
Botulinum toxin injections may improve scarring
December 6, 2018Long lauded for its ability to reduce the appearance of wrinkles, botulinum toxin is now being considered for reducing scarring. By using [...]

Being older helps skin heal with less scarring
December 6, 2018Older skin might heal more slowly, but it heals with less scarring than younger skin. According to new research, published in Cell [...]

Combined treatment for scars
December 6, 2018Surgical scars demonstrated better improvement with a super-pulsed fractional CO2 laser in combination with standard silicone gel treatment as opposed to silicone [...]

7 Safety recommendations for tattoo removal
December 5, 2018Investigators from the Health Hazard Evaluation Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention visited a Massachusetts hospital in 2017 to [...]

Amazon Makes Inroads Selling Medical Supplies to the Sick
December 5, 2018A growing number of doctors around the U.S. can direct a patient to Amazon.com Inc. to buy blood-pressure cuffs, slings and other [...]

FDA approves HA filler for midface via cannula injection
November 30, 2018Galderma Laboratories announced in November 2018 that the FDA approved its hyaluronic acid dermal filler Restylane Lyft for correction of age-related midface [...]

Tis the season: Snapchat dysmorphia
November 30, 2018Filters and image editing that are standard on many of today’s smartphones and other devices are affecting people’s perceptions of beauty, according [...]
Keep The Holidays Happy with Legally Compliant Med Spa Events
November 29, 2018By Alex R. Thiersch, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)Many medical spas and medical aesthetic facilities thank their loyal customers [...]

Trump Administration Invites Health Care Industry to Help Rewrite Ban on Kickbacks
November 28, 2018The Trump administration has labored zealously to cut federal regulations, but its latest move has still astonished some experts on health care: [...]

‘Beauty is around the eyes of the beheld’
November 26, 2018Aesthetic 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, 2018Patients often come in to the clinic very close to the day of an important social event, seeking Botox injections. In such [...]

Women conned into dangerous plastic surgery in Houston hotel rooms
November 19, 2018It's happened to women in Houston, New York and Miami. “There were times I felt like a monster,” victim Rajee Narinesingh said.Across [...]
