• Medical Spa Business Advice: Make Fair Deals

    June 21, 2018

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, Founder/Director of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)In his 2013 letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, company chairman [...]

  • Med Spas, Social Media Influencers, and the Law

    June 6, 2018

    As the use of influencers increases in medical aesthetics, so does the potential for legal missteps. Though this method of marketing is [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • Medical Spa Insider: The Most Overlooked Must-Haves in Medical Spas According to Louis Frisina and Tim Sawyer

    March 29, 2018

    Medical aesthetics experts Louis Frisina and Tim Sawyer, President of Crystal Clear Digital Marketing speak on a wide range of topics including [...]

  • AmSpa Member Spotlight with Rejuvenate Med Spa Founder, Christina Imes

    March 23, 2018

    AmSpa Founder, Alex Thiersch, interviews Founder and Operator of Rejuvenate Med Spa in Oak Brook, IL., Christina Imes, about how she opened [...]

  • Medical Spa Insider: Terri Wojak on Her Career in Aesthetics, Advocacy, and Working with Plastic Surgeon Steven Dayan

    March 1, 2018

    AmSpa Founder/Director Alex Thiersch and Director of Operations Cathy Christensen sit down with their long-time friend Terri Wojak, LE/President of True U [...]

  • Letter From the Director: Thank You!

    February 27, 2018

    Alex Thiersch here, director of AmSpa. I'm back from AmSpa's first ever Medical Spa Show and, after sleeping for 3 days straight, [...]

  • The Value of No

    February 15, 2018

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, Founder/Director of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)When you visit a grocery store and peruse the cookie [...]