Texas Medical Board Holds New Stakeholder Meeting on Proposed Changes to Rule 193.17
October 10, 2019By Patrick O'Brien, JD, legal coordinator, American Med Spa AssociationOn October 8, the Texas Medical Board (TMB) held a stakeholder meeting to [...]
Galderma Announces Positive Test Results for Investigational Botulinum Toxin
October 10, 2019Galderma recently announced the Phase 2 clinical trial results for its novel ready-to-use investigational botulinum toxin, QM1114. The multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled [...]
Collagen Formation Found to Be in a Lattice Pattern
October 9, 2019Collagen and elastin fibers in the skin have been found to be organized in a mesh-like structure, according to a paper published [...]
Botox Break-ins: Why Are Thefts of the Beauty Drug on the Rise?
October 8, 2019The cops in Sugar Land, Texas, classified case number 19-4317 as a “business burglary”, but that label hardly does it justice. Captured [...]
What’s New in Microblading
October 7, 2019By Alex R. Thiersch, JD, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)Microblading is a semi-permanent beautification technique that typically is used [...]
BTX Ability to Contract Dermal Fibroblasts Varies by Formulation and Dilution
October 7, 2019Intradermal botulinum toxin injections can cause dermal fibroblast contraction, providing a lifting effect for facial rejuvenation, but this effect varies based on [...]
Why Your Patients Will Pay More for Your Expertise
October 4, 2019In today’s very competitive marketplace, I’m sure you have a nearby competitor that slashes prices, making you feel pressured to drop your [...]
Becoming an Aesthetic Detective with Intake Forms
October 3, 2019Do you love watching Sherlock Holmes and his sleuthing ability? As facialists, we often need to be detectives too. By this, I [...]
A Model for Aesthetic Telemedicine
October 2, 2019U.S. plastic surgeons who developed a telehealth workflow found telehealth encounters with reconstructive patients allowed for real-time clinical decision-making, saved patients and [...]
Sizzle, Ignite and Set Fire with Social Media
October 1, 2019You know social media is big, but do you know just how big? According to statistics, there are now 3.2 billion social [...]
Woman Claims Facial Treatment Left Her with Scarring, Pigmentation
September 30, 2019A woman's face was left with burn marks and scarring after a facial treatment gone wrong. She's now warning others to do [...]
Fractional Resurfacing Beyond the Face
September 27, 2019The versatility of a dual-wavelength fractional laser allows one to treat non-facial body areas with precision and safety. That’s according to Beverly [...]
