Looking Back on Six Beautiful Years

Six years ago, unsure and uncertain of how our little laser clinic would be received, Quentin and I borrowed against our own home and bought a tiny house in Prince Albert’s downtown, on a quiet residential street. Our thought was, if the community didn’t respond, we could quietly shut the doors, sell off the equipment and sell that little house.

My husband did boatloads of work to that little house, to restore it to its rightful glory. For months, he slaved in there after work, before work, and on every day off. We were scared to sign a long term commercial lease and honestly, couldn’t afford one. The mortgage rate on that little house was a third of the going lease rates at the time.

My husband’s hard work paid off.

We got many compliments on the little house from clients. Clients even came to call it “the little house” affectionately when they’d call me on my personal cell to make appointments. “Are you at the little house right now?” was a common question.

The business flourished. Another business in town was flourishing as well – A Healing Touch Massage Therapy Clinic. Being a client at the clinic, I was delighted when Jerri Frantik and then co-owner, Lisa Archer, called me and asked me if I wanted to move in.

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What an opportunity! It was a chance to be on a busy street, in a commercial compound, to have my own sign on the building, and to be in the biggest and busiest massage therapy clinic in town. It was an offer I couldn’t refuse.

With great trepidation, we sold the little house to a nice young family that was thrilled to get it. The family gave us flowers the day we handed over the keys and told us we had made their dreams come true. And if you know me, you know I’m a big old softie. So of course, I got all teary eyed.

And then we were movin’ on up…to the west side. It wasn’t a deluxe apartment in the sky (I’m dating myself) but it was a huge and momentous occasion for me, filled with excitement and fear. What if my clients didn’t like the clinic setting?

Honestly, some clients did miss the little house a little bit. But we all quickly adjusted and moved forward. Soon, it was like I’d always been there.

Then, in November of that year, Quentin and I purchased a major piece of equipment. This was world class stuff, only available in Toronto in Canada. It was the only piece of equipment that was Health Canada Approved for fat reduction on the body, skin tightening on the body, face and neck. It cost us a king’s ransom and it meant getting a business loan, but it was going to meet the demands of my clients. Often they would ask if I could do anything to their stomach or their butt or their jowls. Now I could. But it was going to cost more per treatment than the Cold Laser did. Would they be willing to pay it? I lost a lot of sleep during that time, wondering if such a big city machine could fly in PA.

And it did.

Boy, did it ever. With the expansion to our services, I needed more staff. I was lucky to be approached by two different clients with esthetics backgrounds. If I ever had a job, would I let them know?

Now, Results has a total of three staff. We fix tummies and bums and backs of legs. We fix bat wing arms and gobbler necks. We fix acne and rosacea and wrinkles. We give people more hair or thicker, stronger hair. We counsel people on skin care product ingredients to use and to avoid, based on their skin type. We get hugs. We get smiles. We get referrals. We get results.

Results has gone from a little house with two bedrooms to one room in the busiest clinic in town. Physically, we got smaller but the business has grown by leaps and bounds in six short years. We have clients that come from Alberta, Vancouver, Saskatoon and Regina, and from way up North. Many of our clients have to work hard to get to us and we are honored to have them.

Thank you, Prince Albert and surrounding area for supporting us and encouraging us. We are honored to be your ‘Skinformation Specialists’ and we promise to continue to offer you products and services that are safe, effective, that you can’t get anywhere else.

To celebrate our anniversary, Results is offering a prize worth $415 to one lucky winner. Every time you come for a treatment or every time you buy product, during June and July, your name is entered to win this fabulous beautiful prize.

Call your friendly neighborhood Skinformation Specialist at 306 953 1986 for details or visit Results Cosmetic & Wellness Therapies on Facebook, to learn more.