Expert review
Your skin is not a template. A Canadian-licensed medical professional reviews your photos and history before choosing a treatment.
Get shingles treatment online
Shingles is a painful rash that works best with early treatment. Your clinician reviews your photos and symptoms and prescribes when appropriate, for example valacyclovir, acyclovir or famciclovir.
Shingles treatments
Antiviral medicines work best when you start them early.
Your skin is ready for a change.
Shingles hurts, and the first days matter. We review your photos and symptoms quickly, check for warning signs, and set up a plan for the rash and the pain.
- Canadian-licensed medical professionals
- Prescriptions sent to your pharmacy or delivered to your door
- Ongoing support from your Care Team
- CA$175 per consultation
Your care at a glance.
- Per consultation
- CA$175
- Available nationwide
- Canada
- Based on your clinical assessment
- Your plan
How it works.
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Tell us about your skin
Complete a quick medical questionnaire and upload a few photos of your skin concerns. No appointment needed.
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Get your personalized treatment plan
A Canadian-licensed medical professional will review your information and recommend a personalized treatment plan, including prescriptions when appropriate. Most conditions can be assessed without a video consultation.
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Start your treatment
Get your prescribed medications delivered right to your door. Medication costs are billed separately from your consultation.
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Follow up on your progress
At a follow-up, your clinician can review your progress, discuss side effects and adjust your treatment if needed.
No more guessing. Real care, from day one.
Evidence-based treatments
No trends, no guesswork. Your plan uses prescription treatments that dermatology guidelines support.
Photos, not appointments
Care on your schedule. Most skin concerns can be assessed from your photos and answers, with no video call.
Ongoing support
We stay with you. Send progress photos and message your Care Team when you have a question or need a refill.
Delivered to you
From prescription to doorstep. Pick up at your pharmacy, or have your treatment delivered to your door.
Simple pricing for your skin care.
Medication costs are separate. Ask your insurer whether your plan reimburses online consultations.
Skin assessment
- Medical questionnaire and photo review
- Personalized treatment plan
- Prescription when appropriate
CA$175
per consultation
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Start my assessmentOften yes, because the rash has a typical look and pattern. You answer a few questions and send photos. A Canadian-licensed medical professional reviews them, usually the same day, and prescribes when appropriate.
Shingles is a painful rash caused by the chickenpox virus. The virus stays in the body after chickenpox and can wake up years later. It usually shows as a band of blisters on one side of the body.
The virus reactivates, most often with age, illness, stress or a weak immune system. Adults over 50 are at higher risk. Anyone who has had chickenpox can get it.
Many people feel pain, burning, tingling or itch on one side of the body a few days before the rash appears. Then red patches and small blisters follow in the same area. Some people also feel tired or have a mild fever.
Antiviral medicines include valacyclovir, acyclovir and famciclovir. Your clinician decides which one fits you and whether it is still worth starting. Your clinician also talks to you about pain relief.
Antivirals work best when you start them within about 72 hours of the rash. They can shorten the illness and lower the chance of lasting nerve pain. If your rash is older, still contact us, because some people can still benefit.
The blisters usually crust over in one to two weeks, and the skin heals over several weeks. Some people have nerve pain that lasts months. Tell your clinician if pain is severe or does not settle.
Common ones include headache, nausea and an upset stomach. Your clinician checks your health history, kidney function and other medicines first. Drink enough water and report any side effect.
Get urgent in-person care right away if the rash is near or on your eye, on the tip of your nose, or around your ear with facial weakness. Eye shingles can threaten vision. Also go urgently if you have a weak immune system, a rash over a large area, a fever or confusion.
You cannot give someone shingles. But fluid from the blisters can pass chickenpox to a person who never had it or the vaccine. Keep the rash covered, wash your hands, and stay away from pregnant people, newborns and people with weak immune systems until the blisters crust.
Yes, though it is not common. A previous episode does not give lifelong protection. Ask your clinician about the shingles vaccine after you recover.
Vaccination can lower the chance of shingles and of nerve pain. Provincial programs differ on who is eligible and who pays. Ask your clinician or pharmacist once the rash has cleared.
Each consultation costs CA$175. Your pharmacy charges separately for medication. Ask your insurer whether your plan covers the prescribed treatment.