08/19/2025
Feeling a little nostalgic today…
When I saw this photo, I was instantly brought back to the very beginning of my nursing career. This was in the Neuro ICU, where one of the physicians took the time to teach me how to really read a CT of the brain. Slice by slice, I learned how to recognize gray–white differentiation, midline shifts, edema, bleeds, and subtle changes over time. Later that same day, I was invited to present during rounds—terrifying and exhilarating—but it shaped how I see medicine forever.
That experience taught me the importance of always asking why.
The same curiosity that drove me in critical care drives me here. Why is Botox most effective in the belly of a muscle? Because that’s where the neuromuscular junctions live, where acetylcholine release can be blocked most effectively. Why do different fillers act so differently? Because each one has unique rheological properties—elasticity, viscosity, cohesivity—that determine how it integrates into tissue. Even the anesthetic matters: the RHA Collection is moving from lidocaine to mepivacaine, a local anesthetic with less vasodilation, which can lower bruising, swelling, and even vascular risk.
Whether in the ICU or the med spa, the science never stops. And neither does the learning. Every step of this journey has been about chasing the why—and that’s exactly what keeps me so passionate about bringing the highest level of care and knowledge to my patients.
