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Mineral Sunscreen With No White Cast: What Works on Dark Skin, Melasma and Under Makeup
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General
5 Benefits of Plated Intense Exosome Serum | Dr. Piazza
Board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Rocco Piazza shares 5 ways Plated Intense exosomes train your skin to clear pigmentation and speed up laser recovery.
General
Plated INTENSE Alternative: Why Our Austin Practice Now Stocks INVO
Plated served our patients well. Here is what replaced it on our shelf, the one measure where Plated still wins, and how to switch.
Breast
Symmastia & Bottoming Out Repair: A Third-Surgery Breast Revision
Two surgeries in, her implants had dropped too low and drifted together. See how Dr. Piazza rebuilt the pockets, added GalaFLEX internal support and moved her to 495cc Natrelle SSX implants.
Breast
Breast Implants for Petite Women: What 275cc of Motiva Looks Like at 5'2"
How big can a petite woman go and still look natural? A 5'2", 105-lb mother of two restored her upper fullness with 275cc Motiva Ergonomix Full implants and Dr. Piazza's tissue-preserving Preservé technique.
General
Sunscreen for Scars After Surgery: Dr. Piazza's 18-Month Rule for Austin Summers
Sun exposure is one of the most common reasons a well-healed scar ends up darker than it should. Dr. Piazza explains his 18-month rule for Austin patients.
Skin & Injectables
What to Put on Your Skin After CO₂ Laser, Moxi, Microneedling or a Peel: Day by Day
The exact aftercare sequence Dr. Piazza's team uses after laser, microneedling and peels: what goes on your skin, and when.
Skin & Injectables
Crepey Skin After Weight Loss or a GLP-1: What Actually Helps
Crepey skin after weight loss or a GLP-1: what a lotion can do, when Profound RF or Emsculpt NEO help, and when it's time to talk about surgery.
General
Zinc Oxide for Melasma: Why the Tint Matters More Than the SPF
Zinc oxide is the right UV filter for melasma, but clear formulas let visible light through. Why iron oxides matter and how to layer them.
General
Pavise Review: We Tested It on Our Own Clinical Team for Three Months
We don't stock a skincare line until someone here has lived with it. Our lead aesthetician ran Pavise for three months through an Austin summer; our skincare director has 23 months of VISIA imaging. Here's what both showed — including the four measurements that went the wrong way.
Breast
Habits That Quietly Affect Your Breast Implant Healing | Austin, TX
Smoking and nicotine, rushing back into exercise, and skipping sun protection on your scar — the everyday habits that can quietly work against your breast augmentation results.
Breast
Breast Augmentation Recovery: What's Normal (and What's Not) | Austin, TX
What actually happens day by day after breast augmentation, why day 7 feels harder than day 1, and the real warning signs worth calling our office about.
Breast
Your Guide to Breast Lift Scars | Austin, TX
The two incision approaches we use, whether to combine a lift with an implant or fat transfer, and what healing actually looks like.
Breast
Your Guide to Breast Augmentation Scars | Austin, TX
Where the incision goes, what healing actually looks like day by day, and what it means if you can feel the implant near the incision.
Skin & Injectables
Exosomes After Laser: What They Are, What We Offer, What We Won't Claim
Exosomes are the most asked-about thing in aesthetics and the least well explained. They are not stem cells. Here is what they actually are, what we offer during laser treatments, what it costs, and what we are not going to claim about it.
Skin & Injectables
Alastin Skin Nectar Alternatives: What We Use After Laser Instead
For a decade, Alastin Regenerating Skin Nectar was the default serum patients went home with after a laser. We've changed what we hand out. Here's the honest comparison — including the $20 that separates them at retail, and where Skin Nectar still wins.