Candyce Bell is the new manager at Luxe Aesthetic Medicine. image credit: PHOTO SUBMITTED A Courtenay skin care business is under new ownership with added services for women and men in the Comox Valley. We are committed to listening to our clients concerns and dedicated to working together to achieve realistic and satisfying cosmetic results, says Candyce Bell, manager at Luxe Aesthetic Medicine. As a medical aesthetics nurse and clinical nurse educator, Bell brings a wealth of experience and looks forward to sharing her knowledge and expertise. She is an approved clinical educator for Allergan the maker of Botox and Juvederm and is a full-time injector at Luxe. She is also the lead clinical nurse educator for a top laser company in Canada. Familiar faces include Dawn Martynyk, a laser technician who has spent more than 15 years in hospitals and private clinics before joining the Luxe treatment team.She is also a trained skin care consultant who can provide detailed information on cosmeceutical lines. Martynyk provides laser hair removal, laser skin rejuvenation, fungal nail, Venus Freeze and Hydrafacial treatments. Weve expanded our service offerings to give you more options, including VI Peel and illumiWave Laser Hair Rejuvenation, acne scar laser … Continue reading →

SINGAPORE: A doctor practicing aesthetic medicine was found guilty of four charges of professional misconduct between July 2013 and August this year, a disciplinary committee convened by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) found. Dr Teh Tze Chen Kevin, who was a medical practitioner at Singapore Lipo, Body & Face Centre at Novena Medical Centre, was found guilty of wilful neglect by prescribing Augmentin to a patient, even though the patient was allergic to Amoxycillin, which the medication contained, the SMC said on Tuesday (Oct 21). The disciplinary committee said Dr Teh failed to act in the best interests of the patient by proceeding with a Vaser LipoSelection treatment after realising the patient had consumed Augmentin. The doctor then failed to tell the patient that he was about to administer Promethazine to treat the allergic reaction to Augmentin, the SMC said. The committee also found that Dr Teh, 40, had tampered with the case notes to reflect that the patients allergy had been discovered in March 2009, when in fact it had surfaced much later. The SMC said this was part of Dr Teh's cover-up and plan to divert the blame to the nurses. The SMC ordered that the doctor be … Continue reading →

A Courtenay skin care business is under new ownership with added services for women and men in the Comox Valley. We are committed to listening to our clients concerns and dedicated to working together to achieve realistic and satisfying cosmetic results, says Candyce Bell, manager at Luxe Aesthetic Medicine. As a medical aesthetics nurse and clinical nurse educator, Bell brings a wealth of experience and looks forward to sharing her knowledge and expertise. She is an approved clinical educator for Allergan the maker of Botox and Juvederm and is a full-time injector at Luxe. She is also the lead clinical nurse educator for a top laser company in Canada. Familiar faces include Dawn Martynyk, a laser technician who has spent more than 15 years in hospitals and private clinics before joining the Luxe treatment team.She is also a trained skin care consultant who can provide detailed information on cosmeceutical lines. Martynyk provides laser hair removal, laser skin rejuvenation, fungal nail, Venus Freeze and Hydrafacial treatments. Weve expanded our service offerings to give you more options, including VI Peel and illumiWave Laser Hair Rejuvenation, acne scar laser treatments and laser lipo, Martynyk said. VI Peel is a chemical peel that contains … Continue reading →