Peptides in Skincare: What the Data Says About 2026's Biggest Beauty Trend Peptides Have Officially Gone Mainstream If you've noticed peptides showing up everywhere lately, in your favorite serum, your TikTok feed, even your group chat, you're not imagining it. Peptide interest has grown over 240% year-over-year across Google, TikTok, and Instagram, putting it firmly [...]
Fear of Overfilling as a Market Force: How It’s Reshaping the Injectables Industry A Consumer Correction That Reshapes a Category The injectable aesthetics market is in the middle of a significant consumer-driven correction. The maximalist aesthetic that drove filler volume growth through the 2010s, including dramatic cheeks, oversized lips, and the smooth-everywhere look that became [...]
GLP-1 Drugs and the Aesthetics Market: What Brands and Investors Need to Know A Drug Class That Reshapes a Market The GLP-1 receptor agonist category, including semaglutide, tirzepatide, and the rapidly expanding pipeline of oral and injectable GLP-1 drugs, is one of the most significant external forces acting on the beauty and aesthetics market right [...]
AI in Dermatology: What It Can, and Can’t, Do for Patients AI and Dermatology: Why I Am Both Enthusiastic and Careful I have been publishing research on artificial intelligence in dermatology for over a decade, earlier than most clinicians in this field and well before AI became a mainstream healthcare conversation. My background is unusual: [...]
Post-Hyaluronidase Syndrome: What Happens to Your Face After Filler Dissolving The Question Nobody Prepared You For You had your filler dissolved, whether because you did not love the result, because you had accumulated years of product and wanted a fresh start, or because something needed to be corrected. The hyaluronidase did its job. The filler [...]
Fear of Overfilling: What Patients Want From Injectables in 2026 Something Shifted in the Exam Room Over the last few years, I have noticed a distinct change in what patients are asking for during cosmetic consultations. Where patients used to come in asking for more volume, more lift, or more correction, many are now coming [...]
Two of the most popular non-surgical skin tightening treatments available today are High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound, or HIFU, and radiofrequency microneedling. Both stimulate collagen production and improve skin firmness without surgery or significant downtime, but they work through entirely different mechanisms and are best suited for different patients and concerns. Understanding the distinction is useful for [...]
Profhilo is one of the more distinctive injectables in aesthetic medicine, and it is often misunderstood as a filler. The two are quite different. Where traditional dermal fillers are designed to add volume or structural support to specific areas, Profhilo works by spreading beneath the skin to improve overall hydration, firmness, and elasticity without altering [...]
During my recent trip to Japan, I had the opportunity to visit Shiseido's Research & Innovation (R&I) Center in Yokohama, and it was one of the most impressive beauty-science experiences I've had. The R&I Center, also known as the Shiseido Global Innovation Center, is the company’s primary research and development hub. Within this building [...]
For a long time, longevity science has belonged to the worlds of oral supplements and specialized wellness clinics. A new partnership between Lancome and Swiss biotech firm Timeline is aiming to bring that science into everyday skincare, and as a dermatologist, I think it is worth paying attention to. A Molecule With a Long Research [...]
