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Expert insights on aesthetic surgery, recovery, and self-confidence from Dr. Piazza and the Piazza Center team.
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What Is DiamondCore? The Science Behind Pavise
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Pavise Dynamic Age Defense vs EltaMD UV Clear Tinted (and Skinbetter Sunbetter)
Oct 8, 2026
INVO vs Young Goose vs SkinMedica TNS: Exosomes, Platelets or Growth Factors?
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5 Benefits of Plated Intense Exosome Serum | Dr. Piazza
Oct 6, 2026
Plated INTENSE Alternative: Why Our Austin Practice Now Stocks INVO
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Skin & Injectables
Crepey Skin After Weight Loss or a GLP-1: What Actually Helps
Crepey skin after weight loss or a GLP-1: what a lotion can do, when Profound RF or Emsculpt NEO help, and when it's time to talk about surgery.
Skin & Injectables
What to Put on Your Skin After CO₂ Laser, Moxi, Microneedling or a Peel: Day by Day
The exact aftercare sequence Dr. Piazza's team uses after laser, microneedling and peels: what goes on your skin, and when.
General
Zinc Oxide for Melasma: Why the Tint Matters More Than the SPF
Zinc oxide is the right UV filter for melasma, but clear formulas let visible light through. Why iron oxides matter and how to layer them.
General
Pavise Review: We Tested It on Our Own Clinical Team for Three Months
We don't stock a skincare line until someone here has lived with it. Our lead aesthetician ran Pavise for three months through an Austin summer; our skincare director has 23 months of VISIA imaging. Here's what both showed — including the four measurements that went the wrong way.
Breast
Habits That Quietly Affect Your Breast Implant Healing | Austin, TX
Smoking and nicotine, rushing back into exercise, and skipping sun protection on your scar — the everyday habits that can quietly work against your breast augmentation results.
Breast
Breast Augmentation Recovery: What's Normal (and What's Not) | Austin, TX
What actually happens day by day after breast augmentation, why day 7 feels harder than day 1, and the real warning signs worth calling our office about.
Breast
Your Guide to Breast Lift Scars | Austin, TX
The two incision approaches we use, whether to combine a lift with an implant or fat transfer, and what healing actually looks like.
Breast
Your Guide to Breast Augmentation Scars | Austin, TX
Where the incision goes, what healing actually looks like day by day, and what it means if you can feel the implant near the incision.
Skin & Injectables
Exosomes After Laser: What They Are, What We Offer, What We Won't Claim
Exosomes are the most asked-about thing in aesthetics and the least well explained. They are not stem cells. Here is what they actually are, what we offer during laser treatments, what it costs, and what we are not going to claim about it.
Skin & Injectables
Alastin Skin Nectar Alternatives: What We Use After Laser Instead
For a decade, Alastin Regenerating Skin Nectar was the default serum patients went home with after a laser. We've changed what we hand out. Here's the honest comparison — including the $20 that separates them at retail, and where Skin Nectar still wins.
Face
BBL HERO + MOXI and Botox: A 54-Year-Old's Pigmentation Result
A 54-year-old patient treated by April Daniel, APRN, FNP-C with BBL HERO, MOXI and Botox for sun-related pigmentation and early fine lines. Three unretouched before-and-after angles, what each laser actually does, and the aftercare that protects a pigment result.
Skin & Injectables
Alastin Skincare: A Complete Guide (And What We Use Now)
We stocked Alastin for years and sold a great deal of it. This guide explains what it is and how TriHex Technology actually works, then tells you what we hand patients now, and why that changed. Includes a straight swap list and what is left of our stock at 30% off.
Recovery & Wellness
What Is Fatty15? A Plastic Surgeon's Guide to C15:0, Cellular Health, and Surgical Recovery
My patients keep asking about fatty15. Here is my honest answer: what C15:0 is, what the laboratory data supports, where the human evidence stops, and how cellular health actually fits into preparing for and recovering from surgery.
Recovery & Wellness
Best Products for ContourTRL, ProFractional and HALO Recovery
Search what to use after laser resurfacing and nearly every clinic gives you the same four things. That advice is wound care, and wound care is only the first week. Here is the sequence we actually use, day by day.
Skin & Injectables
Exosomes vs. Growth Factors: Dr. Piazza’s Guide to Regenerative Skincare
Dr. Rocco Piazza compares exosomes and growth factors in regenerative skincare, explaining how each supports Austin patients' post-procedure recovery and skin optimization.