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June 27, 2022
5 SUPER FOODS FOR ANTI-AGING THAT YOU’RE NOT EATING
BLACK SEED OIL: a natural remedy for inflammation and infections, this oil is known for its powerful medicinal properties and long list of science-backed health and beauty benefits. Thanks to its ant…
March 31, 2022
200 Blogs and 20 Years of Botox Cosmetic
Happy, happy! Two hundred blogs in almost eight years! What better way to celebrate a milestone than to celebrate Botox along with it. Botox Cosmetic turns 20 years old this month. 20 years ago they g…
March 27, 2022
The Long Game: Everything Matters
The long game. This phrase has been stuck in my head lately. I have an event at the end of April that I want to look and feel my best for, and as I thought of how to make that happen, “the long game”…
March 10, 2022
The Half Syringe: What It’s Really For
Awhile back I wrote a blog called: How to Not Buy Disappointment: A Guide to How Much Filler You’ll Need.” This is like an annex to that blog: this time let’s focus on the half syringe, why people ask…
February 28, 2022
Get Growing: PRP for Hair Restoration
Hair is so important to people. It seems to be an extension of our identity or personality. It can be changed and styled to fit how we are feeling, or how we want to feel. And it can honestly be alarm…
February 16, 2022
Clean Up! Products + Procedures for Treating Acne
My daughter, who is now 22, has recently had some acne flair ups. I’ve watched her skin go through ups and downs over the last decade, and like most of us she has tried a multitude of treatments and p…
February 14, 2022
Sometimes It’s OK to Be Shallow: The Magic of Micro Botox
We are all pretty well versed on how Botox smooths the lines on our forehead, crows feet and frown lines. When used for these purposes, Botox is injected into the muscle to inhibit certain nerves from…
February 7, 2022
Botox Cosmetic: Focus on Injections for Men
This month, Botox Cosmetic turns 20! What started as a treatment for involuntary eye spasms ended up changing the anti-aging world. So this month we are going to focus our blogs on the magic of…
January 28, 2022
Chin Up! Kybella for Dissolving “Double Chin”
A few of the staff were joking about their “double chins” the other day, and I realized we haven’t really focused on Kybella recently. Kybella was approved in the US in 2015 and over the last 7 years,…
January 14, 2022
To Wear or Not to Wear? Sunscreen and Vitamin D
I often over hear people say that they won’t wear sunscreen because they want to get enough Vitamin D. I started looking for research on this and found a great article from skincancer. org that detail…
January 7, 2022
Which Neck Cream Do You Need?
Last week, a client inquired about which neck cream she should use, and I realized this is an excellent little blog topic! We carry three neck creams and they each have their own unique blend of ingre…
December 29, 2021
Cut it Out! Lessening Alcohol and Sugar Intake Will Make Your Skin Happy
As I’ve started getting older (47 this past week!), I’ve become curious about what factors other than sun damage affect the skin negatively; namely smoking, alcohol and sugar. I don’t think anyone rea…
December 22, 2021
Treatments + Skincare for Men
We recently had a new male client come in and I heard him ask if we had any brochures that were specific to skincare and treatments for men. I wanted to run out there and show him this blog! We’ve hav…
December 9, 2021
Gifting Skincare: Recommendations That Are Effective But Fun
My sister-in-law loves receiving skincare products as gifts, so I’ve been trying to think which products would be best for her. My first thoughts are: What type of skin does she have? And What are her…
December 1, 2021
Change Doesn’t Happen Overnight: Why Consistency and Maintenance Matter
What on earth would I do without Body Tonic Rx and the talented ladies here? They keep me, and all our lovely clients, aging in reverse. Literally. When Iris first showed me my before and after pictur…
November 18, 2021
Little Bottles of Possibilities: Face Masks and Why You Need Them
I’ve always LOVED face masks. Back when I was a stay-at-home mom (20+ years ago) I would stroll the aisles at the giant HEB on Bee Caves and 71, with little Juliet in tow, and check out the skincare p…
November 5, 2021
An Oldie But a Goodie: Skin Ceuticals MicroPeel
It’s been almost seven years since we first introduced the Skin Ceuticals Micropeel. It was just before Thanksgiving in 2014 and I had only worked here for five months. Our Skin Ceuticals rep at that…
October 29, 2021
Bags, Crepey Skin, Dark Circles, Oh My! What Under Eye Creams Actually Work?
One of the most asked questions I get is “What eye cream should I use?” Generally people want to start using eye cream when they see: These particular issues are caused from: Aging: As we age, we lose…
October 20, 2021
More Than Just a Pretty Face: Treatments for Non-Facial Areas
When considering anti-aging treatments, generally people prioritize the face over body areas. However, there are multiple injectable and non-injectable options for treating areas like the neck, decoll…
October 14, 2021
Beautiful Human Unicorns: Skincare Challenges for Redheads
Google anything about redheads and skin, or skincare, and you’ll get some interesting results back: “8 Ways Having Red Hair Affects a Person’s Health, From Pain to Sex,” “Rock Your Ginger Gene and Kno…
October 5, 2021
“I’m A Before Picture”: Deconstructing Spectacular Treatment Results
I review our website analytics every month and ended up going down a rabbit hole with some of the info this week. I noticed that one of our most visited pages is this blog post! I’m not sure how that…
September 22, 2021
Fall is Coming: Get Out the Decorations + Get Off the Sun Damage!
ACL is around the corner, Halloween decorations are out, and our first cool front came through….Med spa translation: it’s officially laser season. All those brown patches and freckles that showed up f…
September 9, 2021
Your Guide to Downtime and Treatments Around the Holidays
It’s only mid-September now, so the holidays may be far from your mind. That is, unless you’re a Christmas freak like me (and my daughter). She said to me last week, “Why is September even a month?” W…
September 2, 2021
Hello Halo! A Deep Dive Into Treatment and Healing
Let’s have some REAL talk about Halo laser! We do a lot of Halo/BBL treatments (like several each week). This combo treatment has nearly replaced the Halo as a stand-alone treatment. This is because t…
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