• Instagram Dos and Don’ts for Your Practice

    March 22, 2016

    By Wendy Lewis Once the exclusive playground of millennials, Instagram, or “Insta” for short, has quickly evolved into a force to be [...]

  • CA Board of Barbering and Cosmetology Advises Equipment Purchases

    March 22, 2016

    The California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology recently posted a new equipment evaluation form on its site for owners and franchisees, as [...]

  • Labiaplasty 101

    March 21, 2016

    There’s no question that labiaplasty is growing in popularity among patients and plastic surgeons. The question is, are you thinking about adding [...]

  • Do the FDA’s Proposed Regulations on Tanning Bed Use Go Far Enough?

    March 21, 2016

    As the comment period on the US Food and Drug Administration’s proposal to restrict tanning bed use winds down, researchers are weighing [...]

  • Important Updates to AAD’s Acne Guidelines

    March 21, 2016

    The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) released its “Guidelines of care for the management of acne vulgaris,” published online February 15 in [...]

  • FDA Proposes Ban on Most Powdered Medical Gloves

    March 21, 2016

    Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a proposal to ban most powdered gloves in the United States. While use of [...]

  • Syneron Medical and Allergan Announce U.S. Aesthetics Collaboration

    March 7, 2016

    AmSpa vendor partner, Syneron Medical Ltd. (NASDAQ: ELOS), a leading global aesthetic device company, and Allergan plc, (NYSE: AGN) a leading global [...]

  • Laying the Groundwork

    March 7, 2016

    By Alex R. Thiersch, AmSpa Founder/DirectorStarting a business is a challenging task in any field, but it’s difficult to think of an [...]

  • Future Fillers: ProfHilo & Belotero Volume

    March 7, 2016

    Two new fillers being launched in Europe could be game changers for cosmetic surgeons and their patients in the U.S., according to [...]

  • Lip Service

    March 3, 2016

    By all accounts, 2016 is set to be the year of the plumped-out pucker. Early data suggest that lip enhancement procedures are [...]

  • The Next Big Thing: Aesthetics in 2016

    March 3, 2016

    New year, new (fill in blank). With everyone clamoring for fat reduction, skin tightening, and glowing skin, the aesthetic industry is not [...]

  • American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Releases 2015 Procedural Statistics

    March 1, 2016

    New data released by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) show continued growth in cosmetic procedures over the last year, and [...]