Nicole Hill, certified physician assistant, demonstrates UltraClear skin resurfacing laser on Dr. Joseph Gretzula. It treats fine lines, deep wrinkles, sun damage, age spots, scarring, acne scars and hyperpigmentation. Photo provided
By Jan Engoren
Beauty may be skin deep, but for Dr. Joseph Gretzula and his team at Beauty Within, 100 NE Sixth St. in Boynton Beach, true beauty emanates from within.
A graduate of the University of Miami and a practicing dermatologist in Boynton Beach for 35 years, Gretzula is also a pharmacist and pharmacologist and serves on the medical staff at Baptist Health Bethesda Hospital East.
Gretzula, 66, moved his business to east Boynton — his dermatology practice is next door to Beauty Within — and says he is committed to the revitalization of the city and its efforts at redeveloping its downtown.
Early in the coronavirus pandemic, Gretzula came up with the idea of a science-based aesthetic and wellness center that incorporates a holistic approach with the goal of improving patients’ biologic ages for longer and healthier lives. Beauty Within opened in December 2021.
The concept is designed to improve biological age through epigenetics and artificial intelligence.
“I’m approaching life differently as I age,” says Gretzula, who practices what he preaches. He wears an Oura ring to monitor his sleep cycle, a Withings watch to check his blood pressure and uses a hand-held Lumen device that measures metabolism and helps him improve metabolic efficiency and enhance fat burning.
A resident of Ocean Ridge, Gretzula rides his bicycle to the Ocean Club of Florida where he works out on the elliptical machine, listens to music or lectures on his headset and pumps some weights. This all makes him “feel like a million bucks.”
“It’s important to manage your sleep, your stress, practice mindful meditation, eat healthy and pay attention to your microbiome,” he says. “Everything affects our skin. We’re all about the whole patient and making lifestyle changes.
“We provide a culture of care and consider the patient as a whole person.”
In addition to the usual injectables such as Botox and Juvéderm, the center offers body treatments with the UltraClear laser, the first cold ablative fiber laser which is FDA approved for all skin types; facial rejuvenation; its signature weight-loss program; neutraceuticals, and a variety of other wellness and anti-aging programs.
Gretzula draws on his pharmaceutical background, using natural peptides and amino acids as appetite suppressants to aid in weight loss and natural bioflavonoids to lower cholesterol, without the side effects of statin drugs.
Gretzula is the third provider in Florida, and the 25th in the country, to offer the UltraClear laser treatment and is proud of his high-tech equipment, which includes the InBody machine designed to measure body composition.
Beauty Within (mybeautywithin.com) is a true family business. Gretzula’s daughter, Alexia Gretzula, and her fiancé, Max Krzyzaniak, both work in the office. The two met at Miami University in Ohio and moved here during the pandemic.
Krzyzaniak, 24, has already received Botox treatments to smooth wrinkles on his face and Morpheus8 micro-needling under his arms to alleviate hyperhidrosis, or excessive sweating. Combined with radiofrequency energy, micro-needling works to halt the sweat glands from overproducing — something he was not used to in Ohio.
The center recruited Nicole Hill, 34, from Orlando. She is a certified physician assistant with over 10 years of experience in advanced aesthetic practices and a national trainer for Allergan Medical Aesthetics.
She works with patients to develop comprehensive treatment plans to enhance their beauty and well-being goals.
She says her most requested service is for facial rejuvenation, including volume replacement, skin tightening and skin resurfacing.
Hill says her clients range in age from 18-90 with an approximate ratio of 70% women to 30% men.
Men, she says, come for facials, laser treatments, IPL photofacials for facial rejuvenation and injectables, as well as noninvasive body contouring, which utilizes radio frequency to get rid of their love handles.
“We have a great team here,” says Hill. “We try to be warm, comforting and welcoming to our clients.”
And, as Dr. Gretzula likes to say, “Aging is optional.”
Jan Engoren writes about health and healthy living. Send column ideas to jengoren@hotmail.com.
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