Dermal fillers are soft gels injected beneath the skin to restore volume, soften folds, and refine the shape of the face. Most of the fillers used in aesthetic practice today are made of hyaluronic acid, a sugar your body already produces, and the body absorbs them...
Botox is the brand name of one wrinkle relaxer: a purified protein, injected in small amounts into a facial muscle, so that the muscle contracts less and the line it folds into the skin softens. The class is called neuromodulators, because each product changes the...
A nurse practitioner injector is an advanced practice registered nurse who performs injectable treatments under her own license. She holds a graduate degree in nursing, a national certification, and a state license that covers examining you, deciding what to treat,...
A medical spa, usually shortened to med spa, is a practice where licensed clinicians perform medical treatments for the face and skin in a setting that feels closer to a spa than to a doctor's office. The treatments themselves are medicine: wrinkle relaxers and...
PRX uses the same acid family as a chemical peel but works a different way. Here is what separates PRX Derm Perfexion, PRX-PLUS and PRX C, and what the published research does and does not show.
Medically reviewed by Deborah Lenchus, MSN, APRN · Last reviewed July 2026 Almost every treatment plan we build at LuXe comes back to one molecule: collagen. It is the protein scaffold that keeps skin firm, thick and elastic — and it declines steadily...
Medically reviewed by Deborah Lenchus, MSN, APRN · Last reviewed July 2026 One of the most common things we correct at consultation is single-treatment thinking — the idea that one syringe or one device should fix everything. Facial aging happens in...
Medically reviewed by Deborah Lenchus, MSN, APRN · Last reviewed July 2026 Density by Jeisys is the radiofrequency (RF) skin-tightening device we use for mild to moderate laxity on the face, neck and body. On its own it is a strong treatment — but in...
Medically reviewed by Deborah Lenchus, MSN, APRN · Last reviewed July 2026For an aging neck, the two treatments we reach for most are Density RF skin tightening and hyperdilute Radiesse. They solve different halves of the same problem — and the best plans...
Medically reviewed by Deborah Lenchus, MSN, APRN · Last reviewed July 2026The Nefertiti lift is a neuromodulator technique named for the famously crisp jawline of the Egyptian queen. Instead of adding anything, it strategically relaxes the platysma — the...