• Why the Most Successful Practices Meet Their Patients Online

    September 27, 2017

    Drawing in new patients to medical spa and medical aesthetic practices is one of the biggest owner and practitioner concerns. Modern patients [...]

  • Update on Illinois Bill to Grant Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Full Practice Authority

    September 26, 2017

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, Founder/Director of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)Nurse practitioners in Illinois medical spas and aesthetic practices may [...]

  • AmSpa is Moving Starting October 2nd, 2018

    September 15, 2017

    AmSpa has grown by leaps and bounds this year, and we are so grateful to be outgrowing our current office space! In [...]

  • Early-Bird Pricing for AmSpa’s Med Spa Boot Camp in Chicago, IL Ends Tonight!

    September 15, 2017

    Today is the LAST day to save $75 on AmSpa's Med Spa Boot Camp in Chicago, IL October 14-15! AmSpa's Medical Spa Boot [...]

  • Fat Freezing Can Mean Big Revenue

    September 14, 2017

    Cryolipo­lysis, or fat freezing (brand name CoolScul­pting), is a method of noninvasive fat reduction in which cold temperature is used to break [...]

  • LLC Laws Change in Illinois

    September 12, 2017

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, Founder/Director of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)When opening a medical spa in Illinois, deciding on the [...]

  • RealSelf Launches Business Pages To Help Medical Spas Reach New Patients

    September 12, 2017

    AmSpa is partnering with RealSelf as the company enters the medical spa space. Follow these steps to claim your FREE business page [...]

  • What Med Spa Owners Need to Know – Before and After Photos

    September 11, 2017

    Since the advent of the photograph in 1839, pictures have become the overwhelmingly preferred means of communication. Today, anyone with a smartphone [...]

  • 5 Traits to Attract Investors to Your Medical Spa

    September 11, 2017

    According to a recent Entrepreneur article, there are five common traits that investors look for in entrepre­neurs. The article gathered the perspectives [...]

  • Keep Your MedSpa HIPAA Compliant With These 5 Tips On Managing Patient Photos

    September 11, 2017

    Before and after photos, as well as photos used to document patient procedures are considered PHI (Protected Health Information) by HIPAA, regardless [...]

  • Retail Research: Skin Care Products 101

    September 8, 2017

    “The reason for this impressive revenue stream is that these practices emphasize retail,” Thiersch tells The Aesthetic Channel. “Unfortunately, particularly among plastic [...]

  • Experts Explain Why They Don’t Offer Groupons

    September 8, 2017

    Groupon.com, a site offering digital coupons for a range of services and industries and other online deal sites, is changing the ways [...]