Profile of Tarina Desai, MD

After practicing medicine for almost 7 years and living life as a skincare and makeup fanatic since early middle school, she decided to start her path down the middle, bringing the two together. Born and raised in Houston, TX and recently moved to Oak Forest, she found the Heights Mercantile in Houston to be the perfect place to open her med spa.

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Procedures of Tarina Desai, MD ⁽¹⁸⁾

Procedure	Rank in Houston	Rank in TX	Rank in US
Acne Treatment Acne treatment depends on your age, the type and severity of your acne, and what you are willing to commit to.	Ranked in Houston: 4	Ranked in TX: 24	Ranked in US: 26
Kybella Kybella injections dissolve fat cells to reduce small areas of excess fat.	Ranked in Houston: 10	Ranked in TX: 27	Ranked in US: 25
Age Spot Treatment Because the pigment is located at the base of the epidermis, treatment meant to lighten the age spots must penetrate this layer of skin.	Ranked in Houston: 5	Ranked in TX: 14	Ranked in US: 42
Hyperpigmentation Treatment Skin tone can play a role in the intensity and length of hyperpigmentation treatments.	Ranked in Houston: 3	Ranked in TX: 3	Ranked in US: 8
Microneedling Microneedling is a nonsurgical treatment that penetrates your skin’s surface with tiny needles to improve its appearance.	Ranked in Houston: 4	Ranked in TX: 28	Ranked in US: 57
Juvederm Juvéderm injected beneath the skin, the gel-like substance instantly helps smooth lines and wrinkles, soften creases, enhance facial contours, and restore lost volume.	Ranked in Houston: 14	Ranked in TX: 46	Ranked in US: 271
Juvederm Ultra Juvederm Ultra is primarily used to treat medium-depth wrinkles, such as nasolabial folds and marionette lines, smooth out depressed scars, and enhance lips.	Ranked in Houston: 1	Ranked in TX: 7	Ranked in US: 15
Voluma Voluma is more dense and perfect for adding volume to the face; such as for cheek or midface augmentation.	Ranked in Houston: 5	Ranked in TX: 14	Ranked in US: 147
Melasma Treatment Melasma treatment include topical peels using alpha-hydroxy acids, as well as microdermabrasion and microneedling.	Ranked in Houston: 3	Ranked in TX: 10	Ranked in US: 7
Marionette Lines Treatment Dermal fillers are used to treat marionette lines, they are skillfully injected directly into the area that needs to be filled out.	Ranked in Houston: 1	Ranked in TX: 1	Ranked in US: 1
Dermaplaning Dermaplaning is a skin rejuvenation treatment that’s done in-office by a dermatologist or aesthetician, who uses a surgical scalpel to gently scrape away dead cells and vellus hair from your skin’s surface.	Ranked in Houston: 2	Ranked in TX: 12	Ranked in US: 99
VI Peel A VI peel is a medium-strength, medical-grade chemical peel from VI Aesthetics that minimizes signs of sun damage and aging, including fine lines, wrinkles, and uneven skin texture and tone.	Ranked in Houston: 1	Ranked in TX: 4	Ranked in US: 7
Sclerotherapy Sclerotherapy is an in-office treatment for spider veins, the thin red or purple veins on the skin’s surface.	Ranked in Houston: 1	Ranked in TX: 10	Ranked in US: 52
Volbella Injections Volbella injections are non-surgical lip augmentation treatment, designed to plump the lips and minimize the appearance of fine lines around the mouth, also known as perioral rhytids or perioral lines.	Ranked in Houston: 4	Ranked in TX: 11	Ranked in US: 31
Botox Botox works by blocking nerve signals to the muscles, so the injected muscle can’t contract.	Ranked in Houston: 10	Ranked in TX: 2	Ranked in US: 458
Wrinkle Treatment There are lots of different treatments for wrinkles.	Ranked in Houston: 4	Ranked in TX: 9	Ranked in US: 22
Frown Lines For frown lines or wrinkles that are more permanently etched in, dermal fillers may be required.	Ranked in Houston: 2	Ranked in TX: 2	Ranked in US: 4
Crows Feet Treatment Dermal fillers are a more natural way to treat crow's feet.	Ranked in Houston: 2	Ranked in TX: 2	Ranked in US: 12