• Laws Regarding IV Therapy in Medical Spas

    June 4, 2018

    Intravenous therapy (or IV therapy) is a medical spa treatment that is growing throughout the country, so questions about the law are [...]

  • Top Five Trends to Watch in the U.S. Professional Skin Care Market

    May 30, 2018

    The U.S. professional skin care market performed at its best in 2017, posting a strong growth of over 6%. Findings from our [...]

  • Important Insurance Policies Medical Spa Owners are Overlooking

    May 29, 2018

    Medical spa owners and operators must maintain an array of insurance coverage to help protect their practices from everything from medical malpractice [...]

  • The Disappearing Doctor: How Mega-Mergers Are Changing the Business of Medical Care

    May 24, 2018

    Is the doctor in? In this new medical age of urgent care centers and retail clinics, that’s not a simple question. Nor [...]

  • Five Good Reasons to Develop a Med Spa Business Plan

    May 8, 2018

    If practice ownership is your objective, then your first step in reaching that goal is to develop a well-thought-out business plan that [...]

  • Member Spotlight with Managing Partner of Lasky Aesthetics, Terri Ross

    May 5, 2018

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, Founder/Director of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)Alex: Congratulations Terri Ross on being selected AmSpa's Member Feature [...]

  • Coming to Terms with Sales in Med Spas

    May 2, 2018

    If you were to create a Venn diagram displaying the relationship between retail sales and medicine, the overlap would represent the medical [...]

  • Core Docs: Overcoming Generational Differences in Marketing, Advertising and Ethics

    April 26, 2018

    Core doctors—plastic surgeons, facial plastic surgeons, oculoplastic surgeons, and dermatologists—are, as their moniker suggests, the center of the medical aesthetic industry. As [...]

  • The Forgotten Generation – Med Spas and Generation X

    April 25, 2018

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, Founder/Director of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)These days, it is not at all unusual to hear [...]

  • How Do I Pay My Med Spa Providers and Staff Legally

    April 19, 2018

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, Founder/Director of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)Proper medical spa payment and compensation structure is one of [...]

  • Closing the Loop: Valuing and Selling Your Medical Spa

    April 4, 2018

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, Founder/Director of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)When a medical spa opens, its owners are probably not [...]

  • Medical Spa Success Means Facing Your Fears

    March 30, 2018

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, Founder/Director of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)I have a mantra that I say to myself often—"Do [...]