MedEvolve Network Server Incident Results in $350,000 HIPAA Fine
May 19, 2023Due to a July 2018 incident, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigated MedEvolve to determine if the business associate was HIPAA [...]
Biospecimen Study Provides Data for Systemic Symptoms of Breast Implants
May 18, 2023Breast implant illness (BII) has been a hot topic in plastic surgery for several years. Patients experiencing a range of symptoms, from [...]
Cincinnati CBP Intercepts Over 70 Shipments of Unapproved Cosmetic Injectables in 2 Weeks
May 17, 2023Throughout the last two weeks, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Cincinnati seized 78 shipments of unapproved cosmetic treatments such [...]
Skinvive by Juvéderm Receives U.S. FDA Approval to Improve Skin Smoothness of the Cheeks
May 16, 2023Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, announced the U.S. FDA approval of Skinvive by Juvéderm to improve skin smoothness of the cheeks in [...]
MedShark Joins AmSpa as Platinum Vendor Affiliate
May 15, 2023MedShark Digital has joined the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa) as a Platinum Vendor Affiliate.MedShark Digital is a marketing agency that specializes [...]
Cutera Announces Agreements with Pura Vida and RTW
May 12, 2023Cutera, Inc., a leading provider of aesthetic and dermatology solutions, announced that it has entered into cooperation agreements with two of its [...]
The Aesthetic Society Names Mark Theis Chief Executive Officer
May 11, 2023Mark Theis has been named incoming Chief Executive Officer for The Aesthetic Society (American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery) and The Aesthetic [...]
Traptox: Women Are Injecting Botox in the Trapezius Muscle
May 10, 2023A new kind of botox injection is taking over TikTok, and it has nothing to do with fine lines and wrinkles.Rather than [...]
Allergan Accuses Botox Rival Revance of Employee Raiding in US Lawsuit
May 9, 2023Botox maker AbbVie Inc's Allergan unit has accused Revance Therapeutics Inc in a federal lawsuit of poaching key employees in a "desperate" [...]
RVL Pharmaceuticals Joins AmSpa as Platinum Vendor Affiliate
May 8, 2023RVL Pharmaceuticals has joined the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa) as a Platinum Vendor Affiliate.RVL Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company [...]
Michigan Proposes Controversial Cosmetology Rules Changes
May 5, 2023By Patrick O’Brien, JD, Legal Coordinator, American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)Recently, the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs held a public [...]
States Threaten Crackdown on Copycat Versions of Ozempic and Wegovy
May 5, 2023A growing number of states are threatening to take legal action against pharmacies that make or dispense unauthorized versions of the weight-loss [...]