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Get to know Aesthetic Nurse Injector Majid!

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Sara

This month, Dr. Shenker writes about our Aesthetic Nurse Injector Majid! Get to know Majid, and learn about why he’s so beloved by patients and staff. Have you ever had the unusual experience of meeting someone for the first time and feeling like you have known them forever?    I have. I first met Majid, the Cosmetic Surgery Clinic’s injectables specialist and Beauty Nurse® back in the early autumn of 2017.  We had our first job interview at a local coffee shop near my house. I was skeptical.  The world of cosmetic nurse injectors in southwestern Ontario is a small one, … Continue reading »

The Cosmetic Surgery Clinic Is Open!

Posted on June 25, 2020 by Sara

To our Patients, Wow, it feels great to reopen our clinic! Although things definitely aren’t back to “normal,” we’re glad we can take the next steps in opening our doors again for our plastic surgery patients from London, Kitchener, and Waterloo, ON. It’s been encouraging to connect with you through Instagram Live and virtual consultations during our closure—but there’s nothing like being part of your journey in person.  Our team is thrilled to be back together as well. For me, the best part of reopening is to see the magic resume in our clinic, whether that’s seeing happy Botox Cosmetic® … Continue reading »

Hey Dr. Shenker! Why on Earth Can’t I Have My Surgery…

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Sara

… or BOTOX/laser/filler/BBL/profractional/HALO/acne treatments/peel/microneedling/Coolsculpting treatment yet? Over the last few weeks, and especially over the last few days, the team and I at the Cosmetic Surgery Clinic have heard from an overwhelming number of our beloved patients. Before I get into the details of our plans to reopen, let me first express my undying appreciation for the patients of The Cosmetic Surgery Clinic. Every single one of you has been kind, understanding, insightful, thoughtful, patient, and generous. If you would have told me when we shut down on March the 17th that we would reach May 24th without having a … Continue reading »

The opioid crisis is a huge problem in Canada. So what are we doing about it at The Cosmetic Surgery Clinic?

Posted on July 16, 2019 by Sara

By now, everyone knows that opioids like fentanyl, hydromorphone and Percocet, among other drugs, are a big problem in Canada. How big? Sixteen Canadians are hospitalized every day with opioid related overdoses. In the year 2016, 2861 Canadians died of an opioid overdose. That’s eight people every single day of the year. That is more than the number of people killed in all the car accidents on all the highways in Canada. What does this have to do with Canadian doctors in general and the team at The Cosmetic Surgery Clinic in particular? One common pathway into the world of … Continue reading »

You can tell a lot about a person by the way they peel an orange.

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Sara

I was recently savouring a well-earned café mocha in a ski chalet in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, watching a grizzled old skier eat an orange. He was wrinkled, weather-beaten, and he looked wiley enough to easily wrestle a bear.  After removing his helmet, ski jacket and mittens, He opened a beautiful wood handled pocket knife, produced a ripe orange from a pocket of his jacket, and set to work. I know it sounds crazy, but since I was a child I have believed that I can tell a great deal about someone by the way they peel and eat an orange. … Continue reading »

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