About Dr. Olsen

Dr. Olsen

Certified Laser Specialist

Certified Laser Specialist Member, American Society for Laser Medicine & Surgery, First to perform Coolsculpt in Greater Washington Area with over 2,000 treatments to date.

Why choose Dr. Olsen for your aesthetic needs

As a previous model, Dr. Olsen brings to the practice the added advantage of quickly assessing your needs and knowing what will and won’t work. She is eager to bring all her passion and talent to helping you achieve your goals. As an added bonus, Dr. Olsen can share with you her best-kept secrets for maintaining youth and beauty. Let her help you to “get back the pretty.” Simple techniques. Simple tools. Minimal risk and downtime. All further confirmation of our philosophy of keeping it Simple.

Education

Dr. Shirley A. Olsen embarked on a modeling and fashion design career before pursuing her medical career, receiving degrees at Stanford and New York Medical College. She then trained at Cornell University - New York Hospital and the University of Connecticut to become a sought-after pediatrician.

After practicing for 15 years, she put her career on hold to raise a family and care for her terminally ill father. She then took advanced courses in the field of Laser therapy and skincare at Harvard and the National Laser Institute in Scottsdale, Arizona to become one of the best-trained laser specialists in the state of Maryland, performing spot, spider vein, and hair removal, wrinkle and scar reduction, and laser treatment of acne.

Laser Medicine is one of the newest specialties. To do it well requires full-time hands-on clinical experience over years, and attending meetings every year to keep up to date as there is constant improvement in treatment recommendations and machines. While performing laser treatments, Dr. Olsen evaluates the effect that each and every pulse has on her patient’s skin, and adjusts the lasers immediately as needed. She attended the Harvard Laser Medicine course every year for the past 7 years. At the most recent meeting in October, she received confirmation from experts of her belief that combining modalities gives exponential results, greater than each modality by itself (the sum is greater than the parts).

Associations

For years Dr. Olsen worked closely with her partner, Dr. Gregory Dick, an eminent board-certified plastic surgeon in the Greater Washington area, in practice for over 28 years. He and Dr. Olsen are both members of ASLMS (American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery). For any skin lesions that do not appear amenable to laser treatment but instead may require surgical removal, Dr. Shirley Olsen may seek his second opinion. She may also seek him out for patients with severely aged or lax skin that may require surgery as part of the rejuvenation process.

“My personal touch, experience, and results are the reasons for many returning happy patients (who are glad to send me their friends).”

Schedule a Consultation with Dr. Olsen Today

To learn more about Dr. Olsen can help you, call us at 301-251-2600 or complete our online contact form to schedule a consultation. Olsen Aesthetics is proud to serve Rockville, MD and the surrounding areas.

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Office Hours

Monday - Friday: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Saturday & Sunday: Closed

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