• What Is a Mastermind Group?

    February 5, 2019

    By: Alex R. Thiersch, JD, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)In business, every idea is valuable. Internal brainstorming can only [...]

  • Google Trends for the aesthetic practice

    February 4, 2019

    Google’s publicly available and free-to-use analytic tool, Google Trends, can help cosmetic physicians gauge consumer cosmetic procedure interests, curiosities, misperceptions and decision [...]

  • The Medical Spa Show: It’s a Celebration!

    January 30, 2019

    By: Alex R. Thiersch, JD, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)If you're a reader of this blog, you likely are [...]

  • Should Your Med Spa Offer Aesthetician Services?

    January 29, 2019

    By: Alex R. Thiersch, JD, CEO of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa)While medical spa services command higher prices than traditional spa [...]

  • Medical Spa Show Exhibitor Spotlight: PatientNOW

    January 24, 2019

    The Medical Spa Show 2019–the only national trade show directly serving medical spas and non-invasive medical aesthetic practices–will connect medical spa owners [...]

  • A physician’s guide to preventing data breaches

    January 23, 2019

    During each of the past three years, covered entities paid more than $20 million in HIPAA fines. While a handful of major [...]

  • The med spa subscription model

    January 18, 2019

    Med spa subscriptions are changing the way med spas do business. Dallas-based plastic surgeon A. Jay Burns, M.D., who is medical director [...]

  • How Do you Grow your Medical Spa in 2019 and Beyond?

    January 9, 2019

    As you can imagine, we at the American Medical Spa Association are very excited to present the upcoming Medical Spa Show 2019 [...]

  • New California Bill Requires Secure Prescription Pads

    January 7, 2019

    By James M. Stanford, JD, Partner, ByrdAdattoIn 2018, California made several changes to try to curb unauthorized access to controlled substances as [...]

  • Dermaplaning: Surgery or a Close Shave? Part 2

    January 4, 2019

    By Patrick O'Brien, J.D., Legal Coordinator for the American Med Spa AssociationThis is a continuation of a piece on post on dermaplaning. [...]

  • What I’ve Learned From Quitters

    January 4, 2019

    Last fall, a tenured employee quit. In the several months prior to this, I had allowed negativity, self-sabotage and unclear expectations of [...]

  • Building a cosmeceutical brand

    January 2, 2019

    Dermatologists who sell cosmeceutical products in their offices have options. Among the popular choices: They can sell already branded lines or brand [...]