Skinworks
Under our open methodology this clinic scores 85.1/100 on structural verification: physician certification, licences, facility and legal-entity traceability, identifier disclosure and advertising honesty.
Rank #1 of 10 ranked clinics · last checked 29 August 2026
- Specialist-led
Summary
Single-site cosmetic plastic surgery clinic in Vancouver. Responsible plastic surgeon named with role and tied to this address; specialist certification and medical licence matched by name in the official British Columbia physician register. The facility is separately listed in the official non-hospital surgical facility accreditation list under the same director and address. No legal entity name is published by the clinic.
Axis by axis
rubric value 1–5 · ? could not verify (no points, not a negative finding) · — not applicable: this country has no register of that class · OFF official register · SEC secondary source
| Axis | Finding (rubric anchor) | Value | Source class | Weight | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | Specialist certification of the responsible physician Found by name or number; specialty matches what is advertised; status current. CPSBC registrant directory: 'Carr, Nicholas John', practice type 'Specialty practice - plastic surgery', address matches this clinic exactly. [board] |
OFF | 26 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M2 | Identifiability of the responsible physician Physician(s) named with role and tied to this address. |
SEC | 16 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M3 | Basic medical licence Matched by licence number. CPSBC: MSP 06966, Licence status Practising, Licence class Full. [board] |
OFF | 8 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M4 | Facility registration Record found: name, address and status match. CPSBC Non-Hospital Medical and Surgical Facilities Accreditation Program list: 'Skinworks Surgery Centre', Director Dr. Nicholas Carr, 3578 41 Ave W, Vancouver, Class 1 General Anesthesia — matches this clinic's address and named physician. [facility] |
OFF | 10 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M5 | Legal-entity traceability Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 8 | 2026-08-29 |
| M6 | Self-disclosure of identifiers Logos without numbers. Physician credentials (MD, FRCSC) stated as text; no licence or registration numbers published. [site] |
SEC | 10 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M7 | Advertising honesty One or two soft superlatives. One unattributed superlative found describing the surgeon. [site-carr] Dr. Nick Carr is a leading Vancouver specialist in cosmetic plastic surgery |
SEC | 12 | 2026-08-29 | |
| M8 | Cross-locale consistency Could not verify — no points, counts against coverage, not a negative finding. |
? | ? | 5 | 2026-08-29 |
| M9 | Patient documents Two or three. Aftercare and complication-avoidance guidance published for the pre- and post-operative period; no dedicated consent, revision-policy or complaint-route page found on the surveyed pages. [site-prepost] |
SEC | 5 | 2026-08-29 |
Score ceilings
No ceiling applies. We never apply one on 'not found' alone.
Holds
No hold on this profile.
Inclusion policy
Four mechanical conditions. The first three decide whether a clinic is listed at all; the fourth decides whether it can be scored.
| Identifiable: live public surface + working in-country contact | verified yes [site] |
|---|---|
| Provides the service itself (not an aggregator, booking site or tour packager) | verified yes [site] |
| In scope: the intervention is performed by a physician | verified yes [site] |
| Names a responsible physician | verified yes [site] |
Who is responsible
Named physicians and the legal entity, as published and as matched in the registers. A missing number is a statement about disclosure, not about licensing.
| Physician | Role | Register ID |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Nick Carr, MD, FRCSC [site] [site-carr] [board] | Plastic surgeon | MSP 06966 |
| Dr. Dick Lee, MD, FRCPC [site-lee] | Anesthesiologist | not published |
Legal entity: could not verify
Scope and procedure segments
Clinic focus: specialist (no focus adjustment) [site]
- Rhinoplasty: verified yes →
- Breast surgery: verified yes →
- Liposuction & body contouring: verified yes →
- Hair transplant: verified no
- Injectables: verified no
- Medical weight loss: verified no
- Sanctions / discipline register (CPSBC 'Public notifications' — Disciplinary actions / Non-nominal disciplinary actions / Interim orders tables, College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia; equivalent is the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal (OPSDT) 'Tribunal Outcomes' feed (via dialogue.cpso.on.ca) for Ontario): no entry found [notifications]
What we could not verify
- M5 · Legal-entity traceability
- M8 · Cross-locale consistency
These cells score nothing and count against coverage, but they are not negative findings. If you can point to a public source, send it.
Contact details
| Website | https://skinworks.ca/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | 604-733-9711 |
| Address | 3578 West 41st Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6N 3E6 |
| City | Vancouver |
For identification only; details change — verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | Class | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| site | https://skinworks.ca/ | clinic's own site | clinic name, address, phone, physicians named with role, menu | 29 August 2026 |
| site-carr | https://skinworks.ca/dr-nick-carr/ | clinic's own site | surgeon bio, credentials, marketing language | 29 August 2026 |
| site-lee | https://skinworks.ca/dr-dick-lee/ | clinic's own site | anesthesiologist name, role, credentials | 29 August 2026 |
| site-prepost | https://skinworks.ca/cosmetic-surgery/pre-and-post-operative-care/ | clinic's own site | aftercare and complication-avoidance guidance | 29 August 2026 |
| board | https://www.cpsbc.ca/directory | official register | 2-step: GET https://www.cpsbc.ca/directory (form_build_id) then POST https://www.cpsbc.ca/directory?ajax_form=1 (ps_last_name=Carr) then GET https://www.cpsbc.ca/directory/search-result — 'Carr, Nicholas John', MSP 06966, Licence status Practising, Licence class Full, Practice type Specialty practice - plastic surgery, address 3578 41 Ave W, Vancouver, BC, V6N 3E6, phone 604-733-9711 | 29 August 2026 |
| facility | https://www.cpsbc.ca/files/pdf/NHMSFAP-Accredited-Facilities.pdf | official register | pdftotext extraction — 'Skinworks Surgery Centre', 3578 41 Ave W, Vancouver, Director: Dr. Nicholas Carr, Class 1: General Anesthesia, Phone 604-733-9711 | 29 August 2026 |
| notifications | https://www.cpsbc.ca/news/public-notifications | official register | GET — no entry for Carr among nominal/non-nominal disciplinary actions or interim orders (5 pages checked) | 29 August 2026 |
Change history
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 29 August 2026 | Initial collection. |
Correction or right of reply
Corrections are applied with a source link and logged publicly. A clinic statement without a source is published next to the data; the score does not change.