About Heather Polak Esthetics

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We recommend getting a facial every 4-6 weeks to maintain healthy, glowing skin. However, the frequency of facials may vary depending on your skin type and concerns. Our estheticians can help determine the best schedule for you.

Permanent make-up is also known as Intradermal Micropigmentation and cosmetic tattooing. It is a revolutionary method of skillfully depositing colour pigment into the dermal layer of skin to simulate natural looking or well defined make-up.

This process is a selective art form of traditional tattooing whereby the natural features of the face are enhanced and defined in the form of eyebrows, eyeliner, and lipliner/ lip colour. This technique is medically proven and scientifically designed to be safe.

Women who have difficulty applying make-up because of visual or physical limitations.
Women with active lifestyles who want to save time and the inconvenience of applying make-up daily.
Women who are allergic to cosmetics.
Women who shed their make-up easily due to oily skin or watery eyes.
Men and women who have scars from surgery or trauma.
Men and women who have light, sparse or no eyebrows or eyelashes.

In most cases discomfort is minimal. Procedures are performed using the most effective topical anesthetics available.

Unlike a tattoo, the coloured pigment used is meant to gradually fade over a period of two to five years. The length of time varies from person to person due to several factors such as the colour used, sun exposure and your bodies natural metabolism. 

Using tattooing camouflage techniques, we can assist both men and woman with hair loss concerns providing natural and unnoticeable corrections.

We offer IPL treatments, microneedling, and other options for pigmentation marks, sun spots and age spots.

Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) is a non-invasive treatment (a wand is passed over the skin) that uses high intensity pulses of visible light. IPL can be utilized for many treatments including hair removal or to improve the appearance of various skin conditions. The light emitted is attracted and absorbed by chromophores (specific cells). By triggering different chromophores, the IPL is able to treat many skin conditions such as wrinkles, rosacea, acne, and hyperpigmentation. 

Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) hair removal is an effective, safe method of removing unwanted hair and can be used to treat most areas on the body or face. Compared with other methods such as electrolysis and waxing, IPL hair removal is less painful and less invasive. The number of sessions needed depends on density growth cycle of hair. IPL uses a broad spectrum visible light which can more effectively treat lighter (blonde/grey) hairs, as opposed to traditional laser hair removal targeting only dark, course hairs. Contrary to common myth, IPL nor any procedure will cause hair to grow back darker or fuller.

Contrary to common myth, IPL, waxing, microneedling, dermaplaning, nor any procedure will cause hair to grow back darker, thicker or stubbly. 

Dermaplaning is a medical grade resurfacing treatment that uses a medical instrument to precisely plane the skin’s surface, removing dead skin cells and peach fuzz. The improvements to skin texture and tone – without sensitivity or downtime – are what makes this treatment a cult favourite amongst beauty enthusiasts.

Enjoy instantly smooth, luminous skin with the ease of a quick, comfortable and relaxing dermaplaning treatment. Our expert practitioners are here to help you realize noticeable improvements to your skin with dermaplaning: fine lines are smoothed, pores refined and textural irregularities are diminished. With continuous treatments, the fine vellus hairs that are trimmed down may become even finer.

Microneedling (Dermaroller) is a minimally invasive treatment that stimulates growth of collagen and elastin, leaving you with youthful-looking skin!

Microneedling uses a small, hand-held instrument with tiny needles that penetrate the skin at various levels. These micro-injuries allow the skin to heal and repair itself, and new collagen and elastin to form while breaking down old collagen.

This treatment has many skin benefits, including treating acne scars, stretch marks, wrinkles, fine lines, enlarged pores, and uneven skin texture.

At HPE we utilize the Xtreme Lashes Semi-Permanent Eyelash Extensions product and procedure.  Xtreme Lashes are single strands of synthetic lashes that are applied one by one to your own natural lashes. Each synthetic strand is tapered at the tip with a thick base and curled to replicate a natural lash. Xtreme Lashes are meticulously and delicately attached one lash extension to one natural lash at a time for a total of 70 to 120 lash extensions per eye. 

The procedure typically takes anywhere from 1 ½ hours to 2 hours, depending on the expertise of the lash stylist and the number of lashes being applied per eye. Clients are comfortably reclined on an esthetic bed with their eyes closed, and lower lashes are covered to prevent the top lashes from adhering to the bottom lashes. The procedure is non-invasive, painless and so relaxing that clients typically fall asleep!

During the application, the Xtreme Lashes Lash Stylist will isolate one natural lash and attach one Xtreme Lashes lash extension to the isolated hair about 1mm from the eyelid so that none of the eyelash extensions actually touch the skin or stick to each other. Extensions are adhered using one of the Xtreme Lashes High Performance adhesives—the safest and longest-lasting line of adhesives developed specifically for the Xtreme Lashes Eyelash Extension procedure.

The Xtreme Lashes Semi-Permanent Eyelash Extensions product and procedure can last indefinitely with 45 minute refills every 2-3 weeks. Like your scalp hair, natural eyelashes grow and shed in a cycle, which is typically about 60 days (2 months). When a natural eyelash matures and falls out, a new eyelash has already been growing and quickly replaces it.

People typically shed between 1 and 5 natural lashes each day, depending on their individual growth cycles. When properly applied, an Xtreme Lashes extension will remain in place until the natural lash on which it rests falls out. Refills are necessary to replenish the fallen hairs and maintain the look.