First Impressions Rejuvenation Clinic
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Award Winning, Board Certified, Advanced Medical Aesthetics. Aesthetic Medicine Nurse Practitioners, RNs, and Medical Aestheticians.
We are advocates of your safety in advanced medical aesthetic practice, education, informed consent and natural results. 2 locations:
620-103B Nine Mile Dr. Bedford,NS B4A0H4
465-D George St. Sydney, NS B1P1K5
Know your specialty providers. About First Impressions Rejuvenation Clinic:
Licensed Masters Class, Board Certified in Aesthetic & Rejuvenation Medicine, Nurse Practitioner owned and operated Clinics fully devoted to Rejuvenation & Restoration Medical Aesthetic services. Trained to Canadian and International masters level of Aesthetic & Restorative Medicine, leading the way in Aesthetic & Anti-aging Medicine. Canadian Nurses Association Accreditation Program reviewer-Medical Aesthetics. Instructing Physicians, Nurses and Dentists Nationally and Internationally as Faculty of the Atlantic Training Institute for Medical Aesthetics and the Atlantic division of the Canadian Board of Aesthetic Medicine, to ensure public safety in the provision of services by licensed professionals. As lead instructors of the Atlantic Training Institute for Medical Aesthetic, the Atlantic Division of the Canadian Board of Aesthetic Medicine, we strive to ensure exceptional training to further ensure patient safety for the public’s access to these complex medical specialty services. Unfortunately not everyone takes your health and safety seriously, we do; some are not even physicians, nurses or dentists trained in any aspect of healthcare let alone this advanced specialty. We take your health and safety seriously and we train others licensed providers to national and international safety standards. We are advocates of safety in advanced medical aesthetic practice and education, holding memberships and positions Locally, Nationally and Internationally:
National:
* Canadian Nurses Association
Accreditation Program reviewer-Medical
Aesthetics
*Canadian Board of Aesthetic Medicine-
Faculty, Expert Panelist, Expert Speaker *Canadian Association of Medical Spas &
Aesthetic Surgeons
*Canadian Society of Aesthetic Specialty
Nurses- Expert Panelist, Expert Speaker,
Standards of Practice Expert Reviewer
*Canadian Nurses Association
*Dermatology Nurses Association
*Nurse Practitioner Association of
Canada- Council
*Atlantic Training Institute for Medical
Aesthetics- Head of Faculty
Local:
*Nurse Practitioner Association of Nova
Scotia- Executive
*Chamber of Commerce Halifax
*Chamber of Commerce Cape Breton
*Atlantic Training Institute for Medical
Aesthetics- Head of Faculty
*Sigma Theta Tau - Chapter International
Honours Nursing Society
*Executive Organizing Committee ICN-
NPAPN International Networking
Conference Halifax
International:
*Cellular Medicine Association-Expert
Provider, Research Contributor
*International Association for Physicians in
Aesthetic Medicine
*International Council of Nurses
*International Council of Nurses Nurse
Practitioner Advanced Practice Nurse
Network
*International Honours Nursing Society
Sigma Theta Tau
*Dermatology Nurses Association
*International Society of Plastic and
Aesthetic Nurses
Faculty:
*Canadian Board of Aesthetic Medicine
*Atlantic Training Institute for Aesthetic
Medicine
*Athabasca University - Master of Nursing
Nurse Practitioner Program
Since the beginning of their practice, Deborah Hart MN NP and her team have been interested in preventative medicine with the belief that an essential foundation for maintaining vitality as we age includes healthy food choices, physical activity, a balanced lifestyle and a good skin care routine. Having been approached multiple times in her Primary Health Care, Family Practice clinics with concerns of aging, excess fat, acne/acne scarring and other medical aesthetic concerns such as wrinkles, skin volume loss & sagging, blemishes etc, by patients who wanted both options for treatment and options other then extended travel and wait times for these treatments, Deborah realized these options were limited. As a healthcare professional whose goals were to increase access to care and enhance each individuals optimal level of well-being, a need was recognized and the practice of Medical Aesthetics & Rejuvenation Medicine was a natural evolution of her background in Emergency & Trauma Practice and her Primary Heath Care, Family Practice Clinics. These advanced Medical Aesthetic & Rejuvenation Medicine services are now available, enhanced and offered in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, in Sydney and the Halifax Regional Municipality, in Bedford. We are pleased to be able to offer our Nova Scotia community advanced, safe treatments with natural outcomes while giving our patients a safe environment to enhance and restore their self confidence and vitality under the care of respectful, benevolent, providers specifically licensed in Medical Aesthetics & Rejuvenation Medicine
Three common habits that quietly keep post-summer pigmentation from clearing, straight from decades of clinical assessments
UV exposure is a year-round driver of melanogenesis and post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, not a summer-only concern, consistent with the photoaging and UV-response research referenced in this month's anchor blog (Chou et al., 2005). Layering multiple active ingredients concurrently is a recognized cause of irritant contact dermatitis that can worsen existing pigmentation.
Here's exactly what happens during a proper skin assessment, and why the order of the steps matters as much as the steps themselves.
A structured assessment sequence, physical evaluation, history intake, then individualized planning, reflects standard NP-led clinical assessment protocol and is consistent with the collaborative care model Deborah helped establish in Nova Scotia's collaborative emergency medicine system earlier in her career.
What does an appropriate, fully informed consultation actually sound like? Here's the standard every patient should expect.
Informed consent as an ongoing, comprehension-based conversation rather than a signed document is a recognized standard in nursing and medical ethics guidance, reflected in professional regulatory expectations for NP-led and physician-led medical aesthetics care in Nova Scotia.
Same skin concern, different treatment plan. Here's the clinical reasoning behind why that's actually correct, not confusing.
Individual variation in dermal thickness, cumulative photoaging, and collagen density is well established in dermatologic literature, consistent with the photoaging research referenced in this month's anchor blog (Chou et al., 2005). Treatment protocols calibrated to a single presenting complaint without accounting for this variation are a recognized source of underperformance.
If your skin stays tight no matter what you put on it, the problem usually isn't the moisturizer. Here's what it actually is.
Persistent tightness that moisturizer doesn't resolve is a recognized clinical sign of barrier compromise, not a product problem (Chou et al., 2005, "Transepidermal Water Loss and Skin Capacitance Alterations Among Workers in an Ultra-Low Humidity Environment").
Tightness, texture, pigmentation. Three signals your skin sends every fall that most people misread completely. Full breakdown linked below.
Barrier disruption and water loss rise measurably after prolonged UV and heat exposure (Chou et al., 2005, "Transepidermal Water Loss and Skin Capacitance Alterations Among Workers in an Ultra-Low Humidity Environment")
There's a reason your skin doesn't respond to summer damage the way you'd expect in October. It's not about undoing anything, it's about what your skin is building right now.
Evidence: Collagen remodeling is a multi-week, fibroblast-driven process, not an overnight fix (Guan et al., 2021)
It needs an assessment. That has been the whole point this month, repair, restore, rebuild, in that order, for a reason. If you started September wondering what your skin needed, I hope you know a little more now. Link in bio to book.��
The questions I get asked most about post-summer skin, answered fast. Too late to fix sun damage? No. Multiple treatments needed? Depends on your assessment. Can men do this too? Yes, same process. Link in bio.��
A patient asked me to just fill a line for her. Here is why that would not have worked, that line was caused by muscle movement, not volume loss. She needed a neuromodulator instead. We figure out the cause before the treatment, every time. Link in bio for an assessment.��
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