The Plastic PA

Obsessed with this of my beautiful patient done with 3.5 syringes of !
Can you guess what all areas I injected? Excited to get a back in my hands 🙌🏼

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Excited to be back working tomorrow and seeing all your (or at least the upper half). 👩🏻‍🦰👩🏽🧒🏻👱🏽👩🏾‍🦱

T R E A T I N G T H E N E C K
After I posted this photo from the training I conducted last week, I had lots of messages to go into more detail about how I approach treatment. So here y’all go!
This is one of the more difficult areas to treat non-surgically and see a good results. You cannot pump if full of filler like the face, and , RF skin only will do so much before you need to do a / neck lift (which is fixing much more than skin). And just an FYI- fillers, , lasers, and radio frequency will never give you surgical- like results.
If a patient has only minimal laxity and their main focus is minor neck lines or crepiness, then I usually will recommend a combination of treatments for best result. One of these is . This is basically just neurotoxin that is diluted down and injected into the skin (intra-dermal) instead of the (like usual). It is used to improve redness, tighten skin, improve texture, control sebaceous activity, and give the skin a glass like appearance. It does not replace neurotoxin treatment to soften lines of expression though.
Other options for neck treatment
1. Hyperdilute for restoration and line filling
2. tightening ( , , Infini)
3. Botox/ for platysmal bands (vertical bands)
4. Laser treatment for improvement
5. regimen for neck skin/ and thickened pigmented chest skin
6. for collagen improvement
What questions do you have about neck treatment? What bothers you more horizontal “tech neck” lines or vertical bands?

C A N ‘ T L I V E W I T H O U T P R O D U C T
I’d love to hear what your absolute must have product(s) are. (and no it doesn’t have to be an SPF 🤪) Which ones make you happy when you’re applying them?
For me this would be ZO Exfoliating Polish (my face wound be a flaky mess without it!) and ZO Radical Night Repair - it feels like velvet going on, but packs a huge punch. And I can use it as an at home peel.

A C N E T R E A T M E N T
Love all these before and afters I’m getting from our consults! I’ve missed being able to see those instant results from doing dermal in the office- so these make me so happy.
Keep ‘em coming!
This was from 2 weeks on her prescribed regimen. Can’t wait to see results in 6, 12, and 20 weeks!
I still have 2-3 openings this week for virtual consults before I close my books to focus on in office work. Shoot me a DM if you want one of those spots .

“Clean and Natural beauty” is something I get asked my opinion on a lot. What I’ll say is “organic sounds nice, but it doesn’t mean it’s healthy for your skin, help with acne, or anti-aging. ”
Actually most items marketed as contain oil, avocado oil, or shea butter, which are some of the most pore clogging substances out there!
And, I know there are many of you that LOVE oils. And yes, some are safe - but very few are okay for acne prone skin. The reason why these oils are not recommended even though they are “natural /organic” is due to their molecule weight/size. They do not “fit” inside your skin. Once applied they go into your pore, mix with the bacteria & keratin protein in your skin, and then get clogged up and causes future .
Organic does not = better.
What are your thoughts? Are you a fan of ‘clean beauty’ or are you team ‘evidence based medical grade’?

This is the power of ZO Skin Health and consistency! Photos from
These are photos of a fellow PA colleague whom I met with via virtual skin consult.
She had already made the switch to ZO Skin Health from her drugstore / Sephora brands, but needed a little tweak to get her regimen perfect for her skin. Look at these results 🙌🏼
I love when I get to meet other Injectors / Aesthetic providers on IG. I have FaceTimed with so many of you during quarantine and it has kept me sane! The aesthetic community on IG is the best!
ZO is so personalized that I always recommend a consult to be sure you understand how to use properly, and make sure you’re on the correct regimen for your skin needs.
There is just a little over a week to get your visit skin consult done before I start doing in office appointments only. Book virtual via link in bio.
@ Lake Norman NC

If you haven’t been able to tell from my page, I have a for education and teaching.
As an aesthetic trainer I get share my love of injections with others across the country. The NP I worked with this weekend has shadowed me for over a year learning all about the aesthetics world. Now she is part of a new Medispa opening and I am so excited to see her success!
To book a training with me send DM or fill out request on website.

S K I N F I R S T M A K E - U P S E C O N D //
Do you want a beautiful dewy, young looking complexion? Work on ditching that full face of make - up (especially traditional foundations)! Invest in your skin care, and you won’t feel the need to wear as much make-up- You’ll want to let your skin shine through.
Make- up can be filled with cringe worthy comedogenic ingredients that work against all the hard work you are putting into your skin care routine. I want you to look forward to applying your skincare regimen every morning and evening!
So if you are wanting make the move to cut the foundation out of your life use these tips.
1. Use half the amount of foundation you usually apply and mix with half that amount tinted SPF (medical grade).
2. Slowly start decreasing amount of foundation as you increase SPF amount. Before you know it you’ll be using a tinted SPF as your only make-up.
I see many of you for fillers and neurotoxins and when I remove your make-up, you have beautiful skin and are hiding it behind a “cake face”. Make-up often makes you look OLDER and accentuates fine lines. IF YOUR FEEL like you cannot give up foundation AT LEAST use a medical grade foundation.
Have you ditched the foundation? If so what are your favorite tinted SPFs?

laying some truth down!
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Let me just start by saying I am not posting this to bash CeraVe skincare, after all they are a multi-million dollar company so they are clearly doing something right. But along with many other drugstore brands, here are a few reasons why I don't recommend any of them.
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For starters, most over the counter (OTC) brands are formulated to be sold to a wide variety of consumers to only work superficially on the skins surface. They are temporarily cleansing and hydrating the expiring skin cells, aka "dead skin cells". They will never correct the root cause of your skin concerns or activate cellular activity. Therefore, they will make you look "fresh faced" and it may feel good, but really you are just putting a bandaid on the problem.
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You get what you pay for. Cheaper products (aka a $7 cleanser) will always have cheaper ingredients & lower concentrations of active ingredients. Just because a product label says it contains Hyaluronic Acid or Vitamin C does not necessarily mean it is created equally. Most of the OTC product concentrations are diluted with , thickeners & comedogenic ingredients. High performance aren't cheap!
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For some of you, your dermatologist recommended that CeraVe or cetaphil moisturizer...the fact that it is so gentle, and doesn’t have active ingredients, is exactly why love this stuff. It’s a basic gentle cleanser, so it’s not necessarily going to clear or target signs of , but dermatologists often recommend it for this exact reason. Also because it generally won’t interact with the prescription medications or antibiotics your derm puts you on.
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Most people have a specific goal when it comes to their skin. To treat acne, prevent aging, lighten dark spots, ect...in order to obtain these goals, you MUST invest more than $25 on your skincare regimen.💕
To see me as a patient or schedule a virtual consult fill out form on my website (link in bio). Let’s get you on the best regimen for YOU!

I love getting to meet so many of you virtually during this strange time - it is something I look forward to every day! I hope y’all have enjoyed our chats just as much. And again- THANK YOU for your support during this time. It means the world to me!
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To book with me :
New patients: visit my website and fill out consult request form
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