Education supports a consultation. It does not replace one.
Website information can help you prepare thoughtful questions for a consultation. Individual assessment is needed to determine candidacy, expected outcomes, and the right plan.
Information to support your consultation
This website introduces Enhancement Institute, medical topics, possible treatment options, and useful questions for a qualified clinician. Individual medical advice, diagnosis, prescribing, and treatment recommendations are provided only through an appropriate clinical process.
Individual assessment
Anatomy, symptoms, health history, medication, prior treatment, goals, evidence, risks, alternatives, and the need for examination must be considered for the individual. A website enquiry or informational phone or video conversation can help with planning, but cannot determine candidacy or replace an in-person assessment when one is required.
When clinical care begins
Reading website content or beginning an enquiry is an informational first step. A physician-patient relationship and its scope of care are established only through the clinic’s appropriate clinical process.
Understanding off-label and emerging options
Some treatments discussed on this site may involve off-label use, limited or evolving evidence, or options that are not established first-line care for a particular concern. Off-label status does not by itself determine whether an option is suitable. Dr. Nel discusses the rationale, evidence limits, alternatives, uncertainties, and material risks with each patient before treatment.
Individual results and recovery
Suitability, effectiveness, duration, recovery, maintenance, side effects, and visible results differ from person to person. A specific result, permanent result, or complication-free course cannot be promised, and photographs or descriptions cannot predict another person’s experience.
Photographs, prices, and planning examples
Clinical photographs illustrate individual cases and cannot predict another person’s result. Published prices, filler-volume ranges, recovery descriptions, and timelines are general planning information. A consultation confirms the current product, proposed plan, inclusions, total cost, risks, and relevant policies.
Keeping information current
Evidence, products, regulatory status, professional guidance, pricing, treatment availability, and clinical recommendations evolve. A consultation provides the current information relevant to an individual decision.
Planning care from outside Vancouver
Enhancement Institute welcomes patients travelling from across Canada and internationally. Treatment and any required in-person assessment take place in Vancouver. A pre-travel phone or video conversation can provide information and help with logistics without implying that medical care is provided in every jurisdiction.
When to seek urgent care
This website and its enquiry forms are not monitored as emergency services. If you have severe pain, significant bleeding, difficulty breathing, loss of consciousness, signs of a serious allergic reaction, or another urgent concern, seek immediate local medical care or contact emergency services. Existing patients should also follow the clinic’s procedure-specific urgent-care instructions.
External resources
Research, professional directories, booking, financing, and other external resources can provide useful additional information. Those services have their own availability, accuracy, privacy, and operating practices. Information that may affect a medical decision should be discussed with an appropriately qualified clinician.
For personal medical advice, arrange an appropriate consultation. For urgent symptoms or an emergency, contact local emergency services.