Jen Splane NP

10/26/2026

10/22/2026

🧴Retinol, retinal, tretinoin, tazarotene, Accutane. Same family, very different jobs, and the percentage on the bottle doesn’t tell you as much as you’d think.

Swipe for how they actually work and how I tell people to start. The best retinoid is the one you’re still using in three months.

Tomorrow on The Pretty and the Gritty🎙️ AVERY CAMERON and I get into the skincare shelf: when “medical grade” is actually worth your money and when it isn’t, plus the trends everyone’s asking us about and what the evidence says.
Link in bio.

Sources: Siddiqui 2024; Mukherjee 2006; NAMS Clinician’s Guide, 6th ed.

Education, not medical advice.

10/22/2026

Retinol, retinal, tretinoin, tazarotene, Accutane.🧴Same family, very different jobs, and the percentage on the bottle doesn’t tell you as much as you’d think.

Swipe for how they actually work and how I tell people to start. The best retinoid is the one you’re still using in three months.

Tomorrow on The Pretty and the Gritty, AVERY CAMERON and I get into the skincare shelf: when “medical grade” is actually worth your money and when it isn’t, plus the trends everyone’s asking us about and what the evidence says.
Link in bio.

Sources: Siddiqui 2024; Mukherjee 2006; NAMS Clinician’s Guide, 6th ed.

Education, not medical advice.

10/21/2026

Filler vs. Sculptra: what’s the goal?

Think of your face like a mattress. Over time, the springs (collagen) weaken, and the frame (bone) changes (among other things).

Filler can help restore volume and support, while Sculptra works differently — stimulating your body to gradually build its own collagen.

One gives more immediate results. The other takes time.

Neither is necessarily better. It’s about understanding what your skin actually needs.
Let’s break it down. 🎙️

10/08/2026

I end up telling this history more often than you’d think in my clinic, so I thought I’d share it here. We’re taking it all the way back to basics.

BoNT/A stands for botulinum neurotoxin, serotype A. Botox®, Dysport®, Xeomin®,Nuceiva® and Letybo® are all the same molecule from different companies.

It’s the same toxin that causes botulism. Scientists purified it in the early 1900s, it became medicine in the 1950s for muscles that won’t stop contracting, and by the 1970s ophthalmologists were using it for misaligned eyes.

Then, Dr Jean Carruthers (Dr Jean Carruthers | Carruthers Cosmetic), an ophthalmologist in Vancouver 🇨🇦, saw her blepharospasm patients’ frown lines soften by happy coincidence. She and Dr Alastair Carruthers published the first study in 1992, and the rest is history.

Fifty years on it’s the most reliable thing we have. One job, done well. Why that job can stop feeling like enough in your forties is episode one of The Pretty and the Gritty, link in bio.

Sources: Haney 2020; Kedlaya 2024; Pearce 2024; Whitcup 2021; Carruthers & Carruthers 1992.

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10/07/2026

When your tox is outnumbered by all the other things 🫠

Full episode 1 on The Pretty and the Gritty, link in bio.

Next week let’s talk skincare 🫖 with AVERY CAMERON.

Education, not medical advice.

10/05/2026

Good skin is a habit, not a one-time appointment.

🔐I’m so excited to launch welle.club, our new membership, with one treatment every month plus member pricing on ALL the things you already love.

Swipe through for the details, and email [email protected] to join.

All prices are subject to applicable taxes.

09/29/2026

💉Aesthetic Medicine is 𝐍𝐨𝐭 a Service

I want to repost something I said a long time ago that I so firmly stand by that it deserves a second round 👇🏻

I recently (last night) read an article that deeply resonated with my practice philosophy in medical aesthetics. While healthcare has positively moved towards collaborative treatment plans between practitioner and patient, those seeking aesthetic treatments are often seen (or see themselves) as “consumers” rather than “patients”, much more so than those undergoing other medical treatments. While its natural to want to choose and actively seek out a particular treatment, I believe its crucial to shift the mindset.

Here’s why:
Aesthetic treatments are minimally invasive medical procedures, not services. The process isn’t about a “menu” of services—it’s a it’s a collaborative plan that takes into account the patient’s unique medical history, lifestyle, values, goals, expectations, and the evidence-based practices that are most likely to lead to the best outcomes. It’s a plan rooted in safety and expertise.

✨Trust is key. My role is to blend your preferences with my clinical judgment, ensuring your treatment is not only effective but also aligns with your natural beauty and long-term health.

As your practitioner, I am here to guide, educate, and support you—because the best outcomes come from a partnership built on understanding and respect.

Let’s embrace aesthetic medicine as the serious, empowering, and transformative field that it is. 💖

Thoughts?

09/28/2026

Your tox didn’t stop working.

It’s doing exactly what it did the first time you had it. The thing that changed is the skin on top of the muscle, and that’s a handful of extra problems your tox was never treating.

So before anyone puts more units in your face, someone should look at your skin.

Full episode link in bio.

09/17/2026

The average person lives with one of these for 21 months. From a spot that was there four days. 🔴

You didn’t add that dark spot by squeezing. Your skin made it on purpose. Let’s break down post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation together!

Mar et al., 2024; Yadav et al., 2026; Grove & Kligman et al., 1983; Baranska et al., 2018