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Jan 30, 2025

Savage Skin: Treatments Bring Out the Beauty That Is Skin Deep

Barry Kaufman

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Graciously provided by Savage Skin
At Savage Skin, Dr. Wayne Johnson of Hilton Head Health and Wellness and licensed aesthetician Maggie Silver are pooling their considerable expertise for an experience that treats your skin like the fiercely beautiful and inspiringly durable miracle that it is.

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Not only is your skin the largest organ of your body, it’s also the one whose appearance we worry about. After all, no one ever worried that their kidneys were too oily or that their spleen had a dry patch. 

Your skin, on the other hand, is front and center when you walk into a room. It’s the public face of all your best features, and it’s also tasked with one of the hardest jobs: staying beautiful while remaining exposed to the UV rays, pollution, and hazards of the world beyond your body.

At Savage Skin, Dr. Wayne Johnson of Hilton Head Health and Wellness and licensed aesthetician Maggie Silver are pooling their considerable expertise for an experience that treats your skin like the fiercely beautiful and inspiringly durable miracle that it is. From ADVATx treatments that address damaged skin to AgeJET Skin resurfacing, Savage Skin boasts a highly curated collection of bespoke treatments that blend boutique care with scientifically grounded experience.

Maggie Silver, owner of Savage Skin  

“I don’t offer a thousand different treatments. I offer the products and treatments that I’m passionate about and that have demonstrated proven results,” Silver said. “In this industry, there are tons of medical spas and skin specialists, so it’s important to go with someone who is experienced and you can build a relationship with, based on trust. Dr. Johnson is so good at building that relationship.”

The pair of them decided to bring their talents together to form Savage Skin with exactly that type of relationship. As a patient of Dr. Johnson’s for 15 years, Silver had long known the type of individualized care and patient-focused approach that have been the doctor’s hallmarks. As an award-winning aesthetician, having won Best of Bluffton’s best aesthetician for three years in a row in her 10 years at a large medical spa in the Lowcountry, she had been looking for opportunities to branch out.

“I came from a big medical group where it could sometimes be difficult to deliver the kind of personalized care I wanted. It’s so important to me to keep it very intimate and make everyone feel like they’re important and valued,” Silver said. “Wayne had always been saying we should work together, and it was just the right time in my life. So we took the plunge.”

Before and After of Patient after three ADVATx laser facials

They opened their doors in November 2023, offering a selective range of treatments like The Savage Express (30-minute HydraFacial including cleansing, exfoliation, light peel, extractions, and antioxidants with available dermaplane) or the Savage Ultimate (60-minute treatment including lymphatic drainage, LED light therapy, and dermaplane). 

“It’s very rewarding and challenging at times, but it’s definitely my vision. It’s important to me that I can be my own person and offer the treatments I feel passionate about,” Silver said. “I really enjoy customizing treatments and recommending things without pressuring patients. People have come to trust and respect me, and working in plastics and dermatology for so long has given me a lot of insight.”

When she’s not serving her clients at Savage Skin, you can usually find Silver spending time with her 11-year old mini schnauzers Lily and Lady and their annoying little brother, a 3-year-old English bulldog named Ye. 

Find out more at savageskinsc.com.  

Before and after of patient with one Age Jet Non-Ablative laser treatment

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