The Journal

Notes on aesthetic medicine

Physician-reviewed education on the treatments we perform — and the thinking behind them.

Injectables

Xeomin vs. Botox: What the Difference Actually Means

Xeomin and Botox relax the same muscles through the same mechanism — the difference is in how each product is purified.

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Injectables

Fillers vs. Biostimulators: Two Ways to Restore Volume

HA fillers restore volume immediately; biostimulators rebuild it gradually by prompting your own collagen.

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Injectables

Sculptra vs. Radiesse: Two Paths to Collagen

Two biostimulators, two timelines: Sculptra rebuilds collagen gradually, while Radiesse lifts on day one and stimulates after.

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Injectables

What a Biostimulator Actually Does to Your Skin

A biostimulator does not fill a line — it asks your skin to rebuild its own collagen, which is why the result arrives slowly and reads as nothing more than better skin.

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Skin

PDO Threads: What Lifting Can and Can't Do

PDO threads deliver a subtle repositioning and a slow collagen response — a refinement, not a replacement for surgery.

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The Practice

Why "Natural" Results Start With Restraint

The most natural results come from the lightest hand — preserving movement and proportion rather than overriding them.

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Injectables

The Under-Eye: Filler, or Something Else?

The under-eye rewards precise anatomy and punishes guesswork — filler is one option among several, and the right one is decided in person.

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Injectables

Jawline Definition Without Overfilling

A sharp jawline is a question of structure, not volume — and the restraint to know the difference.

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Injectables

Lip Filler That Still Looks Like You

The most natural lip filler is the one no one can name — defined, hydrated, and unmistakably your own.

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Injectables

Treating the 11s: A Conservative Approach to Frown Lines

The vertical lines between the brows respond to careful neuromodulator dosing — measured for softness, not a frozen forehead.

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Injectables

Crow's Feet: A Measured Approach

Crow's feet come from a lifetime of smiling — the goal is to soften them without erasing the smile.

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Injectables

What Causes Facial Volume Loss as We Age

Faces deflate with age because fat, bone, and collagen recede — the skin is the last layer in a deeper structural story.

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Skin

Collagen 101: How Skin Builds and Loses It

Collagen is the scaffolding of the skin — understanding how it is built and lost explains nearly every aesthetic treatment.

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Skin

Microneedling With Exosomes: The Science of Skin Repair

Microneedling triggers the skin's own repair cascade; exosomes add a layer of cell-signaling support — both performed by Dr. Trentin, not a delegated injector.

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Hair

PRP for Hair: What the Evidence Supports

Platelet-rich plasma is a credible option for early thinning — when it is selected, dosed, and sequenced by a physician who knows its limits.

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Hair

Hair Thinning: When to Act and What Helps

Early thinning responds best to early action — and the first step is a physician work-up, not a product.

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Skin

The VI Peel: What to Expect From a Medium-Depth Peel

A medium-depth chemical peel trades a few days of visible flaking for renewed tone and texture — here is the honest timeline.

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Skin

Skin Quality vs. Volume: Why We Treat Both

A bright, even surface and a supported facial structure are two different problems — and the order in which you treat them changes the result.

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Treatments

Tirzepatide (GLP-1): A Physician's Framing

Tirzepatide belongs to the GLP-1 class of metabolic medications. At FORMA it is individually compounded and prescribed under in-person physician supervision. The framing is medical, not cosmetic.

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Weight Management

Medical Weight Management, Supervised

Weight management is medicine. At FORMA, individually compounded tirzepatide is prescribed and supervised in person by Dr. Caio Trentin, MD — Internal Medicine oversight from the first consultation through every follow-up.

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Wellness

NAD+ Therapy: Separating Signal From Hype

NAD+ is real biochemistry wrapped in heavy marketing — here is the conservative line between the two.

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Wellness

Vitamin Injections: What They Are and Aren't

Vitamin injections deliver targeted nutrients directly into the body — a tool with real, narrow uses and a great deal of marketing around it.

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Injectables

Why a Physician Should Perform Your Injectables

Injectables are a medical procedure on a living face — the person holding the syringe should think like a physician.

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The Practice

What Happens at a FORMA Consultation

The consultation is the assessment — an unhurried conversation with Dr. Trentin that ends in a plan, not a sale.

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The Practice

Downtime Myths in Aesthetic Medicine

Downtime in aesthetic medicine is real, but it is specific to the treatment, the dose, and the patient.

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The Practice

Preventative vs. Corrective Aesthetics

Aesthetic medicine runs on two timelines — one that maintains what you have, one that restores what has changed — and the right plan usually blends both.

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The Practice

Aging Gracefully: A Treatment Philosophy

Aging gracefully means looking like yourself, refined — not reinvented.

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Skin

Pre-Event Skin: Planning Your Timeline

The treatment is only half the result — the timing decides whether you look your best on the day that matters.

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Skin

Summer Skin in South Florida

South Florida summers change how skin behaves and how treatments should be timed.

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The Practice

Combining Treatments Safely: The Sequencing Question

The order and spacing of aesthetic treatments matters as much as the treatments themselves, and the plan is built at consultation.

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