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Early Recovery Predicted for Aesthetic Industry
This past year has challenged the aesthetic industry, with reduced consumer spending resulting in dramatically lower revenues for many practices. Declining practice incomes have, in turn, resulted in lower physician spending for advertising, promotion, supplies and equipment. Manufacturers of high-priced aesthetic devices have been particularly hard hit, with most experiencing double digit sales declines.
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Combination Tx Featuring AccentXL
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To improve the way one looks and feels, today’s consumers are seeking newer non-invasive treatments over more traditional surgical methods. As a result, physicians are developing innovative approaches to aesthetic techniques in order to meet the patient demand for effective procedures with minimal pain and shorter downtime.
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Anti-Aging Skincare Products Drive
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According to Medical Insight, Inc., (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) global sales of physician-dispensed cosmeceuticals reached $774.9 million in 2008 – an increase of 13.4% in just one year. Through 2012, growth of this segment is projected at up to 17.1% per year as physicians continue adding skincare lines to augment their aesthetic treatment services.
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| Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy Energizes Aesthetic Practices |
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Since the aging process is linked withhormone loss, Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) is an obvious service for aesthetic practices to offer. BHRT balances hormones so people achieve more vitality and energy. The typical patient base comprises wellnessminded individuals who want to look and feel more youthful.
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| Mommy Make-Over Restores Desired Figure and Confidence |
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A new procedure, known as theMommy Make-over, is quickly gaining popularity among women longing to restore their bodies back to its pre-pregnancy shape. The most common patient is between 25 and 45 years of age, who has already had one or more children. Body contouring, breast surgery and tummy tucks –
alone or in combination – are key components of this new post-pregnancy enhancement.
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| Lux1440 Offers Non-Ablative Options for a Range of Tx Indications |
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Palomar Medical Technologies (Burlington, Mass.), an original developer of fractional lasers, has released the Lux1440 Nd:YAG, a non-ablative, fractional laser for use on the StarLux 500 platform. This new handpiece creates hundreds of micro-columns of coagulation and a rapid healing response for indications ranging from mild skin resurfacing to scar remodeling.
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| Constant Motion Increases SkinTyte’s Consistency and Decreases Tx Time |
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SkinTyte from Sciton, Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.) is being used with a constant motion method that reduces treatment time to as short as ten minutes on the face and 15 to 20 minutes on the abdomen, posterior thighs and other parts of the body. Excellent results, including increased consistency and patient satisfaction, are being reported.
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| THE Aesthetic Practice Association |
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THE Aesthetic Practice Association™ (TAPA) is a community of physicians, aesthetic extenders and office staff devoted to enterprise growth and professional development. As the leading association providing education and training of medical aesthetic practitioners worldwide, TAPA is unique in offering the industry’s only Certified Aesthetic Consultant™ (CAC) program.
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| THE Aesthetic Show 2009 Restores Confidence in Future |
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In a time when even the aesthetic market is feeling the pinch of the economic downturn, and practitioners look to tighten their purse strings, there is the temptation to take a defensive stance. Continuing medical education can fall by the wayside, with opportunities to grow one’s practice ignored for fear of too ambitious a venture. Nonetheless, as patient preferences continue to change, and new techniques and technologies are developed, the aesthetic practitioner who takes the time to hone their craft is the one who finds personal and professional success.
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