CosBeauty Magazine #94

doctors have performed a lot of skin
cancer surgery with many of these in
facial areas.
We’re not plastic surgeons, but
doing such surgery gives us the skills
and experience to feel very comfortable
with facial anatomy and this can make
a real difference when performing
aesthetic procedures – particularly
cosmetic injectables. It helps us give
our patients the natural-looking results
they want in the safest possible way.
patients, the studio was busy from
day one and has gradually increased
in size and services since.
Today, Northern Skin Studio has
16 staff (including four doctors and
three nurses), 12 treatment rooms
and an extensive menu including:
wrinkle relaxing injections; dermal
filler injections; EmSculpt body
contouring; Mona Lisa vaginal
rejuvenation; carbon laser fractional
laser resurfacing; RF microneedling;
photodynamic therapy; HydraFacials;
chemical peels; and NeoGraft
hair restoration.
WHAT DO YOU THINK
MAKES NORTHER SKIN
STUDIO SPECIAL?
I think the main thing that makes
us different to most aesthetic clinics
is our team’s many years of medical
experience. For example, all four of us
WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST
CHANGES YOU’VE SEEN
IN YOUR AESTHETIC
CAREER?
I think one of the biggest and best
changes is how everyone in the
industry (cosmetic practitioners and
clients) have become more open.
When I began my career, cosmetic
patients were a lot more secretive
about the treatments they were
having and often didn’t even tell their
closest friends.
Likewise, cosmetic practitioners
often didn’t show the work they did
(ie, their patients’ before and after
photos) to anyone but a few colleagues.
Today, increasing numbers of
cosmetic clients are happy to tell (and
show) almost everyone the work they
have had done and many cosmetic
practitioners are showing the work
they do to almost everyone, too.
I think this whole change in
attitude has largely been driven by
social media (especially Instagram),
which has increased consumer
obsession with beauty and knowledge
of available treatments.
I think this is good for the whole
industry as it empowers consumers;
they now have so many clinic and
treatment options that practitioners
can no longer just tell them that
they’re good at what they do – they
have to show them and prove what
they can do.
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