Terms and conditions
Please Read below before booking in with our clinic. These are to ensure fairness and safety for all our clients. We want to ensure respect for our Clinician and the protection of the Dermal Clinic.
Visiting Clinic
When visiting the clinic, please arrive 10-15 minutes early on your first visit to have enough time to fill out consent forms and get the best out of your time with our Clinician. If unsure of the address or finding of the clinic, check your pre-booking email from us or contact the clinic for assistance.
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When arriving, please ring the doorbell, and our Clinician or admin team will welcome you into the waiting area.
Please bring belongings, medical referrals, medications, and skin care you are currently using.
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Please inform the clinic if you need to bring a child; if light-based treatments are booked in, they ,will not be able to enter the treatment room.
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Treatment + Skincare Pricing
All prices are listed on our site and are final. They may be subject to change at any time to conform to changes in costs from suppliers.
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Remember that you are visiting an allied health professional registered with the ASDC who has undertaken further stuides in Science for 4+ years. You are paying for her treatment, knowledge, experience, and qualifications. Further, she goes above and beyond for her time, providing you with treatment bookings contact, follow-up texts/emails, pre/post care, etc.
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The costs cover more than just your appt but the general costs of running a dermal clinic. Please check pricing before arriving to see if it is within your budget. Our Clinician strives to be an affordable clinic; hence, with her private setup and communication, she is always willing to create a plan you are comfortable with while delivering the best outcomes for your skin's health.
Payment
Payment is due before the Clinician performs any treatment. If on a package plan, we require 50% of the pack paid for before the first treatment and complete payment before the second treatment. Please remember that when consenting to a package split payment plan, you agree to the total amount and must have funds to pay on the second visit. If you reschedule the second appt to a later date, the second part is still due by the invoice date.
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If you do not have funds on the second visit, a late payment fee will be added per month it is overdue. This will be a $50 incurred fee. Terms will be reconsidered if communication with our Clinician is made before the due date to further assist you in making payment.
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We send via email / text an invoice that you may make payment via:
Invoice options: Pay Pal, Manual Card entry, or Afterpay
Cash
Bank transfer
Square Eftpos
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Cancellation/ Refund or exchange Policy
There are no refunds or exchanges for changes of mind. All payments made are FINAL!
I understand that Gia Quinta Skin does not give cash or any other refunds for change of mind. ALL treatment purchases are final.
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If you cancel or reschedule an appt within 48 hours of your initial visit, the $50 booking deposit will be redeemed.
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If this occurs within a 48-hour window on a treatment plan, 100% of treatment service will be redeemed unless a $50 late fee is provided.
Homecare Compliance
You should not scratch, pick, pull at, or abrade the treated skin.
Please understand that direct sun exposure and using a tanning booth are prohibited during this treatment time and that SPF 50 physical sun protection must be applied daily.
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To achieve maximum results and avoid complications, the recommended home care routine must be followed. Please understand that if you alter the routine or use products not recommended by our Dermal Clinician, the results could be changed or inhibitive.
Medical clearence
Please inform our Clinician of any health conditions to ensure duty of care and safety.
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Furthermore, we encourage a minimum of 12 months of skin cancer check clearance.
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Please be aware our clinician may, in consult discuss / referr you to a GP (health professional) to receive medical clearance prior to performing specific treatments i.e. skin tag, seborrheic keratosis lesions and other pigmentary lesions
Nature of Treaments
Please understand that there are no guaranteed results from treatment. Many variables exist, such as age, sun damage, ongoing exposure, smoking, excessive alcohol intake, climate, diet and water intake, skin thickness, and sensitivity.
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Considering the time frame of results, it may take several treatments to obtain the desired results.
Clinic Results and Exspectations
The result of a one-time treatment may not show results instantly, but once you commit to a series of prescribed treatments it may provide improvement. However, in order to see significant results, these treatments need to be done in a series by the recommended time frame and in combination with following before and aftercare.
General and common side effects from post procedure
These side effects mainly occur within 24-72 hours of most advanced dermal treatments and should subside as skin goes through wound healing and tissue repair. Our clinician will provide verbal and written post-care to assist with your downtime and a follow-up text/ email after your first modality treatment.
.Redness and Swelling
. Dryness
∙ Itching or irritation
∙ Skin peeling or flaking up to 14 days after the treatment
∙ Hyperpigmentation
∙ Acne breakouts
∙ Reactivation of ‘cold sores (Herpes Simplex)
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