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IAPAM’s hCG Diet Clinic List Helps Patients Find the Best hCG Physicians in 2012
The International Association for Physicians in Aesthetic Medicine (IAPAM) offers the most comprehensive hCG Diet Clinic listing of physicians, all of whom have been expertly trained in hCG for weight loss by the IAPAM (http://www.hcgtraining.com). For patients whose New Year’s Resolution in 2012 is to lose weight, the IAPAM’s hCG Diet Clinic Directory can help find […]
Physicians Rank the IAPAM’s hCG Training and Botox ® Training #1
Physicians who have attended the IAPAM’s Aesthetic Medicine Symposium with Hands-On Botox ® Training and/or the IAPAM’s hCG Training, rave about the calibre of the IAPAM’s Training programs. The IAPAM’s Aesthetic Medicine Symposium is the only 2 day training designed by physicians for physicians, and taught by board-certified dermatologists. The IAPAM’s hCG and Botox ® […]
Understanding Botox Cosmetic Pricing and Dosage
Every day we get questions from patients asking about the way Botox Cosmetic is prepared and priced, and it is confusing until you understand the difference between dilution and units. Botox Cosmetic is a vacuum-dried protein powder so it needs to be mixed with a liquid in order for it to be injected. The total […]
Off Label uses in Aesthetic Medicine
Off-label prescribing, also known as unapproved use, is the physician practice of prescribing a drug or medical device for a purpose different from one of the indications for which the product is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The practice is widespread. Although there are no accurate data, estimates run as high as […]
No More DIY Botox
A website selling vials of injectable aesthetic medicines has been shut down. Last October, we reported that authorities were cracking down on a north Texas woman who was selling injectables like Dysport, Botox and Restylane over the internet in a kit containing two saline filled syringes and a vial of the medicine. The woman, […]
Women are flocking to Botox for a little holiday pick-me-up
All they want for New Year’s is to lose the crow’s feet. “Around Christmas/New Year’s I get patients come in and ask, ‘What can you do for me, doc?’ ” says Dr. Andres Gantous, a Toronto facial plastic surgeon. ” ‘What can you do for me that doesn’t involve a whole lot of down time?’ […]
