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REGENERATING ETHICAL ANTI-AGING By Clare Lamberth
Nicky Tzimas is an entrepreneur and business owner and has been a leader in the cosmetics aesthetics industry for over 25 years.
As the owner, founder and director of Regenerer Medical Cosmetics in Melbourne and the Cosmetic Professional Development (CPD) Institute of Australia, Nicky has built both of the successful businesses as a reflection of the knowledge, experience and passion she has for the industry. Nicky opened Regenerer in 2009 as a place where she could provide a range of injectable and non-injectable treatments to assist her clients with their skin concerns and appearance, under the guidance of doctors and registered nurses, dermal therapists and IPL/Laser specialists.
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As an early advocate of safe and ethical practice and continual educational development in the cosmetic industry, Nicky opened the Cosmetic Professional Development (CPD) Institute of Australia in 2011 where she has been instrumental in shaping the careers of healthcare practitioners and therapists within Australia. Nicky is at the forefront of education in the area of cosmetic injectables and is continually aiming to strengthen the standard for nonsurgical solutions and injectables.
Can you tell us a little bit about how you came to be in the skin and aesthetics industry?
I started nursing in 1991 and was became fascinated with women’s health, mental health, and advocacy for ethical informed consent. The fun of art and creating is what drew me to cosmetic injectables. It is my background in mental health nursing that underpins and drives my values and attitudes in ensuring best practice and evidenced based practice, making patient advocacy and service delivery and outcome my priority. Initially I started by moonlighting in the field as I was reluctant to move into the space full time at that time. The industry was still very new and not many nurses were injecting when started. There wasn’t much guidance or direction for management of adverse events, and that is something that always made me a little hesitant in my early days in this career. I am passionate about cosmetic aesthetics and regularly attend both national and international conferences to expand and update my knowledge, which I enthusiastically share with my team. Ultimately, I believe in continual educational development and this later lead to the birth of CPD institute of Australia.
