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Insights on longevity, aesthetics & wellness
409+ evidence-based articles from the Body Tonic RX clinical team on hormone health, peptide therapy, metabolic optimization, and the future of aesthetic medicine.
August 14, 2020
Don’t Be Like Gina (or me)! Wear Your Sunscreen
Yesterday Gina was showing me some discoloration on her upper lip that occurred while she was at the beach recently. She said she got a terrible sunburn on her lips because, you know, she hadn’t thoug…
July 27, 2020
Let the Wedding Prep Begin! My First Forever Young BBL
I had my first Forever Young BBL yesterday!! I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to get this treatment. I just kept putting it off because I have melasma. For those of us with melasma, you have to…
July 10, 2020
It’s Handled! Treatment Options for Hand Beautification
Back in January, my boyfriend and I started searching for engagement rings (squueaaa)!! Very exciting! P>S> The above before and after is a past client, not me. Anyway….ring shopping was also oddly st…
June 28, 2020
All About the Eyes: Treating Above the Mask!
When quarantine started back in mid-March and our lives consisted of going between the porch and the couch and the dining room table, and swapping yoga pants for pjs in the evening, my daughter (who t…
June 12, 2020
How to NOT Buy Disappointment: A Guide to How Much Filler You’ll Need
Some of us were joking around at lunch the other day about filler and how much you need to really see a difference. Someone joked, “You wanna buy disappointment? Get one syringe of filler for a cheek…
May 26, 2020
Post-Quarantine Goodies: A New Lip Filler and a Deep Chemical Peel
It’s been a great two weeks back at work, and (semi) out of quarantine! Thanks for all your patience with our check-in and Covid protocols! It has gone a lot more smoothly than I ever hoped for. Altho…
April 27, 2020
Mask Life: Humid Skin and Zits
How’s life in quarantine land? In the last few days I’ve noticed an upswing in people being out and about. It seems like everyone is OVER this shelter in place and ready to get back to normal life. I…
April 9, 2020
Quarantine Tantrum, Focus on Gratitude and Skinbetter’s LINES (pretty much topical filler)!
I had my first quarantine tantrum yesterday. It wasn’t too bad…but it was just like when all the annoyances and worries of the past three weeks converge in one moment. I think it started with my trip…
April 6, 2020
Did Your BBL Get Cancelled? Even Tone Can Help
We sure wish we could be spending time with all of you at Body Tonic RX! We miss YOU, and the feeling of family as we catch up on life’s events at the front desk or during treatments. Unfortunately, t…
March 26, 2020
Best Treatments for Acne Scarring
Do you all watch Schitt’s Creek? It’s one of my favorite shows…I’ve rewatched it probably 6 times. Oh my god DAVID!:) There’s an actor who plays Bob, and he has horrible acne scarring. I SO wish we co…
March 18, 2020
Giveaways + Specials + Flattening the Curve
Hello to our fellow quarantine-ers! Per CDC recommendations, we closed Body Tonic RX until March 30th to help with social distancing and try to do our part to limit the spread of COVID-19. Yesterday w…
February 5, 2020
Brows, Botox, and Brightening
Oh hey blog! It’s been a minute! I sure do miss getting to write about whatever great newness is happening here at Body Tonic RX, but dang it’s been crazy up in here since November! Bringing on our ne…
August 13, 2019
Treating Through Text: Recommendations From a Friend’s Selfie
A friend texted me a selfie the other day and said they had “a med spa question.” They were pointing out an area of skin under the eye that was darker, slightly thinner, with more prominent wrinkles t…
July 12, 2019
Forever Young BBL Study: Regulators of Aging Skin Can Be Altered
If you’re a nerd like I am, you’ll enjoy this article that outlines the research behind the Sciton BBL and how it really does produce a functional genetic change in aging skin so that it is more youth…
July 3, 2019
Botox for Better Skin Quality
I generally try to wait until I’m back to “baseline” before I get my Botox injections. For me it’s not necessarily the lines that stand out the most to me, but more the quality of my skin. It’s an alm…
June 23, 2019
Five Ways to Make Your Eyes Pop
Tear Trough Enhancement This treatment places filler directly under the eye. The skin in this area is very thin and so the vessels underneath are easily visible, often showing through as dark circles.…
June 11, 2019
Part One: Injections + Skincare for Men
You know how one minute you’re talking to your friend about, oh, say getting a new gym bag, and the next minute you’re scrolling through Instagram and up pops an ad for the newest Under Armour gym bag…
June 9, 2019
I Am a Cautionary Tale: Do as We Say, Not as We Do
If you’ve been a Body Tonic RX client for awhile, you probably know that microneedling is a staff favorite, and you’ve likely experienced this treatment yourself. For several years the microneedling d…
June 7, 2019
Microblading and My Search for Perfect Brows
I’ve always had such strange brows. I mean of all the things to be strange on a body, why that?!! They’re super thick, and they grow any way they want to: straight out, up, down. Here’s a few stories…
May 31, 2019
Antioxidants are Skincare Super Heroes
I think it may have taken me a few years of being at Body Tonic RX to really GET why we need antioxidants, and to understand what they really do. Antioxidants and free radicals are mentioned all the t…
May 18, 2019
5 Tips to Perfect Lips
Our schedule is always packed with lip enhancements! I’d have to say it’s one of the most common enhancements people come in for. Some of our younger clients come in wanting just a little extra plump,…
May 10, 2019
Study Finds Sunscreens May Enter the Bloodstream: Here’s What You Need to Know
CNBC recently published an article (pasted below) about a study that is looking into potentially dangerous chemicals in certain types of sunscreens. The chemicals in question are in chemical sunscreen…
April 25, 2019
Trending Treatment: Radiesse for Jawline Definition
Before and after treatment photos at the bottom of this blog. I’ve noticed that sometimes certain treatments are trending and the schedule is full of them. Lately it’s been Radiesse for jawline defini…
March 19, 2019
Five Options for Treating Your Dark Spots and Pigmentation
When people find out I work at a medical spa, one of the questions I get asked the most is, “What can I do about these,” as they point to dark spots on their face. There are so many options! I’ll take…
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About the Journal.
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Articles are written by our team and reviewed by licensed medical providers for clinical accuracy.
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No. Our articles are educational. Always talk with a licensed provider about your own care before starting any therapy.
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Hormone health and HRT, GLP-1 and metabolic weight loss, peptide science, longevity and functional medicine, injectables, and skin and laser care.
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