About

Yep, the year Star Wars came out and well before I was even 21years old I began working in  hospitals. I had a keen interest in all things scientific particularly the environment, the human body and mind.  I worked in my first ER in 1975  I began to manage ER admissions, first responder dispatches and front line contact with patients on the night shift. After moving to Washington State I resumed hospital work in the ER, moving from Unit coordinator to first responder, to in-house EMT. During that time I also took my first job in medical aesthetics.

while going to nursing school I stayed in the ER but also worked part time with a wonderful Dermatologist on Bellevue’s Eastside who taught me the latest technology in laser skin rejuvenation, tattoo removal and hair removal. She precepted me in  advanced botox and filler skills,  derm assessment and treatment of all kinds. While working with her I obtained my RN license and followed her to an aesthetic surgical center where we worked in an entirely different field of aesthetic surgery. By this time I had already opened SkinEnvy so that more could be done with lasers. She left for California and I hired medical administrators to cover SkinEnvy for the next several years. This, however was a slippery slope as anyone can tell you who has owned a business that is 100% reliant on others. Someday we’ll talk about that.

SkinEnvy continued to grow. Years of artwork and learning from my mother, particularly in portraits and porcelain made it easier to mentally see facial structures and potential. Medical study taught me to understand the changing face through time. Working with fillers, botox and laser gave me the tools to rejuvenate the face in ways that hadn’t been available in the past. I added weight loss managment to anti-aging and health promotion services recognizing that good health had a lot to do with our diet.  I obtained training as a weight loss and nutritional counselor through the Ideal Protein product education system and began to work  with weight management behaviours, including the effect of depression, stress, seasonal affective disorder, post lap band and gastric bypass challenges as well as outward signs of weight fluctuation that could be improved, including cellulite, skin laxity and stretchmarks. I attribute alot of what I know about weight loss from IP, and much more about the other issues through training as a nurse and ongoing personal study.