New research on smoking complication risks
February 1, 2019Smokers are more likely than nonsmokers to have complications after undergoing cosmetic surgery on the body, versus the face or breasts. In [...]
Digital health and dermatology
January 31, 2019What exactly is digital health? The scope and definition of digital health is broadening and now, it seems, digital health is essentially [...]
Should Your Med Spa Offer Aesthetician Services?
January 29, 2019By: Alex R. Thiersch, JD, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)While medical spa services command higher prices than traditional spa [...]
#10Things You Can Do For New Employees
January 24, 2019Last week, I was on the clinic floor with my students and made some interesting discoveries that I wanted to share with [...]
PRP: Do you know what you’re injecting?
January 23, 2019Blood is blood. But how it’s processed to make platelet-rich plasma (PRP) for a variety of indications, including aesthetic treatments, might make [...]
New York’s Laser Hair Removal Problem
January 22, 2019By Patrick O'Brien, J.D., Legal Coordinator for the American Med Spa AssociationLaser hair removal (LHR) is one of the most commonly performed [...]
Off-label Considerations for Mid-level Practitioners
January 18, 2019By Patrick O'Brien, J.D., Legal Coordinator for the American Med Spa AssociationWe'e discussed the issues and legalities with prescribing drugs for uses [...]
Improving the reporting of social media recruitment for clinical trials
January 16, 2019The popularity of social media has created a new opportunity for the research community to recruit study participants. Recent data indicate that [...]
Neurotoxin Treatments And The Masseter Muscle
January 15, 2019A literature review performed by Rawaa M. Almukhtar, MD, and Sabrina G. Fabi, MD, and published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (January [...]
Newer technologies give thread lifting a lift
January 15, 2019Gerald Pierone, Jr., M.D., has performed more than 30,000 dermal filler procedures, including liquid face lifting. But he says there is a [...]
Microneedling Reduces Smoking- And Aging-Related Skin Wrinkles
January 15, 2019Multiple treatments with an automated microneedling device (Dermapen) significantly reduces wrinkles resulting from both skin aging and smoking, according to a recent [...]
Mixed wavelengths effectively remove unwanted hair in all skin types
January 15, 2019Thunder MT from Quanta System, SpA (Milan, Italy), provides physicians with a powerful and unique hair removal modality that uses two laser [...]
