Anti-Aging & Facial Rejuvenation in Vancouver
Facial Rejuvenation & Positive Aging in Vancouver
Facial rejuvenation at Shine MD is a personalized, physician-led plan that restores skin texture, tone, firmness, and volume as you age. At our Vancouver clinic, the team at Shine MD and Dr. Mona Khurana, MD confidently combine Halo and CO₂ resurfacing, collagen-stimulating lasers, radiofrequency microneedling, injectables, and medical skincare — matched to your skin type, your concerns, and your stage of life.
It’s anti-aging care built around positive aging: helping your skin age well, safely, for every skin tone.
Aging is a privilege, yet comes with challenges when the image we see every day does not reflect our internal youth and spirit. At Shine MD, facial rejuvenation is about helping your skin stay healthy, resilient, and radiant through every stage of life, using evidence-based treatments chosen and overseen by a physician.
Whether your concern is fine lines, uneven skin tone, loss of firmness, volume loss, or dull texture, Dr. Khurana and her team curate a plan that works with your personal aesthetic and image, ensuring you look rested, natural, vibrant, and true to your nature.
At Shine MD, CO₂ laser resurfacing is approached through careful assessment and personalized treatment planning. Our goal is to help you understand your options clearly while prioritizing safety, natural-looking results, and long-term skin health — whether you’re addressing acne scars, fine lines and wrinkles, uneven texture, or the visible signs of aging.
Dr. Mona Khurana has added the eCO2 3D by Cynosure Lutronic to Shine MD’s suite of advanced resurfacing technologies — a next-generation fractional CO₂ laser chosen for its versatility, precision, and its ability to be tailored thoughtfully across a wide range of skin tones.
What facial rejuvenation can address
Most patients come to us with a combination of concerns rather than a single one. A well-designed plan can improve:
- Fine lines and wrinkles — forehead lines, crow’s feet, and static lines that remain when the face is at rest
- Perioral rhytides — the vertical “lipstick lines” around the mouth that are notoriously stubborn for injectables alone
- Skin texture and tone — roughness, enlarged pores, dullness, and uneven surface
- Pigmentation and uneven skin tone — sun damage, age spots, and post-inflammatory pigmentation
- Loss of firmness and skin laxity — the softening of jawline and cheek definition that comes with collagen loss
- Volume loss — flattening of the cheeks, temples, under-eye areas, and lower face
- Redness and visible vessels — often part of the aging and sun-damage picture
The Shine MD approach: physician-led, multimodal, and measured
Skin ages on multiple levels, so a multimodal approach delivers better results and higher patient satisfaction. Shine MD is a physician-led, team-based practice, with highly experienced team members working alongside Dr. Khurana’s medical leadership. With first-in-class technology and vetted protocols, we take a measured, conservative approach — using each treatment thoughtfully, so results look natural and refreshed.
Our philosophy: prevention, correction, and maintenance
Prevention
Prevention is the first step to healthy skin as we mature. As with many health matters, it starts early. Shine MD offers medical access and integrated treatment plans for common skin conditions such as acne, rosacea, pigmentation, and skin lesion removal. Sun protection and daily sunscreen are among the most important, easiest, and most cost-effective interventions for how we age — and it is never too late to start.
Healthy habits and avoiding smoking further support skin quality and longevity. When skin concerns are addressed early, their long-term impact is minimized, helping you build control and confidence in your skin journey.
Correction
Sometimes skin concerns aren’t easily controlled, or life hasn’t allowed the time, resources, or capacity to seek care — and many patients simply don’t know where to start or who to trust. The most common facial rejuvenation concerns are fine lines, wrinkles, pigmentation, redness, volume loss, and skin laxity. To meet these needs, Dr. Khurana has curated a collection of treatment options and first-in-class technology that cater to every skin type and demographic, at any stage or age of life.
Maintenance
Once you’ve put in the work to get closer to your goals, Shine MD supports you in maintaining them. This typically includes an annual regimen of low-intensity, high-impact skin and laser treatments, medical skincare and sun protection, and regular touch-ups with your preferred injectable — Dysport, dermal fillers, or Sculptra. The aim is steady, natural skin health over the years, not a dramatic reset.
Building Your Treatment Plan
For most of our patients, this can feel daunting and overwhelming. We will always give you honest and thoughtful advice and move at your pace. Our patients are often relieved to know that there are many options available. Some patients like to go slowly and try one treatment at a time. Others like to advance their treatment plan quickly and coordinate different treatments and lasers in a short time to reach a particular goal. We are here to support you on your terms, in a safe, nurturing environment where we focus heavily on patient education and communication that is focused on understanding your goals and expectations.
Primary Skin Concerns we treat
Pigmentation and uneven skin tone
Pigmentation takes many forms — sun spots, melasma, and post-inflammatory pigmentation — and often more than one form appears in the same person, so we match the approach to the type of pigment and your skin tone.
Lower-downtime options:
- Forever Young BBL — our first choice for sun spots and sun-related pigmentation in lighter skin tones without melasma; also improves redness and small visible vessels.
- Aerolase — effective for both pigmentation and redness, and safe in melasma; a comfortable, no-downtime option that suits deeper skin tones beautifully.
- PicoSure Pro — our preferred option for melasma and for deeper skin types; this advanced picosecond technology is FDA-cleared to treat melasma pigment.
- Microneedling with PRP — a gentle option for pigmentation and fine lines for patients who prefer a non-laser approach.
Moderate-downtime options:
- Moxi and Halo — resurfacing lasers that refine pigment, fine lines, and texture. Halo is one of our most popular lasers, prized for the luminous glow it leaves behind, and both pair well with Forever Young BBL and Aerolase.
Redness and rosacea
Rosacea looks different from person to person; the two forms we most often see are erythrotelangiectatic rosacea (redness and flushing) and papulopustular rosacea. Both cause redness and visible vessels. We understand how much redness and flushing can affect confidence and quality of life.
Physician-led management for rosacea often combines topical prescriptions, oral medication where helpful, and a gentle skincare routine suited to sensitive skin. Laser treatment is a cornerstone that improves control and calms redness:
- Forever Young BBL — ideal for lighter skin tones without melasma.
- Aerolase — works beautifully for very inflamed skin, deeper skin tones, and patients with melasma or a tan.
Learn more about our rosacea and redness treatments.
Fine lines, wrinkles, and texture
Texture concerns include fine lines, wrinkles, perioral lines (the fine vertical lines around the mouth), acne scars, and pore size. We offer a full range, from muscle-relaxing injectables to advanced resurfacing.
Lower-downtime options combine injectables with select laser treatments:
- Dysport and Botox — relax the muscles that create forehead lines and crow’s feet, smoothing existing lines and helping slow the formation of new ones — both preventive and corrective.
- Skinboosters — a soft, fine hyaluronic acid placed within the skin for a more immediate improvement in fine lines around the forehead, lips, and eyes, and in acne scars; a series of three treatments a month apart is ideal, and they support the skin’s own collagen network for lasting improvement.
- Sculptra — an injectable biostimulator that activates your skin’s own collagen production for gradual, global improvement in volume, texture, fine lines, and luminosity; one of our most requested treatments, research-proven to improve skin quality and cheek wrinkles.
- Energy-based lasers (Forever Young BBL, PicoSure Pro, Aerolase, Moxi) — stimulate collagen while also refining pigment and redness, with comfortable treatments and low downtime.
Resurfacing lasers renew the skin’s surface and rebuild collagen at depth:
- Halo Hybrid Laser — our most-used resurfacing laser, a dual-wavelength treatment that improves fine lines, wrinkles, acne scars, pigmentation, firmness, and collagen, finishing with a luminous glow.
- Contour TRL (Sciton laser peel) — delivered at adjustable depths to target areas such as crow’s feet and perioral lines, with downtime scaled to the depth chosen.
- The ProFractional™ laser, also by Sciton, is a fractional erbium (Er:YAG) resurfacing laser that improves fine lines, wrinkles, acne scars, and overall texture. Its treatment depth is fully adjustable, so we can tailor the intensity and downtime to your goals and skin type.
- eCO2 3D fractional CO₂ laser — our most powerful resurfacing technology for deeper lines, wrinkles, and textural renewal. It creates microscopic channels that trigger collagen remodeling, with results that build over the following months. As an ablative laser, the eCO2 3D is best suited to lighter skin tones (Fitzpatrick I–III); for deeper skin tones we recommend equally effective, gentler options such as Halo, Aerolase, Moxi, and RF microneedling to renew the skin safely.
Microneedling tightens and tones while refining texture:
- Potenza and Morpheus8 — remodel collagen at depth; Potenza’s fusion tip can deliver skin-plumping hyaluronic acid into target areas.
- SkinPen microneedling — an effective, lower-cost, low-downtime option suitable for all skin tones, year-round.
Volume loss and skin laxity
As collagen quality changes with age, many patients notice flattening of the cheeks, a tired-looking under-eye area, and softening support around the lower face. Restoring structure creates a refreshed, rested appearance.
Volume:
- Hyaluronic acid dermal fillers — a safe, effective way to restore volume immediately to the cheeks, temples, under-eye area, and lower face, with conservative, natural placement.
- Sculptra — biostimulation for gradual, global improvement in volume and skin quality.
Firmness and laxity:
- AccuTite and Quantum RF — in-office radiofrequency-assisted lipolysis (RFAL) that firms the under-eye, nasolabial folds, jawline, jowls, and neck; performed with local anesthetic, with less than a week of social downtime. Often combined with Morpheus8 to enhance results and refine texture.
- Potenza and Morpheus8 — well-tolerated RF microneedling with fusion tips that can enhance delivery of PRP, Sculptra, or hyaluronic acid.
- CO₂ Laser — the Precision Peel refreshes your skin with quick, low downtime, while a deeper treatment improves fine lines and wrinkles and delivers skin tightening. Combined with AccuTite and Quantum RF, this is our “non-surgical face lift.”
Regenerative and skin-health support
- Exosomes and PRP — regenerative treatments that support healing and enhance results, often paired with microneedling or resurfacing.
- Medical skincare and daily sun protection — the foundation that protects and prolongs every result.
Anti-aging care for every skin tone
Melanin-rich skin responds differently to lasers, heat, and inflammation. Effective treatment begins with an expert assessment of your skin and appropriate device selection. This is one of Shine MD’s core areas of expertise. Dr. Khurana holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Practical Dermatology and has built the practice by investing in first-in-class technology designed to treat deeper skin tones safely. Patients with skin of color: your skin is celebrated here, with a multitude of options.
What to Expect
Every plan begins with a consultation to assess your skin, your skin type, your concerns, and your goals, and to build a synergistic sequence of treatments. Downtime varies by treatment — from essentially none (BBL, Aerolase, injectables) to several days of recovery for deeper CO₂ or Halo erbium resurfacing.
Your provider will set clear expectations for each step; we plan for meaningful, achievable improvement that is aligned with your natural aesthetic.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the best anti-aging treatments in Vancouver?
There’s no single “best” treatment — the most effective anti-aging results come from combining approaches. At Shine MD, that typically means treating skin concerns, volume loss, and skin laxity together. This includes combining resurfacing lasers such as Halo and CO₂ with injectables, and incorporating AccuTite and Quantum RF for skin laxity. Every patient comes in with a different set of priorities, so we let you tell us your concerns and guide you along the path.
What is “positive aging,” and how is it different from anti-aging?
Positive aging is our philosophy: supporting your skin’s long-term health and helping it age well at every stage of life. Many people search for “anti-aging,” and we deliver those same results-driven outcomes — grounded in evidence-based care, a measured and conservative use of injectables, and technology chosen for safety as much as results. The goal is skin that looks naturally refreshed and stays healthy for years.
What type of resurfacing is right for my skin?
The right resurfacing depends on your skin tone and goals. For lighter skin tones (Fitzpatrick I–III), our eCO2 3D fractional CO₂ laser delivers powerful renewal of fine lines, wrinkles, and texture. For deeper skin tones, we choose Halo, Moxi, and radiofrequency microneedling (Morpheus8, Potenza), which renew the skin safely while keeping your tone even and healthy. Your care team will match the right resurfacing path to your skin.
How soon will I see results?
It depends on the treatment. Dysport and fillers show results quickly, while collagen-stimulating treatments like laser resurfacing, RF microneedling, and Sculptra develop gradually over the weeks and months as new collagen forms.
Who delivers the treatments at Shine MD?
The team at Shine MD works in collaboration to provide high-quality, physician-led care. Our treatment protocols are developed to give you the most effective and safest journey as a patient. Injectable treatments are physician-delivered, while lasers and energy-based treatments are performed by our experienced medical aesthetic providers.
