At Tucson Valley Functional Medicine, we see your skin as more than surface-level, it’s a reflection of your body’s inner balance and vitality. Our aesthetics approach blends advanced science with holistic care, helping you achieve radiant, healthy skin that supports your overall well-being.
Whether you’re seeking rejuvenation, targeted correction, or pure relaxation, each treatment is thoughtfully customized to your unique skin and goals.
Every skin journey begins with a mandatory consultation to ensure your treatment plan aligns with your health, history, and goals.
Our expert aesthetic provider will evaluate your skin, discuss your concerns, and design a plan that promotes lasting results and long-term skin health.
During your consultation, we may also use Alma IQ™ Skin Analysis — advanced imaging that captures your skin’s deeper layers in just minutes. This 5-minute scan reveals pigmentation, texture, vascularity, and overall skin quality, allowing us to craft the most accurate, personalized treatment plan possible.
Melissa Cruz has been part of Tucson Valley Functional Medicine since the very beginning, working alongside Dr. Bybee as both medical assistant and office manager. With over 13 years of experience in family medicine and endocrinology, Melissa brings a deep understanding of patient care and the challenges many face in the conventional medical system.
Inspired by the principles of root cause medicine and a desire to truly help patients heal, Melissa was drawn to a more personal, one-on-one approach to care. At Tucson Valley Functional Medicine, she’s found a place where she can connect with patients on a deeper level, offering both clinical support and genuine compassion.
Her passion for patient connection also led her to pursue her esthetics license in 2022. As a licensed esthetician, Melissa enjoys helping patients feel confident and cared for, specializing in facial massage and restorative skincare. She loves creating a calming, trust-filled experience that supports both inner and outer wellness.
Known for her warmth, attentiveness, and commitment to patient wellbeing, Melissa is an essential part of the Tucson Valley Functional Medicine team—and a trusted presence for every patient who walks through the door.
Each facial is fully customized to your skin’s needs, combining deep cleansing, exfoliation, extractions (if needed), and soothing massage for a glowing, healthy complexion. Perfect for regular maintenance or a special occasion.
Stimulates collagen and elastin to refine texture, minimize scars, and reduce fine lines.
Promotes firmer, smoother, more even-toned skin.
This treatment works with your skin’s natural healing process to restore strength, resilience, and clarity from within. By creating controlled microchannels, microneedling enhances cellular renewal while improving the absorption of targeted serums chosen specifically for your skin’s needs.
Ideal for patients seeking visible rejuvenation without aggressive intervention, microneedling supports long-term skin health by rebuilding collagen gradually—resulting in skin that looks refreshed, balanced, and naturally vibrant over time.
Transform your skin’s tone and texture with Opus Plasma™, a first-of-its-kind radiofrequency skin-resurfacing technology that delivers impressive rejuvenation with minimal downtime. This next-generation fractional treatment combines RF energy with plasma created when RF interacts with atmospheric pressure to resurface the skin and address wrinkles, scars, sun damage, laxity, and uneven texture.
Opus Plasma creates thousands of controlled micro-injuries while leaving surrounding tissue intact. Your body responds by producing new collagen and elastin, resulting in smoother, firmer, more youthful-looking skin. Unlike traditional lasers, Opus precisely controls energy contact to minimize inflammation and speed recovery. Treatment intensity can be customized from light to aggressive, making it suitable for most skin types and concerns.
A topical anesthetic is applied for 30 to 60 minutes to ensure comfort. The handpiece is then glided across the skin, followed by a protective balm. Mild redness or swelling may occur for 24 to 48 hours, with longer downtime after deeper treatments. While many see improvement after one session, three treatments provide optimal results.
Reveal fresher, smoother, more radiant skin. Our chemical peel series safely exfoliates and refines the complexion while reducing fine lines and discoloration.
Each peel is carefully selected based on your skin type, concerns, and tolerance to ensure safe, effective exfoliation without compromising the skin barrier. Our approach prioritizes skin integrity while encouraging healthy cell turnover, clarity, and brightness.
Over the course of the series, patients often notice improved texture, refined pores, and a more even complexion, making chemical peels an excellent option for addressing both visible signs of aging and underlying congestion or discoloration.
Includes cleanse, targeted peel, LED therapy, and hydration. Treatments spaced 2 weeks apart.
Harness the power of light to heal, calm, and renew. This non-invasive treatment reduces inflammation, clears acne, and supports collagen production.
LED Light Therapy is a gentle yet powerful treatment that supports the skin at a cellular level. Different wavelengths of light penetrate the skin to encourage repair, restore balance, and accelerate healing—making it suitable for all skin types, including sensitive or reactive skin.
Whether used as a stand-alone treatment or paired with facials, peels, or microneedling, LED therapy enhances results while promoting calm, comfort, and recovery—leaving skin clearer, healthier, and more resilient.
Personalize your facial or peel with one of our targeted boosts for deeper results.
Your skin tells a story beyond what’s visible. Alma IQ™ captures high-definition images of multiple skin layers — measuring pigmentation, texture, vascularity, inflammation, fine lines, and more — to give your provider a complete and data-driven picture of your skin’s true condition.
Through a series of advanced tests, we evaluate how your skin behaves, what it needs, and which factors may be influencing its overall health. These insights become the foundation for crafting a treatment plan that supports your goals for radiant, resilient skin — and they also guide the creation of your personalized Universkin® formula.
This deeper insight allows us to design a treatment plan that supports your goals for radiant, resilient, and healthy skin.
At Tucson Valley Functional Medicine, we pair your Alma IQ™ diagnostic results with Universkin®, a science-based, medical-grade skincare system customized exactly to your skin’s needs.
Developed by dermatologists and powered by precision ingredients, Universkin® allows us to blend a tailored serum based on the data gathered from your Alma IQ™ testing. This ensures your skincare routine isn’t just personalized — it’s scientifically aligned with how your skin functions. Your formula evolves as your skin does, giving you balanced, healthy, and consistently radiant results.
Cleanse – Prepares the skin and removes impurities.
Treat – Custom-formulated serums address pigmentation, redness, or texture.
Strengthen – Builds resilience and supports long-term skin health.
Soothe – Calms irritation and restores harmony to reactive skin.
Discover skincare that adapts to you — for personalized, high-performance results that go beyond the surface.
Your skin tells your story—it reflects how your body feels, functions, and heals.
We don’t aim to change you; we aim to enhance your natural radiance and strengthen your skin’s health from within.
Our treatments work in harmony with your nutrition, stress management, and lifestyle to help you look and feel your best.
Yes. Every new patient begins with a consultation to ensure your treatment is safe, personalized, and aligned with your skin goals.
Most patients find them relaxing. Some mild sensations may occur with microneedling or peels, but they’re generally well-tolerated.
Your provider will recommend a frequency based on your skin type, treatment goals, and overall plan.
Yes, in many cases treatments like LED Light Therapy, dermaplaning, or enzyme therapy can be added to facials or microneedling sessions for enhanced results. Your provider will guide you on safe and effective combinations.
Most facials and LED sessions have no downtime, allowing you to resume normal activities immediately. Mild redness or sensitivity may occur after microneedling or chemical peels, but this typically resolves within 1–3 days.
You’ll often notice an immediate glow and smoother texture after your first facial. Deeper results—such as improved tone, firmness, and reduced fine lines—typically develop over several sessions as collagen production increases.
Rediscover your skin’s natural radiance, book your consultation today and start your personalized aesthetics journey at Tucson Valley Functional Medicine.