Andrew Russ, MPAS, PA-C

Founder & Lead Aesthetic Provider, The Botox Spot (Redlands and Riverside, CA)

Andrew Russ, MPAS, PA-C, founder of The Botox Spot

Andrew Russ, MPAS, PA-C is the founder of The Botox Spot and has practiced full-time in dermatology and aesthetic medicine since 2016. He sees patients at both the Redlands and Riverside studios.

His treatment philosophy is deliberately minimalist. Where two plans would reach the same result, he uses the smaller one — conservative dosing, fewer products, and a follow-up to add if adding turns out to be warranted. The aim is a result that reads as rested rather than treated, and a patient who understands why each part of the plan is there.

Areas of clinical experience

Career timeline

2008: Registered Dietitian

Earned his Bachelor's degree in Nutrition and Food Sciences from California State University, San Bernardino and began practicing as a Registered Dietitian — his first work in patient care.

2016: Physician Assistant

Earned his Master's in Physician Assistant Sciences from Loma Linda University.

2016–2021: Dermatology

Entered full-time dermatology and aesthetic medicine immediately after PA school, carrying a full medical dermatology patient load alongside cosmetic and laser work.

2021: The Botox Spot

Founded The Botox Spot in January 2021, built around conservative, education-first aesthetic medicine.

Today: Founder & Lead Aesthetic Provider

Continues to treat patients while serving as founder and clinical leader of the practice, setting its treatment standards and training its providers.

Dermatology experience

Andrew spent his first five years as a PA practicing full-time alongside dermatologist Dr. Ingrid Trenkle, MD, and Norberto Collins. It was general dermatology in the fullest sense: a complete medical dermatology patient load — skin cancer screenings, acne, eczema, psoriasis, rashes, biopsies — carried at the same time as a cosmetic and laser practice.

That combination is unusual, and it is the part that matters most. Treating skin medically for years before treating it aesthetically changes what you notice on a face. It also means the lesion that should be biopsied rather than lasered does not get missed.

His experience during those years included medical dermatology, procedural dermatology and participation in Mohs surgery. As part of the Mohs team, Andrew performed surgical excisions, with closures typically performed by Norberto Collins. He is not a Mohs surgeon and did not perform the procedure independently — he was one member of a surgical team, which is exactly how Mohs is meant to be done.

Laser medicine

Injectables

Injectables — neuromodulators in particular — have made up a significant portion of Andrew's clinical practice for his entire career. Across a decade of full-time work that represents thousands of neuromodulator treatments, with extensive experience across Botox, Dysport and Daxxify.

Having used all three at volume is what makes choosing between them a clinical decision rather than a matter of what the practice happens to stock. They diffuse differently, they last differently, and the right answer changes with the muscle and the patient.

His particular interest is in the advanced applications that sit beyond the standard forehead, glabella and crow's feet: masseter treatment, platysmal bands, the DAO and chin, gummy smile, nasal flare and lip flip among them. These take a working understanding of how the muscles of the face pull against one another, and they are where a decade of repetition is most visible in the result.

Advanced education

Manufacturer education programs

Trained with

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