NewsInjectables2 September 2026
Twelve-Month Data on a Poly-L-Lactic Acid Biostimulator
A prospective multicenter study in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal followed patients treated with a next-generation poly-L-lactic acid biostimulator in the nasolabial folds for a year, reporting effectiveness, satisfaction and safety. Biostimulators are a different treatment from hyaluronic acid rather than a longer-lasting version of it: they deposit a material the body answers by making collagen, so the result builds over months and fades over years. Durability data therefore matters more here than it does for a gel that dissolves.
Aesthetic surgery journal, “Effectiveness, Patient Satisfaction, and Safety of a Next-generation PLLA Collagen Biostimulator for Nasolabial Fold Augmentation: 12-month Results of a Prospective Multicenter Study.” — read the original
NewsEnergy & Resurfacing2 September 2026
Do Retinoids Protect Darker Skin After Ablative Laser?
Dermatologic Surgery examined whether patients using a retinoid around the time of ablative laser resurfacing developed less post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, in the skin types where that risk is highest. Pigment left behind after resurfacing is the complication that decides candidacy in darker skin, and it is why a treatment that suits one patient is a poor idea for another with the same finding. Anything that shifts that risk changes the conversation about who is a candidate, not the settings on the machine.
Dermatologic surgery : official publication for American Society for Dermatologic Surgery [et al.], “Post-inflammatory Hyperpigmentation After Ablative Laser Resurfacing in Darker Skin: Are Concurrent Retinoids Protective?” — read the original
NewsInjectables1 September 2026
A Randomized Trial of Lower-Face Neuromodulator Dosing
A randomized, double-blind trial in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal mapped injection points and escalating doses for botulinum toxin in the lower face. The lower face is where the muscles are doing more work than most people realize, and where a few units in the wrong place changes a smile rather than a line. Mapped dosing studies are how that becomes a technique rather than an individual injector's preference.
Aesthetic surgery journal, “Injection Mapping and Dose Escalation For Botulinum Toxin Treatment on the Lower Face: A Randomized, Double-blind Clinical Trial.” — read the original
NewsTrends & Culture1 September 2026
Those Interleukin Numbers in Skincare Ads, Decoded
NewBeauty put the interleukin numbers that turn up in treatment advertising to a panel of dermatologists. It is a useful piece because the numbers are real immunology being used as marketing texture: they matter enormously for prescription biologics in eczema and psoriasis, and they mean close to nothing printed on a cosmetic serum. A figure with no unit and no reference is branding wearing a lab coat.
NewBeauty, “What Those Confusing IL Numbers in Skin-Treatment Ads Actually Mean” — read the original
NewsTrends & Culture1 September 2026
Kylie Jenner Filmed Her Microneedling. Here Is What It Does.
NewBeauty reports that Kylie Jenner documented a microneedling appointment on social media, numbing cream included. The coverage is worth using for the treatment rather than the person: microneedling has reasonable controlled evidence for acne scarring and skin texture over a series of three to six sessions, and very little for tightening. The depth the needles are set to is the whole treatment, which is why a professional device and a home roller with the same name are different procedures.
NewBeauty, “Kylie Jenner Gave Her Microneedling Appointment the Selfie Treatment” — read the original
