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How do you recognize the best medical aesthetics clinic in Laval? By checking five things before your first appointment: who does the treatment, the assessment done beforehand, the devices and the team's training, the posted price, and what the clinic refuses to sell you.
You typed "best medical aesthetics clinic Laval" and landed on ten sites that all call themselves the best, without saying why. Hard to know who to believe. Let's start with what someone other than us has said: Clinique DC received the 2027 Consumer Choice Award in the "Best aesthetics clinic in Laval" category. The award is given by an organization outside the clinic, by city and by category.
Is an award enough to trust someone with your face? No. For each of the five points, we tell you what to look at, and what you can check about us, with names, facts and photos.
What "best" means, in medical aesthetics
A medical aesthetics clinic does two jobs under one roof. There are injections, which are medicine, and devices (lasers, radiofrequency, skin treatments), which call for precise technical know-how. The decor and the name on the door count for little next to these five points, all of which you can check before your first appointment:
| What to look at | What it changes for you |
|---|---|
| Who does the treatment | Whether that person is allowed, and trained, to do it |
| The assessment before treatment | Whether you're offered what you need, or what there is to sell |
| The devices, and who trained the team | Whether the device is licensed, and set up well for your skin |
| The price, readable before you come | What it costs, before you reach the counter |
| What they tell you they won't do | Whether you'll be sold a treatment that won't work on you |
We'll take them in order.
1. Who does the treatment
In Quebec, a cosmetic injection is a medical act, not a beauty treatment. The Collège des médecins and the Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers say so in a joint notice. A nurse may inject if there is an individual prescription and a treatment plan specific to the person, and both bodies recommend that a medical assessment come first. Since 2020, a "collective" prescription, valid for everyone, is no longer enough.
With us, that means three roles, and each stays in its own:
- Our physician, Dr Narine Nyan, medical director, sees you before your first injectable treatment on the face.
- Our nurses give the injections, following the plan decided with the physician.
- Our medical estheticians run the devices and care for the skin. A nurse trained on the laser can do that too, but an esthetician never touches an injectable.
You can see the whole team, with real names, real titles and real photos before you come. Ask any clinic this question: who will treat you, and with what title?
2. The assessment, before treatment
A good clinic looks at your skin before treating it. A serious assessment can even conclude that a treatment isn't for you, and that's what sets a clinic apart from a place that sells sessions.
For a device-based facial treatment, we start with a 3D skin analysis, offered free, about thirty minutes long. It measures your skin instead of judging it by eye, and it's what tells us which device to use, at what intensity and in what order. For an injectable treatment, the consultation with our physician comes first. It has a price, shown before you confirm your appointment.
We tell you upfront: both of these appointments can end with "this isn't the right treatment for you", or with "nothing, for now". You won't have come for nothing, since finding that out is what the visit is for.
3. The devices, and who trained the team
In Canada, a class II or higher medical device can only be sold if it appears on Health Canada's list of licensed devices, which anyone can search online. Ask for the exact name of the device that will be used on you. A clinic that can't name it can't tell you whether it's licensed either.
Ours, with their real photo and their maker:
| Device | Name and maker | What it treats |
|---|---|---|
 | Clarity IILutronic | Spots and glow Unwanted hair Redness and vessels |
 | LaseMD UltraCynosure | Spots and glow Texture and pores |
 | PicoSureCynosure | Spots and glow Unwanted tattoo |
 | XERFCynosure Lutronic | Wrinkles and firmness Face contour |
 | Potenza RFCynosure | Texture and pores Wrinkles and firmness |
 | TempSure EnviCynosure | Wrinkles and firmness Contour and jawline Skin texture |
 | Dermapen DP4Dermapen | Skin texture Complexion glow Wrinkles and firmness |
 | HydraFacialBeautyHealth | Complexion glow Texture and pores |
Each name leads to its page, which explains how the device works and what it doesn't do.
A device's result also depends on the person who sets it up. The team was trained by our founder, Sarah-Donia Cherif, a clinical nurse. While she was already running the clinic, she was a trainer for Cynosure Lutronic, the maker of most of our devices, which sent her to show other clinics how to set up their machines.
4. A price you can read before you come
When a clinic posts its prices, you can compare it with others. Ours are on the prices page and on each treatment's page, before tax. Taxes are extra, and it's written next to every amount.
For an injection, the amount depends on the dose, so on what you and the physician decide together. We tell you before starting. And when a treatment takes several sessions, the number of sessions is written on the page too, before your first visit.
5. What a serious clinic refuses to sell you
Here are a few examples from our side, which you'll find on the treatment pages:
- The tattoo-removal laser targets melanin as much as ink. On a deep skin tone it is possible, but safety is not certain: for tattoo removal, we prefer not to.
- No radiofrequency removes skin. Marked laxity is treated with surgery, and we tell you so rather than sell you sessions.
- For hair loss, we don't point you towards a medication to take every day, for life. It isn't our approach, and we tell you from the start.
- Nobody, anywhere, can guarantee a result. It's written under each of our before-and-after galleries.
| What a serious clinic tells you | What to run from |
|---|---|
| "The physician sees you before your first injectable treatment" | An injection with no assessment, same day, booked by phone |
| "Here's the device's name, it's on Health Canada's list" | "It's a latest-generation laser", with no name |
| "This treatment isn't right for you" | A six-treatment plan proposed before anyone has looked at you |
| "No result is guaranteed" | "Guaranteed results", or "satisfaction or your money back" |
Be wary if a clinic:
- can't tell you who will treat you, or with what title;
- injects you without a physician having assessed you;
- quotes a price or a result before looking at your skin.
What others say about us
Up to here, we've been the ones talking. The 2027 Consumer Choice Award, at the top of this article, is the only place on this page where the word "best" doesn't come from us.
Next to the seal, two numbers can be checked in one tap: a 5.0 rating across more than 700 Google reviews, and more than 5,000 people treated since 2021. Among the public reviews, this one answers the question of this article word for word:
Je n’hésiterais aucunement à la recommander à toute personne à la recherche de soins médico-esthétiques de grande qualité.
You can read it, with the real name of the person who wrote it, on our Google listing.
How to choose, before booking
Take the five lines from the table at the top and ask every clinic you're considering the same questions. Who treats me, and with what title? What do you look at first? Which device exactly, at what posted price, and what do you refuse to do? A clinic that answers all five without dodging is a clinic you can go to.
If you come to us, we start by looking, then tell you what we suggest, or what we don't. Not sure where to start yet? The concerns pages sort our treatments by what bothers you, rather than by device.
Questions we get asked
What is a medical aesthetics clinic, exactly?
It's a clinic that does both medical treatments with a cosmetic aim, like injections, under a physician's responsibility, and device-based treatments by trained staff. A spa or a salon can't do the first part.
Who decides what gets injected?
The physician, with you, before your first injectable treatment on the face, as the Collège des médecins and the Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec recommend. After that, you book your appointments with our nurses as you wish.
Is the assessment paid?
It depends on the treatment. The 3D skin analysis, before a device-based facial treatment, is free. The consultation with the physician, before an injectable treatment, has a price, shown before you confirm.
How do I know whether a device is licensed?
Ask for its exact name, then look it up in Health Canada's online list of licensed medical devices. Our devices are named on the technologies page.
Should I pick the clinic closest to me?
Being nearby helps for repeat visits, but this is your face. We'd suggest a clinic a little further away that answers the five questions in this article over one down the street that doesn't.
What is the Consumer Choice Award?
It's a distinction given by an organization outside the clinic, by city and by category. Clinique DC received the 2027 edition in the "Best aesthetics clinic in Laval" category. The seal shown is the file provided by the organization, as is.
Sources
- Collège des médecins du Québec and Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec, "Pour une protection du public accrue en matière de soins médico-esthétiques", joint notice, May 2024. Read the notice
- Collège des médecins du Québec, "La médecine esthétique", practice guide, 2020. Read the guide
- Health Canada, "Medical Devices Active Licence Listing (MDALL)". Search the listing
