• Woman Pleads Guilty to Killing Another Woman in “Botched Butt Injection Procedure”

    October 25, 2019

    A woman has pleaded guilty to negligent homicide after performing a cosmetic surgery that killed a 34-year-old Maryland woman, attorneys say.Donna Francis, [...]

  • New Surgical Method Gives Patients Incision-free Procedure with No Scars

    October 24, 2019

    Plastic surgery today involves grisly incisions, painful recovery, and scar tissue that can last forever. Now, a chemist and a physician have [...]

  • A Novel Formulation for Investigational Botulinum Toxin A

    October 22, 2019

    Swiss healthcare company Galderma has announced the phase 2 clinical trial results for its liquid formulation of investigational botulinum toxin, QM1114. The [...]

  • Botox Hits the Big 3-0

    October 21, 2019

    Botox is turning 30, and Allergan fêted its shining star, Botox Cosmetic, in style at a New York City bash. The event [...]

  • Texas Medical Board Approves for Publication Changes to §193.17

    October 18, 2019

    By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator, American Med Spa AssociationThe Texas Medical Board (TMB) Disciplinary Process Review Committee met in a public [...]

  • Tackling Burnout in Your Practice

    October 18, 2019

    Burnout is a significant problem facing the health care industry, and it’s a concern practices and health care organizations cannot afford to [...]

  • RAP Speeds Laser Tattoo Removal

    October 17, 2019

    A recent study published in Lasers in Surgery and Medicine (October 2019) showed that when Rapid Acoustic Pulse (RAP) technology is applied [...]

  • Is Calf Botox Coming to Medical Spas?

    October 16, 2019

    People can really get Botox anywhere they can imagine, but the spot that people are seeming to become obsessed about recently is [...]

  • HRT for Anti-aging

    October 15, 2019

    Beverly Hills, California, dermatologist Ronald Moy, MD, says skin and other concerns often come up when he talks with female patients in [...]

  • A Booming Industry with Compliance Concerns

    October 14, 2019

    By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)Anyone involved in medical aesthetics can tell you that the [...]

  • Adding Clothing and Accessories to a Medical Spa’s Retail Area

    October 14, 2019

    Medical spas and aesthetic practices seeking innovative ways to better serve clients and generate local word of mouth may want to take [...]

  • Developing Your Marketing Voice

    October 11, 2019

    Every business needs a voice. I’m not talking about an actual voice, of course, but rather the personality and emotion that others [...]