Peptide Therapies
A Clinician-Guided Approach to Wellness, Recovery, Body Composition, and Healthy Aging
Peptide therapy is no longer a trend. With growing evidence to support its use, it may redefine our treatments of multiple conditions and even aging.
Your body produces thousands of peptides that act as a signalling network to regulate hormone production, cell growth, immune function, and more.
As you age, your peptide production slowly decreases. Growth hormone-releasing hormones drop after the age of 30, leading to increased body fat, decreased muscle mass, poorer quality sleep and slower healing. Thymic peptide levels drop, causing a decrease in protective immune functions, and lower levels of peptides that protect the gut lead to poorer digestion.
Peptide therapy restores the signals that keep your cells optimally functioning. Depending on the peptide selected, therapy may support areas such as body composition, energy, recovery, sleep quality, muscle preservation, cognitive performance, inflammation modulation, skin health, and healthy aging.
Aging weakens the signalling function but peptide therapy can restore the network to youthful levels.
What Are Peptides?
Peptides are strings of molecules called amino acids, which are the "building blocks" of proteins. Peptides are basically short proteins that are about 2-100 amino acids long and act as signalling molecules in your body.
They act like highly targeted messengers to trigger biological processes like tissue repair, hormone release, weight loss, or immune activation. Examples of peptides include insulin and the GLP-1 medications like Ozempic.
Reported Benefits Of Peptides
People using specific peptides have reported improvement in:
Weight loss
Decreased visceral fat
Maintaining muscle mass
Faster recovery from exercise
Reduced fatigue
Increased stamina
Better sleep quality
Increased skin elasticity
Thicker hair
Less joint pain
Faster recovery after injuries
Safety & Side Effects
Over 80 peptides have achieved global regulatory approval. Most therapeutic peptides have good safety profiles in research and human data is growing daily.
As with all medications, side effects or adverse reactions are possible. The most common side effects are usually mild and include:
Injection site bruising, redness, or swelling
Temporary water retention, especially in the first two weeks
Headaches, especially with higher doses
Fatigue
Nausea, constipation, or diarrhea, especially with GLP-1 drugs like semaglutide
Flushing
Serious side effects from hormone imbalances or immune conditions may occur if excessive doses are used. People with liver or kidney disease, or a history of cancer, should consult a specialist before considering peptide therapy.
Always work with a knowledgeable provider, start with low doses, and monitor your biomarkers.
If you’re interested in learning if you’re a good candidate for peptide therapy, schedule a complimentary consultation now.
FAQS
What are peptides and how do they work?
Peptides are short chains of 2 to 50 amino acids that act as signaling molecules. They bind to specific receptors on cells to trigger biological responses like tissue repair, hormone release, or immune activation.
Are peptides legal?
Most therapeutic peptides are legal to possess and use personally. Peptides safe for medical or human use may be obtained through compounding pharmacies but peptides labelled “for research only” are not made according to the same safety standards.
Can peptides help with anti-aging? Growth hormone releasers like sermorelin and ipamorelin stimulate your body to produce more growth hormone, which declines with age. This can improve body composition, sleep, skin quality, and recovery. Peptides that decrease inflammation, improve cognition and immune function may decrease the chronic conditions associated with age.
How long do peptides take to work?
Effects vary by peptide. BPC-157 may show healing benefits within 1-2 weeks. Growth hormone peptides typically require 4-8 weeks for noticeable body composition changes. Blood biomarkers may shift within 30 days.
Are peptides safe?
Most therapeutic peptides have good safety profiles in research but long-term human data so far is limited for some of the available peptides.
How do I know if peptides are working?
Most peptide therapy effects like better energy, decreased recovery times, and improved sleep become noticeable within several weeks of starting treatment, although other effects can take up to several months to become apparent.
Peptides that decrease inflammation or increase growth hormone can be measured by following biomarkers in the blood.
Are You A Good Candidate For Peptide Treatments?
The best candidates for peptide therapy are usually people over thirty who are noticing reduced stamina and energy, thinning skin or hair, difficulty losing weight, increased abdominal girth, joint pains, inflammatory conditions, or individuals recovering from injuries.
A comprehensive evaluation including baseline lab tests is usually done to help ensure that peptide therapy is the right choice for you.
Peptide Therapies Available at Skinspirations
GLP-1 peptides semaglutide and tirzepatide. Weight loss, blood sugar and blood pressure control.
GHK-Cu. Skin rejuvenation, wound healing, hair growth, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant
BPC-157. Gut healing and tissue repair. Accelerates recovery from injuries to tendons, ligaments, and muscles.
BPC-157 and TB-500. Localized tissue repair (BPC-157) and systemic healing support (TB-500) for optimal recovery from injuries or chronic conditions.
NAD+. Fatigue, cognitive performance, and healthy aging
Ipamorelin. Growth hormone releaser. Stimulates natural GH production for body composition and recovery.
CJC-1295. Growth hormone (GH) support. Often combined with ipamorelin for sustained GH release.
Getting Started
Before starting peptide therapy, an initial consultation to review your medical history, medications, and goals is done. Not everyone is a candidate for every peptide and depending on the therapy, lab tests may be required.
Most of our peptides are administered at home by injecting them through a tiny needle under the skin of your abdomen. We’ll instruct you how to do this yourself.
Some peptides for congnitive function can be administered as a nasal spray.
Peptide Membership Programs
Physician-Guided Peptide Therapy - Pricing And Membership Tiers
Tier
Vitality
Private Reserve
Pinnacle
Monthly Fee
$249/mo
$449/mo
$699/mo
$200/mo
$550/mo
Prices subject to change without notice.
Peptide Menu (Member Pricing)
Apply your monthly credit toward any peptide below.
Peptide/Protocol
GHK-Cu
BPC-157
TB-500
NAD+
CJC-1295
Ipamorelin
Peptide Credit
$325/mo
Primary Use
Firms and smooths skin, speeds healing
Tissue repair, gut healing
Speeds tissue repair, reduces inflammation
Enhances metabolism, combats fatigue, repairs DNA
Increases lean muscle, decreases fat, improves sleep, speeds recovery
Triggers growth hormone release, increases muscle, decreases fat, improves energy
How Your Peptide MembershipCredit Works
If your selection costs….
Less than your monthly credit
Equal to your monthly credit
More than your monthly credit
What’s Included
Initial consult and labs, one core peptide protocol, quarterly labwork, biannual clinician visits.
Everything above, plus priority appointments, combination peptide protocols, and quarterly clinician visits when desired.
Everything in Private Reserve, plus full-panel labs quarterly, and direct clinician messaging.
Member Menu Price
$130/mo
$260/mo
$280/mo
$280/mo
$280/mo
$215/mo
Here’s what happens
The remaining credit can be applied to another service scheduled within the next 30 days.
Fully covered - no additional charge.
You pay ony the difference at checkout. Example: If you’re in the Vitality tier ($150 credit) and want to get ipamorelin ($215), you pay $65.
*Membership Terms and Conditions
Below, locate the skINSIDERS Concierge Membership terms and conditions summary, details, and agreement.
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skINSIDER Concierge Membership has no initiation fees.
An initial six-month commitment is required after which the membership automatically renews monthly until canceled.
Your membership fees are deducted on the 15th of each month and the credit will appear in your Skinsider wallet within the following two business days.
You may use your membership balance for any of our services.
Member-only discounts may not be combined with any other discounts or promotions.
Memberships may not be purchased with patient financing plans.
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All membership terms are on a six month basis and your credit card will automatically be charged the monthly fee on the 15th of each month. Monthly membership payments may be rolled over or “banked” on account and must be used within a rolling 12-month period. Patient financing programs may not be used for membership payments. Membership pricing, promotions and offers are non-transferrable and are for the member’s use only. A no-show fee of $50 may be subtracted for any cancellations less than 24 hours before a scheduled treatment.
You may cancel the membership after six months by giving a 30 day written notice. Please email our Patient Coordinator at info@skinspirations.com with your cancellation notice.
If you cancel before six months your balance will be applied to cover any discounts received.
Promotional vendor programs such as Allé, Aspire Rewards, and Evolus, may be used in conjunction with member discounts. For example, if you purchase Botox, you may use your Allé points/coupon and also get the member rate. Membership discounts may not be combined with any other specials or promotions.
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By purchasing this membership, I hereby authorize my credit card lender to allow payments to be drawn from my provided account by Skinspirations. All payments due hereunder will be collected by Electronic Funds Transfer (“EFT”) and charged to the valid debit or credit card provided by me upon execution of this Agreement, which will be kept on file with Skinspirations.
I understand that I am responsible for ensuring that the provided debit or credit card on file remains active and maintains the proper funds/open balance to cover the costs of the monthly Membership fees. I agree that I will provide an updated payment method if my registered payment method is rendered unable to cover my membership fees for any reason. Should the debit or credit card initially provided upon execution of this Agreement be declined, I authorize Skinspirations to draw Membership fees from any other debit or credit card provided by me on file. Failure to maintain a valid method of payment with Skinspirations will constitute a default of this Agreement.
If EFT payment is declined or not honored for any monthly Membership charge, then Skinspirations reserves the right to accelerate the unpaid Membership dues and demand payment in full for all pending monthly charges remaining in the Agreement term. A minimum charge of either $20.00 or if a lesser amount is required by state law, the maximum allowed by state law, will be added for all failed payments; this charge is subject to change at Skinspirations’ discretion.
Any membership payment that is declined for insufficient funds, incorrect card information (such as being expired etc) is considered overdue and due to Skinspirations. If a membership is considered past due, then membership services and discounts will not be available for use until any past due balance is paid up to and including the current month due.
If a membership is past due for more than 10 days, then a $50 re-instatement fee must be paid to Skinspirations to re-initiate the membership.
Membership payment cannot be offset by any in-office credit from patient’s account and must be paid by a Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover.
Patient financing such as with Care Credit or Cherry cannot be used as payment for any service or product purchases in the membership program (as well as monthly membership payment).
Members agree to abide by any and all Skinspirations policies.
Any and all membership fees are not refundable.
Please contact Skinspirations at (727) 571-1923 if you have any questions.
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