Currently celebrating 34 years in the aesthetics industry, Blade Tiessen was the first male certified Aesthetician in Canada and is currently the owner of the well established anti-aging clinic now enjoying 20 years of successful business in beautiful historic downtown Orillia.
Graduating cosmetology and aesthetics in 1986, Blade opened his first salon and spa in his hometown community in 1988 but decided to sell it a year after to move Toronto to expand his experience in the industry. Throughout the 90ʻs Blade worked in several premier spas throughout Toronto including the prestigious Yorkville area.
Achieving Medical Aesthetic training in 1993, Blade began working with doctors performing procedures like micro-pigmentation, chemical peels and laser treatments.
Blade has also been involved in developing products since the mid 90ʻs formulating with several labs still today manufacturing beauty related products for several global companies. In 2001, Blade met his partner Ben and moved to Orillia (Ontario’s Lake Country and gateway to Muskoka) opening the areas first full time Medi-Spa.
Since establishing the anti-aging clinic in December of 2000, Blade has passionately kept himself at the forefront of the Medical Aesthetics industry gathering technology and education globally to build his brand, he was the first to offer (among many procedures) micro-needling in Ontario, originally using his micro-pigmentation equipment to dry needle scars and wrinkles in the late 90ʻs and progressing to rollers and then manual stamps by 2003. In 2005 Blade established the CIMA-Technique incorporating micro-needling with rollers and traditional acupuncture protocols.
In July of 2013 Blade was named the Canadian educator for Dermatude Canada, a micro-needle company from the Netherlands specializing in Meta-Therapy. Blade traveled with the company to Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver educating their exclusive Meta-Therapy protocols during the years 2013 to 2015 .
Blade Left Dermatude™ in 2015 to continue educating micro-needling as the North American educator for Dermapenworld™ until 2016.
Blade left Dermapen™ in 2016 to continue his teaching now with XCITE Technologies educating for Scarlet™ Micro-Needle RF & JetPeel™ technologies still currently educating for both brands in 2020.
Pictures from Blade’s international trainings are available to view on his blog @ www.bladetiessen.com
With his vast experience in various micro-needling equipment, techniques and protocols Blade opened Canada’s first micro-needle institute.