Filipino Health, Beauty and Wellness in Brisbane

AL 4 Beauty is a Brisbane hair and makeup business run by artist Carein Dutta (Carpio) and based in Kedron. It provides bridal party, special occasion and photoshoot hair and makeup across Brisbane and has more than 200 Facebook reviews.

Beauty by Maggie is a licensed cosmetic tattoo studio in Sunnybank Hills that describes itself as a Filipino-Taiwanese family business and advertises to Brisbane's kababayan. It specialises in nano and ombre brows, eyeliner and lip tattooing, and skin treatments.

Beyoutiful Hair & Spa Studio is a by-appointment hair and beauty studio in Upper Mount Gravatt that promotes its services in Brisbane Filipino community groups. It offers hair rebonding and straightening, colour and foils, keratin and nanoplasty treatments, Pinoy-style manicures and pedicures, lash extensions, threading and waxing.

BrowsnSkincare is a skin, brow and laser clinic in North Ipswich, with a second base in Dalby, run by a Filipino owner who welcomes kabayan clients. It offers acne and pigmentation facials, Hydrafacials, microneedling, RF and HIFU skin tightening, pico laser and laser hair removal, with after-hours and weekend appointments.

Discernment Counselling is the Brisbane counselling practice of Loida Mendoza-Salita, an ACA-registered counsellor with a Master of Counselling and a psychology degree from the Philippines. She offers person-centred sessions in English and Filipino for life transitions, grief and loss, stress and anxiety, and adjusting between cultures, mostly by telehealth.

Dr Bernadette Panlaque is a Filipino general paediatrician at Ipswich Paediatrics and Pring Street Family Medical Practice in the Cunningham Specialist Centre, Ipswich. She sees children by referral, speaks English and Tagalog, and the practice also runs a bulk-billing GP clinic.

Dr Cecilio Arenas is a GP at Our Medical Home North Lakes with 25 years in general practice, most recently in the Browns Plains area. He speaks English, Filipino and Tagalog and has interests in family medicine, antenatal care, men's and women's health and skin cancer surgery.

Dr Evangeline (Eve) Marzan is a GP at Medicross Jimboomba who practised emergency medicine in the Philippines before moving to Australia in 2005. Fluent in English and Tagalog, she previously worked at Logan Hospital and in general practice in Daisy Hill and Laidley.

Dr Gliceria Aznar is a GP at Springfield Medical & Dental Centre who graduated from the Cebu Institute of Medicine in 1987 and has practised in Australia since 2005. She speaks English and Tagalog and sees patients in person from Monday to Thursday, with telehealth consultations on Fridays.

Dr Jo-Ann Borja-Erece is a GP at Springfield Medical & Dental Centre on Topaz Road who speaks English and Tagalog. A Fellow of the RACGP with more than 15 years in general practice in Australia and New Zealand, she was previously a university lecturer in the Philippines and has interests in women's health and mental health.

Dr Joan Frangue is an internationally trained GP at Strathpine GP Superclinic on Gympie Road who speaks English and Tagalog. After years as a hospital doctor in the UK, her interests include women's and men's health, aged care, skin checks, family planning, diabetes management, minor surgery and palliative care.

Dr Julius Soriano is a skin cancer doctor at Skin C Skin Cancer Clinic in Ipswich who speaks Cebuano and Tagalog. He earned his Doctor of Medicine in 2003, became a Fellow of the RACGP in 2015 and provides skin checks, ongoing skin surveillance and skin cancer surgery.

Dr Katrina Tiongco is a GP at Lutwyche Family Practice who speaks English and Tagalog and is accepting new patients. A Fellow of the RACGP who has worked in Queensland general practice since 2011, she covers women's health, acute and chronic conditions, refugee health and veterans' health, and also consults at Family Plus Medical Practice in Aspley.

Dr Loreta Blanco is a GP at Richlands Medical Centre in Richlands Plaza who interned at the Armed Forces of the Philippines Medical Centre before moving to Australia in 2003. A Fellow of the RACGP who worked for years in Ayr, she speaks English and Tagalog.

Dr Ma Leah Cortez is a GP at Sinnamon Park Medical Centre who speaks English and Tagalog. A former paediatric registrar at Queensland hospitals including the Mater Children's Hospital and Logan Hospital, she has interests in paediatrics, child health, antenatal care, women's health and chronic disease management.

Dr Maria Cristina Landagan is a Filipino GP at Dayboro Medical Centre who is fluent in English and Tagalog. She has special interests in travel medicine, children's and women's health, osteoporosis, chronic disease and thyroid problems, and is an RACGP examiner.

Dr Mary Janice Polotan is a GP at Thornlands General Practice in Panorama Place who speaks English, Bisaya and Tagalog. She has more than a decade of experience as a doctor, completed postgraduate training at the Mater Hospital and also consults at Acacia Ridge Medical Centre.

Dr Melody Dumanhug is a Tagalog-speaking GP at My Medical Centre Springfield Orion in the Orion Springfield Central shopping centre. Her interests include family health, travel medicine, antenatal care, chronic disease management, women's health and paediatrics.

Dr Necensia (Nece) Agbuya is a GP at Doctors at Regents Park who earned her medical degree at Saint Louis University in the Philippines and became a Fellow of the RACGP in 2010. She practises family medicine for all ages and speaks English and Tagalog.

Dr Randolph Taylan is a Philippines-trained GP and Fellow of the RACGP at Strathpine Family Medical Centre in Strathpine Plaza. He has practised in Australia since 2005 and his clinic profile lists Tagalog among his languages.

Dr Raquel Galman is a GP at My Medical Centre Springfield Orion who graduated in medicine from the University of Santo Tomas and completed family medicine residency at UP-PGH in the Philippines. A Fellow of the RACGP who has worked as a GP around Springfield since 2009, she speaks English and Tagalog and sees patients from newborns to older adults.

Dr Rey Mangubat is a GP at Acacia Ridge Medical Centre in the Acacia Ridge Shopping Centre who speaks English, Cebuano and Tagalog. A Fellow of the RACGP, he focuses on travel medicine, men's health, children's health, mental health, sexual health and skin checks.

Dr Rodelio Manzano is a GP at Strathpine GP Superclinic, where he has worked since 2018, and speaks English and Tagalog. A Fellow of the RACGP, he has interests in chronic disease, mental health, men's health, antenatal care, general paediatrics and general medicine.

Dr Rose Ruiz is a GP at My Medical Centre Springfield Orion who first trained as an obstetrician and gynaecologist in the Philippines and speaks English and Tagalog. She focuses on women's health and youth mental health, with added training in cosmetic medicine and skin cancer surgery.

Dr Viola Nunal Laurel is a Philippines-born dentist at Brisbane Dental on George Street in the Brisbane CBD. A former oral health therapist who graduated in dentistry from Griffith University, she speaks English, Cebuano and Tagalog.

Fluid Solutions is a husband-and-wife NDIS support business based in Woolloongabba that describes itself as Filipino-owned in the Filipino Brisbane Community group. It provides support work, community access, capacity building, transport, domestic assistance, weekend respite, youth mentoring and martial arts-based support across Brisbane.

Gregson & Co is a hair studio in Teneriffe led by Filipino-Australian stylist Gregson Gastar, a winner of the AHFA People's Choice Award. It offers tailored cuts, colour, perms, texturising and keratin smoothing from Salon Lane in the Willoughby & Co Woolstores building.

Healing Hands by Lui is a private remedial massage clinic in Calamvale founded by Lui Pagarigan, who blends Australian remedial massage with the orthopaedic physiotherapy training she gained in the Philippines. It offers remedial, relaxation, pregnancy and lymphatic drainage massage, with HICAPS health fund rebates.

JBS Hair & Beauty Salon is a Stafford hair and beauty salon run by a Filipino owner that advertises to the Brisbane Filipino community. It offers haircuts, colour and highlights, rebonding and keratin or nanoplasty straightening, Pinoy-style manicures and pedicures, and eyelash extensions.

Mustachery on Brunswick is a New Farm barbershop owned by Filipino-Australian barber Jo Pasion-Roberts, who took over the established shop in 2022 and was profiled by SBS Filipino. It offers men's cuts, fades, beard work, hot towel shaves and washes on Brunswick Street, with bookings and walk-ins.

Shepherd's Nursing Services is a Filipino-owned registered NDIS provider based in Algester, run by the Ubaldo family. It provides nursing, personal care, respite, household tasks and community access support to NDIS participants across Brisbane.

Third Spring Medical is a doctor-led wellness clinic on Edward Street in the Brisbane CBD, co-founded by Ace Tamayo and Harry Lewis and promoted as a Filipino-owned clinic. It offers IV nutrient therapy, blood testing, hormone and men's health care, metabolic weight management and longevity medicine, with further clinics in Wilston and Surfers Paradise.