Your closest clinic is in CityPlace
We are at 46 Fort York Blvd, a short trip from Yorkville. Free consultations, published pricing, and we are open seven days.
By Basil Russo, Founder, Bar Beauty Medical, 46 Fort York Blvd, CityPlace, Toronto
Yorkville to CityPlace is one subway line and a streetcar. Bloor-Yonge or Bay to Union on Line 1, then the 509 Harbourfront west to 46 Fort York Blvd. Door to door it is about 25 minutes and there is no transfer beyond Union. Driving it, down Avenue Road or Bay Street and onto the Gardiner, is usually slower and always more annoying, which is not something we can say about anywhere else on this site.
So the question is not really how you get here. The query that brings people to this page from Yorkville, more than Botox and more than filler, is the word facial. It covers at least five different appointments, and booking the wrong one is the ordinary reason a facial disappoints.
Facial is the most common search that finds this clinic from Yorkville, and it is the least specific. Two of the five below change how your face reads by Friday. The other three change what the skin is doing six weeks out and show you almost nothing before then. Choosing between those two intentions is the entire conversation.
| What you want changed | The appointment | How soon it shows |
|---|---|---|
| Skin looks flat and you have an event coming | Aerolase NeoSkin Custom Facial, $350 | Within a few days, and nothing to hide in the meantime |
| Congestion, blackheads, rough texture | An extraction and decongesting facial | The same day, with an hour or so of redness |
| Crepey texture and lines you only see in daylight | SkinPen at $400, taken as a course rather than a single booking | Nothing for a fortnight, then a slow gain that outlasts the course |
| Redness and visible vessels | Aerolase Neo Elite at 1064 nm, $300 a half face | Fading runs over one to two weeks, never on the day |
| Pigment and sun damage | Assessment first, because melasma and sun spots are different problems | A written plan, and sometimes the honest answer that we would not treat it that way |
Melasma is a relapsing condition and nobody should promise you clearance of it. Consultations are free and so is the skin analysis, which is the appointment to book if you are not sure which row above you are in.
Why the first two rows are not the other three
The distinction that matters is not gentle against aggressive. It is whether the appointment works on the surface or under it. An extraction facial and a NeoSkin pass change what is on and immediately below the skin, so they read as an improvement almost at once and they fade on the same timescale. Microneedling and a laser series work by provoking a repair response, which means nothing visible for a fortnight and then a change that keeps going after you stop paying for it. Both are legitimate. Buying the second when you needed the first, three days before a wedding, is not.
The other thing worth saying to anyone booking a facial at a Yorkville price point: the extraction and the massage are the least expensive parts of any of these. What you are paying for in a medical clinic is the assessment that decides which one you are in, and the ability to say no to the one you asked for.
What else Yorkville books here
- Botox. $10 a unit, quoted in units rather than by area, so a small forehead and a large one do not cost the same. Dysport and Nuceiva are quoted at the consult, because units are not interchangeable between toxin brands and a per-unit figure would flatter one of them.
- Filler. Lips are $750 for a full syringe and $500 for the half-syringe Signature Mini Lip Plump. Face and jaw work is quoted at the consult by area.
- PRP. $600 for the face, $700 combined with microneedling.
- Microneedling. SkinPen at $400 or ProCell at $350.
What is actually on the shelf
Stylage from Vivacy, Revanesse from Prollenium, Teosyal Redensity 1 and Redensity 2 from Teoxane, plus Sculptra and Radiesse. Lips run on Revanesse. We do not carry Juvederm, Restylane, Xeomin or Profhilo. If you have been treated with one of those and want to continue with it, the honest answer is that we are not the clinic for that particular product, and we will say so at the consult rather than substitute quietly.
Devices are the Aerolase Neo Elite, InMode Morpheus 8, Forma, Diolaze XL for hair removal, Lumecca, Venus Bliss, SkinPen and ProCell.
Who is actually treating you
Worth asking anywhere, and worth answering here. The people who inject are Jasmine Saggu, RN, Aesthetic Nurse Injector, Peyman Mohseni, IMG, Cosmetic Injector, and Shahram Mafazi, IMG, PDD. The people who run lasers, peels, microneedling and facials are Julia Barabas, Medical Aesthetician and Glow Specialist, and Saba Deyhim, Medical Aesthetician, Skin and Laser. Those are two different groups and we do not blur them. Medical direction is Dr. John David Henneberry-Fudge, MD, FRCPC, CPSO #95972, a registration you can check yourself, who writes protocol and does not treat.
Booking notes
Nothing is charged for the consultation or for the skin analysis. Intake is online before you arrive. Nothing is injected before you have a written plan with product, dose and price on it. The booking system holds a card without charging it. Cancel with more than a day of notice at no cost. A no-show is $100.
Is it worth coming down from Yorkville?
That is your call and we are not going to make an argument out of it. What we will say is that it is 25 minutes on one line, the price list is published in full before you book, and the consultation costs nothing, so the cost of finding out is a subway fare.
Will you work on filler placed at another clinic?
Yes. Bring the record if you have it. If it is hyaluronic acid it can be dissolved, at $150, and we would usually assess before booking that rather than the other way round.
Ready to look into it properly?
Our consultation is free. We will look at your skin, give you an honest recommendation, and say so if a different treatment would suit you better.
Or call 416 923 1200 · 46 Fort York Blvd, CityPlace, Toronto
Questions about this treatment?
Ask us anything before you book. Consultations are free, and we will tell you honestly if a treatment is not right for you.