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Skin guides

Answers,not marketing.

What treatments actually do, what they cost, and the times we would tell you not to bother. Written by the people who perform them and checked by the nurse practitioner who signs off the plans.

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02 · Most recent

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Dissolving filler: when it is the right call

Filler regret is common and fixable, and almost nobody writes about it honestly. Here is what dissolving actually involves, when it is the right call, and when it is not.

· Reviewed by Alex Dinovich, FNP-PHC

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At the front desk
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Devices
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Treatment room
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Injectables

03 · 6 guides

Comparisons

Two treatments that sound alike, and the honest difference between them.

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Botox vs Dysport vs Xeomin: which one, and does it matter?

Three brands, one active molecule. Here is what genuinely differs between Botox, Dysport and Xeomin, what does not, and why per-unit prices cannot be compared across them.
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Dermal filler vs Sculptra: volume now or collagen later

Filler occupies space the moment it goes in. Sculptra does not, and is not supposed to. Here is which problem each one actually solves, and which one is reversible.
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HydraFacial vs chemical peel: maintenance or change?

One is a very good clean. The other is a controlled injury. Both are useful, but only one of them will change your pigmentation, and choosing the wrong one wastes months.
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Laser hair removal vs electrolysis: which one suits your hair?

We offer laser and we do not offer electrolysis, so here is the case for each, including the situations where you should book electrolysis somewhere else.
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Microneedling vs microneedling with PRP: is the blood draw worth it?

Adding PRP means a blood draw, a centrifuge and a higher price. Here is where the evidence for that addition is strongest, and where plain microneedling is the sensible buy.
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Morpheus8 vs CO2 laser: tightening or resurfacing?

One tightens from underneath, the other resurfaces the top. They solve different problems, and the honest answer for a lot of people is that they need one of them and not both.

04 · 5 guides

Skin guides

What is actually happening to your skin, before anyone sells you anything.

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Your face after significant weight loss

Losing weight quickly takes volume from the face before almost anywhere else. Here is why that happens, what genuinely helps, and the order things should be done in.
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Why laser season starts in the autumn

Ontario clinics fill their laser diaries between October and March, and it is not a marketing calendar. Sun exposure changes both the safety and the result.
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How to choose a medical aesthetics clinic in Ontario

Ten questions worth asking before anyone injects your face, the answers that should worry you, and how to verify a clinician's registration yourself in about two minutes.
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How to tell melasma from sun spots

These two look similar in a mirror and behave nothing alike. Getting the identification wrong is the most common reason pigmentation treatment fails, or makes things worse.
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What actually causes adult acne

Adult acne is not teenage acne that overstayed. Here is the actual mechanism, the triggers that matter, the ones that do not, and when to stop treating it yourself.

05 · 3 guides

Treatments

What a treatment does, what it costs, and when we would tell you not to bother.

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How much does Botox cost in Ontario?

Every Ontario cost guide online is written from Toronto. Here is how neuromodulator pricing actually works in the Simcoe and York corridor, including what a suspiciously low price usually means.
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What does laser hair removal cost?

The per-session price is the least useful number in the quote. Here is how laser hair removal is actually priced in Ontario and how to compare two offers that look nothing alike.
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What to expect at your first injectable appointment

A step-by-step account of a first neuromodulator or filler appointment, including what should happen before anyone picks up a syringe, and what to do if it does not.

06 · How these are written

Written in the clinic.
Checked by a nurse
practitioner.

Every guide carries a publication date, an author and, where the subject is clinical, the name of the person who reviewed it. Where we do not know something, we say so rather than filling the gap with a plausible number.

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Injectables
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Laser
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Masks
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Reception

07 · Who writes them

The people who
perform the treatments.

Alex Dinovich, Nurse Practitioner & Medical Director at Bradford Skin Clinic
Alex Dinovich, FNP-PHC Nurse Practitioner & Medical Director · Licence #13564840
Kaitlyn Meli, Registered Practical Nurse, aesthetic injector at Bradford Skin Clinic
Kaitlyn Meli, RPN Registered Practical Nurse, aesthetic injector
Ashley Bravo, Registered Practical Nurse, aesthetic injector at Bradford Skin Clinic
Ashley Bravo, RPN Registered Practical Nurse, aesthetic injector
Yuliya Leonov, Registered Practical Nurse, aesthetic injector at Bradford Skin Clinic
Yuliya Leonov, RPN Registered Practical Nurse, aesthetic injector
Maddie Lambert, Medical Aesthetician at Bradford Skin Clinic
Maddie Lambert Medical Aesthetician
Dr. Erica Vriend, Naturopathic Doctor at Bradford Skin Clinic
Dr. Erica Vriend, ND Naturopathic Doctor · Licence #3239
Sheli Del Monaco, Front Desk Administrator at Bradford Skin Clinic
Sheli Del Monaco Front Desk Administrator

08 · Your own skin

Guides are general.
Your face is not.

Book a free consultation and we will tell you what actually applies to you, including the times the honest answer is that you do not need the treatment you came in asking about.

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