The Future of Aesthetics: Top Injectors to Watch in 2026

Aesthetic medicine continues to evolve as techniques, technologies, and patient expectations shift. In this changing landscape, experienced injectors play an important role in shaping how treatments are approached, with a focus on precision, safety, and natural-looking results. Their work reflects the growing emphasis on personalized care and the continued advancement of non-surgical aesthetics.

Bria Barjuca

Aesthetic medicine moves fast. Trends change, techniques evolve, and results are always on display. Through all of that, Bria Barjuca, FNP-C, has built her practice around something simpler and harder to earn: trust. She’s widely recognized as one of the top aesthetic injectors in the country, but what keeps patients returning is not hype—it’s how steady and thoughtful the experience feels.

Bria never rushes the work. She studies balance, texture, and movement. She avoids excess and bypasses trends that push for more. Her aim is clear: subtle refinement that preserves identity. Patients leave looking refreshed, not altered, after conversations that are transparent and never pressured.

At DOCS Dermatology, located in Blue Ash, Ohio, Bria works across cosmetic, general, and surgical dermatology. That range matters. It keeps her grounded in medicine rather than trend cycles. Every aesthetic decision begins with skin health, which is why her results age gracefully instead of shifting with changing styles.

Recognition followed naturally, including Best Aesthetic Injector and Case Study of the Year, along with roles in national training and fellowship education. But Bria’s deeper influence appears in how she teaches. She challenges practitioners to develop judgment—to see beyond technique, recognize limits, and understand that restraint is often the most advanced skill of all.

Looking ahead, her direction is focused. Bria is investing in education at a higher level—expanding fellowship training, speaking more widely, and extending her influence internationally as a mentor and educator.

Not all of Bria’s work happens in clinical spotlight. She regularly participates in outreach and mission settings, offering dermatologic care in communities where access is limited and attention is scarce.

Bria believes great aesthetic work shouldn’t announce itself. When done well, it feels calm, considered, and personal—and the results speak quietly for themselves.

Nicole Schaefer, RN, LME

After more than thirty years in aesthetics, Nicole Schaefer, RN, LME, still approaches her work with curiosity and intention. Time in practice has deepened her perspective rather than narrowing it, shaping an approach that is grounded, confident, and attentive. Recently named Best of Philadelphia and Best of the Best South Jersey, she is entering her 31st year in the industry with clarity and purpose.

As the founder of NS. Aesthetics Med Spa, Nicole has built a reputation defined less by trend adoption and more by discernment. Her philosophy centers on balance, favoring skin that looks healthy, faces that remain recognizable, and outcomes that feel natural rather than announced.

Throughout her career, Nicole has worked with patients at every stage of life. Some come in early, focused on prevention and maintenance. Others arrive later, seeking to restore what time has softened. Age is never the deciding factor. What matters is that each person still recognizes themselves when they leave, feeling refreshed, comfortable, and confident. “Skin should be your best accessory,” she says, and that belief informs every treatment decision.

Much of Nicole’s practice is rooted in functional aesthetic medicine, particularly bio-collagen stimulators and PDO threads. She gravitates toward these modalities because they strengthen the skin beneath the surface, encouraging collagen production gradually and sustainably. For Nicole, anti-aging is about reinforcing the skin’s foundation, not disguising change.

While she uses tox and fillers with care and precision, Nicole is transparent about their limitations. They are tools, not universal solutions, and they cannot address sagging skin or collagen depletion on their own. Skin health always comes first in her practice, because when the foundation is strong, results appear more natural and endure longer.

This philosophy extends into NS Beauty Skincare, beginning with The Perfect Face Oil and expanding soon with Medi Glow Retinol Pads. Each product is developed to support skin over time, mirroring Nicole’s broader approach to aesthetics: thoughtful, restrained, and grounded in long-term benefit. Her work continues to be guided less by trends and more by trust, experience, and a deep respect for what healthy skin truly needs.

Lisa Moody

A clear difference exists between offering aesthetic treatments and holding real authority in the space. That difference often shows up in the depth behind the work. In Lisa Moody’s case, it appears in the combination of medical discernment, injector precision, and a treatment scope broad enough to suggest far more than narrow specialization.

Lisa brings a multidisciplinary medical foundation that gives her aesthetic work added depth. Her experience across family medicine, internal medicine, OB-GYN, dermatology, and functional medicine points to an injector whose choices are informed by anatomy, individual variation, and the bigger treatment picture.

Her profile also points to a practice style centered on full-face assessment rather than isolated fixes. That matters. The most respected injectors are often the ones who can see proportion, movement, structure, and aging as a connected system. At Skinwerx of Texas, Lisa’s work with neuromodulators, dermal fillers, and biostimulators positions her within that higher level of aesthetic planning, where the goal is refinement and harmony rather than overcorrection.

A further layer of distinction is the professional reach of Lisa’s work. Her role within the Galderma Aesthetic Injector Network and her ongoing peer training suggest that her expertise is being acknowledged not only in patient outcomes but within the industry’s own educational and professional circles.

Seen in full, Lisa’s strength lies in the breadth and substance of her profile, which feels increasingly aligned with the direction aesthetics is taking. Through her work at Skinwerx, she emerges not merely as a practitioner within the industry but as a professional contributing to the standards shaping its next chapter.

Christopher M. Cassis

In Boca Raton, a more elevated standard of aesthetic medicine is beginning to emerge. Christopher M. Cassis, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, a board-certified nurse practitioner with nearly a decade of experience, is helping shape the identity of Cassis Aesthetics as its co-founder and aesthetic clinician. His work is gaining recognition for its precision, intention, and understated refinement.

Christopher sets himself apart through a more holistic reading of the face. He avoids the trap of treating beauty as a series of isolated edits. Instead, his philosophy centers on balance, proportion, and flow, creating enhancements that feel cohesive, intentional, and inherently natural.

What Christopher has built is beginning to echo far beyond Boca Raton. His inclusion in the 2024 Top 100 Best Aesthetic Injectors in America places him within the top tier of aesthetic providers nationwide and speaks to the level of trust he has earned through years of practice, precision, and results that speak softly but stay with people.

Another source of Christopher’s strength is that he is not only practicing in the field, but also contributing to its development from within. As a trainer to other injectors, he brings a heightened level of technical precision and anatomical understanding into every patient interaction, translating into outcomes that are not only beautiful, but also safe and enduring.

Cassis Aesthetics is equally shaped by the strength of its foundation. Christopher launched the practice with his brother, Kevin Cassis, whose experience in business strategy, operations, and international trade complements Christopher’s medical expertise and aesthetic instinct.

The vision behind Cassis Aesthetics extends beyond the traditional med-spa model. Christopher and Kevin are building a provider-led luxury destination, shaped by elevated design, highly personalized care, and a clinical standard that sets it apart from anything currently in the Boca Raton market. 

With a flagship downtown Boca Raton location near Mizner Park set for Fall 2026, Christopher Cassis continues to draw attention for his nuance, finesse, and naturally sophisticated results.

Chrissy Rudman

In an aesthetic culture too easily seduced by sameness, Chrissy Rudman has built her reputation on a far more elegant principle: beauty should feel intrinsic, not imposed. As Co-Founder of Formula Wellness and a distinguished name in aesthetic injecting, she works with a level of precision that honors both facial architecture and personal identity. Her results favor refinement, proportion, and a quiet sophistication that leaves the face looking entirely like itself.

What places Chrissy in a category of her own is that she does not treat beauty as a purely external project. She sees the face as connected to a deeper biological story, one influenced by skin quality, inflammation levels, gut health, hormones, and internal wellness as a whole. That inside-out philosophy gives her work unusual depth. She is not simply refining appearances. She is helping clients arrive at a more complete version of confidence, one that feels aligned, considered, and deeply personal.

That same lens helped shape Formula Wellness into a category-expanding brand. Founded in 2016 by Chrissy and her husband, the company was created to challenge the old split between beauty and health. What began as a single location grew into five within eight years, then scaled to 19 locations across six states following a private equity partnership in 2023, making Formula Wellness the largest longevity and aesthetics practice in the world.

Scale may be impressive, but it is not the core of Chrissy’s distinction. Her deeper influence can be seen in the way she is bringing more intelligence and integrity back into the injectable space. Where others may fuel confusion, trend panic, or quick-fix thinking, she advocates for informed choices, disciplined technique, and a standard of care rooted in science.

Chrissy Rudman is doing more than operating at the top of her field. She is helping define a more intelligent standard for the field itself, one grounded in restraint, wellness, and results that remain both elevated and unmistakably human.

Stephanie Ramos

A quiet sense of reassurance defines the way Stephanie Ramos approaches aesthetic medicine. Her authority comes from real clinical depth, but what distinguishes her most today is the luxury experience she creates for patients—one grounded in trust, precision, and results that feel refined rather than obvious. As an aesthetic nurse, clinical educator, and founding provider at Haus of Beauty 66, Stephanie brings both medical expertise and a deeply personal understanding of what modern aesthetic care should feel like.

Stephanie’s work is guided by the belief that the best aesthetic medicine does not call attention to itself. It lives in subtle detail, thoughtful restraint, and treatment decisions that help someone look brighter, more rested, and more confident without losing what makes them look like themselves. That philosophy aligns naturally with the elevated, patient-centered environment now taking shape at Haus of Beauty 66, where luxury is expressed not through excess, but through personalization, discretion, and clinical excellence.

With over 15 years in nursing and five years in aesthetic medicine, Stephanie brings a practiced eye to facial structure and a measured approach to safety. Her work reflects both strong technical judgment and the ability to read when less is more. In a field often shaped by trends, she is known for thoughtful treatment planning and a commitment to outcomes that feel balanced, natural, and individualized.

Part of what makes Stephanie so trusted is that she does not leave her integrity at the treatment chair. She is candid with patients, even when the right answer is “not yet,” “not now,” or “not this.” That willingness to protect people from unnecessary treatment is one of the clearest signs that her work is rooted in care rather than persuasion. In a luxury setting, that level of honesty becomes even more important because the experience is not only about how a treatment looks, but how supported and understood a patient feels throughout the process.

Before joining Haus of Beauty 66, Stephanie served as a lead clinician at one of the top-performing aesthetic locations on the East Coast within a network of more than 150 clinics. She trained and mentored providers, upheld high standards of care, and contributed to more than 400 five-star patient reviews over three years. That experience now informs the role she is stepping into at a defining moment in her career.

As the founding provider at Haus of Beauty 66 on New York City’s Upper East Side, Stephanie is playing a central role in the clinic’s opening and in shaping the standards that will define it from day one. From the patient experience to the clinical philosophy, her presence is helping establish a practice built around elevated care, natural-looking results, and a more intentional vision of aesthetic medicine. Her current work is not just about providing treatments—it is about helping launch a destination where medical precision and luxury experience are designed to coexist.

What stands out most is simple: Stephanie Ramos is helping define the next chapter of Haus of Beauty 66 by pairing clinical judgment, natural aesthetic sensibility, and a high-touch luxury approach that reflects where her work is today.

Linda Bergin Goforth, PA-C

When it comes to aesthetic injectables, precision and artistry make all the difference. At the forefront of the industry is Linda Bergin Goforth, PA-C, a Board-Certified Physician Assistant and Allergan Medical Institute (AMI) Certified Master Injector. With over two decades of medical experience, Linda isn’t just enhancing appearances—she’s helping people feel like the best version of themselves.

As the founder of The Aesthetic Center in Sarasota, Florida, Linda has built a practice known for its commitment to safety, comfort, and innovation. She has earned prestigious accolades, including the Best Aesthetic Injectors of America Recommended Provider (2019-present).In 2021 and 2022, she received the Allergan Diamond Level Award, ranking her among the top 3% of injectors nationwide.

Beyond traditional aesthetics, Linda specializes in complex facial balancing. She provides expert injectable treatments tailored to each client. She specializes in Botox, fillers, Bellafill and Morpheus8 for natural, balanced enhancements. Her expertise extends to facial balancing for Bell’s Palsy and stroke-related asymmetry. Her approach blends medical expertise with an artist’s touch, ensuring every treatment enhances—not alters—a person’s features.

Patient care is at the heart of everything Linda does. The Aesthetic Center offers extended visits, Pro-Nox (nitrous oxide), and dental blocks to make treatments as comfortable as possible. Her personalized follow-ups ensure every client feels confident and cared for.

Outside of her practice, Linda is passionate about mentoring the next generation of injectors. She emphasizes safety, precision, and ethics in aesthetics, helping to shape the industry’s future. As an International Aesthetic Medicine Trainer, she has traveled to train colleagues in Saudi Arabia, Monaco, and France. For her, education isn’t just about technique—it’s about raising the standard of care for everyone.

Gabriella Meneses

When it comes to renewing beauty, Gabriella Meneses, MSN, FNP-C, is setting a new standard. As the founder of Babe Beauty Company, she’s not only offering treatments but creating an experience that emphasizes confidence, where art and science meet in perfect harmony.

Gabriella’s rise to prominence in aesthetic medicine is no accident. With a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and a Master of Science in Nursing, Gabriella blends her artistic vision with her medical expertise to help others look and feel their best. Her clients love the personalized approach she brings to every treatment, crafted through the combination of creativity and medical knowledge.

At Babe Beauty Company, Gabriella’s philosophy is simple yet profound: every person deserves personalized, safe, and efficient care. Whether it’s a first-time visitor or a seasoned client, Gabriella tailors each treatment to highlight and enhance their natural beauty, ensuring they leave feeling their best. She’s not just performing treatments; she’s offering an experience that empowers her clients to embrace their own unique radiance.

Beyond the spa doors, Gabriella is dedicated to raising the standards of the beauty industry. She is passionate about mentoring and educating other professionals, sharing her expertise, and helping them elevate their practices. Gabriella is in the process of launching an aesthetic academy, where she’ll provide education and training to beauty professionals who want to refine their craft and deliver exceptional results.

For those looking to glow or gain confidence, Gabriella Meneses and Babe Beauty Company offer the transformative experience you need—because true beauty is about feeling unstoppable, not just looking good.

Carly Ornelas

Carly Ornelas is all about redefining beauty and confidence. As the co-owner of Speakeasy Aesthetics, with locations in Murfreesboro, TN, and Mission Viejo, CA, she is dedicated not just to enhancing appearances but also to boosting her clients’ confidence and overall well-being. With her expertise as an RN-BSN, CANS, and her commitment to staying ahead in the ever-evolving world of aesthetics, Carly has established herself as one of the top injectors in the U.S. and a leader in anti-aging treatments.

Speakeasy Aesthetics isn’t just a clinic for aesthetic treatments—it’s a center of personalized care and industry-leading expertise. Carly and her team are committed to exceeding expectations, continuously learning, and growing together to remain at the forefront of the industry. With two thriving locations, the practice has become a trusted destination for those seeking to enhance their natural beauty through safe and effective treatments.

What sets Carly apart is her ability to really listen to her patients and combine the latest technology with safe and effective methods. Whether she’s helping a teenager struggling with acne or a senior looking for a natural, refreshed appearance, Carly’s meticulous approach ensures beautiful, balanced results without overcorrection.

Carly’s achievements speak for themselves—she was named a Top 100 injector in the U.S. and led Speakeasy Aesthetics to be recognized as Rutherford County’s best medical spa for two consecutive years. Beyond patient care, she is deeply invested in education, having trained over 60 practices last year alone, sharing her expertise to elevate the industry as a whole.

With her commitment to quality and community, Carly Ornelas is helping shape a brighter future for beauty.

Megan Pham

The heart of Aeterna Aesthetics belongs to Megan Pham, who combines beauty with science to help patients gain confidence in their own skin. As a board-certified nurse practitioner and experienced aesthetic injector, she brings four years of hands-on expertise. But more than that, she brings heart. Her goal is to enhance what already exists by delivering results that stay true to your authentic beauty while appearing entirely natural.

Driven by a dual passion for science and art, Megan Pham built a practice grounded in trust, honesty, and care. At Aeterna Aesthetics, the team provides a level of care that goes beyond typical client service. Megan takes the time to understand what you truly want, ensuring you leave feeling empowered, not pressured.

Megan continually hones her skills by studying new techniques to offer the safest and most effective medical treatments. Her commitment earned her nominations for Best Aesthetic Injector of America in 2023, 2024, and 2025—an honor she is genuinely humbled by. With each patient, she strives to create natural, lasting results that enhance individual beauty. Her dedication to learning and growing ensures that she stays at the forefront of the ever-evolving field of aesthetic medicine.

Beyond awards, Megan’s approach is deeply personal. She views the face as a whole, where every little detail matters. It’s never just about one treatment; it’s about balance, harmony, and helping you become the best version of yourself. Her dream is to continue growing Aeterna Aesthetics into a space where beauty feels honest, and every client feels seen, supported, and celebrated.
Follow her journey on Instagram and see how your own transformation can begin—with care and someone who truly listens.