Journal
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.
February 16, 2015
Skin Ceuticals Age Defying Laser System: At-Home Miracle?
Less than a week ago, Skin Ceuticals launched their Age Defying and Antioxidant Laser System for home use. The system features a fractional laser and two of Skin Ceutical’s best anti-aging products, C…
February 9, 2015
Spectacular Sculptra: Re-Grow Your Own Collagen with This Amazing Facial Volumizer
Holy Moly! If I hadn’t seen it first hand, I wouldn’t have believed the amazing results that can be achieved with Sculptra. If you have facial volume loss and are looking for a treatment that will res…
January 24, 2015
Love Your Lips and Lose Your Lines! Restylane Silk to the Rescue!
A brand new filler for lips and fine lines is soon to be available on the US market! Resylane Silk is the newest dermal filler approved by the FDA. Silk is also the only FDA-approved filler for treatm…
January 12, 2015
Teen Acne: Do’s and Don’t’s for the Plague on the Face!
I have taken Accutane for acne three times in my life, so I am no stranger to skin issues. I had the worst kind, cystic acne…as a teen and as a young adult. The worst was right when I got married…so a…
December 28, 2014
The Fountain of Youth: How Everyone Can Get Carded at 40 (OR look spectacular at any age)!
I turned 40 this weekend. I wasn’t sure what it was going to feel like. It’s like anticipating what a broken leg will feel like, or surgery. Will it hurt? Will it go smoothly and everything will be fi…
December 22, 2014
Airbrush with Botox: Micro Botox injections can diminish oily skin and shrink pores
There is a truly amazing technique using Botox as a treatment for treating oily and acne prone skin. If I hadn’t seen the treatment and results with my own eyes, I am not sure I would believe it! We a…
December 15, 2014
Is Toner Pretend? A few words on facial products, and when and how to use them.
The battle with my skin has been a long one. I’ve taken Acutane 3 times. I escaped this hormonal nightmare unscathed, with no acne scars. But despite having such issues with my skin, I have always fou…
December 8, 2014
Turn Back Time? Optimal Correction With Dermal Filler
If you’ve followed our blogs at all, you know that I am a big fan of fillers. They provide instant gratification, they are long lasting, and they really rejuvenate the face: they add volume and struct…
November 24, 2014
Skin Ceuticals Micropeel!!! (and some Thanksgiving Gratitude)
Since Thanksgiving is this week, I’ll start this blog with a little gratitude. Today we had a training at work. I love when I get to say that: “We had a training at work today.” It sounds super grown-…
November 16, 2014
Only the Turkey Will Have a Waddle This Thanksgiving
Lately I’ve been noticing my neck looks a little bit older than my face. The skin looks a little more lax, the texture is a little more bumpy, and I’ve started noticing shallow, horizontal lines. If y…
November 10, 2014
Micro-needling with Dermapen: Stretch Marks and a Surgical Scar
I am obsessed with micro-needling right now. I love this procedure about as much as I love fillers, and that’s A LOT. I recently started having Dermapen treatments for my stretch marks on my hips on s…
October 27, 2014
Liquid Facelift: the amazing results and instant gratification of a non-surgical facelift
Our Fall Open House is quickly approaching and one special prize that will be given away to one lucky VIP Member is a liquid facelift. SO I thoughtthis week might me a great time to get an overview of…
October 20, 2014
Whisper Chatter: A Diary of the Most Popular Laser Skin Treatment
Since I started working at Body Tonic RX in June, I’ve heard a lot of talk about The Whisper. I need to get a Whisper….or…Oooo! Let’s do a Whisper together!…or…Oh my God we need to do one on you, you’…
October 3, 2014
The Boob Crease: A Previously Small-Chested Girl Learns What That is and How to Fix it!
There’s been a lot of boob talk in my world lately. Larger breasted friends talking about boob reductions. If you’ve ever been, or are, part of the small boob club, insert eye roll when hearing the pr…
September 14, 2014
Look Hot When It’s Cold: Microneedling, Whisper, and Neocutis – Five Tips to Better Fall Skin
With our lovely cool front that just came through, and on the heels of our Neocutis happy hour, fall skin care is on my mind. And as a holiday FREAK, I am also looking ahead to the holidays (and my 40…
August 18, 2014
Restylane for Rested Eyes: tear trough injections for improving dark circles and under-eye puffiness
I got my tear troughs done Wednesday! Translation for those not in the tear trough know: I had Restylane injected into the area underneath my eye. And when I woke up in the morning and looked in the m…
August 11, 2014
Turn That Frown Upside Down! Botox for sad smiles, and other techniques you may not know are possibl
Botox for Sad Smiles Turn that frown upside down. A sad smile, or sad mouth, is where the corners of the lips are constantly pointing downward, looking almost as if they are being pulled down towards…
August 4, 2014
Intense Pulse Light (IPL) facial: or getting rid of the milky way on my face
This picture is me the day after my IPL. My forehead looks a little like I fell off my bike and got road rash. Seriously. But everyone at the spa keeps smiling really big when they see me, and getting…
July 28, 2014
Filler Up! A Lesson in Dermal Fillers: Restylane, Perlane, Juvederm, Voluma, Belotero, Radiesse
To me it seems like all over the television and movies are women running around with these full lips on perfectly placed mouths. As I’ve gotten older, and more self-conscious of my small mouth and thi…
July 21, 2014
Vanquish Part Four: A Happy Ending
I don’t like when books end. I start reading more slowly as the final pages approach. Sometimes I stop reading for a day or so….I’m reluctant to finish. And I notice that I touch the last page as I re…
July 14, 2014
Botox is Like Laughter: How Botox May Help Depression
My friend Jennifer used to laugh at everything. Everything. Even if I was recounting something that really annoyed me. She would laugh. Sometimes I would think, Does she think it’s stupid what I’m say…
June 30, 2014
Botox for Ex-Boyfriends: Botox as a Cure for TMJ
You know that gorgeous man you recently broke up with who was perfect in every way except his TOTAL unavailability? And it’s SUPER annoying and sad and makes you angry and heartbroken it didn’t work o…
June 25, 2014
Vanquish Part Deux: Body Contouring and a Period
June 18 Wellllll….today was the day of my second body contouring session using the Vanquish. I was sort of dreading it…Mainly because I had my period and had spent 30 minutes in my closet that morning…
June 18, 2014
How to Get Carded at 40 – and Other Skin Care Tips
For the last decade, I have had a goal of getting carded after I turn 40. I’m 39 and that birthday is just six months away and the chances are looking pretty slim for me! Somewhere over the last two y…
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Articles are written by our team and reviewed by licensed medical providers for clinical accuracy.
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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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