Vanessa Lee, RN

You wanted hands on, I heard ya! DM me to learn on sept 28 at Facial Balancing™ , Injectables, Threads, Biostimulators WeHo! Must be licensed in CA.

Down with the patriarchy and down with feeling uncomfortable in your own skin.

Sometimes she’s born with it. Sometimes she uses biostims, neuromods, lasers, and skincare. It is the latter for me and this mask is what I use to firm up and glow in a quickie. Link in bio.

In between classes at conferences, we still ask the important questions. Steff Barros, RN ASHLEY TIBAYAN, BSN RN | SoCal Aesthetic Injector Jetzany Gasca BSN, RN, Lic. E Lisa Keaney RN, BSN•Hawai’i Aesthetic Injector just dishin it straight.

Comment FERRITIN below if you want the tips on how I raised my ferritin from 11 to 22 then to 48 in 6 months!!!! My hairstylist was blow drying my hair and she said, “Look at all of this regrowth!” And I knew I was back lol. Well that and my energy levels are up, I’m not a dizzy girl anymore (craaazyyy), and brain fog has diminished. This is beauty y’all—it’s health.

You better check the beauty bias of your injector. Are they going off of mathematical formulas? Their version of hot? Do they want you to look like them? I mean serioussssly think about what the end goal is here. Are we going for symmetrical as humanly possible—because science tells us that perfect symmetry makes us look weird, not prettier. According to real facial balancing, you are receiving treatment according to what your face was and is. We are replenishing what is lost and preserving what exists.

“Can you tell I’ve had anything done?” Is the number 2 most popular question I get asked at a party or gathering when people find out what I do for a living. The answer is often yes because most injectors have a skewed understanding of what “natural results” mean. They are operating on a baseline of what our industry teaches, and frankly, our industry looks weird. Natural results look like healthy, moving skin. It looks like you but rested. It doesn’t look compartmented. Let’s level it up in taste and let go of the old standards of aesthetics. We know better.

“You’re so natural in front of the camera.” I’m not. I took speech twice in college to become a better speaker and I prepare diligently before any speaking engagements. All of the wins you see take a lotttttt of effort bts and you know what? I love it. I love doing hard things because the payoff is usually really great. I love the discomfort of uncertainty and newness because that means possibility is around the corner. So yes, you see everything packaged nicely online but I want you to know that I’m often losing my mind behind the scenes working towards a bolder vision, but I really, really love it. Thank you to the Access Hollywood for having me on as a regular contributor! Your team is legendary!

Providers: you’ve been taught that facial balancing is jawline and lips thing and you’ve lost the plot. I’m teaching a Beauty Theory course with demos on biostim stacking, Sculptra in the hairline, true Facial Balancing assessment based on face shapes, and thread lifts. Link in bio to learn more. P.S. That doc was a hard 4 according to my proprietary algorithm.