one Sukoon at ₹1,899 under about 750 sq ft, or one Vaayu at ₹11,999 past roughly 1,500 sq ft. Total: between about ₹1,600 and ₹13,600, once, depending on your size.
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Facts verified 5 September 2026 against the live SOSA product pages: the SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) is a waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³, described by the manufacturer as approximately 2,000-3,000 sq ft, with adjustable intensity, a 400ml refillable tank lasting 90+ days a fill depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, operation under 38dB at 5W, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification, which are electrical and compliance marks and not medical approvals. Being waterless, it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on surfaces or equipment. The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is an ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft and is supplied with three 15ml fragrances; the water-based Hotel Collection (₹299 / ₹999 / ₹1,799) is an ultrasonic fragrance and is not a refill for a waterless cold-air machine. SOSA reed diffusers are alcohol-free and phthalate-free, with 50ml lasting about 6-8 weeks and 130ml about 14-18 weeks. Cold-air refill oil for the Vaayu is not currently sold separately - the machine ships with 400ml included and further refills should be confirmed with SOSA. Warranty, annual maintenance, installation and bulk terms are not published and should be confirmed before ordering. Ambient scent is an interior and hospitality decision: it makes no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim, it works alongside proper ventilation, cleaning and infection control and is never a substitute for any of them, it is never used to mask another smell, and no claim is made that fragrance influences a patient's decision or any commercial outcome. Clinical areas including procedure, post-procedure and photography rooms are left unscented, and the treating clinician's judgement overrides any scenting plan in their own room. The hotel-inspired scents are SOSA's own original interpretations; SOSA is an independent brand and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any hotel named for reference. Coverage, fragrance usage and running cost depend on the space, settings and hours of use, and are confirmed on a consultation. Prices and availability are subject to change - see the live product pages.
Most clinics choose a fragrance the way they choose a cushion - in a shop, in five minutes, on a good day. The method below takes about three weeks and costs very little, and the difference it makes is not the fragrance you end up with but whether it is still there in a year.
Quick answers — read this first
What is the method, in short? Five steps. One: derive the register from what the building does rather than from the interior - you do surgery, so it is clean, dry and cool. Two: shortlist two or three profiles, no more. Three: test each one in the real room at a low setting for a week each, not on a blotter and not in a showroom. Four: ask the front desk rather than yourself, because you adapt to your own clinic within twenty minutes. Five: lock the level and write the whole thing down, so it survives the person who currently holds it in their head.Why can I not just pick one and be done? You can, and about half of clinics do, and the failure is predictable. What goes wrong is almost never the note choice - it is the level, and then the drift. A profile chosen in a showroom arrives in a room with different light, different air-conditioning, different surfaces and different traffic, and it behaves differently in all four. Testing is not about finding the perfect fragrance; it is about finding the right level for the room you actually have, which is a number you cannot know in advance and which nobody can tell you over the phone.
What does the whole method cost? Less than the interior decisions around it. If you test with reeds, two 50ml bottles are ₹849 plus ₹749, so ₹1,598, and for a small clinic the reed you prefer is also the final answer. If your clinic needs a machine, add one Sukoon at ₹1,899 under about 750 sq ft, or one Vaayu at ₹11,999 past roughly 1,500 sq ft. Total: between about ₹1,600 and ₹13,600, once, depending on your size.
The short answer
Short answer: five steps. Derive the register from the procedure rather than the palette, shortlist two or three profiles, test each for a week in the real room at a low setting, ask the front desk rather than yourself, then lock the level and write the profile, level and zone list down so they survive a staff change. Total spend between about ₹1,600 and ₹13,600 depending on clinic size.
The pick: test with two reeds - Mountain Breeze (₹849) and Morning Freshness (₹749) - then hold the winner with a Sukoon (₹1,899) under about 750 sq ft or a Vaayu (₹11,999) past 1,500.
Next step: send your floor plan with reception, consultation and procedure areas marked, and we will send back the zone list, the shortlist and a starting level you can write on the opening checklist - Ask for a clinic scenting plan.
In this guide
Three weeks, and between about ₹1,600 and ₹13,600 depending on the size of the clinic. Step five is the one that decides whether any of it lasts.
The machine that holds the result - tap for the specification
For a clinic past 1,500 sq ft
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999
The shortlist for step two
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Straight answer
How do I choose a signature scent for a hair restoration clinic?
In five steps, and the last one matters more than the first four put together. Step one: derive the register from the procedure, not from the palette. Founders start from the interior, because it cost a great deal and it is the thing in front of them, and a fragrance chosen to match warm timber and black joinery lands on amber and leather every time. Start instead from what the building does. You extract and place grafts here, so the register is clean, dry and cool - white tea, a dry light citrus, or soft dry woods such as cedar, pine and sage - and the interior then chooses between those, which is a much smaller decision. Step two: shortlist two or three, and no more. Three is the point past which people stop comparing and start collecting. Step three: test each one for a week, in the real room, at a low setting. Not on a blotter, not in a showroom, and not for an afternoon. A profile behaves differently under your lighting, in your air-conditioning, against your surfaces and at your traffic level, and you cannot know how until it has spent a week doing it. Reeds are the cheapest way to run this test - Mountain Breeze at ₹849 and Morning Freshness at ₹749 will tell you a great deal for ₹1,598. Step four: ask the front desk, not yourself. This is the step everyone skips and it is the most reliable. Your nose adapts to your own clinic within about twenty minutes, so you are structurally the worst judge in the building, while the person on reception sits in that air for eight hours and will tell you honestly whether it is pleasant, invisible or slightly too much. Ask them at the end of each test week and take the answer seriously. Walk in from outside after a break as your own second opinion - if you notice a fragrance rather than simply a clean room, it is too strong. Step five: lock the level and write it down. Choose the profile, set the intensity, use the key-lock if the machine has one, and then record the profile, the level and the zone list on the same sheet as the opening checklist - because a signature almost always fails on a staff change rather than on a bad choice. Now the money, said plainly. Testing with two reeds is ₹1,598. In a clinic under about 750 sq ft the reed you preferred is often the whole answer, and if it will not carry the room one SOSA Sukoon at ₹1,899 finishes it - a Vaayu there would be the wrong buy. Past roughly 1,500 sq ft, or with a corridor and closed cabins, one SOSA Vaayu at ₹11,999. Total spend: between about ₹1,600 and ₹13,600, once. Three standing limits: this is an ambience decision with no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim, it works alongside cleaning and ventilation and is never used to mask another smell, and procedure, recovery and photography rooms stay unscented with the treating clinician's judgement overriding any plan in their own room. Ask for a clinic scenting plan and send the floor plan - we will do steps one and two with you.
Derive the register from the procedure, shortlist two or three, test each a week in the real room at a low setting, ask the front desk rather than yourself, then lock the level and write it down. Total: about ₹1,600 to ₹13,600.
Steps one to four cost about ₹1,598 in test reeds. Step five is one SOSA Vaayu - app timers, adjustable intensity and a key-lock - at ₹11,999 past 1,500 sq ft, or a Sukoon at ₹1,899 under 750 sq ft, where a Vaayu would be the wrong buy.
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Five steps, three weeks
Register, shortlist, test, ask the desk, lock and write it down
The hardware for step five
The first four steps need almost no hardware. The fifth needs whatever will hold the level you chose without drifting, and that is decided by the size of your clinic. The images link to the product pages.
Step five, for a clinic past 1,500 sq ft
SOSA Vaayu
Waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³, roughly 2,000-3,000 sq ft, with a 400ml tank running 90+ days a fill, 1h/4h/8h/24h app timers, adjustable intensity, under 38dB, auto-stop and key-lock. The key-lock is the part that makes step five stick, because it stops the level rising after you stop watching it.
From ₹11,999
Step five, under about 750 sq ft
SOSA Sukoon
Ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft, supplied with three 15ml hotel-inspired fragrances. For a single reception this is the honest answer and a Vaayu would be the wrong buy - it would be rated to several times the volume you actually have and would spend its life barely working.
From ₹1,899
The five steps in detail
Steps three, four and five are where the method earns its keep, so those are the three worth expanding.
1
Test in the real room, for a week, at a low setting
A showroom tells you nothing about your own building
A fragrance behaves differently under your lighting, in your air-conditioning, against your surfaces and at your traffic level, and none of those four is available at a supplier's counter. Give each shortlisted profile a full week in the actual reception at the lowest setting that registers at all, and change nothing else during that week. A fortnight of testing across two options is enough. Do it with reeds if you can - Mountain Breeze at ₹849 and Morning Freshness at ₹749 cost ₹1,598 together and will teach you more than any amount of description. You are testing the level as much as the fragrance.
Tip: Do not test two profiles at once in the same building. You will learn nothing except what the two of them smell like together.
2
Ask the front desk, because you are the worst judge available
You adapt to your own clinic in twenty minutes
This is the step almost everybody skips, and it is free. Olfactory adaptation means you stop registering a constant smell within about twenty minutes, so as the person who spends the most time in the building you are structurally the least reliable judge of its air. The receptionist has the same problem but is at least sitting in the patient's seat for eight hours, and if you ask them a direct question at the end of a test week - is it pleasant, invisible, or slightly too much - you will get a usable answer. Then walk in from outside after a proper break yourself. If you notice a fragrance rather than simply a clean room, take it down a step. If a patient ever remarks on it, that is a reading and not a compliment.
Tip: Ask on day six or seven, not day one. First impressions of a new fragrance are unreliable in both directions.
3
Lock it, then write it down where the next person will find it
Signatures fail on a staff change, not on a bad choice
Almost every clinic that lost its fragrance discipline lost it the same way: the founder held the profile, the level and the zone list in their head, someone new started, and within two months there was a freshener in the toilet and the dial had been nudged up twice. The fix is a piece of paper. Write down the profile, the exact intensity setting, the run hours, the zones that are scented and the zones that are never scented, and keep it with the opening checklist rather than in a drawer. Then use the key-lock if the machine has one. The list of never-scented rooms belongs on that sheet in the same words every time: procedure and graft rooms, post-procedure and recovery, photography and documentation - unscented, not lightly scented.
The SOSA principle
Choosing the fragrance takes an afternoon. Choosing the level takes three weeks, and writing it down is what makes either of them matter in a year's time.
The method is not a way of finding a better scent. It is a way of ending up with a level that suits your actual room and a plan that outlives whoever set it.
The method, step by step
Print this table, or put it in the same folder as the opening checklist, which is where the fifth row says it belongs anyway.
The SOSA plan
How to choose a signature scent for a hair restoration clinic
| The step | What to do |
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1. Derive the register
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From what the building does, not from the interior palette. Surgery means clean, dry and cool - white tea, a dry light citrus, or soft dry woods. The palette then picks between those. |
 2. Shortlist two or three
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No more than three, or you will collect rather than compare. Two is usually enough, and the exclusions matter as much as the inclusions. |
 3. Test a week each, in the room
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Real reception, real lighting, real air-conditioning, lowest setting that registers. One profile at a time. Two 50ml reeds cost ₹1,598 together. |
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4. Ask the front desk
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Not yourself - you adapt in twenty minutes. Ask on day six: pleasant, invisible, or slightly too much. Then walk in from outside as your own check. |
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5. Lock it and write it down
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Profile, exact level, run hours, scented zones and never-scented zones, on the same sheet as the opening checklist. Use the key-lock if the machine has one. |
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The total
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About ₹1,600 in test reeds, plus ₹1,899 for a Sukoon under 750 sq ft or ₹11,999 for a Vaayu past 1,500. Between roughly ₹1,600 and ₹13,600, once. |
If you have not yet decided whether you want a signature at all, the definition and the honest limits are in should a premium hair transplant brand have a signature fragrance, which also says plainly that nobody can promise it moves a business number. And before you start step two, fresh, woody, hotel-like or completely neutral is worth reading, because one of the four legitimate answers is to scent nothing at all. SOSA is independent and not affiliated with any hotel.
Four steps are free. One costs money.
SOSA Vaayu ₹11,999 is step five for a clinic past 1,500 sq ft - app timers and a key-lock, so the level you settled on in week three is still the level in a year.
The fragrance is chosen in an afternoon. The level takes three weeks, and it is the level that everyone gets wrong.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
Why step five needs hardware at all
A decided level is worth nothing if anybody can quietly change it
The SOSA hair-clinic specification
Two machines cover almost every hair clinic in India and the choice is made by size and air path rather than by ambition. Test with reeds first, because ₹1,598 buys you the two things a showroom cannot - your own lighting and your own air-conditioning. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The SOSA hair-clinic specification
The machine for step five, chosen by size
| Machine | Best for | Why it works | Price |
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SOSA Sukoon
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A single reception, clinic under about 750 sq ft | 270-320 sq ft coverage, three 15ml fragrances included, the honest buy at this size where a Vaayu would be the wrong purchase | ₹1,899 View → |
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SOSA Vaayu
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Reception and corridors, clinic 1,500 sq ft and up | 1000m³ coverage, adjustable intensity and key-lock for holding the level, app timers, under 38dB, waterless, wall or HVAC mountable | ₹11,999 View → |
Derive the register from the procedure rather than the palette, test in the real room for a week per option, let the front desk judge rather than your own nose, and write the profile, level and zone list down where the next person will find it. Fragrance here is an ambience decision like lighting or seating and makes no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim; it works alongside cleaning and ventilation, never instead of them, and is never used to mask another smell; and procedure, recovery and photography rooms stay completely unscented, with the treating clinician's judgement overriding any plan in their own room. Ask for a clinic scenting plan before you spend anything.
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A note from Sonal
What founders usually want from me at this point is a recommendation, and what they actually need is a method, because the recommendation is the easy part and it is not where things go wrong. Almost nobody ends up with the wrong note. What they end up with is the right note at the wrong level, in a clinic where three people can reach the dial and nobody has written down what it was supposed to be.
So: derive the register from what the building does, because starting from the interior reliably lands you in the warm half of perfumery and a surgical clinic has no business there. Shortlist two or three and stop. Test each one for a full week in your own reception, at the lowest setting that registers at all, because your lighting and your air-conditioning will change it and neither of those exists in a showroom. Then ask the person at the front desk rather than asking yourself - you adapted to your own clinic twenty minutes after you walked in, which makes you the least reliable nose in the building. And then lock it and write it down: profile, level, run hours, the zones that are scented and the zones that never are.
On money, I would rather name the number than describe it. Two 50ml test reeds - Mountain Breeze at ₹849 and Morning Freshness at ₹749 - are ₹1,598. Under 750 sq ft, a Sukoon at ₹1,899 finishes it and a Vaayu would be the wrong buy. Past 1,500 sq ft, a Vaayu at ₹11,999. Between about ₹1,600 and ₹13,600 in total, once - and the rooms where you operate get nothing at all. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
How do I choose a signature scent for my hair restoration clinic?
In five steps. Derive the register from what the building does rather than from the interior palette, which for a surgical clinic means clean, dry and cool. Shortlist two or three profiles and no more. Test each for a full week in the real reception at a low setting. Ask the front desk rather than yourself, because you adapt within twenty minutes. Then lock the level and write the profile, level and zones down.
Why do I need to test for a week rather than just choosing?
Because you are choosing a level as much as a fragrance, and the level cannot be known in advance. A profile behaves differently under your lighting, in your air-conditioning, against your surfaces and at your traffic level, and none of those exists at a supplier's counter. A week per option in the actual room, at the lowest setting that registers at all, with nothing else changed, is enough to tell you what you need.
What does the whole method cost?
Testing with two 50ml reeds is about Rs 1,598 - Mountain Breeze at Rs 849 and Morning Freshness at Rs 749. In a clinic under about 750 sq ft the reed you preferred is often the whole answer, and if it will not carry the room a SOSA Sukoon at Rs 1,899 finishes it. Past roughly 1,500 sq ft it is a SOSA Vaayu at Rs 11,999. Between about Rs 1,600 and Rs 13,600 in total, once.
Why should the front desk decide rather than me?
Because olfactory adaptation means you stop registering a constant smell within about twenty minutes, and you spend more time in the building than anyone. The receptionist has the same adaptation but sits in the patient's seat for eight hours, so a direct question at the end of a test week - pleasant, invisible, or slightly too much - gives you a usable answer. Walking in from outside after a proper break is your own best check.
What exactly should I write down at the end?
The profile, the exact intensity setting, the run hours, the zones that carry fragrance and the zones that never do, on the same sheet as the opening checklist rather than in a drawer. The never-scented list should be in the same words every time: procedure and graft rooms, post-procedure and recovery areas, and photography and documentation rooms, unscented rather than lightly scented. Signatures fail on a staff change, and a written plan is what prevents it.
Five steps, three weeks, one written page
SOSA — Clinic Scenting for hair transplant and hair restoration clinics
Test with two reeds for about ₹1,598, then hold the result with a Sukoon at ₹1,899 under about 750 sq ft or a SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) past roughly 1,500 sq ft - between about ₹1,600 and ₹13,600 in total, once. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali. Send your floor plan and we will do the first two steps with you.
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About this guide: Written by Sonal Sahani, ISIPCA Versailles-trained founder and perfumer at SOSA Home & Body. Product recommendations reflect the SOSA range; the planning advice applies to any brand.Facts verified 5 September 2026 against the live SOSA product pages: the SOSA Vaayu (₹11,999) is a waterless cold-air nebuliser rated to 1000m³, described by the manufacturer as approximately 2,000-3,000 sq ft, with adjustable intensity, a 400ml refillable tank lasting 90+ days a fill depending on intensity and run hours, Bluetooth app and button control, 1h/4h/8h/24h timers, operation under 38dB at 5W, freestanding or wall and HVAC mounting, auto-stop and key-lock, and CE, RoHS and SGS certification, which are electrical and compliance marks and not medical approvals. Being waterless, it adds no moisture and leaves no residue on surfaces or equipment. The SOSA Sukoon (₹1,899) is an ultrasonic cool-mist diffuser covering roughly 270-320 sq ft and is supplied with three 15ml fragrances; the water-based Hotel Collection (₹299 / ₹999 / ₹1,799) is an ultrasonic fragrance and is not a refill for a waterless cold-air machine. SOSA reed diffusers are alcohol-free and phthalate-free, with 50ml lasting about 6-8 weeks and 130ml about 14-18 weeks. Cold-air refill oil for the Vaayu is not currently sold separately - the machine ships with 400ml included and further refills should be confirmed with SOSA. Warranty, annual maintenance, installation and bulk terms are not published and should be confirmed before ordering. Ambient scent is an interior and hospitality decision: it makes no clinical, therapeutic or wellbeing claim, it works alongside proper ventilation, cleaning and infection control and is never a substitute for any of them, it is never used to mask another smell, and no claim is made that fragrance influences a patient's decision or any commercial outcome. Clinical areas including procedure, post-procedure and photography rooms are left unscented, and the treating clinician's judgement overrides any scenting plan in their own room. The hotel-inspired scents are SOSA's own original interpretations; SOSA is an independent brand and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any hotel named for reference. Coverage, fragrance usage and running cost depend on the space, settings and hours of use, and are confirmed on a consultation. Prices and availability are subject to change - see the live product pages.