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Aesthetics Awards Special Focus
The highly anticipated Aesthetics Awards 2013 featured over 140 finalists competing in 23 categories. Here, some of the winners tell us what the award has meant to them both personally and professionally. The Brinkenhoff Award for Lifetime Achievement and Services to the Industry
This year the Lifetime Achievement Award is sponsored by Aesthetic Source
For 2013 the Lifetime Achievement and Services to the Industry award was given in memory of Gayle Brinkenhoff and Dr John Curran was invited to the stage to present this very special award to his close friend and colleague Dr Patrick Bowler. A previous winner of an Aesthetics Award, the huge number of nominations that he received were a true testament to Dr Bowler’s popularity and the respect that he commands amongst his peers. This high opinion was shared by the Aesthetics Awards team, who all agreed he was a worthy winner. “My Aesthetics Award in 2013 for Lifetime Achievement truly came as a complete surprise. It made me reflect on my working life in the aesthetics field and showed that what I took to be normal daily work had been officially recognised as of benefit to some people! These types of awards are important not only for personal satisfaction but also give an opportunity to give public attention to our endeavours in developing and maturing our growing industry.”
Dr Patrick Bowler Best New Clinic
This year the award for Best New Clinic is sponsored by 3D-lipomed
The award for Best New Clinic, which celebrates recently launched clinics in the UK that have provided an outstanding level of care to their patients, was presented to The Skin Energy Clinic’s Dr Terry Long. The clinic’s commitment to patients and their holistic approach to skin and anti-ageing was demonstrated by a huge 99 out of 100 score by our mystery shopper who commented, ‘I could hardly have been dealt with more efficiently.’ “Winning Best New Clinic Award last year was a wonderful surprise. I believe the key to the clinic’s success is our continuous effort to ensure patients are really listened to, educated and ultimately empowered. It’s important that they are able to make the right decisions for themselves. Winning the award also gave me the confidence to commission a PR agent to take the clinic to the next level. Being more visible in the public arena has opened many doors for myself and the clinic and I am very excited about the future. The award has also helped my credibility as new patients know they can trust me and my team. We are highly recommended after all! I would hugely recommend entering awards and doing your best to win. Even if you end up being a finalist, you are still able to use that as part of your marketing campaign and in turn it can boost your credibility. No one will know how good you are without knowing who or where you are in the first place. So go for it!”
Dr Terry Loong Aesthetic Nurse Practitioner of the Year
This year the Aesthetic Nurse Practitioner of the Year Award is sponsored by Institute Hyalual
Managing Director of Syneron Candela, Michaela Barker, presented the award for Aesthetic Nurse Practitioner of the Year to a delighted Sharon King from Cosmedic Skin Clinic in Tamworth. The winner for this category was decided by Aesthetics journal reader votes and The Aesthetic Awards team and Sharon won on both accounts with one voter commenting “Sharon is an excellent practitioner” and another stating that she is “extremely professional and knowledgeable”. “It was a real joy and privilege to go up on stage and accept the award for Aesthetic Nurse Practitioner of the Year. I consider the award as being as much for my clinic team as for myself and so it was wonderful for us to be held in such high esteem by others in the profession and recognised for our hard work. My patients were so excited and proud when I was able to tell them that I had won and new patients see the trophy in my clinic and know that they are in the right place to receive an excellent standard of care. It is such a great honour to hold the title this year as there are so many fine nurses that do a fantastic job and I wish the incoming Aesthetic Nurse of the Year every success.”
Sharon King Aesthetics | June 2014
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