Unauthorized treatments provided by individual posing as a practitioner at MedSkin Laser Center in Sherwood Park, Alberta, may pose health risks

What you should do

• Do not receive unauthorized treatments from MedSkin Laser Center. Consult a licensed practitioner if you have received a treatment from MedSkin Laser Center and have health concerns.
• Check the status of those presenting themselves as practitioners with the College of Physicians and Surgeons in your province or territory.
• Report concerns regarding the illegal practice of medicine to the College of Physicians and Surgeons in your province or territory.
• Read product labels to verify that health products have been authorized for sale by Health Canada. Authorized health products have an eight-digit Drug Identification Number (DIN), Natural Product Number (NPN) or Homeopathic Drug Number (DIN-HM). You can also check whether products have been authorized for sale by searching Health Canada's Drug Product Database and Licensed Natural Health Product Database. For medical devices, although the Medical Device Licence (MDL) number is not required to appear on the product label, authorized medical devices can be found by search of Health Canada's Medical Devices Active Licence Listing (MDALL).
• Report any health product-related side effects or complaints to Health Canada.