Colostrum Beauty Benefits

Amy Peterson is featured in Grazia’s article all about the beauty benefits of Colostrum. Colostrum, often referred to as “liquid gold,” is the nutrient-rich, pre-milk fluid produced by mammals shortly after giving birth. While traditionally recognized for its essential role in newborn nutrition in the form of early breast milk, colostrum has also emerged as a powerful ingredient in the world of beauty and skincare.

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The 32 best face serums for every skin type, according to experts

Moisturizers, serums, essences, oils, mists: the list of “must-have” beauty products goes on. It can be hard to parse out what you actually need from what’s just a marketing ploy. But even if you don’t want to spend a lot of time or money on an exhaustive skin care routine, adding a serum might be your ticket to clear, bright, even-toned skin, dermatologists say.

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How Long Should We Give Skin Care to Work?

Building a skin-care routine isn’t easy, especially when you’re not sure how long to try a product before you know if it works for you. See how long you should give it to start seeing if it works. Also, how long it should take depending on what it is. Experts in the skincare industry, including Amy Peterson, weigh in on all aspects of knowing if your routine is working including what to do if it still isn’t working, and when to start seeing a professional.

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I Tried a $1,600 "Liquid Facelift" — Was It Worth It?

This serum is based on a medical synthetic oxygen carrier, which acts like a hemoglobin substitute to replace excess carbon dioxide with pure oxygen. Whereas carbon dioxide is a byproduct of the cellular metabolism process, oxygen fuels it by producing ATP; basically, this pricy potion is kind of like cellular longevity in a bottle. Peterson adds that the serum also includes neurotoxin-mimicking Syn Ake to soften the creasing formed by repeated muscle movements, and the peptide complex Trylagen which supports the collagen life cycle.

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The Best Laser Treatments for Acne, Dark Spots, Eye Bags, and More

If the headline didn’t give it away, we’re talking all about lasers – or Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (nope, we had no clue, either). Turns out, not only are they great for welding metals, restoring eyesight and catching bank robbers, but they can fast-track you to the glowing, clear complexion of your dreams, too.

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Featured on Ocean Drive's April Issue 2023

My vision was to create a space where you not only come in for body treatments but where you can also feel completely relaxed and recentered. The most common feedback we hear when people come in is, “I just want to hang out here forever!” and that truly was our goal in creating the new Body Suite.

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Trending Now on FarFetch: Skin Barrier Essentials

Barrier repair is more than just a passing beauty buzzword. When the outermost layer of your skin — comprised of skin cells, lipids and the microbiome — is impaired by over-exfoliation or medical conditions like eczema, it struggles to function properly and retain hydration.

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The Best No-Downtime Treatments For Every Skin Concern, According to Experts

Not everyone has the luxury of hiding away at home with a puffy, red face, or wants to head out to dinner with flaking, peeling skin. This is why zero-downtime skin care treatments are on the rise. But when it comes to absolutely no downtime, there are also a number of discreet, minimally-invasive treatments from estheticians, aesthetic nurses, dermatologists, and plastic surgeons that leave the surface of the skin intact (and often glowing) so that you can still wear makeup and keep up with your social calendar.

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7 Aestheticians You Should Be Following On Instagram.

From dermaplaning to cryo and everything in between, Amy Peterson’s Miami Beach clinic offers the full range of services to achieve beautiful, glowing skin from head to toe. She posts dozens of in-office procedural videos so her followers will know exactly what to expect when they go in for a treatment, and her product knowledge is through the roof (she has her own line called Skin Savant too).

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Six Needle-Free Facial Treatments That Give Great Results

“Tixel isn’t a laser, but is often placed in the same category,” says Ms Amy Peterson, a medical aesthetician who runs an eponymous medi-spa in Miami. By using thermo-mechanical energy to stimulate new collagen and thereby improve skin quality, Tixel forms tiny “channels” in the skin that are used to deliver ingredients such as tretinoin.

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8 Skin-Care Trends That Should Stay in 2022, According to Experts

With TikTok trends and DIY hacks on the rise, people are getting carried away with their at-home skin-care practices, and not all of it is for the best. While certain trends are fun, beneficial and worth a try, like skin cycling, other trends can be more nefarious. We chatted with skin experts to get their take on some of the worst skin-care trends of 2022 that shouldn’t be brought into 2023.

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