Overall health and wellness is something many people want to achieve but don’t always know where to start. At Balanced Aesthetics Medspa, we’ve got your answers, which may include peptide therapy. This next-level treatment offers remarkable improvements to a variety of health concerns.
We’ve all heard of hormone replacement therapy and balance, which helps restore our body’s natural functions through regulating hormone levels. Peptides work much the same. This exciting science identifies which amino acid sequences, called peptides, communicate to different areas of the body to maintain proper balance and function. It works by binding receptors on the cells’ surfaces for highly specific actions, improving our overall health and wellness, or even enhancing certain body functions. Because peptides are natural to our bodies, they’re very well-tolerated and incredibly safe.
How to safely and correctly use your new peptides.
Peptide Combinations
SleepDSIP, BPC157, CJC1295
Sleep
Category: Optimal Health (Sleep)
With our stressful and busy lives, few of us find time for enough sleep, especially the kind of deep, restorative sleep we desperately need. If you struggle to fall asleep or wake up feeling tired and foggy, this peptide combination can help you get proper rest.
DSIP (Delta sleep-inducing peptide):
Found naturally in the brain, this peptide has sleep-inducing properties as well relieving pain and stress. Not only does it help protect the body against stress, but it also affects the release of key hormones like luteinizing hormone and growth hormone. By stimulating LH, this peptide can help adjust low testosterone levels.
BPC 157:
The body protective compounds (BPCs) help the body recover from injury. Muscle injuries, joint pain, nerve damage, and strained tendons or ligaments respond well to this therapy. Along with promoting healing, it has anti-aging benefits and improves the condition of the skin.
CJC-1295
Acting as a Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone (GHRH), this peptide promotes the release of Human Growth Hormone (HGH), which has powerful effects throughout the body. By promoting this hormone, CJC-1295 increases protein building, promotes fat burning, and encourages growth.
EnergyNAD+/Mots-C/Humanin
Energy
Category: Increased Energy, Optimal Health
Does it seem like you never have enough energy to do everything you want to do, or to achieve at the level where you want to be? This energizing peptide combination gives you three peptides that work together to raise your natural energy levels with no caffeine and no harmful chemicals.
NAD+
This power peptide can boost energy levels as well as promote natural weight loss. It acts as a protective barrier against aging and may even improve athletic performance. Along with all these benefits, it also promotes mental health and cognitive function, improving memory, focus, and mood.
Mots-C
This important peptide acts directly on the mitochondria, the small bodies inside our cells that make all our body’s energy. It helps convert glucose into useful energy, and helps control insulin sensitivity. By acting as a key to unlock this energy, Mots-C frees it for the body’s use.
Humanin
This peptide acts in the mitochondria and elsewhere in the body. A powerful neuroprotective agent, it protects nerve cells from environmental damage and may even play a role in protecting against Alzheimer’s. It also acts as a cellular protector, helping cells stay healthy and recover more quickly.
Focus/Cognitive FogPinealon, FGL, PE-22-28
Focus / Cognitive Fog
Category: Optimal Health (Cognitive Function)
It can be easy to accept brain fog and cognitive decline as part of the natural aging process. However, it doesn’t have to be. This peptide combination uses three powerful neural enhancers that will boost your memory and mood.
Pinealon
This tri-peptide complex acts as a free radical reducer, protecting the body and particularly the brain from aging. It promotes quality sleep as well as playing a role in learning and memory.
FGL
This peptide mimics molecules in the brain that promote neuron health. It improves memory, learning ability, and alertness by assisting in the growth of new neural connections.
PE-22-28
This peptide acts on parts of the brain that control mood, learning and memory. The TREK-1 pathway where PE-22-28 is active has been a target for drug companies developing antidepressants. This peptide acts as a natural antidepressant, mood regulator, and memory booster.
RecoveryGHK-Cu, BPC157, TB500, KPV
Recovery
Category: Optimal Health, Healing, Anti-Aging
When we’re young, it seems like the body can bounce back from anything. As we age, however, injuries become more common and recovery takes longer. We don’t have to accept that age and slow recovery time go hand in hand, because this peptide combination promotes fast recovery and decreased inflammation.
GHK-Cu (Copper)
Occurring naturally in the bloodstream, this peptide acts as a unit with copper molecules. Along with anti-inflammatory properties, it promotes healing, improves the condition of skin, and encourages collagen production.
BPC 157:
The body protective compounds (BPCs) in this peptide help your body recover from injury. Many ailments can benefit from this therapy such as; muscle injuries, joint pain, nerve damage, and strained tendons or ligaments. Along with enhanced healing, it has anti-aging benefits that improves the condition of the skin over time.
Thymosin Beta-4 (TB-500)
Important in the repair of injuries, this peptide builds protein inside cells. It can help repair joints, muscles, ligaments, and tendons. Secreted into the bloodstream at the site of an injury, it protects damaged tissue, controls inflammation, and promotes healing.
KPV
This naturally occurring peptide reduces inflammation and may reduce tumor growth. By reducing inflammation, it can help injuries heal with less swelling and pain, and it can also decrease inflammation causing problems in the gut.
StrengthCJC1295/Ipamorelin, GHRP2, Kisspeptin
Strength
Category: Optimal Health, Weight Management
We achieve real strength when our minds and bodies work as one coordinated whole. This peptide combination helps make sure you can be at your strongest every day and achieve your physical goals.
CJC 1295
Acting as a Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone (GHRH), this peptide promotes the release of Human Growth Hormone (HGH), which has powerful effects throughout the body. By promoting this hormone, CJC-1295 increases protein building, promotes fat burning, and encourages growth.
Ipamorelin
This peptide stimulates the pituitary gland to release natural growth hormone, which can increase energy and endurance, speed up repairs on a cellular level, and promote fat burning, making it the ideal boost to your workout routine.
GHRP-2
Another peptide that acts to stimulate growth hormone production, GHRP-2 has become well-known to enhance muscle development and recovery. Boosting growth hormone also has anti-aging effects. Since this hormone declines after our twenties, restoring it can help return our bodies to more youthful functioning.
Kisspeptin
By acting on gonadotropin-releasing hormone, this peptide activates a hormone cascade that produces luteinizing hormone (LH) and stimulating hormone (FSH). These, in turn, manage testosterone in men and estrogen in women, promoting muscle growth and improving sexual health.
SexualPT141, Testosterone
Sexual Wellness
Category: Reproductive Health
As we age, some people consider it normal for our sexual health and performance to wane. This doesn’t have to be the norm. With this peptide combination, you can restore your sexual function as well as feeling healthier and more energized.
PT 141
This peptide acts on the hypothalamus in the brain to trigger increased sexual desire. PT 141 offers improved libido, enhancing erections, and even treating hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) in premenopausal women. This peptide improves sexual desire and performance for both men and women.
Testosterone
Known as the male hormone even though women’s bodies also use it, testosterone improves sexual functioning and performance. A decrease in testosterone associated with aging can affect everything from sexual performance to hair growth. Restoring testosterone levels can make you look and feel younger.
Anti-AgingEpithalon, GHK-Cu, Thymalin, TAM818
Anti-Aging
Category: Anti-Aging, Optimal Health
Aging happens to everyone, but you can age better, with a healthier body and mind, by providing yourself with peptides to protect and promote cellular wellness.
Epithalon
This peptide has a direct effect on aging by increasing telomerase, an enzyme the body needs to replicate its DNA and produce healthy new cells. Raising levels of this enzyme keeps the body’s cells younger and healthier, resulting in fewer age-related conditions, improvements in skin health, and sharper cognitive functioning.
GHK-Cu (Copper)
Occurring naturally in the bloodstream, this peptide acts as a unit with copper molecules. Along with anti-inflammatory properties, it promotes healing, improves the condition of skin, and encourages collagen production. This keeps skin looking younger and more resilient.
Thymalin
Produced by the thymus gland, this peptide helps regulate pain and inflammation as well as providing powerful immune system enhancement. People experience improvements in cardiovascular, neurological, and immunological health.
TAM 818
This peptide stimulates the production of telomerase, helping cells replicate their DNA and produce new, healthy cells. Declines in telomerase have been linked to many aspects of aging, both physical and neurological, so enhancing the function of this enzyme promotes youthful cell behavior.
Weight LossAOD9604, Tesamorelin, MIC, B12
Weight Loss
Category: Weight Maintenance, Optimal Health
While nothing can substitute for weight management strategies like diet and exercise, sometimes these cannot produce the desired results. If you want to see better results from your weight loss efforts, this peptide combination will help your body burn more fat and build more muscle.
AOD 9604
This peptide makes up the part of growth hormone involved in fat metabolism. It boosts the body’s metabolism, prevents cells from storing fat and helps them to release fat they have stored, and promotes fat burning without affecting blood sugar levels.
Tesamorelin
This peptide stimulates growth hormone production, boosting your body’s metabolism and fat-burning abilities. Results include decreased appetite, increased lean muscle mass, and improvements in overall metabolic rate.
MIC
This combination of methionine, inositol, and choline promotes the release of fat from cells and enhances the body’s fat-burning metabolism. Known to act directly on fats, these molecules all play important roles in fat metabolism.
PIC B12
Although required for many functions in our bodies, B12 does not absorb well through the digestive system, making injections an ideal method of delivery. B12 boosts energy and metabolism, improves mood and overall sense of wellbeing, and helps keep your cardiovascular system functioning smoothly.
Immune DysfxnLL37, Thymosin Alpha 1
Immunity
Category: Optimal Health, Immune System
Does it seem like as you get older, it takes longer to recover from a cold or flu? Have you noticed that you just don’t bounce back from infections like you once did? Our immune system can weaken with age just like other body systems, but this peptide combination can get you on the road to recovery faster.
LL37
This antimicrobial peptide (AMP) actively protects the body against invasion by disease-causing bacteria or other pathogens. These peptides are under research as an alternative to antibiotics when germs become resistant. This peptide protects you from illness, and it also boosts tissue repair and helps the body recover from injury.
Thymosin Alpha 1
Produced in the thymus, where immune system T cells develop, this peptide can promote healthy immune function. It controls inflammation and autoimmune conditions while encouraging the development of germ-killing T cells.
What Peptide Therapies are Available?
IGF-1 (Insulin-like Growth Factor 1)
CATEGORY: Optimal Health
The liver produces IGF-1 to work in concert with insulin to determine what type of fuel the body uses at a given time. IGF-1 helps transfer glucose through cell membranes for growth and repair of muscle, nerve, and heart cells. Over time, if the liver becomes too fatty, production of IGF-1 suffers, putting more dependence on insulin, which can eventually lead to diabetes. Boosting the IGF-1 peptide keeps insulin balanced as well as providing a host of other benefits.
Benefits include:
• Reduced body fat with enhanced fat burning
• Increased muscle mass and strength
• Improved energy and physical stamina
• Better sleep and lower incidence of insomnia
• Enhanced cognitive function
• Improved calcium retention and better bone density
• Improved skin elasticity
• Strengthened connective tissue and repair after injury
AOD9604 (Advaned Obesity Drug)
CATEGORY: Weight Management
This is a synthetic peptide fragment that comprises a modified 15 amino acid region of GH (the tail end, which burns fat). Similar to GH, AOD9604 aids in the reduction of obesity. Additionally, it does not stimulate the production of IGF-1.
Benefits include:
• Promotes fat burning without affecting blood sugar or tissue growth
• Prompts fat release from obese fat cells
• Prevents lipogenesis (fat accumulation)
• Treatment in osteoarthritis, hypercholesterolemia, bone and cartilage repair
• Boosts the body’s metabolism
• Less appetite stimulation
BPC 157
CATEGORY: Healing, Anti-Aging, Optimal Health
BPC 157, composed of 15 amino acids, is a partial sequence of body protection compounds (BPC). Experimentally it has been demonstrated to accelerate the healing of many different wounds, including tendons, muscles, nervous system, and superior healing of damaged ligaments. Those who suffer from discomfort due to muscle sprains, tears, and damage may benefit from treatment with this peptide. It can also help aid skin burns to heal faster and increase blood flow to damaged tissues.
Benefits include:
• Supports cognitive performance
• Supports joint health
• Protects against drug-induced damage
• Restores the serotonergic transport system
• Protects dopaminergic system
• Enhances the GABAergic system
• Reverse opioid tolerance
• Accelerated wound healing
• Ligament healing (knee, rotary)
• Benefits for ulcers in the stomach
• Benefits for intestinal damage
• May help irritable bowel disease
• Promotes lipolysis
• Improves overall skin appearance
• Repairs skin barrier proteins
CJC-1295
CATEGORY: Weight Management, Increased Energy, Healing, Optimal Health
CJC-1295 is a 30 amino acid peptide hormone that has shown incredibly promising results as a Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone (GHRH) analog. CJC-1295 stimulates HGH secretion and can provide a steady increase of HGH with minimal effect on cortisol and prolactin levels. This means increased protein synthesis, thus promoting growth and fat loss simultaneously. Ipamorelin mimics ghrelin and binds to the ghrelin receptor (or GH secretagogue receptor, GHSR) in the brain, thereby selectively stimulating the release of GH from the pituitary gland. This results in increased plasma GH levels, which would affect many biological processes. Unlike other GH-releasing peptides, Ipamorelin only stimulates GH release in a manner very similar to that of Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone. This combination results in a great aid for sleep, energy, stamina, and recovery benefits.
Benefits include:
• Increased protein synthesis
• Promotes fat burning
• Improves sleep quality
• Increased bone density
• Accelerated injury recovery
• Improved immune system
• Increased protein synthesis
• Increased energy
• Increase in lean body mass
Ipamorelin
CATEGORY: Weight Management, Anti-Aging, Increased Energy, Optimal Health
Ipamorelin is a peptide used to help growth hormone production. Ipamorelin is composed of five amino acids that stimulate the pituitary gland to produce more growth hormone naturally. This results in increased plasma GH levels, which would affect many biological processes, such as in the gastrointestinal tract, heart, lung, liver, kidney, pancreas, adipose tissue, and immune cells. Unlike other GH releasing peptides, Ipamorelin only stimulates GH release in a manner very similar to that of growth hormone releasing hormone.
Benefits include:
• Promotes fat burning
• Increased collagen production
• Increase in lean body mass
• Improves sleep quality
• Increased energy
• Increased endurance
• Improved cellular repair
• Increased IGF-1
• Counteracts glucocorticoid catabolic effects
• Less appetite stimulation
• Less release of Cortisol, Prolactin, and Aldosterone
Sermorelin is a peptide analog of Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone used as a diagnostic agent to assess growth hormone secretion to diagnose growth hormone deficiency. It is a 29-amino acid polypeptide representing the 1–29 fragment from endogenous human GHRH, thought to be the shortest fully functional fragment of GHRH.
Benefits include:
• Increase in lean body mass
• Increased energy
• Increased strength
• Accelerated wound healing
• Improved cardiovascular and immune function
• Improves sleep quality
• Improved bone density
• Improved skin quality and higher collagen density
Thymosin Beta-4 (TB_500)
CATEGORY: Anti-Aging, Optimal Health, Healing
Thymosin Beta-4 (TB-500) is a cell-building protein, an essential component of cell structure and movement, which assists in joint, tissue, muscle, and ligament repair. Thymosin Beta-4 plays a crucial role in protecting, regenerating, and remodeling injured or damaged tissues. Thymosin Beta-4 is released by platelets and numerous other cells to protect the most damaged cells and tissues involved in an injury. Some studies show it reduces inflammation and microbial growth.
Benefits include:
• Increase in endurance and strength
• Improved joint & tissue repair
• Modulates immune function and inflammation
• Improved chronic fatigue
• Improved muscle tone
• Suppresses muscle spasms
• Improved autoimmune function
• Anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties
• Protects against oxidative damage
Epithalon
CATEGORY: Anti-Aging, Optimal Health, Healing
Epithalon is the synthetic version of the polypeptide Epithalamin, which is naturally produced in humans. Epitalon decreases the age-related changes in immune and neuroendocrine systems and reduces recurrent infections and chronic diseases. Some of the benefits include regulation of hormones, rejuvenation and strengthening of the immune system, and normalization of uric acid, cholesterol, and electrolyte levels.
Epitalon’s primary role is to increase the natural production of telomerase, a natural enzyme that allows for replicating our DNA so the body can grow new cells and rejuvenate old ones. Young people produce a large amount of telomerase and longer telomeres. However, as people age, the production of telomerase declines, and consequently, cell replication and health decline. This is the main reason people age.
Benefits include:
• Increase human lifespan
• Promote deep sleep
• Delay and prevention of age-related diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and dementia
• Acts as an antioxidant
• Improve skin health and appearance
• Healing of injured muscle cells
• Restores and normalizes melatonin levels in older individuals
• Can increase resistance to emotional stress
PT-141
CATEGORY: Sexual Wellness
PT-141 is used to treat erectile dysfunction or impotence in men and HSDD (hypoactive sexual desire disorder) in women. It affects sexual arousal, aiding enhanced libido levels and penile erections. It acts on the nervous system via the activation of neurons in the hypothalamus to increase sexual desire.
Benefits include:
• Treat HSDD (hypoactive sexual desire disorder) in premenopausal women.
• Beneficial for low libido (male & female)
• Increase energy
• Beneficial for ED (erectile dysfunction)
• Enhance sexual satisfaction
DSIP (Delta sleep-inducing peptide)
CATEGORY: Optimal Health (Sleep)
DSIP (Delta sleep-inducing peptide) is a neuromodulator and natural sleep-promoting nonapeptide with many other physiologic functions. It is predominantly found in the brain and easily passes the blood-brain barrier. It has been used to treat poor sleep, pain conditions, stress-related symptoms, low testosterone (via stimulation of LH), and even sometimes as an antioxidant and anti-cancer protein. It exhibits a pronounced stress-protective action and decreases stress-induced metabolic and functional disorders in human and animal organisms exposed to various stresses. In humans, DSIP directly impacts the secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone, luteinizing hormone, and growth hormone.
Benefits include:
• Improvement on disturbed sleeping patterns
• Improved LH and GH release
• Decreased production of cortisol production
• Decreased production of somatostatin production
• Reduction of chronic pain
• Regulation of your circadian rhythm
Selank
CATEGORY: Optimal Health (Cognitive Function), Anti-Aging, Increased Energy
Selank is a heptapeptide which is a derivative of tetra-peptide Tuftsin. The human body produces Tuftsin naturally, which comes with a broad range of benefits. It is one of the latest substances used for its many anti-anxiety (anxiolytic) effects. Selank is a precursor to the tetrapeptide known as Tuftsin. This tetrapeptide can efficiently improve and transform your immune system.
Benefits include:
• Superior learning aptitude and memory processes
• Better sensory awareness
• Improved curiosity
• Enhanced mental concentration
• Regulation of the activities of noradrenergic and serotonergic brain systems.
• Decreased anxiety and stress levels.
• Better antiviral functioning without any adverse side effects.
• Improved cerebral energy
• Better and steady mood as well as feelings of gratification and happiness.
GHK-Cu (Copper)
Category: Anti-aging, Healing, Optimal Health
GHK-Cu (Copper) occurs naturally in human plasma, and it declines with age. This decline coincides with the noticeable decrease in an organism’s regenerative capacity. GHK-Cu functions as a complex with copper, stimulates collagen production, accelerates wound healing and contraction, improves the take of transplanted skin, and possesses anti-inflammatory properties.
Benefits:
• Improves skin’s elasticity, firmness, and overall appearance
• Reduces hyperpigmentation and skin spots
• Improves collagen production
• Reduces inflammation
• Improves wound healing and reduces infections
• Increases hair growth and follicle size
Thymosin Alpha-1
Category: Optimal Health, Healing
Thymosin is a small protein the thymus gland produces to stimulate disease-fighting T-cell development. The thymus is an integral part of your immune system, where individual T-cells are made to respond to the millions of bacteria, fungi, or viruses that potentially invade the body. Thymosin Alpha-1 is an excellent immune modulator. Commonly prescribed for treating chronic viral diseases, Thymosin Alpha-1 increases innate immunity factors and helps fight harmful autoimmune processes. It controls inflammation associated with chronic diseases, which can cause excess fatigue.
Benefits:
• Modulates immune function and inflammation
• Improves chronic fatigue
• Suppresses tumor growth
• Improves autoimmune function
• Contains antifungal and antibacterial properties
• Protects against oxidative damage
• Increases vaccine effectiveness
• Helps eliminate unhealthy cells and stops infection or cancer growth
Mots-C
CATEGORY: ANTI-AGING, WEIGHT MANAGEMENT
Mots-C is a 16 amino acid peptide, which is naturally produced by the mitochondria in your cells. Mots-C regulates metabolic processes in the body, notably, it converts glucose into usable energy.
Mots-C increases the uptake of glucose in skeletal muscle and turns on the AMPK pathway without stimulating insulin. Boosting the metabolism of glucose helps to prevent metabolic-related diseases such as diabetes and obesity. Mots-C also helps turn back the clock on aging because it reverses cellular decline by promoting the renewal of cell components.
Benefits:
• Controls insulin sensitivity
• EnhanceS physical performance
• Increases energy
• Helps with weight loss
• Improves cell function
KPV
CATEGORY: HEALING, OPTIMAL HEALTH
KPV is a peptide that is naturally present in the body as an alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH). Studies have shown that KPV helps to reduce inflammation and tumor growth in the body. This makes KPV suitable for treating inflammatory disorders of the gut and skin.
Benefits:
• Anti-inflammatory
• Promotes gut health
• Anti-microbial
• Aids with wound healing
• Treats irritable bowel disease (IBD) and colon cancer
PE-22-28
CATEGORY: ANTIDEPRESSANT
PE-22-28 is a 7-amino acid peptide derived from a naturally occurring peptide known as spadin. Spadin is a peptide that blocks the TREK-1 channel. TREK-1 is present in areas of the brain that control mood, learning, and memory and is, therefore, a target for antidepressants. PE-22-28 is a research peptide undergoing evaluation for potential benefits as an antidepressant.
Benefits:
• Antidepressant
• Promotes growth of new neurons
• Aids in stroke recovery
• Defends against neurodegenerative diseases
Kisspeptin
CATEGORY: REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Kisspeptin is a peptide hormone made in the hypothalamus that controls the levels of other reproductive hormones. Kisspeptin stimulates the release of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH).
GnRH triggers the release of luteinizing hormone (LH) and stimulating hormone (FSH). These hormones play a crucial role in reproductive health as they contribute to the secretion of the sex hormones oestradiol in women and testosterone in men. Kisspeptin is also known as metastin because of its benefits in preventing the spread of cancer.
Benefits:
• Promotes reproductive health
• Improves male and female fertility
• Helps regulate the metabolism
• Regulates sexual behavior
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