Prescription Skin Care

Mr Stephen Gilbert is the Medical Director of Prescription Skin Care. Mr Gilbert specialises in cosmetic plastic surgery with a particular interest in facial rejuvenation, which includes the latest reduced scar, SMAS and volume-enhancing facelift techniques. He believes that the best results are only achieved when the skin has been refreshed. Prescription Skin Care provides this extra dimension. Mr Gilbert is a Clinical Director of The New Zealand Institute of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery.He graduated from the Otago Medical School, did his house surgeon years with the Auckland Hospital Board, was an inaugural Anatomy Demonstrator at the Auckland Medical School and obtained his Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in General Surgery in London. He then returned to New Zealand to train in Plastic Surgery with Sir William Manchester. He completed his Plastic Surgical training in the UK and USA. He was for many years a part-time consultant in the Plastic Surgical Unit at Middlemore Hospital, while running a busy private cosmetic surgical practice. He remains an Honorary Consultant at Middlemore Hospital. He has visited and exchanged ideas with many of the world's most innovative aesthetic plastic surgeons and presented his results internationally. He is involved in training young New Zealand plastic surgeons in cosmetic plastic surgery. He is an active member of the Australasian Society of Plastic Surgery, the New Zealand Association of Plastic Surgeons, the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the International Consortium of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, and Past President of the New Zealand Foundation of Cosmetic Plastic Surgery, and the New Zealand Society for Surgery of the Hand, and is a corresponding member of the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.

Julyan specialises in skin rejuvenation through injectable treatments dermal fillers as well as skin care products and advice. She has trained in the Plastic Surgical unit in Oxford England and has been working as a skin care specialist since 2004. Devoted mother to twin girls, Julyan is a high achiever, also practicing as a GP a few days a week. She is a valued member of the Prescription Skin Care team and highly regarded for her outstanding patient care and excellent results.

Angela is without doubt one of the most experienced and widely respected Cosmetic Skin Care Specialists in New Zealand. An acknowledged expert in her field Angela has contributed to health and fashion publications, including writing numerous articles for New Zealand's Fitness Life magazine. She has spoken at a number of industry seminars, including the Australasian Plastic Surgical training weekend for Doctors and the national Plastic Surgical Nurses Symposium. She was a guest speaker on the Good Morning television show talking about [treatment name removed] and dermal fillers and has had many radio interviews discussing a wide range of treatment options for cosmetic enhancement. After qualifying as a Registered Nurse in New Zealand, Angela moved to London and worked for two years in the world-renowned dermatology unit at St Thomas's hospital. During this time she not only gained extensive specialised knowledge in the field of dermatology but also developed a keen interest in the skin and associated treatments. This was followed by seven years in the Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit at Auckland's Middlemore hospital where Angela completed a one-year specialised diploma course in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Nursing. When invited to join Plastic Surgeons Stephen Gilbert and Janek Januszkiewicz in their private practice, with the main role to be supervising medical skin care programmes and to train as a collagen injector, Angela saw this as the perfect opportunity to combine her experience in Dermatology and Plastic Surgical Nursing. She started at Prescription Skin Care in 1997. After completing her initial training and qualifying as a specialist collagen injector, Angela was then accredited with a Gold Standard certificate - the highest award achievable in this field. With the introduction of new generation dermal fillers and, of course, [treatment name removed], Angela's training has been both ongoing and extensive. She attends seminars, advanced workshops and conferences in New Zealand, Australia, London and the USA. Angela is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgical Skin Care Specialists.

Julie has had over twenty years' experience as a Registered Nurse. Her career has been interesting and varied. Julie has been involved in many areas of nursing including specialising in paediatrics, accident and emergency, charge nurse of an adult and paediatric surgical ward for a number of years and spending time in the community as a practice nurse. While nursing she also worked in the fashion world and met some of the most experienced people in this field. Julie is now working exclusively in the Appearance Medicine arena at Prescription Skin Care. She finds it very stimulating and rewarding providing skin care advice and treatments. She is a certified Specialist Nurse Injector of Collagen and [treatment name removed] and enjoys helping maintain and improve others' appearances, and giving them key information so they can make the right choices to best suit their needs. "After all, we all want to look our best." Julie and her husband have two teenage children. As a family they enjoy an active life-style together. Her interests include skiing, boating, art, fashion, interior design and in any spare moments she loves to read up on what is happening world wide in this fantastic field of Appearance Medicine.