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Via an almost unbeliveable story on Wired: Fake Botox or not, Discount Medspa is going to jail!
A website that sells a prescription drug similar to Botox without requiring a prescription claims it has more than 2,000 customers. Some have learned how to inject the botulism-derived drug into their own faces from YouTube videos produced for [...]


Medical Spa MD is now publishing training manuals and books for laser clinics, plastic surgery centers and dermatology clinics.
These medical spa training eBooks are designed specifically for medical estheticians, cosmetic laser and IPL technicians and front desk staff, to provide a consistent environment for new hires and keep the staff informed the latest cosmetic [...]


When it comes to the cosmetic laser field, we can sometimes feel adrift at sea with little more than a compass and the stars to guide us. We're either doing laser treatments according to our laser manufacturers' guidelines, which are conservative and often inadequate to produce excellent clinical results. Or we're trying new laser treatment [...]

02 Nov, 2009

Top Medical Spa MD Blog Posts

Posted by: Laser Treatments MD In: Medical Spa


Medical Spa MD: Top 10 Blog Posts

The 10 most read posts on Medical Spa MD.

What's wrong with medical spa franchises & medspa consultants?
How to build a medical spa inside your existing practice.
Physician oversight & scope of practice: What's legal in a medical spa.
Medical Spa MD: Products & Services
Dermacare Medical Spa Franchises Unite?
Wall Street [...]


There are many medical anti-aging options available today, but most are less effective and more time consuming than the newest batch of non-invasive cosmetic medicine. With the popularity of these treatments skyrocketing, it may not be difficult to find a service provider. Before booking an appointment at your local medical spa, skin clinic or laser [...]


Injectable products are an important contributing factor to your medical spa, plastic surgery center or laser clinic’s financial success. With new products entering the market like Dysport and Evolence, and other exiting like ArteFill, it is important that your staff be knowledgeable of the products used in injectable procedures.
Although this chapter from the Advanced Medical [...]


What happened in medical spas, skin clinics and laser treatment centers in 2009?
Cosmetic enhancements circa 2009 can be divided into three basic categories. Non Invasive includes wash and wear injections and resurfacing treatments such as IPL & laser treatments and chemical peels, and clinical skin care. Minimally invasive falls somewhere in between surgery with visible [...]



  • JoLinda Douglass: What do you know about the DOT Smartxide laser therapy? Is it in competition with the Starlux 2940 and the Repair, Active FX and Deep Fx? How do they
  • Ginny: “Contrary to popular belief, the human face does not age uniformly,”... Tell me something I didn't know.
  • Jessica: I hate to read blogs but I love my iPod. I hope this kind of podcast will catch on since I think it's clearly much better than reading everything.

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  • Medical Spa Physicians Report Infographic
    Here's some interesting information from the first Medical Spa MD Physician Report. We're just about to publish the second Physicians Report. They're free but if you'd like to make sure that your receive them, just become a Member.   Embed this Image on Your Site: Copy the code below and paste it as HTML to embed this image in your blog o […]
  • Medical Spa Training Manuals
    Training Manuals & Study Guide For Non-Physicians The Medical Esthetician Training Manual & Study Guide, and the Advanced IPL & Laser Training for Non-physicians is part of your staffs, and your clinics, success. Written by Paula DiMarco Young RN, leading cosmetic practices use these manuanls to train every new hire on what cosmetic procedures ar […]
  • Medical Spa MD Report: How Many Years Have You Been Practicing Cosmetic Medicine?
    How many years have you been practicing cosmetic medicine full time? From Medical Spa MD Physician Report Volume 1 The majority of physicians responding to the survey have more than 7 years of experience practicing cosmetic medicine. For purposes of our survey, it is positive to see that just over 60% of our respondents have been practicing cosmetic medicine […]
  • Medical Spa MD Report: What Is The Total Income Of Your Clinic?
    What is the total income of your laser clinic or medical spa per month? From the Medical Spa MD Physician Report Volume 1According to the respondents to the first Medical Spa MD Physician Report, the largest number of medical spas is making somewhere between $25k and $100k per month. Another positive note regarding our sample population; there is a nice vari […]
  • Warning: THE Aesthetic Report Is Stealing Our Content And Publishing It As Their Own
    Quite a number of readers alerted me to the fact that THE Aesthetic Report is blatantly stealing content from Medical Spa MD and other sites and publishing it as their own. I've never had any real contact with THE Aesthetic Show or THE Aesthetic Report (both are owned by Medical Insight Inc.) but this is quite obviously theft of content from our site an […]
  • Purchasing Used Cosmetic Lasers
    Looking for a used cosmetic laser or IPL? By Mickey A. Couvertier, CBET, CLRT Starting or expanding a private medical or cosmetic practice can be a complicated experience. Location is of the utmost importance, followed by branding, and marketing. Staffing, clinical needs, pricing, advertising- all of these things can be an added headache to the whole process […]
  • Physicians + Lifestyle Design
    By Greg Bledsoe MD MPHOver on Freelance MD, I've posted a couple of articles about taking responsibility for yourself and "building your own ship" , and we've also gone through a few common reasons why physicians aren't the best at career modification. In this post, I'd like to spend a little time introducing you to the idea of […]
  • Investing In Yourself
    The difference between people who invest in themselves... and people who just whine. Believe me when I say this; there's an endless list of doctors who "say" they want to make more money, improve their website rankings, revise their staff training or improve their customer service... but never actually DO ANYTHING to get there? Here's a s […]
  • Christmas Video For Docs: Do They Know It's Christmas Time?
    My buddy ZDogg MD put out his newest video this morning; Feed The Wards (Do They Know It's Christmas Time?) From ZDogg MD: There comes a time... whend we heed a certain call... when the world must come together as one. This is NOT one of those times. But it is the Holidays, so we should probably take a moment to think of those less fortunate than oursel […]
  • Break Your Ideas In Half
    This video isn't about medical spas or even medicine, but it's right on target with it's message about cutting all of your ideas in half and getting the basics of your business running well. Jason Fried is the founder and CEO of a company called 37 Signals that makes business software for things like project management and customer relationshi […]
  • 2nd.MD Select Partner Code For Members
    Medical Spa MD Members only pricing with code DOC1166 Use technology to consult online and set your own consultation rate, without any paperwork! 2nd MD is now a Select Partner of Medical Spa MD and is offering our Members special pricing. Watch the video below to learn more. Creating an account is free and without obligation. You can set your own schedule, […]
  • Sciton Loves The Medical Spa MD Physician Report
    It appears that Sciton is happy where they ranked in the first Medical Spa MD Physician Report Download the Medical Spa MD Physicians Report #1 here. I received a copy of a press release that Sciton sent out a few days ago that details their placement in the report. Here's the release: Physicians Rank Scition #1 In Cosmetic Lasers PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov […]
  • Free Webinar: "How To Add $100,000 To Your Medical Spa With Evidence-Based Nutritional Supplements"
    Thinking of adding evidence based nutritional supplements to your medical spa? Dr. Dean Raffelock has been teaching physicians how to benefit from evidence based nutritional supplements for years. Register for this webinar here In this webinar, Dr. Dean Raffelock will teach you how you can add an extra $50,000 - $100,000 in profits to your existing medical p […]
  • Medfusion: The Nonclinical Medical Conference
    Julie Silver MD at Medfusion 2011 I went to Medfusion last year and was really impressed. This year I was blown away. I got back from the Medical Fusion Conference last night and I wanted to set down my thoughts while they're still fresh in my mind, so here are some of my take-aways kind of as a stream of consciousness. The Aria is a nice hotel for conf […]
  • Medical Spa Classified Ads: Thermage NXT, Cutera Titan...
    If you're looking for a used IPL, Thermage NXT or cosmetic laser, check out the cosmetic lasers classified ads section. Current listings include: Thermage NXT Cutera Titan Solera AeroLase LightPod Laser Hoya Medlite c6 If you want to read about or discuss any of these cosmetic lasers you can do so in the Cosmetic Laser & IPL Reviews forum. Other cos […]

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