• ‘Beauty is around the eyes of the beheld’

    November 26, 2018

    Aesthetic physicians performing procedures aimed at improving facial appearance can reliably use the orbital oval balance principle to achieve optimal results in [...]

  • Facial exercise accelerates Botox results

    November 26, 2018

    Patients often come in to the clinic very close to the day of an important social event, seeking Botox injections. In such [...]

  • Can an Esthetician Do It?

    November 20, 2018

    By Patrick O'Brien, J.D., Legal Coordinator for the American Med Spa AssociationThe services that medical spas offer can range between traditional spa [...]

  • Understanding CoolSculpting and Your Med Spa

    November 19, 2018

    By Brad Adatto, JD, Partner, ByrdAdattoWhether you're an entrepreneur or a veteran business owner of a med spa, you know that business [...]

  • What Does the Recent Texas Botox Arrest Mean to You?

    November 15, 2018

    By Alex R. Thiersch, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)As many have seen in the news recently, a Texas LVN [...]

  • A promising new minimally invasive procedure for skin contouring

    November 14, 2018

    A minimally invasive surgical skin contouring procedure, currently under investigation, could give patients a new option for removing fat and tightening skin, [...]

  • Illinois Proposes Rules Authorizing Full Practice Authority for Certain Advanced Practice Registered

    November 13, 2018

    Illinois Proposes Rules Authorizing Full Practice Authority for Certain Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs)In 2017, Illinois passed legislation granting advanced practice registered [...]

  • More new therapies under study for underarm sweat

    November 13, 2018

    The approval of the topical glycopyrronium tosylate (Qbrexza, Dermira) for primary axillary hyperhidrosis may soon be followed by other treatments for the [...]

  • How Skin Care Products Benefit Medical Spa Patients

    November 8, 2018

    By Alex R. Thiersch, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)The most effective and marketable services offered by a medical spa [...]

  • Medical Spa Bad Press: Coming to Terms with Compliance

    November 1, 2018

    By Alex Thiersch, CEO of the American Med Spa AssociationBad outcomes and patient injuries in medical spas are appearing in more and [...]

  • Optimizing fillers for men

    October 31, 2018

    The use of neurotoxins and dermal fillers in men has been on the rise for nearly two decades, but men don’t often [...]

  • Why Private Equity Is Furious Over a Paper in a Dermatology Journal

    October 31, 2018

    Early this month, a respected medical journal published a research paper on its website that analyzed the effects of a business trend [...]