Marini SkinSolutions
Zhanna Graeff · Sawyer Yards · Houston, TX
VeraPelle — Clinical Facial Architecture & Manual Facial Sculpting, Houston
Clinical Facial Architecture & Manual Facial Sculpting
true skin.
From Gazprom contracts to facial architecture.

The Method
Most facials treat your skin.
Vera Pelle treats what's beneath it.
The face is a structural system — bone, muscle, fascia, lymphatic pathways. Every line, every area of laxity, every asymmetry has a cause underneath the surface. Zhanna trained inside an Eastern European tradition where that structure is sculpted directly by hand. The result is closer to manual sculpting than to a resort facial.
Tier 7 · Tier 8
The Signature Protocols

Zhanna Graeff
Esthetician & Founder · Dual-Licensed · Texas & Russia
The Specialist
Trained where facial massage
is medicine.
In Eastern Europe and Russia, facial massage was developed inside the clinical manual-technique tradition — not the beauty industry. The training is anatomically rigorous, structurally deep, and rooted in how fascia, lymph, and musculature actually function.
Zhanna trained in that tradition. What she does to the face is closer to what a facial sculpting specialist does — releasing structural holding patterns through hands alone that no serum, device, or injectable can reach.
The opening line of her story is unusual: I fixed my own skin first. A fifteen-year career managing oil-and-gas supply contracts in Moscow, a lifelong eczema neurodermatitis, and the moment she discovered that lymphatic technique worked on her own face when nothing else did. The training came after the proof.
- Eastern European manual sculpting method — Russia, formal training
- Buccal intra-oral massage — multiple clinical certifications
- Myofascial facial release — advanced practitioner
- European lymphatic drainage — precision anatomical pathways
- European face lifting & sculpting lineage
- Texas Esthetics License (Ogle School, 2022) · Russian licensing
Treatment Protocols
Package series
Structural results compound. Four pre-built series; one custom protocol available after a consultation.
Series · 01
Buccal Intensive
Six dedicated buccal sessions at the cadence you and Zhanna set, with at-home recovery direction between visits. The structural protocol most regulars settle into.
6 sessions · 60 min · twice weekly, weekly, every other week, or monthly
- Six buccal intra-oral sessions
- At-home protocol
- Cadence set with Zhanna at your first visit
Series · 02
Il Recupero
A dedicated lymphatic drainage course for recovery from cosmetic procedures, sequenced around your surgeon's clearance from first session through resolved swelling.
4 sessions · 60 min · twice weekly, weekly, every other week, or monthly
- Lymphatic drainage sessions, 60 minutes each
- Sequenced around your surgeon's clearance
- Valid six months from purchase
$900
$225 / session
Series · 03 · Most Requested
Trattamento Series
The two-layer flagship — Idro-Pulizia Clinica paired with The Buccal Lift — four sessions, spaced for visible structural and surface change.
4 sessions · 120 min · every three to four weeks, or every other month
- Four Trattamento Vera Pelle sessions
- Custom serum infusion per visit
- At-home skin prescription
Series · 04
Zhanna Method Series
Ninety minutes each visit, six visits at your cadence. The complete manual protocol — lymphatic drainage, gua sha, buccal, myofascial, and European face lifting — refined visit by visit.
6 sessions · 90 min · weekly, every other week, or monthly
- Six Zhanna Method sessions
- Multi-modal manual protocol per visit
- Comprehensive skin prescription
Afterpay available at checkout on series under $2,000. Series pricing is the total across sessions; reserving locks the rate.
Clinical Results
What clients write
after the work.
I spent over $15,000 on facials and lymphatic treatments, but nothing truly worked until I saw Zhanna. Her buccal and lymphatic massage released years of tension in my TMJ and jaw. Within hours the puffiness was noticeably reduced. For the first time in fifteen years, I feel like myself again.
Verified Client
TripAdvisor · Buccal + Lymphatic Protocol
I've had numerous facials in my day, and this was by far the most unique and rejuvenating. Zhanna covered what ingredients I should be using, what to avoid. I have never dozed off during a facial — but I did. I was truly shocked. It was that relaxing while focusing on real structural results.
Verified Client
TripAdvisor · European Face Lifting Protocol
The best buccal facial I've ever had, no question. Zhanna's knowledge of facial anatomy is at a completely different level than anyone I've seen before. You can feel the difference immediately — structurally, not just superficially. Worth every cent and then some.
Verified Client
Google · Buccal Intra-Oral Protocol
Continue Your Protocol
The shelf
in the treatment room.
Marini SkinSolutions, Dermalogica, Holy Land — the curated SKUs Zhanna actually uses and prescribes. Every product on the shelf has a place in a protocol; nothing is here as filler.
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Marini SkinSolutions Antioxidant Daily Face Protectant SPF 33 2 oz
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Marini SkinSolutions C-ESTA® Cleansing Gel 6 fl oz
Find Us
Sawyer Yards,
Houston.
A converted industrial arts district — independent, exacting, off the mainstream. Not the Galleria. Not a strip mall. A specialist's atelier in East Heights, alongside the painters and ceramicists who also chose Sawyer Yards for the same reasons we did.
- Address
- 2200 Edwards St, Ste 305 · Houston, TX 77007
- Phone
- (832) 699-2049
- Tuesday – Friday
- 10:00 – 19:00
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Sunday – Monday
- Closed
Begin
The architecture of your face
deserves a specialist.
Accepting new clients by appointment.
Consultation form required prior to first treatment.



