About Larch
A small clinic, led by a physician.
Larch opened in South Pandosy in 2017. There are five of us, three treatment rooms, and one rule: you should leave looking like yourself.
Why a family doctor opened a clinic.
Dr. Maren Aalto practised family medicine in the Okanagan for twelve years. Patients kept asking her where to go for injectables, and the honest answer was that she wasn’t sure.
So she trained in medical aesthetics, and in 2017 she opened Larch: a small clinic where every plan starts with a medical consultation, the prices are in writing, and the aim is that nobody can tell what you’ve had done.
She named it after the western larch, the conifer that turns gold on the hills around Kelowna every October, drops its needles, and grows them back each spring. It changes with the seasons and still looks like itself. That’s the idea.
The team.
Every injector is a physician, a nurse practitioner or a registered nurse.
Dr. Maren Aalto
Founder and medical director
Maren practised family medicine in the Okanagan for twelve years before opening Larch in 2017. She does injectables herself and reviews every injectables plan the clinic writes.
Lucía Ferreira-Holm, NP
Nurse practitioner and injector
Lucía joined Larch in 2019. She does wrinkle-relaxing injections and dermal filler with a light hand, and she’s the injector most new patients see first.
Daniel Osei, RN
Registered nurse and injector
Daniel joined in 2021. He does wrinkle-relaxing injections and microneedling, and he’s the nurse on the other end of most free 15-minute calls.
Hana Nakamura-Bell
Medical aesthetician
Hana has been with Larch since 2018. She leads skin consultations and does our clinical facials, chemical peels, IPL and laser hair removal.
Theo Marchetti
Patient coordinator
Theo answers the phone, books consultations, and sends your medical history form and your written plan. If you have a question and don’t know who to ask, ask Theo.
The clinic.
Three treatment rooms and a consultation room on a quiet street in South Pandosy, a short walk from the lake. Free parking behind the building. We send the street address with your booking.
- Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- Thursday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Closed Sunday and Monday
Start with a conversation.
Book a consultation, or a free 15-minute call if you’d like to ask a few questions first. Either way, nothing happens until you’re ready.