New Botox Competitor on Horizon – Mentor Corporation Announces Completion Of PurTox Study
Mentor Corporation, a leading supplier of medical products for the global aesthetic market, today announced completion of the first of three Phase 3 clinical trials with its purified botulinum Type A neurotoxin (PurTox®) for the reduction of glabellar rhytides (frown lines). This newly completed study involved 400 subjects at ten investigational sites in the United […]
Botox for dudes: No longer a secret shame
The buzz about metrosexuals may have died down, but men’s desire to look good certainly hasn’t. These days, many are turning to Botox to smooth out frown lines and forehead creases. IAPAM member, Dr. Michael Stanford, co-owner of Embrace Spa in St. Petersburg, said the percentage of his Botox clients who are men has grown […]
IAPAM debunks Top 3 Medical Spa Myths
In today’s economy, and given the growth in accessibility and acceptance of aesthetic medicine procedures, it is very important that practitioners understand: “what is working” and “what is not” in their practices, in order to have a successful and profitable medical spa. Debunking the top 3 “Medical Spa Myths” may be all that is standing […]
Researchers Announce Botulinum Toxin-Based Face Cream
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Lowell Nanomanufacturing Center have developed a skin cream based in part on botulinium toxin, which, according to the patent application recently submitted to the US government, could be administered topically or as a transdermal patch.
Costs, economy pummel doctors
A one-two punch. That’s how some doctors might describe the effect of the slumping economy and the already tough business of running a medical practice in Las Vegas. Employers, feeling the effects of the economic crunch, are reducing and eliminating health insurance plans from their benefits packages.
Reliant Technologies Announces Agreement with Philips to Develop Home Use Skin Rejuvenation Laser Products
Developer of Fraxel(R) Laser Systems Signs Agreement with Leading Health and Well-being Company to Enter Growing Home Use Skin Care Market Reliant Technologies Inc., developer of the Fraxel laser systems, today announced an agreement with Philips to develop skin care technologies for use in the home. The agreement — which is at an initial R&D […]
Elevess, a New FDA-Approved Hyaluronic Acid-Based Dermal Filler Launched
“The Feel Good Filler” Delivers Comfort, Affordability, and Immediate Results SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 5, 2008–Artes Medical (NASDAQ:ARTE) today announced the immediate availability of Elevess(TM), a new, FDA-approved hyaluronic acid (HA) based dermal filler for the treatment of facial wrinkles, such as nasolabial folds. As the first FDA-approved HA filler formulated with an anesthetic for patient […]
OC Dermatologist reprimanded for using non-FDA approved Botulinum Toxin
A Huntington Beach dermatologist, received a reprimand for administering a wrinkle-treatment that was not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. According to board documents, Dr. Joseph Manzini administered an experimental Botulinum Toxin to 10 patients. Last year, Manzini pled guilty to an interstate commerce violation and was sentenced to two years probation.
As Doctors Cater to Looks, Skin Patients Wait
Dr. Donald Richey, a dermatologist in Chico, Calif., has two office telephone numbers: calls to the number for patients seeking an appointment for skin conditions like acne and psoriasis often go straight to voice mail, but a full-time staff member fields calls on the dedicated line for cosmetic patients seeking beauty treatments like Botox. Dr. […]
New Nevada regulations driving Botox costs out of patient reach
LAS VEGAS — A hepatitis C outbreak in southern Nevada has prompted the state’s governor to enact new regulations barring practitioners from administering medications from single-dose vials to multiple patients. Although investigators didn’t specifically target Botox (botulinum toxin A; Allergan, Irvine, Calif.), local cosmetic surgeons say that the rule has driven Botox costs out of […]