TORONTO — Ever since its launch in Vancouver in 2019, the experiential skin bar often known as Formula Fig has been shaking up the industry, democratizing the way in which extraordinary consumers can access reasonably priced, tech-led skin-rejuvenation procedures and coverings that were once primarily accessible only by the affluent.

“Everyone on Planet Earth has skin. That’s why we’re great believers in accessibility, affordability and in modernizing the way in which facial treatments are delivered to as many individuals as possible,” said JJ Walsh, who together with Anita Chan created the service-meets-retail concept whose goal is to deliver results-driven medical aesthetics with in an elevated environment.

Their final result, as Walsh said, “looks and feels nothing like your regular dermatologist’s office”.

“These spaces we’ve created are gender-neutral, so anyone at any age can feel comfortable here,” said the British-born Walsh, who worked as a former fashion editor at Tatler magazine before moving to Vancouver together with her husband and family in 2013.

Inside the verdant setting dotted with private therapy pods for clients, Formula Fig offers a curated menu of facial treatments and injections delivered by medical pros in half-hour or less.

Formula Fig’s following has grown steadily because the company’s launch in 2019, because of a brand roster that focuses on clean skincare, including Dr. Loretta, Venn, HoliFrog, Vintner’s Daughter and more; cost-saving membership options; no upfront fees, and coverings starting from $79 to $350. Today the brand operates three skin bars in Vancouver, Canada; a recent location on Toronto’s Ossington Avenue, and is readying its first U.S. site, which can open in Los Angeles’ West Hollywood this December.

So far, growth has been fueled by word of mouth.

“We’ve grown because when clients show up at a Formula Fig bar they know what to anticipate,” said Walsh.

“Typically you’d should go to a few places to get what you would like in your skin. Meaning a dermatologist for injectables, a med-spa for a facial and a retailer for products. Most of those places are intimidating and uninspiring,” Walsh continued. “Most are situated off the beaten track. Plus getting an appointment might be difficult and take up far an excessive amount of of your day. Formula Fig gives you what you wish in your skin while you want it.”

Popular services include Stingers, Formula Fig’s name for neuromodulator treatments that reduce the looks of tremendous lines and wrinkles, in addition to Fig Shots, which contain a mix of amino acids and other nutrients in a vitamin B12 base which might be injected into muscle tissue for the body’s immediate use.

Also on the menu are high-tech facials just like the All-In, which mixes exfoliation with advanced lifting, sculpting and hydration techniques to enhance muscle tone, lift jowls and eyebrows and minimize tremendous lines and wrinkles.

The noninvasive Lift + Tone — also dubbed the Fig Facelift — is one other customer favorite and uses medical-grate technologies to lift and strengthen the skin and help maintain the consequences of Stingers.

Other core offerings include Hydrate + Glow, which uses gentle microdermabrasion to remove dead cells and stimulate the skin and the Collagen + Texture treatment incorporating nano-needling technology to create micro channels within the skin for deeper serum concentrate penetration and collagen stimulation.

All this and more might be coming to Los Angeles, including filler offerings and collaborations with local brands to heighten that sense of community.

“To be a hit within the U.S. market we needed to be in Los Angeles. I felt it in my bones,” said Walsh, who’s already planning a second location to open in Culver City in 2023.

“We plan to expand quickly within the U.S. because we imagine there may be room for Formula Fig in major cities across the country. But L.A. is the worldwide center of health and wellness and has an energy to it, which very much suits our brand ethos,” she said.

Formula Fig will even launch its own skincare products in 2023. The brand has developed the products over the past two years together with dermatologists and skincare formulators based on data it collected from doing hundreds of facials.

“We’re excited concerning the range of results our products will have the ability to supply to our guests whether or not they are 17 or 70,” said Walsh.

“At the tip of the day, we’re a hospitality service that continues to evolve and deliver something we imagine is superior to even the most expensive offerings in today’s market.”