Phoenix Plastic Surgeon Designs Anti-Aging Cookbook for a Beautiful & Healthy You in the New Year
Dr. Heidi Regenass, offers an anti-aging cookbook using the power of antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals in the foods we eat to encourage health and vitality. It is these well chosen ingredients that help us to fight off the signs of aging from the inside out. With the New Year, Phoenix plastic surgeon, Dr. Heidi Regenass […]
Forget Botox, try cosmetic acupuncture
Forget the Botox, avoid the scalpel. More and more women are turning to cosmetic acupuncture to reverse the aging process. Acupuncturist Brigette Ardea starts with the feet. She says the idea is to open up all of the energy pathways that lead to the face. Client Barbara Hinzten started treatments more than five years ago […]
New Liquid Facelift Helps You Ring in the New Year Looking Years Younger
This New Year’s Eve look like you did years ago with the help of a new nonsurgical face lifting treatment called the Liquid Facelift available at The Skin Center Medical Spa with locations in Pittsburgh, PA and Columbus, Ohio. This walk-in walk-out medspa treatment offers instant results with no downtime.
FDA Approves LATISSE
New Prescription Product Increases Length, Thickness and Darkness of Eyelashes Allergan, Inc. (NYSE: AGN) today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved LATISSE(TM) (bimatoprost ophthalmic solution) 0.03% as a novel treatment for hypotrichosis of the eyelashes. Eyelash hypotrichosis is another name for having inadequate or not enough eyelashes. LATISSE(TM) is the first […]
2009 Trends And Predictions From The Editors Of Consumer Guide To Plastic Surgery
The editors of Consumer Guide to Plastic Surgery have gazed into their crystal balls to see what nips and tucks Americans will be seeking in 2009. From how the economy will affect cosmetic surgery to which new products will come to market, here’s what we will see more – or less – of in the […]
The Hybrid Lift Combines Two Procedures for a Natural-Looking Face Lift
The facial plastic surgeons at Profiles Beverly Hills have developed a minimally – invasive procedure that offers excellent cosmetic results that last. The rage for a few years was the “minimally-invasive face lift” -Feather lift, Lunchtime lift, and the list goes on and on. But for anyone who is considering one of these procedures, it’s […]
Keeping Up Appearances In a Downturn
Vanity appears to be trumping frugality in a looks-conscious society. Despite the dismal economic climate, most women — and men — who undergo appearance-enhancing treatments such as Botox injections are spending hundreds or even thousands of dollars a year to maintain the regimen, aesthetic physicians say. Meanwhile, some older patients who are putting off or […]
It’s All About the Patient Referral
A word of mouth referral is the absolute best advertisement you can get to grow your aesthetic practice. It’s also the cheapest form of advertising that you can invest in and it takes so little time and effort. The best patient for your practice is the referred patient. It is golden when a friend tells […]
Aesthetic Accreditation Agency Established
Recently in California, medical spas have been the target of legislation intended to regulate the medical spa industry. Aesthetic Accreditation Agency was established in 2008 due to new legislative changes that seek to improve patient safety and the standard of care in the medical spa setting. While hospitals and surgery centers have been accredited by […]
Less invasive plastic-surgery options may be beneficial
Given today’s busy lifestyle and hectic schedule, it is often difficult or impossible to arrange a week to recover from a procedure. This is part of the reason that less invasive options have become so popular over the last decade. In 2007, 4.6 million people had Botox injections, over 1 million had a hyaluronic acid […]