Skin Strategy Session in Canberra
Every skin journey at Skin Wellness Academy starts with understanding. Our Skin Strategy Session is the first step for new clients at our Canberra clinic. We assess your skin, identify the root causes of your concerns and create a clear, personalised plan, so you stop guessing and start seeing results.
What is a Skin Strategy Session?
A Skin Strategy Session is the starting point of the Skin Transformation System, our signature holistic and clinical method for lasting skin health. Rather than treating symptoms in isolation, we look at the whole picture:
- Your biology: is your skin dry or oily, and is it prone to breakouts?
- Your behaviour: how have you treated your skin in the past, and how healthy is your lifestyle?
- Your goal: do you want to fade dark spots, reduce the look of wrinkles or clear up your skin?
- Your habitat: pollution, a cold winter or humidity can all affect your skin.
Who it suits
The session is ideal for new clients, anyone starting a skin journey, and anyone with ongoing concerns who wants a clear, holistic plan. If you have had concerns for a long time and tried various things without long-term results, this is where we recommend you begin. All new clients complete a skin consultation before booking clinic treatments, because until we have properly assessed you and your skin, we can't recommend the best products, routine or treatments for you.
Ways to begin
Depending on where you are in your skin journey, you can begin with:
- Ultimate Strategy + LED with Kim: a comprehensive skin strategy appointment with Kim Le Sambolec, Dermal Clinician and creator of the Skin Transformation System, combining consultation, OBSERV 520x advanced skin imaging and LED.
- Strategy + LED: a clear starting point with our dermal team, combining consultation, advanced skin analysis and medical-grade LED to understand your skin and create a practical treatment and home-care plan.
- Strategy + Treatment + LED: expert analysis and a hands-on treatment in the same visit. We assess your skin, customise treatment on the day, include medical-grade LED and map out your ongoing plan.
- Online Strategy Session: a virtual consultation to review your skin concerns, goals, current routine and next steps.
- Skin Progress Review: for existing clients, to track your progress and refine your treatment and home-care plan.
- Skin Care Routine Analysis: a focused review of your current skincare routine, to identify what is helping and what may be holding your skin back.
Before your session
Please complete your consultation forms before your appointment. If you have any questions, we can help you fill them out in the clinic. Please arrive 10 minutes early if you still need to complete your forms; otherwise, arrive 5 minutes early so you can settle in and relax.
If your session includes a treatment, avoid excessive sun exposure, fake tan and active exfoliants for 3–5 days beforehand.
What to expect
Your session includes:
- A personalised skin, health and lifestyle assessment covering seven areas: your skin concerns, current skincare, supplements and medications, previous treatments, current sensitivity, environment and stress, and current energy.
- OBSERV 520x advanced skin imaging.
- An introductory treatment: exfoliation, a collagen mask and medical-grade LED light therapy.
- A medical-grade skincare application and a mineral makeup finish.
- A tailored treatment strategy and home-care plan.
You'll walk away with more than just a plan. You'll have knowledge and awareness to truly understand your skin, inside and out, and a full assessment of your current skincare products with guidance on using them effectively.
Concerns we assess
We assess every concern we treat, including ageing, pigmentation, problem skin, scarring, sensitive and reactive skin, skin redness and vascularity, dull, dry and dehydrated skin and teenage skin.
Aftercare and follow-up
Your home-care plan is the heart of your results, because most of your skin care happens at home. Existing clients can book a Skin Progress Review, which uses side-by-side OBSERV 520x imaging to compare your progress and refine your home-care prescription.
Not in Canberra?
We've been delivering online Skin Strategy Sessions since 2018, with your skincare shipped to your doorstep. See Online Consultations.
Our approach
Every treatment at Skin Wellness Academy is part of the Skin Transformation System, our four-phase framework for holistic and clinical skin care. It integrates the best of Western scientific research, Eastern medicine and integrative wellness philosophy. It also looks at your biology, behaviour, goals and habitat to find the root causes of your skin concerns.
You're not just another patient in a clinic. Our dermal clinicians guide you through each phase of your skin journey:
- Strategy: understand your skin, history, lifestyle and goals.
- Rebuild: restore skin barrier, strength and healthy function.
- Regenerate: stimulate healthy cellular renewal.
- Maintain: protect results and age gracefully.
The strongest treatment is not always the best treatment. The right treatment is the one your skin is ready to use well. That's why all new clients begin with a Skin Strategy Session. Until we've properly assessed you and your skin, we can't recommend the best products, routine or treatments for you.
FAQs
Why do I need a skin consultation?
A consult gives us the chance to understand your skin and discuss your concerns, goals, availability, budget and downtime requirements before recommending products or treatments.
Is the clinic by appointment only?
Yes. Our Canberra clinic at G1/5 Constitution Ave is by appointment only.
Where is the clinic?
Our clinic is at G1/5 Constitution Ave, Canberra ACT 2601, and is by appointment only. Not in Canberra? Start with an online consultation.
How much does it cost, and how long is the appointment?
Current prices and appointment times are listed on our Phorest booking page.