Hello and welcome to another episode of the Zen(ish) Mommy Podcast! There are so many names, and so many functions for the range of anti-aging aesthetics on offer today. While we can’t stop Father Time from knocking on our door, many of us want to slow the aging process and age as gracefully as possible. Whatever your pain tolerance and need, there seems to be something for everyone. But sometimes that can make it even harder to find what works for you! Today’s guest, Merry Thornton, is a skincare expert here to help today’s listeners navigate the options on offer today. She is the founder of Element Medical Aesthetics, a premier medical spa in New Canaan, Connecticut, with a wealth of wisdom about which treatments work best, and an additive approach to preventative and restorative skincare. With the aim to help her patients to look like the best possible version of themselves, she generously shares her knowledge with us here today.
Key Points From This Episode:
- An introduction to today’s guest, Merry Thornton, with Element Medical Aesthetics.
- How she got involved in medical and aesthetic dermatology before starting her business.
- The role of filler and lasers in combination with surgery.
- Why women have become more honest about what they have had done.
- Where aesthetics fits into the continuum of makeup, hair dye, and more.
- The additive approach she takes with procedures.
- Why she recommends starting botox when you are young.
- Why the goal is to make you look like the best version of yourself instead of someone else.
- The size of a syringe of filler: only enough to fill a blueberry!
- Fast botox metabolizers and how long you can generally expect your treatment to last.
- The correlation between dosage and duration.
- Why product selection is so important on different parts of the face.
- Which products Merry is loving the most on the face.
- A recommendation never to try to insert your own filler.
- Why you shouldn’t take advice on drugs that are invested or inhaled via social media.
- Why it is better to be preventative than corrective.
- Sunscreen and why you should use it everyday of the year.
- The daytime protect and nighttime repair routines she encourages.
- What brings Merry inner peace including nature, taking a bath, and coloring with her kids.
- Why it is so important to get sufficient sleep, eat healthily, and take care of our health.
- Living free of judgment and embracing what boosts your confidence.
Tweetables:
“There’s always going to be a need for surgical procedures. There are certain limitations to what we do. But even if you get a facelift, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t get filler or lasers because with a facelift you are repositioning tissue, but if you’re lacking volume you’re still going to need filler.” — Merry Thornton [0:06:20]
“We want you to be the best version of yourself. We’re not trying to turn you into someone else.” — Merry Thornton [0:20:01]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Merry Thornton on LinkedIn
Merry Thornton on Instagram
Element Medical Aesthetics
Element Medical Aesthetics on Instagram
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