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The Integrative Skin Specialist| Samantha Shepherd FNP

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Healthy, brighter skin without the guesswork.
I plan the skincare + treatments. You just show up.
Microneedling • Peels • Botox
📍Roswell, GA

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If we are battling acne together, it’s crucial to focus on reducing inflammation, not just through skincare but also via diet and lifestyle changes.

Our Foundations of Skin Health treatments target inflammation directly, offering a solid skincare base. However, integrating anti-inflammatory foods like leafy greens and omega-3-rich fish, alongside lifestyle adjustments such as stress management and regular exercise, can profoundly impact your skin’s health.

By addressing inflammation holistically, you’re not just treating acne at the surface but combating its root causes, leading to clearer, healthier skin.

This is a 2 week progress photo, where we have focused entirely on decreasing inflammation and restoring her lipid barrier with home treatments and just one Skin Health Foundations Treatment. 🫧 by @dermadarling

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This angelic girl has been fighting her acne and rosacea prone skin her whole life. It’s tough when you have multiple skin conditions to get all under control. She needed a guide, and I was more than excited to take on the challenge with her.

This is 6 months of consistency with a full Noon Aesthetics home care regimen and 6 Foundations Facial treatments where I incorporate chemical washes, cryotherapy and electroporation to balance the skin.

It’s been a lot of work on her part. She never misses an appointment and trusts me when I add crazy things to her regimen that TikTok would disagree with😂 skin care is a lifelong journey, and she is entering maintenance! 🥳

Her current Noon products (subject to change she will tell you!) :
C Cleanser
Acno Complex
Acne Solution
Double Fight
Igloo Moist
Brush & Go by @dermadarling

I’m Samantha Shepherd, Nurse Practitioner and founder of DermaDarling Skin Integrity Studio.
I specialize in treating the root causes of inflammatory skin conditions and sensitive skin from rosacea and acne to melasma, perimenopausal shifts, and age related changes.

Your skin speaks and I listen.
We follow a barrier-first philosophy, using only high-integrity products and simple consistent treatments to give you the best skin of your life. Every treatment is designed to calm inflammation, support collagen health, and restore your skin’s natural function with no fillers or invasive procedures.

This is a private, high touch sanctuary for deep skin work. by @dermadarling

Gift certificates are available through our online booking link, found in our bio or on our website.

A little holiday perk for our Glow Society members! Members can purchase up to two gift certificates at their exclusive member pricing to gift to new clients. That means someone special gets to enjoy their first DermaDarling treatment at your member rate!

At DermaDarling, most of our clients follow a personalized treatment plan every 4–6 weeks to build collagen and maintain healthy, beautiful skin.

But if you’re looking to give someone a little relaxation and self-care, our Foundations Medical Facial is the perfect gift. It’s fully customized to their skin and designed to leave them feeling refreshed, cared for, and glowing.

Because great skin is a gift that keeps giving. 🤍 by @dermadarling

This month marks 2 years in our current studio and 2 years with our beloved Kami🎉 Happy Anniversary!

Also, Stella….. we can’t forget Stella! Iykyk 😁 by @dermadarling

Can you tell what it is and what it represents?

Our commissioned piece has finally arrived at DermaDarling!
I wanted something that felt like our signature instead of just random artwork. It’s created specifically for this space, with meaning behind the details.
It turned out exactly as I imagined. by @dermadarling

Choose DermaDarling if:
You want a dedicated medical partner to rebuild your skin structure, you struggle with inflammation or sensitivity, and you are ready to invest in a consistent, monthly skincare routine.

Look Elsewhere if: You want quick, aggressive cosmetic overhauls, prefer immediate walk-in availability, or just want casual, occasional pampering. by @dermadarling

How do I decide what your treatment will include at your appointment ? These are the questions I’m asking myself:

1. How does the skin look today? Hydrated, calm, dry, irritated, broken out, congested? It changes month to month.

2. What did we do last time you were here? Deep needling with a peel? Light needling with hydration, a strong peel? LED and electroporation? Dermaplaning? What intensity is the skin needling to change, maintain or repair?

3. What’s going on in your life? Did you just have back to back 17 day cycles and then a 60 day cycle with an ovarian cyst…then we we will go easy in recovery(ask me how I know about these😖), did you just go through a break up, kids off to college a week ago? …stressful life events = low reserve for recovery and collagen building.

4. Any events or travel this month or last month? Are we post beach and a little rosy, are you seeing your ex husband next weekend and want to be glowing af and no downtime?

There is a lot of thought going into your monthly treatment and skin care protocol so you don’t have to! You just show up.

🤍🤍🤍 by @dermadarling

You don’t need to know what treatment to book next.

You don’t need to figure out which ingredients work together, when to change your routine, whether your skin needs microneedling or a peel, or which new skincare trend is actually worth your attention.

That’s my job.

At DermaDarling, I take care of your skin over time.

We start by looking closely at your skin, your goals and what you’re currently using. Then I build your home-care routine. Sometimes it’s simple, and sometimes your skin needs more.

Then we pair that home care with consistent treatments like microneedling, chemical peels, enzymes and customized facials. As your skin changes, your plan changes with it.

And if Botox is part of what you want, we keep that thoughtful and natural-looking too.

Glow Society is for women who want healthier, brighter, smoother skin and would rather have someone they trust oversee the process than keep trying to figure it all out themselves.

You show up.
You follow the plan.
I pay attention to your skin and adjust along the way.

You don’t have to become a skin expert to have great skin. You just need one in your corner.

DermaDarling Skin Integrity Studio
Roswell, GA by @dermadarling

I realized recently that many of my happiest clients have something in common:
They really don’t want to think about skincare. 😂

They care about their skin. They want it to look healthy, bright and beautiful as they age.
But they don’t want skincare to become a hobby.

They don’t want to spend hours researching products, wondering what treatment to book, or changing their routine every time something new shows up on Instagram.
So they hand that part over to me.

I get to know their skin, put together their home care, plan their treatments and change things when their skin needs something different.
They just follow the plan and show up.

And really, that’s my favorite way to work.

If you’ve been wishing you could just find someone you trust and say, “Please just tell me what to do with my skin,” you might be my kind of client. 🤍 by @dermadarling

DermaDarling helps you achieve healthier, brighter skin through personalized plans, consistent treatments, and thoughtful education in a calming, highly personal environment. by @dermadarling

When you join Glow Society, you are following the Skin Integrity Method that I developed after a couple of decades treating skin.

Skin is a vital organ that just so happens to be visible. Sure, you can laser it, peel it, heat it up, slather it in creams, and force it quickly to look better. But is that really supporting its function and how what happens within months of finishing aggressive treatment? It goes right back to where it was. Time and money lost.

The Skin Integrity Method is built for long term health of your beautiful outer organ. It starts with understanding how you heal, your system as a whole, and influences on your health. Then giving the skin the right protocol of topical therapy to use at home. Coaxing function, decreasing inflammation, strengthening the barrier and increasing resilience. All the while you and I work together in the treatment room every 4-6 weeks (sometimes every 2 weeks until we get your skin to calm down if you have rosacea, melasma or acne). These visits are never the same, because your skin is constantly responding to influences like weather, stress and hormones. I may give your cells a healthy drink of led light to support your mitochondria, introduce a a wash of gentle acids to help the skin release cells that are no longer functioning, or stimulate some collagen and regeneration with microneedling.

The secret sauce is consistency and learning to enjoy the process of loving on your skin. It’s exactly like taking your vitamins and going to the gym. You don’t stop once your skin looks better, you keep supporting it. 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 by @dermadarling