In Part 2 of our conversation about medspa terminology, Dr. Kate Dee and Dr. Desiree Otto discuss various common terms related to skincare and aesthetic treatments. They cover topics such as dermal fillers, including the difference between Botox and filler, common filler complications like duck lips and pillow face, the use of hyaluronic acid in fillers, and the role of growth factors and exosomes in skincare. They also explain the difference between retinol and tretinoin, discuss the terms comedogenic and non-comedogenic, and clarify the meanings of FDA approved and FDA cleared. Other topics include cherry angiomas, spider veins, sunspots, peach fuzz, and seborrheic keratosis.

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Terms Defined

Spider veins

Sun spots 

Age spots

Cherries

Barnacles

Peach fuzz

Dermal filler

Duck or ducky lips

Pillow face

Chipmunk cheeks

Hyaluronic acid

HA

Vascular occlusion

Occlusion

VO

Migration

Hyelenex

Laughing gas

Microneedling 

RF Microneedling

Ablative laser

Non-ablative laser

IPL 

BBL

Coolsculpting

Emsculpt Neo

Hydrafacial

Diamond glow 

Dermasweep

Medical Grade skin care

FDA-approved

FDA-cleared

Off-label

Exosomes

Growth Factors

Collagen

Elastin

Anti-aging

Retinol

Tretinoin

Comedogenic

Non-comedogenic