Medical Wellness
Peptide Therapy
Peptides are short chains of amino acids that act as signaling molecules in the body. They tell cells what to do: repair tissue, produce collagen, release growth hormone, calm inflammation. Peptide therapy at MK Aesthetics uses that signaling to support recovery, skin, sleep, body composition, and how you age.
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What Peptide Therapy Can Support
Peptides are not a single treatment. Each one carries a different signal, which is why the right protocol depends on what you are trying to change. These are the goals patients bring to us most often.
Injury and recovery
Nagging joints, slow-healing tendons, workouts that take days to bounce back from.
Skin and hair
Collagen, elasticity, and hair support from the inside, and faster recovery after aesthetic treatments.
Sleep quality
Deeper, more restorative sleep that leaves you rested instead of just unconscious for eight hours.
Body composition
Holding on to lean muscle while reducing fat, especially stubborn fat through the midsection.
Energy and focus
Cellular energy, mental clarity, and resilience against the fatigue that builds with age and stress.
Healthy aging
Supporting the body's own growth hormone rhythm and repair processes as they naturally decline.
Peptides do not force a result. They give your body a signal it already knows how to follow. The work is choosing the right signal for the right person.
The MK Approach to Peptide Therapy
How It Works
Peptide therapy is prescription-based and provider-directed. It starts with a conversation about your goals and your health, and it ends with a protocol you can run from home.
Step One
Peptide Evaluation
Your provider reviews your health history, your goals, and any medications or conditions that affect which peptides are appropriate. If you have already completed our Hormone Optimization Evaluation, your labs inform this conversation as well.
From there, your provider selects the peptide or stack that matches what you want to change, and explains what to expect and how long it takes.
Step Two
Your Protocol at Home
Once prescribed, your peptides ship directly to your home or are picked up at the clinic. Most protocols are small subcutaneous injections that you administer yourself, and our team walks you through the process before you start.
Protocols run in cycles, typically a few months on followed by a break, with check-ins along the way so your provider can adjust as your body responds.
The Peptide Evaluation is $100, and it is credited toward your first peptide purchase. Peptide pricing depends on the specific peptide and the length of your protocol, so your provider will go over it with you directly. If peptides are not the right fit for your goals, we will tell you that too.
The Peptides We Offer
Each peptide below is prescribed individually by your provider. Some are used on their own and some are combined into stacks that work on more than one system at once.
BPC-157
What It Is
A regenerative peptide originally derived from a protein found in the stomach. It supports tissue repair in muscles, tendons, ligaments, and joints, helps calm inflammation, and supports the gut lining.
Best For
Injury recovery, chronic joint or tendon discomfort, post-surgical healing, and gut health.
TB-500
What It Is
A fragment of thymosin beta-4, a naturally occurring protein involved in cell migration and repair. TB-500 supports soft tissue healing, flexibility, and new blood vessel growth, and helps limit scar tissue as injuries heal.
Best For
Tendon and ligament recovery, joint stiffness, mobility, and active people who want to recover faster between training sessions.
Wolverine Stack
What It Is
BPC-157 and TB-500 combined in a single injection. The two peptides work through different repair pathways, so together they cover inflammation, tissue regeneration, and circulation at the same time.
Best For
Injury and post-surgical recovery, chronic pain, and anyone who wants the broadest recovery signal in one protocol.
GHK-Cu
What It Is
A copper-binding peptide the body produces on its own, best known for its role in skin remodeling and wound healing. It supports collagen and elastin production, skin texture, and hair follicle activity, with antioxidant effects that help protect cells from stress.
Best For
Skin rejuvenation, hair support, scar healing, and recovery after aesthetic procedures.
Glow Stack
What It Is
GHK-Cu, BPC-157, and TB-500 in one blend. It pairs the deep tissue repair of the Wolverine Stack with the collagen and skin support of GHK-Cu, so internal recovery and visible skin renewal happen together.
Best For
Anti-aging and skin quality, post-procedure repair, and patients who want recovery and rejuvenation from a single protocol.
CJC-1295 / Ipamorelin
What It Is
Two peptides that prompt your pituitary to release growth hormone in natural pulses rather than delivering hormone directly. Together they support lean muscle, fat metabolism, tissue repair, and the deep sleep that growth hormone release depends on.
Best For
Lean muscle retention, recovery, sleep quality, and healthy aging.
Sermorelin
What It Is
A growth hormone releasing hormone analog that supports your body's own pulsatile growth hormone production. Because it works through your natural rhythm rather than replacing it, it is a common long-term option for sleep, recovery, and body composition.
Best For
Age-related growth hormone decline, poor sleep or recovery, fat loss with lean muscle support, and skin and collagen quality.
Tesamorelin
What It Is
A growth hormone releasing hormone analog with a specific track record for reducing visceral fat, the deep abdominal fat that diet and exercise struggle to reach, while helping preserve lean muscle.
Best For
Targeted midsection fat loss, body composition, and metabolic support.
NAD+
What It Is
A coenzyme every cell uses to produce energy and repair DNA. NAD+ levels decline with age, which shows up as fatigue, brain fog, and metabolic slowdown. Available as a self-administered injection or as a weekly in-clinic option.
Best For
Energy, mental clarity, recovery from burnout, and cellular support for healthy aging.
Peptides Rarely Work Alone
Most patients on peptide therapy are also doing something else with us, because the goals overlap. Your provider builds the protocol with the whole plan in view.
Hormone therapy. Growth hormone peptides and bioidentical hormone replacement address different systems and are frequently prescribed together.
Weight management. Recovery and body composition peptides support lean muscle for patients on GLP-1 therapy.
Aesthetic treatments. GHK-Cu and the Glow Stack support healing and collagen after microneedling, laser, and Sofwave.
IV and injection therapy. IV therapy and B12 injections cover the nutrient side while peptides handle the signaling side.
Who You Will Work With
Peptide therapy is prescribed and monitored by our medical wellness team. You will see the same people from your evaluation through every adjustment.
Leslie
Nurse Practitioner
Leslie leads our medical wellness program and conducts every peptide evaluation, in clinic and virtually. She selects your protocol, explains the why behind it, and manages your care as it evolves.
Taylor
Wellness Nurse
Taylor handles lab panels, wellness pre-consultations, and injection instruction. If you are new to self-administered injections, she is the one who makes sure you are comfortable before you start.
Common Questions
Peptide therapy is one part of a larger approach to how you feel and how you age, and we see patients from Minnetonka, Minneapolis, Wayzata, Edina, and across the west metro. Explore the rest of our Medical Wellness program, or learn more about our team on the About page. Questions? Contact us directly.