A glowing complexion, refined features, and quiet self-confidence have become the hallmarks of the modern professional, who is increasingly turning to aesthetic medicine as part of their personal development. But in a world saturated with trends, the risk of losing oneself in the process is real. Elyse Aesthetics was built as the answer to that risk.
“True beauty is letting your inner beauty come out,” says Dr. Marj Salazar, CEO and co-founder of Elyse Aesthetics. “It’s letting your best features emerge and align with who you really are. Beauty is not artifice. It is coming home to your best self.”
Dr. Marj, as her patients, colleagues, and team call her, recently launched the second branch of Elyse Aesthetics in Timog, Quezon City. Together with her lifelong friend, business partner, and co-founder Dr. Anne Caoile, she established the first branch in San Juan three years ago. In the booming aesthetics industry, Elyse has built a reputation as a go-to clinic for personalized, holistic care.
This message of authenticity has resonated deeply with patients who are increasingly weary of campaigns that pressure them to compete with the latest social media standard.
“We listen a lot,” Dr. Marj explains. “We ask what patients truly want and look into their actual needs before we ever prescribe a treatment.”
The Timog clinic offers a full suite of skin and non-surgical treatments, including baby Botox, face contouring, face lifting, and comprehensive face and body solutions. Among its flagship offerings is Elyse Skin Regen, a multimodal skin regeneration program that combines biostimulation, deep hydration with Revok50, laser resurfacing using LaserPore (LaserMe by Neauvia), a signature Glow Protocol, and the Dermalux Flex MD for medical-grade LED phototherapy. The result is skin that is visibly renewed: brighter, firmer, and deeply restored.
To ensure every patient at both branches receives the same standard of care, Elyse Aesthetics has expanded its team with additional aesthetic doctors and plastic surgeons, each rigorously trained and carefully selected to carry the clinic’s values into every consultation and procedure.
For Dr. Marj and Dr. Anne, the work has always been personal. “I know what it’s like to look in the mirror and doubt my own worth,” Dr. Marj says. “I grew up facing real hardship, and I dealt with acne that quietly chipped away at my self-esteem. It’s part of why I became a doctor, why I chose aesthetics, and why everything we do at Elyse is rooted in restoring not just skin, but self-worth.”
That belief, held deeply by both founders, became the foundation of Elyse Gives Back, an initiative born from the conviction that transformative care should not be limited by circumstance. From more than 1,000 entries, five deserving individuals were chosen to receive something rarely offered: a complete, end-to-end beauty journey—fully complimentary, fully personalized, and fully theirs.
“Marj and I built Elyse on the belief that beauty should feel like freedom—not a burden, not a standard to chase, but a coming home to yourself,” says Dr. Anne Caoile, co-founder and lead cosmetic surgeon. “Elyse Gives Back is that belief made real.”
Each recipient underwent a holistic program thoughtfully designed by Dr. Marj and Dr. Anne: skin treatments, injectables including fillers and biostimulators, and a customized rhinoplasty.
The journeys of Alyssa Sunga, Mica Voluntad, Aziz Barakat, John Sevi, and Mar Verches—from their very first consultation to their final reveal—are documented and available to watch on the Dr. Marj & Dr. Anne YouTube channel.
For Dr. Marj and Dr. Anne, the opening of the Timog branch is not a milestone to rest on; it is a new beginning. As Dr. Marj says, “It’s about fulfilling your potential and realizing that your true beauty makes you free to be who you really are, and to set yourself on the road to who you can become.”
