About Isla Aesthetics

Who we are & what we do.

Our Story

Your aesthetic journey at Isla Aesthetics will begin with a comprehensive assessment where your questions, concerns, and aesthetic goals are addressed. Our highly trained medical professionals will provide you with suggestions and discuss what procedure options are available. A unique care plan will be developed based on your individual needs and the mutual decisions made by you and your provider.

Meet The Isla Team

Amber-Dawn Gurule, R.N. - Master Injector

Isla Aesthetics is the creation of Master Aesthetic Injector, Amber Gurule.

Isla Aesthetics is the creation of Master Aesthetic Injector, Amber Gurule. Amber is a wife, mother, registered nurse, and entrepreneur that thrives on education and learning new skills. She is a humanitarian and avid traveler and enjoys combining the two whenever possible. Amber has a passion and natural ability and understanding of facial aesthetics. So, when she identified a need for a more specialized, personalized, and modern approach to facial aesthetics, she strategically brought Isla Aesthetics to life.

Amber is a comprehensively trained member of the American Academy of Facial Esthetics. Amber’s approach to facial aesthetics yields natural and transformative results. She has spent years developing and perfecting her skills and has trained with some of the most well-respected providers in the industry. 

Her commitment to continuing education assures the highest standards of care and compliance in the area of facial aesthetics. She welcomes the opportunity to combine her medical and aesthetics training to offer her clients the safest, most innovative techniques in facial aesthetics.

Erica, Patient Care Coordinator

Meet our Patient Care Coordinator, Erica.

Coming to us from Colorado is Erica! New to Isla, Erica loves everything aesthetics and client interaction which makes her the perfect addition. A recent transplant to NM, Erica enjoys time with her husband and twin girls and finding all the amazing culinary experiences Albuquerque has to offer. 

“I was drawn to Isla as a client and loved the care and treatments so much I knew I had to be a part of it”

Karen O’Day, NP, Medical Director

Karen is proud to be New Mexico born and raised. Born in Las Cruces, spending her younger years in Albuquerque, and graduating from Farmington High School in 1983. She graduated with her Associates Degree in Nursing from New Mexico State University in 1985, and spent a brief time in New England, where she obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Saint Joseph’s College, Standish, Maine in 1998. After returning to New Mexico, she received her Masters in Nursing as a Nurse Midwife in 2000, and her Post-Masters in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2001, both degrees received from the University of New Mexico. She received her MBA in 2013 from Columbia Southern University, and has recently completed the didactic portion of Medical School from the International University Of The Health Sciences.
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