Chevron Island Health Studio

Chevron Island Health Studio Integrative healthcare for women, located in the heart of Chevron Island, Gold Coast

23/04/2026

Acupuncture is not a health hack, quick fix or something to squeeze into your Am stack!
It is an accumulative medicine that can create lasting change over an extended period of time.

What can you do to creating meaningful lasting health improvements?

☯️ 1. The best time to have sought care is immediately after you first noticed issues.
The next best time is NOW.

This client is younger so potentially things can resolve in less time. BUT regardless of age your body remembers what it’s like to be well. Let’s help you get there.

☯️ 2. Commitment to the thing.
What is the one thing you have capacity to commit to right now? Do that. And keep doing it.
The issue with hacks is that you are sold the idea of a quick fix. There is rarely such a thing.

This client committed to weekly sessions with herbs from the get go.
Time & money were invested. We understand that this isn’t always easy.

☯️ 3. She understands that there is still a way to go but because there’s been meaningful change already she’s gaining confidence in her body and is listen to the signs and symptoms with greater clarity.
Women with education backed with embodied experience make better (for them) choices when it come to their health care.

What’s one thing you could commit to to create lasting change.
(And cough ahem what’s one “fast fix” that we might let go of? )

Let us know in the comments below.
And if it’s acupuncture 😉 Comment Acu Nap and we’ll send you the link.

You've been running on something other than rest.We see it often in clinic - women who arrive saying they're fine, mostl...
09/04/2026

You've been running on something other than rest.

We see it often in clinic - women who arrive saying they're fine, mostly fine, just a bit tired. And then they lie down in a warm room and something in them finally unclenches.

Sometimes your body needs permission to stop before it can tell you what it actually needs.

The season is shifting. The days are getting shorter. And if you've been carrying more than usual… this might be the week to let something tend to you for an hour.

Saturday appointments are available by request - they fill quietly, but they're there.

What would it feel like to give yourself that?

06/04/2026

Saturday appointments have been building almost in secret.

They’re not visible for online booking - never have been - but they’re very much there.

Every second Saturday, a handful of spaces open up… and honestly, they tend to fill before I’ve even had a chance to mention them. I

know weekdays don’t work for everyone. Some of you are holding down jobs and kids and a thousand other things, and the idea of slipping away on a Tuesday afternoon just isn’t realistic.

So if Saturday has always been the only way this could work for you - now you know.

Just message me or reply here and I’ll hold a space for you.

If you've been sitting on the idea for a while.Maybe you've read about cosmetic acupuncture but weren't sure what a sess...
02/04/2026

If you've been sitting on the idea for a while.

Maybe you've read about cosmetic acupuncture but weren't sure what a session actually involves. Or you've seen the needles and thought… not yet.

Here's what it looks like in clinic. Fine needles - finer than a strand of hair - placed with intention across the face and scalp. BioLight LED therapy layered on top. And because this is Chinese Medicine, whatever is sitting underneath the surface gets tended to as well… your sleep, your stress, your hormones.

Most clients drift somewhere between awake and asleep. They leave looking rested and feeling genuinely restored.

The initial session is $165. The package of five starts from $625 - which is where the real and lasting change tends to happen. It takes a few sessions to build, and it keeps improving after you stop.

If you've been curious, this month is a good time to come in.

Comment GLOW and we'll send you the booking link

02/04/2026

You’ve probably seen LED masks everywhere by now.

And I’m not here to tell you they’re useless - they’re not. But there’s a reason the clinical version does something different.

In clinic, we’re using medical-grade light at specific wavelengths that pe*****te deeper and trigger actual biological responses… fibroblast activation, collagen production, inflammation reduction at a systemic level.

It’s not a surface glow.
It’s cellular change that builds over time.

And here’s the part I really love - by the time the light goes on in a cosmetic acupuncture session, your body is already in a completely different state.

Relaxed. Receptive. The nervous system has settled.

So the light isn’t just landing on your skin, it’s landing on a body that’s ready to use it. That pairing… the acupuncture and the light together… is where the real shift happens.

💾 Save this if you’ve wondered whether your at-home device is doing what you hoped.

They leave looking, and feeling, luminous.Women often tell me this after a session. That they feel as good as they look....
31/03/2026

They leave looking, and feeling, luminous.

Women often tell me this after a session. That they feel as good as they look. And honestly, that's exactly the point.

There's a version of skincare that asks you to fix things. To fight time. To keep up. And then there's this… lying in a warm room, your face and scalp being tended to gently, drifting somewhere between awake and asleep while your body does what it's always known how to do.

The cosmetic outcome and the way you feel afterwards aren't separate things in clinic. They never were.

Sometimes the most nourishing thing you can do for your skin is slow down long enough to let it be cared for.

When was the last time something left you feeling genuinely restored?

We get asked this a lot. Usually by women who've done their research and still aren't quite sure which way to go.Injecta...
29/03/2026

We get asked this a lot. Usually by women who've done their research and still aren't quite sure which way to go.

Injectables work on the surface by relaxing a muscle and adding volume to an area that's lost it. The results are fast and they're real. There's a reason so many women choose them.

Cosmetic acupuncture works differently.

The needles signal your skin to repair itself with circulation, collagen and tone, from the inside. It takes longer. But the results keep building after you finish, because your own tissue is doing the work.

The session is also a different experience altogether.

An hour of being genuinely looked after - micro needles, gua sha, LED therapy, scalp massage.

Most women leave looking rested in a way that's hard to explain and honestly quite hard to replicate.

PS You can keep your ‘tox while enjoying the benefits of Cosmetic Acupuncture but what we find is that most women fall back in love with their natural face in full bloom

Comment GLOW and we'll send you the details.

Hello there loves.I've been thinking about what I actually want to say for Endometriosis Awareness Month, and not the po...
27/03/2026

Hello there loves.

I've been thinking about what I actually want to say for Endometriosis Awareness Month, and not the polished version.

In clinic, I see a lot of women who've already had that conversation with a GP. Maybe more than once. They've been handed a script or told to go on the pill and come back if it gets worse. You’ve done rounds of surgery to varying degrees of success. The pain often worse for reasons no-one can explain.

And by the time they find their way to me, they've spent years - sometimes seven to twelve years - in pain they were told wasn't that serious.

Those aren't just statistics. That's a woman's life.

What I notice most is what happens when someone finally feels genuinely heard. When we look at everything together - the sleep, the stress, the cycle patterns, the way the body holds tension, especially in the pelvis. Something changes.

If this landed with you, save it.

“A collaborative team approach is considered the "gold standard" for managing deep infiltrating and complex endometriosis” **

If you've been looking for someone who'll actually listen… my books are open.

**Patel et al., *The multidisciplinary team approach to deep infiltrating endometriosis*, The Trocar (2025)

Your skin already knows how to regenerate. Cosmetic acupuncture just gives it a reason to.When a fine needle enters the ...
15/03/2026

Your skin already knows how to regenerate. Cosmetic acupuncture just gives it a reason to.

When a fine needle enters the skin, it creates a small, controlled injury. Your body reads that signal and responds the way it always has… increased circulation, fibroblast activation, collagen production.

The same repair process your skin has always been capable of. Just nudged back into motion.

And because this is Chinese Medicine, that nudge doesn't stop at your skin.

Every session is tailored to what's happening for you as a whole - your sleep, your hormones, your stress, whatever is sitting underneath the surface. The cosmetic outcome and your overall health are worked on at the same time, because in Chinese Medicine they were never really separate to begin with.

This is why results from cosmetic acupuncture feel different to a facial or an injectable. The change is coming from your own tissue. Which also means it takes a few sessions to build, and it keeps improving after you stop.

Swipe through for a breakdown of each stage.

💾 Save this if you've been curious but not quite sure how it works.

15/03/2026

These are the needles we use for cosmetic acupuncture.

Finer than a strand of hair. And the starting point for one of the most nourishing things you can do for your skin.

Each needle placed with intention - stimulating circulation, waking up collagen, bringing fresh blood flow to the surface.

The kind of glow that comes from your skin actually being tended to, not just treated.

Most people are surprised by how relaxing it is.

You're lying in a warm room, your face and scalp are being worked on gently, and most clients drift somewhere between awake and asleep.

They leave looking, and feeling, luminous.

If you've been curious, we'd love to walk you through it before you book.

Comment GLOW and let’s get you glowing!

To every woman who has sat in our treatment room...The one who finally made the appointment after months of telling hers...
08/03/2026

To every woman who has sat in our treatment room...

The one who finally made the appointment after months of telling herself she'd be fine.

The one who cried and apologised for crying.

The one carrying a body that felt foreign to her.

The one who came in depleted and left remembering, just quietly, who she was.

You are why we do this.

Women's health is not a niche. It is not a trend. It is a lifelong conversation that deserves to be met with expertise, with patience, and with deep respect.

Today we honour the women who show up for themselves, even when it's hard. Even when it feels indulgent. Even when they've been told there's nothing wrong.

There is always something worth tending to.

And you are always worth tending to.

Happy International Women's Day. 🌸

There are a lot of places you can get acupuncture.Not many where you'll walk in feeling depleted and leave feeling like ...
05/03/2026

There are a lot of places you can get acupuncture.

Not many where you'll walk in feeling depleted and leave feeling like yourself again.

At CIHS, we've built something intentional. A space that is warm without being soft. Clinical without being cold.

Because we believe the best results happen when you feel safe enough to actually let go.

When your nervous system trusts the room. When your questions are welcomed. When the person treating you has genuinely looked at you, not just your symptoms.

That's what we're here for.

If you've been curious about acupuncture but haven't quite found the right fit, we'd love to be your first proper yes.

✨ Bookings open via the link in bio.

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Suite 16, Level 1, 49-51 Thomas Drive, Surfers Paradise
Gold Coast, QLD
4217

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Tuesday 12pm - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 1pm

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