11/24/2025
Practice owner, injector and board certified physician assistant. I don’t talk about myself online anymore (in my privacy is precious era lol) but when it comes to medspas, it’s important that you know the practice and providers. Anyone can make themselves look good online, but who are they IRL?
Here’s a little bit about me and my background:
I am a daughter of two immigrants and I grew up in Oklahoma City. I majored in nutritional sciences / allied health and minored in microbiology, graduating as 1 of 10 outstanding seniors across my class at Oklahoma State.
Following undergrad, I continued my studies at OU college of medicine’s physician associate program. I was one of the youngest in that class and when I started my big girl job, I was shaking in my scrubs.
I put on a good front but being 24, working as first-assist in the operating room and seeing the challenges patients and providers face in the for profit American health complex was not great for my mental health. I didn’t want it anymore.
Seeing as my medical speciality was in ENT / head and neck surgery, I began to delve into alternative careers in medicine. The med spa industry seemed like a no brainer with my experience level and interest in the beauty industry.
I relocated to Dallas, TX and got my start injecting there at two prominent medical spas. During this time, I built and gained notoriety through my former social media account, .
There was no place like home, and no place for ME at home. I wanted a place where I could inject without selling patients on unnecessary treatments and without influence from pharmaceutical and laser companies.
A place like that was possible I thought, one that is solely based in providing safe and efficacious treatments with decades worth of research. One that that was also cute, warm and inviting, that spoke to someone like me.
And that’s how LARA, Leslie A. Reap Aesthetic Clinic was born.
