About Us

OUR PRACTITIONERS

MELANIE (HOON IL) KWAK

Registered Acupuncturist (R.Ac) & Registered Herbalist (R.TCM.H)

SPECIALIZATIONS:

FACIAL CONTOUR

VOLUME CONTOUR

MICRONEEDLING

• Registered Acupuncturist (R.Ac.)

• Registered Traditional Chinese Medicine Herbalist (R.TCM.H)

• Registered Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner (R.TCM.P)

• Member of CTCMA and ATCMA.

• North America Oriental Medical Plastic Surgery Association Canada President

• Korean Oriental Medical Plastic Surgery Association Vice President

MEET MELANIE

Melanie graduated from PCU College in Vancouver, BC and is a Licensed and Registered Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner (R.TCM.P.). Which is a Registered Acupuncturist (R.Ac.) & Registered Chinese Medicine Herbalist (R.TCM.H.)

She is also a Member of the CTCMA (College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of British Columbia) and ATCMA (Association of TCM & Acupuncture Practitioner in British Columbia).

As of 2018, Melanie has become part of Canada's President of "North America's Oriental Medical Plastic Surgery Association" and Vice President of the "Oriental Medical Plastic Surgery Association".

Melanie has a unique background along with the latest, innovative beauty treatment skills for the scope of her practice.

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

She graduated from a private elementary school in England (ST. BEDE'S Primary School) and took a “Middle school graduation Equivalency Examination” and “High school graduation Equivalency Examination”. Melanie took 12 different courses to pass the exam and obtained a 90% score at the age of 14. Melanie entered the Kyung Hee University in Korea at the age of 15 and afterwards she transferred to Kyung Hee Cyber University, therefore she can work at the “Cun Chun Korean Traditional Medicine Hospital” at the same time while she attends university to gain a knowledge of clinical experiences; in order for her to transfer to the PCU college in Vancouver Canada.

MELANIE'S SPECIALTIES

Melanie's background and passion to learning the "Latest, Innovated, Non-Surgical" beauty treatments such as, Advanced Facial Acupuncture which uses Traditional Acupuncture Needles with the latestet 4D Laser Machine to reconstruct ones face without surgery.

She also specializes in Microneedling - combination with EGF (Epidermal Growth Factor) Stem Cell Therapy, Aqua Facial (Intense Skin Repair). Melanie can customize an individual's face to help you bring skin radiant, youthful appearance and a reverse age of 10+ years.

ADVANCED MEDI-TRAINING

Melanie recently came back from South Korea, which is the "Beauty Capital of the World", and it is ingrained in the culture to take care of oneself. Practitioners and providers must impress consumers to survive in this hyper-competitive market, which leads to new formulation and proceedures both being high quality, and innovative.

Melanie's dedication of learning this natural beauty secret, obtained a North America Oriental Medical Plastic Surgery Association Canada President and Korean Oriental Medical Plastic Surgery Association Vice President.

Melanie's advanced medi-training background combined with her passion of learning has delivered results. She truly cares about her patients well-being perfectly which is suitable for Yaletown Wellness Center as a true destination for natural and alternative medicine in Downtown Vancouver.

To book an appointment with Melanie please contact us at (604) 633 - 0998 or email info@yaletownwellness.com.