Adding Botox to your Practice: Cash Based vs. Insurance Based Services

As Physicians, you want to move away from reducing insurance reimbursements and actually get paid for what you do! I love the analogy of, what if you walked into Target and only paid for half of the items you left with? Well, you would probably get arrested! However, this happens to physicians every day. You […]

Successful Practice Management Begins With Specialization

Los Angeles cosmetic surgeon Dr. Alexander Rivkin shares how to successfully manage your aesthetic practice – through education and specialization. The Aesthetic Show, one of the leading educational forums in the aesthetic industry, recently hosted THE Aesthetic Academy in Beverly Hills, where industry leaders and physicians gathered to discuss and share the latest in aesthetic […]

IAPAM Predicts Strong Growth in hCG for Weight Loss

The IAPAM predicts strong growth in hCG medical weight management programs for 2011.  Physicians who incorporate hCG for weight loss into their practices will reap significant profit in 2011.  The IAPAM’s goal is to provide industry-leading hCG training for physicians, by offering the most comprehensive, physician-led hCG Medical Weight Management Training.   Jeff Russell, Executive […]

IAPAM’s hCG Clinic Directory Lists Expertly Trained hCG Physicians

The IAPAM’s hCG Training Program offers physicians all the tools and training they need to add hCG for Weight Loss to their practices.  Now the IAPAM offers patients a NEW directory of hCG Experts in their area, who have been expertly trained in hCG for weight loss by the IAPAM.    The IAPAM (http://www.iapam.com) announces […]

Physicians Use iPads to Improve Learning at IAPAM’s Botox Training

Today, the IAPAM announces that it is providing access to many of the clinical images used in its Aesthetic Medicine Symposium with Botox Training, to physicians through their iPads. The IAPAM is the industry leader in providing expert training to physicians in aesthetic medicine procedures, including: Botox, dermal fillers, medical microdermabrasion, medical grade chemical peels […]

IAPAM Announces Aesthetic Medicine Symposium with Botox Training June 4-5, 2011

Consumer demand for Botox and other minimally invasive procedures is at an all time high. The IAPAM is helping physicians enter this lucrative market by offering dermatologist-led Botox Training in Scottsdale, Arizona on June 4-5, 2011. Physicians will learn everything they need to start offering Botox and other in-demand aesthetic medicine procedures.   The number […]

Excessive Underarm Sweating Treated With Axilase or VASER Lipo

Hyperhidrosis, or excessive sweating, is now being treated with advanced technologies such as the Axilase or VASER Lipo for permanent results. Millions of people suffer from hyperhydrosis, also known as excessive sweating. And while sweating is a normal occurrence and necessary to keep the body cool, excessive sweating in public functions can be embarrassing and […]

Some worry as popularity of hCG diet grows

A diet that uses injections of the pregnancy hormone hCG to “trick” the body into accepting an ultra-low calorie diet is growing in popularity — and controversy. Proponents say the diet is safe and effective. But plenty of other doctors say the diet is anything but. Kelowna, B.C., nurse Debbie Driscoll is currently on the […]

Mayo Clinic Finds Botox Eases Painful Spinal Headaches

A Mayo Clinic case study finds Botox may offer new hope to patients suffering disabling low cerebrospinal fluid headaches. The successful treatment also offers new insight into Botox and headache treatment generally. The case study was presented March 13th, 2011 at the American Academy of Neurology meeting in Hawaii. Low CSF pressure headaches are caused […]

Increase in Botox Training Correlates with Increased Demand for Botox Treatments

The IAPAM has identified a correlation between the 2011 increase in attendees at its hands-on Botox Training, and the growth in 2010 in Botox and dermal filler procedures. Physicians looking to combat declining insurance reimbursements are looking to add aesthetic medicine procedures like Botox, dermal filler, laser hair removal, microdermabrasion and chemical peels to their […]