Senior Cosmetic Nurse, Bachelor of Nursing, AACMSNMW0001292435
Mary Chigwidden has been part of Contour Clinics since the beginning. As a co-founder, she holds a role that is as much about the culture and standards of the organisation as it is about the patients in her treatment room.
Registered as a nurse in 2010, Mary spent the first years of her career in intensive care, working rurally and at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney – where she continues to practise. That dual commitment to hospital-based and cosmetic nursing is deliberate. It keeps her grounded in clinical rigour at a level that shapes everything about how she works aesthetically. She holds a Bachelor of Nursing alongside postgraduate qualifications in Critical Care and Dermal and Cosmetic Nursing, and brings more than a decade of cosmetic nursing experience to her role at Contour.
Beyond her own practice, Mary has spent years helping establish clinics and teaching other practitioners across the industry. It is a role she values for reasons that are entirely patient-facing: teaching demands that you stay at the forefront, and her patients, she believes, deserve nothing less than the latest in evidence-based care.
What draws Mary to cosmetic nursing is the people. Many have been coming to see her for years; some across generations of the same family. She is interested in their lives, their concerns, and the full picture behind what brings them in. That warmth and curiosity are the foundation of her clinical approach. Understanding a patient’s lifestyle, timeline and priorities is how she builds a treatment plan that is realistic, considered and designed to last.
Mary’s areas of interest include chronic skin concerns – acne scarring, rosacea, pigmentation, scarring of all kinds – conditions where the where the impact on confidence and quality of life can be significant, can be significant. She is also closely attuned to the ways cosmetic technology continues to evolve, particularly where devices and regenerative techniques are now able to address concerns that once had few non-surgical options.
Outside the clinic, family comes first. Beyond that, Mary loves learning – she’s the kind who researches a subject until she finds a course in it.