ONYX Medical Aesthetics

09/22/2016

Onyx Urgent Care is hosting an RPN Hiring Fair on September 25, 2016 from 12pm to 430. Interested candidates are encouraged to show up, interviews are on a walk-in basis.

05/03/2016

Two of our staff went to Sugar Sugar by Laura today and were blown away. She is hands down the best sugar-er (is that how you say it?). Their location is beautiful, and right down the street from us! If you're looking at hair removal that isn't laser/electrolysis, we strongly encourage that you book an appointment there! We were both first time clients, and it hurts so much less than waxing!

10/27/2015

Mark your calendars! Onyx Urgent Care is hosting a Flu Shot clinics on the following dates:
On October 28, 10am-4pm;
Saturday November 7, from 12pm-4pm;
November 12, 10am-4pm

10/16/2015

Articles like this are the reason that people are fearful of tattoo removal. When done using a PicoSure or (Health Canada approved) Q-Switch laser, tattoo removal is a safe procedure. If a patient is smelling "flesh getting cooked," your technician is in no way qualified to be performing the procedure.

If you're considering removing an unwanted tattoo, you need to do your research on the clinic performing the treatment, and the machine that they're using.

Statements like this are a mockery of tattoo “Flesh is burning,”...“Whatever is in the ink bursts sometimes and will cause a scab. We’re also causing a lot of trauma to the skin while we’re doing this. So, you are smelling the flesh getting cooked because there’s a lot of energy going into that.”

The explosion in tattoo popularity has also meant an explosion in business for tattoo removers.

10/09/2015

Mark your calendars! On Saturday November 7, Onyx Urgent Care is hosting an all-day Flu shot clinic from 12pm-9pm.

10/02/2015

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month! We're super excited to announce that our building is now offering Para-Medical tattooing with specialties in ar**la regimentation.

What exactly does this mean? Ar**la repigmentation is a niche sector of medical tattooing. Ar**la pepigmentation uses specialzed tattooing techniques to re-create an ar**la or ni**le after breast reconstruction/post-masectomy, reduce the sight of scars, or restore the existing ar**la to a more natural looking color and shape.

09/12/2015

Our Kitchener urgent care clinic and medical spa will be giving away 2 pairs (4 tickets) to see Taylor Swift on October 3, 2015. Contest entry begins Sept 15, 2015. Details to follow coming soon!

08/20/2015

With Summer holidays coming to an end, we've decided to open the Onyx Urgent Care Clinic on Saturday's for the month of September. Saturday hours will be 4pm-9pm. Our weekday hours will continue to be Mon-Fri 6pm-11pm.
Note: The clinic will remain closed on weekends until the month of September.

08/12/2015

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07/30/2015

Picosure and on one of client's multiple .

07/25/2015

We're really pleased to see all of the visibility that Onyx Urgent Care is getting in the community. Our hours of operation are Monday-Friday 6pm-11pm.

It can be hours before you see a doctor in the hospital’s emergency department, but that’s something that should get better with a new automated tech lab at Grand River Hospital and the opening of ...

07/18/2015

We're super excited to have this service in the Onyx Medical Centre, offered by the ever-talented Marci of Lashing Out Studio & Spa and Transformations KW

If you want to give the illusion of a shaved head, there is something you can do. Pan Foran explains.

07/16/2015

To contrast the long wait times in local hospitals, our clinic has yet to exceed wait times of 15 minutes. Onyx Urgent Care

Patients face long, ‘difficult’ ER waits in Kitchener and Cambridge

Waterloo Region Record
By Jeff Outhit

WATERLOO REGION — While three local hospitals generally provide good care, they force sick people to wait long hours to see an emergency room doctor.

Patients at Grand River Hospital in Kitchener waited almost six hours before seeing an ER doctor in 2014, according to new benchmarks. That's for 90 per cent of patients.

Patients at St. Mary's General Hospital in Kitchener typically waited more than four hours, and Cambridge Memorial Hospital patients waited almost four hours. The typical Ontario patient waits three hours to see an ER doctor.

Long ER waits emerge as among the worst local results among benchmarks recently made public by the Canadian Institute for Health Information.

Grand River says it sees the sickest ER patients first and is trying to speed the time it takes for physicians to assess patients who are not as sick. "We have some work to do for patients whose needs are less acute," Karin Olson, vice-president of clinical services, said in a statement.

To reduce wait times, Grand River is working with St. Mary's to recruit more ER doctors. It is adding discharge lounges to free up space for incoming patients, and making changes in medical imaging and ultrasound, to better handle evening surges.

St. Mary's said it is trying to ease ER bottlenecks. It recently added a hospital supervisor to help manage patient flow. "We know that it is very difficult for patients and families to continue to wait in the emergency department," Barbara Guidolen, vice-president of patient services, said in a statement.

The Record reviewed up to 15 benchmarks to find that local hospitals typically performed well for patients in 2013-14.

Local hospitals reported low readmission rates for recent patients. They reported below-average birthing complications, and below-average costs. Hospital deaths are falling over time at St. Mary's and Grand River, and are below the Ontario rate.

However, Cambridge Memorial is seeing more patients die after major surgery. The death rate, rising since 2011, reached 2.6 per cent in 2014. This exceeds the Ontario rate of 1.7 per cent which has been falling since 2011. Rates for other local hospitals are below the Ontario rate.

Cambridge Memorial said in a statement that it intends to reduce the number of deaths that follow surgery.

The Record compared three local hospitals across seven patient care benchmarks to find that St. Mary's performed the strongest, followed by Cambridge Memorial and then Grand River.

St. Mary's president Don Shilton credits "continuous quality improvement by our staff, physicians and volunteers."

07/14/2015

Because the Onyx Urgent Care clinic is so new, our wait times have yet to exceed 10-15 minutes.
Monday- Friday 6pm-11pm

07/07/2015

Our public open-house is tonight at the Onyx Medical Centre. Please note: We are NOT seeing patients this evening.

07/06/2015

We were on CBC News this morning! Public open-house is tomorrow evening, and our clinic doors officially open on July 8, 2015 from 6-11pm. Photo of Dr. Kam taken by herakovic Photography

Kitchener has a new urgent care clinic that will provide care for patients who need immediate assistance that is open later than any other in the region.

07/05/2015

http://m.norfolknews.ca/news-story/5708256-new-kitchener-walk-in-clinic-will-be-open-late

07/04/2015

Before and after of one .

07/04/2015

Awesome results from only one treatment.

07/04/2015

We're really happy that the word is getting out about the new clinic! Onyx Urgent Care opens its doors on Wednesday July 8, from 6-11pm.

A new urgent care clinic opened its doors Thursday and will be the only urgent care clinic in the region with late-night hours.

07/03/2015

The Onyx Urgent Care clinic is closed until Wednesday July 8 for staff training. After the 8th, we will remain open Monday's through Friday's from 6pm-11pm.

07/02/2015

Our Urgent Care clinic is having its soft opening tonight! Grand opening is next Wednesday :) :)

Kitchener is now home to an after-hours urgent care clinic. Onyx Urgent Care opens tonight at 580 Lancaster St. West. Doctor Michael Cam says the hospital emergency room is usually flooded with patients from 4pm until midnight. “Our goal is to try alleviate some of that pressure from the emergency d…

06/20/2015

Results from 20 mins post-procedure on a client's first .

06/20/2015

Results from one treatment.

05/22/2015

Due to a re-scheduling, I've got room for a consult or a treatment today for tattoo removal. If anyone is interested, give us a call at 519-404-1524

05/21/2015

Removing just the tip of the dagger. Pic taken immediately after zapping it- the white "frosting" goes away in 20-30 minutes.

05/21/2015

Different view of the .

05/21/2015

Red and puffy (pic taken 20 minutes post treatment), but great results for a first treatment!