
Woman Pleads Guilty to Killing Another Woman in “Botched Butt Injection Procedure”
October 25, 2019A 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, 2019Plastic 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, 2019Swiss 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, 2019Botox 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, 2019By 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, 2019Burnout 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, 2019A 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, 2019People 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, 2019Beverly 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, 2019By 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, 2019Medical 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, 2019Every business needs a voice. I’m not talking about an actual voice, of course, but rather the personality and emotion that others [...]