• Botulinum toxin injections may improve scarring

    December 6, 2018

    Long 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, 2018

    Older 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, 2018

    Surgical 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, 2018

    Investigators 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, 2018

    A 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, 2018

    Galderma 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, 2018

    Filters 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, 2018

    By 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, 2018

    The 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, 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 [...]

  • Women conned into dangerous plastic surgery in Houston hotel rooms

    November 19, 2018

    It's happened to women in Houston, New York and Miami. “There were times I felt like a monster,” victim Rajee Narinesingh said.Across [...]