Q&A with Felicia Tearse, our new cosmedicine nurse
Felicia may be new to us but she’s not new to cosmedicine, with extensive NZ experience in injectables, plus several years of nursing experience overseas prior to that. She’s also a dedicated body sculptor! We sat down with her to find out more. ...
Q&A with our Takapuna Skin Expert Raechel
Our lovely Raechel at Takapuna has just reached her two-year anniversary. What a gem! I’m so glad we found her (or she found us) - she has been such an asset to the team. Raechel had an epiphany in her mid-thirties and went for a complete career change. Whilst studying...
Dr Cat's News Update - April 2021
It’s been a wonderful month of celebration, watching ETNZ win the America’s Cup on home waters, my first Splore festival, and a family festive gathering in Russell for Easter. On the work front, we had an incredibly fun brand photoshoot (only delayed by a year, thanks Covid), and...
The Ins & Outs of IPL
Autumn is always the time to start your course of IPL, as it’s the safest time to implement treatment. With potentially less time outside because of the cooler months, the skin is less likely to experience excessive UV, which can affect the results of the IPL treatment. ...
Why We Still Don't Recommend Microdermabrasion
Exfoliation is often the ‘go to’ in many people’s minds for treating congested or dull, tired looking skin and microdermabrasion certainly exfoliates thoroughly. This unfortunately is a simplistic approach and will not treat skin...
Dr Cat's News Update - March 2021
As we navigate our way through lockdown 4.0, I’m left wondering - how it is March again already? This time last year I was recovering from breast cancer surgery (lumpectomy and lymph node removal), and wow, what a year it has been! It’s been almost a year since our first...
Platelet-Rich Plasma For Hair Loss - A Q&A With Senior Nurse Marilou
You’re doing a lot of PRP for hair loss treatments these days. Tell us how it works, in a nutshell For this treatment, we take your blood, concentrate the platelets to make the PRP and then inject it back into areas where hair is thinning. For some PRP treatments we use...
Lauren's Summer Skincare Secrets
I love being outdoors, surfing, walking and stand-up paddleboarding and when I am camping, I am pretty much constantly exposed to the elements. Those summer holidays are when I let myself go and enjoy the sun, but I still try and take as many precautions as possible. Most of us...
Dr Cat's News Update - February 2021
Wow, we’ve hit February already! How did a month go by so quickly? I find it hard to believe that 28th January was my one-year cancer-versary... exactly a year since the scan and biopsy where I first realised I had cancer. What a year it has been! It’s...
Nutritionist Claire Turnbull: My 10 Best Ever Self-Care Tips
Last year was undoubtedly one of the most challenging years for us all. But on the positive side, as with all challenges, there came an opportunity for personal growth and for looking after ourselves better. Here are some of my tried-and-tested wellness tips, plus some new...
Dr Cat's News Update - January 2021
This time last year we had all the hope of a new year and new decade ahead - and wow, look how that turned out! While 2020 was a huge year of disruption and change, both personally and globally, I feel so incredibly grateful to be living an ‘almost normal’ life in NZ...
Carly Flynn: 20 Crucial Things I Learned From 2020
It’s a cliché to say it, but far out what a year 2020 has BEEN! Living with the constant threat of another Covid outbreak or lockdown has become our new normal and adjusting to living with this uncertainty has been pretty difficult for us control freaks. In saying...