• BREAKING: Grand Jury Declines to Indict Houston Med Spa Employees

    March 26, 2019

    A Houston grand jury has declined to indict two medical spa employees for practicing medicine in violation of the law. On March [...]

  • Millennials and the “Instagram Consult”

    March 26, 2019

    Prejuvenation, as a term and a trend, has been a growing movement within aesthetic medicine over the last few years, with millennials [...]

  • Navigating the Sexual Revolution of Aesthetics

    March 25, 2019

    The secret to making sexual aesthetics a successful part of any cosmetic practice is focusing on patient individuality, according to Kimberly Evans, [...]

  • Pain Control After Plastic Surgery

    March 22, 2019

    According to two new studies, plastic surgery patients are at significant risk of persistent opioid use; plastic surgeons prescribe nearly double the [...]

  • Sunscreen: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

    March 21, 2019

    One thing is clear—consumers and many skin care professionals do not know as much about safe sun as they should. Our profession [...]

  • Port Wine Stain Laser Treatment in Infancy Without Need for Anesthesia

    March 20, 2019

    “Is it safe and effective to initiate port-wine stain laser treatments without general anesthesia in infancy?” This is the question researchers Roy [...]

  • Facial Expressions Affect Photo Comparability

    March 20, 2019

    Researchers report in a new study that 16 facial expressions and head positions significantly impact malar and jowl volumes, with smiling and [...]

  • Practice Management: Lease Renewals

    March 19, 2019

    It’s time to renew your lease. Are you ready to negotiate? If you’re like many practice owners, the answer is no. “Lease [...]

  • Limited-Time Offer AmSpa Members Won’t Want to Miss: Only by Cynosure

    March 18, 2019

    Cynosure is offering a limited-time offer that AmSpa members won’t want to miss out on. It is offering Nitronox units for $7,714 [...]

  • In Just 15 Minutes, You Can Help the Medical Aesthetics Industry

    March 15, 2019

    By: Alex R. Thiersch, JD, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)From now until March 28, AmSpa is conducting the 2019 [...]

  • Medical Spas Face the Challenges of Private Equity-Backed Health Care

    March 14, 2019

    By James M. Stanford, JD, Partner, ByrdAdattoOver the last several years, private equity activity progressively made its entrance into the market of [...]

  • New Bill Would Give Physician Assistants Practice Independence in Minnesota

    March 13, 2019

    A new bill introduced in Minnesota seeks to provide physician assistants (PAs) the ability to practice independently from physicians instead of under [...]