Archive for October 2021

One of the most important things to me when I practice is transparency in the treatment room. I’m always baffled when a patient comes in and says that they had a consult somewhere else, and they have no idea what the other provider recommended. Even worse, is when I see a patient for a consultation…

My knees and elbows are dry and flaky my hands are so incredibly itchy, and my knuckles cracked and raw. I’ll admit I am terrible about hyper focusing on my face and forgetting the rest of my largest organ. I do carry extra face products left on my hands down onto my neck and chest…

Retinol, retinoid, retinoic acid, adapalene tretinoin, what are they? Are they all the same? Are they right for you? All of these ingredients /products are a form of Vitamin A. Vitamin  A is an essential nutrient to the body that helps with maintaining healthy skin, eye function, reproductive health, and immune health. When taken in…

If you’ve read my post “why are you still using that?” Then you know I have an opinion or two about products. I’m all about the science behind the products and why they work. As a bit of an ingredient nerd and a healthy skin advocate, it’s important to me that each ingredient is chosen…

You’re a grown up. You have a job, a car, a home, a couple of kids…and acne!?!? How is that fair? Could it be that an unhealthy gut is causing you to break out like a teenager? The short answer is this: there is research that suggests gut health may be linked to acne and…

Throughout the history of mankind, men and women alike have been intent on improving their physical appearance. Over the last few decades there has been a sort of cosmetic evolution. Gone are the days when improving one’s aesthetic appearance required extensive (and expensive!) plastic surgery. Here to stay is what is known as Aesthetic medicine.…

Microdermabrasion treatments are a long favored and highly sought after skin care treatment from medical aestheticians. For those reasons alone, many aestheticians, cosmetologists, and even Registered Nurses are taking microdermabrasion training courses in Arizona to meet patient demand and increase their earnings potential. In this post, we will examine what is microdermabrasion, microdermabrasion devices, and…

You’ve done the hard part already. You’ve passed your aesthetician schooling and have taken advanced medical aesthetician courses to increase your earning potential. You have even started building up your own client list and/or have been hired on a med spa or other cosmetic clinic. But now, you might be wondering, just exactly how much…

Cosmetic medicine is seemingly changing every day at a rapid place. From new skin treatments to new tools to use for hair removal or body sculpting, advances in medical aesthetics moves at a lightning fast pace. Combining the knowledge of medicine with intricate precision surgery has lead to the burgeoning field of medical aesthetics. Medical…

The leaves are falling and everything is coming up Pumpkin Spice! That’s right, fall is officially here. While fall is one of our favorite times of the year, it also can bring out the worst in our skin. Skin typically becomes drier and duller during the fall months. So what to do? Well if you’ve…