• Cosmetic Surgery Gift Cards: Are You Selling?

    December 10, 2015

    Offering holiday gift cards or certificates for plastic surgery makes sense to New York City plastic surgeon Norman Rowe, M.D.“Everyone is always [...]

  • Microbead Ban Legislation Passes U.S. House

    December 10, 2015

    In a unanimous voice vote, the U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill that would prohibit plastic microbeads nationwide beginning on [...]

  • 8 Simple Tips for Happy Patients

    December 10, 2015

    Unhappy patients discourage dermatologists and staff, and they result in negative feedback and business loss. What turns anxious and grumpy into calm [...]

  • Plastic Surgeons, Fearing Violence, Turn to Psychiatry to Screen Patients

    December 10, 2015

    The operation went off without a hitch. Another successful nose job — or so Dr. Ira Papel thought. Until the patient came [...]

  • Professional Skin Care Market Projected to Grow in the Next 5 Years

    December 9, 2015

    Market research firm Research and Markets has forecast that the global professional skincare market will increase at a compound annual growth rate [...]

  • AmSpa Partner Firm, Nelson Hardiman, Welcomes Jay Paik

    December 7, 2015

    Nelson Hardiman LLP announced that former partner Jay H. Paik has rejoined the firm as Of Counsel. Since 2013, Paik has served [...]

  • Review Does Not Support Monthly Lab Testing for Oral Isotretinoin Use for Acne

    December 7, 2015

    A review of medical literature does not support monthly laboratory testing for all patients who are using standard doses of the acne [...]

  • Kybella Pricing: Do You Know How to Charge?

    December 7, 2015

    Figuring out how to charge for the newly FDA-approved deoxycholic acid (Kybella, Allergan) might be a challenging proposition for physicians who elect [...]

  • Weight Loss Creates Surge in Plastic Surgery

    December 2, 2015

    An increase in the number of weight loss surgeries in the U.S. is beginning to have a ripple effect in plastic surgery, [...]

  • Learn More: Sense-detecting Robo-Skin

    December 2, 2015

    A new electronic skin—a rubbery plastic-and-graphene film mimicking the structure of human skin—can detect texture, temperature, pressure and sound, reported Hyunhyub Ko, [...]

  • Novel Advances in Acne Therapy

    December 2, 2015

    New agents targeting the different factors that contribute to the pathogenesis of the disease appear to be very effective and result in [...]

  • China’s Plastic Surgery Industry Set to Become World’s 3rd Largest

    December 2, 2015

    China's cosmetic surgery industry will be valued at 400 billion yuan ($62.6 billion) by the end of this year and is expected [...]