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Special Offers at Medical Spas?
Medical spa franchises seem to offer great prices on treatments like Botox or Fraxel. Are these cosmetic treatment deals too good to be true?
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A scary story about medical spas
I went to an informal lecture regarding a laser liposcution platform this evening. Not that I am in the market to buy laser liposuction until there is evidence that it actually works, just informational.
The speaker was a buisness owner of a fairly large medical spa in my area. He and his wife, an OB doctor tired of Obstetrics after a couple of years, opened a medical spa under her medical license. He is the buisness manager and has no medical training (this is important).
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Medical Spas can be great or not
I own and operate a medical spa that is fully intergrated into my Raleigh, North Carolina plastic surgery practice.
For any given aesthetic concern, there are both medical and surgical enhancements which are possible. Additionally, skin care treatment options are also available which are less invasive than surgery, but more invasive than typical medical spa treatments. I have an exceptional staff of highly trained medical professionals, many of whom have been with me for many years....
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The Corporate Practice of Medicine
Dawn
Have you every wondered why doctors go to medical school? So they can make educated decisions on medical treatments without subjecting patients to excessive risk. So they can be trained on the ethics of medicine - it is bad to treat someone with an unproven potion, ineffective treatment or treatment that is not required just so you can "cash-in".
Many medical spas today are making decisions on when to treat patients based on the patient's ability to pay and not their...
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Do the research before you have any procedure done
The truth of the matter is that medi-spas are businesses, and as such, they are in the business of making money. As a way of making money, they may own good lasers, hire good experienced practitioners, and perform adequate treatments. Most of the time, but not always you will have a safe procedure, but sometimes you may have some unnecessary treatments. Unnecessary does not mean unsafe.
If the spa doesn't have a physician who is well versed with all the options for your treatment, you will...
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