Inside Aesthetics

Episode 213 showcases our hosts Dr Jake Sloane & David Segal. Dr Jake catches up with David after another work trip abroad - this time to Japan. We first get some insight into how David's business consultations work.  00:00 Introduction  01:03 Catch Up and Recent Travels   04:55 Growing Demand for Business Support   10:59 Improving Clinic Systems and Booking Processes   18:27 Building Community Th...

Episode 212 hosts Dr Nichola Conlon (Molecular Biologist based inNewcastle, UK) Nichola is an academic scientist with a particular interest in how and why we age. She's the founder of Nuchido, a company who's mission is to help bring affordable anti-ageing strategies to the public domain. When we started the IA podcast back in 2019, some of our older episodes covered wellness topics that looked at...

Episode 211 hosts Brittony Croasdell  (Nurse Practitioner based in Chicago, USA) Brittony is a highly experienced injector, trainer and international speaker. She has mentored hundreds of injectors through both the Allergan Medical Institute (AMI) & Galderma Aesthetic Injector Network (GAIN). Brittony is also a board member of the Complications in Medical Aesthetics Collaborative (CMAC) - an influ...

Episode 210 hosts Rick O'Neill (Digital marketing expert based in Brighton, UK)   Rick has over 20 years of experience and is the founder of  Look Touch Feel (LTF), an award winning digital marketing agency who specialise in supporting aesthetic practitioners & plastic surgeons. This is the fourth and final chapter of our mini-series called the 'The Deep Digital Dive' (sponsored by LTF). Over the...

Episode 209 hosts Samantha Shepherd (Nurse practitioner based in Atlanta, USA) Samantha joins us in the 13th Chapter of our series called 'The Injector Diaries'. These episodes feature in depth conversations, stories and experiences from injectors around the globe. Each injector brings their own unique take on things and we showcase every level of type of injector, from newbies to masters. We'll e...

Episode 208 hosts Dr Pouria Moradi (Plastic Surgeon & Reconstructive Surgeon based in Sydney, Australia) & Sheri-lee Knoop (Registered Nurse & President of the Cosmetic Nurses Association based in Perth, Australia) Pouria and Sheri-Lee joined us to share their thoughts and insights into the proposed new Australia cosmetic regulations that have been announced by AHPRA (the Australian health practit...

Episode 207 hosts Babak Moini (Founder of Laser Clinics Australia) LCA started in 2008 and have become the world's largest aesthetic and skin chain of clinics with over 200 locations in Australia, Singapore, UK and Canada. Since then, numerous other competitor chain clinic brands have competed with each other for the same demographic of patients (including Silk Laser Clinics, Evolution Clinics, Au...

Episode 206 showcases our hosts Dr Jake Sloane & David Segal. Dr Jake has been abroad numerous times in the past 8 weeks for various conferences and meetings. We recorded this episode whilst he was in Dubai (so apologies for his sides poorer sound quality) but we decided to explore what he was up to and what some of the key learnings from his trips were.  00:00 Introduction  01:03 Travel Updates a...

Episode 205 hosts Dr Phillip Singh (Dermatologist based in Perth, Australia) & Helen Planting (Clinical Development Manager for Alocuro) Alocuro are a privately-owned Australian company that supplies medical devices for use in platelet-rich plasma (PRP) procedures. We revisit the topic of PRP having first covered it way back in episodes 19 & 20.  00:00 Introduction   01:03 Meet our Guests: Dr Phil...

Episode 204 hosts Melissa Isaia (Co-founder of Juvae and the CNA - Cosmetic Nurses Association) & Nicole Schmid (Registered Nurse, Co-founder of Juvae & the CNA) Melissa & Nicole created 'Juvae' back in 2008, an all in one solution for the training, business support and connecting of nurse injectors to clinics. At that time, the Australian injectable market was very immature. The chain clinics had...

Episode 203 hosts Dr Steven Land (Cosmetic Physician based in Newcastle, UK), Tanya Khan (Nurse Prescriber based in Belfast Northern Ireland), Dr Bonnie Hawthorne (GP & a Cometic Physician based in Newcastle, Australia) & Dan Julien (Nurse Practitioner based in Ottowa, Canada) We explore: What is IMCAS? Our guests personal motivations for attending one of the world's largest aesthetic conferences...

Episode 202 hosts Rick O'Neill (Digital marketing expert based in Brighton, UK) Rick has over 20 years of experience and is the founder of Look Touch Feel (LTF), an award winning digital marketing agency who specialise in supporting aesthetic practitioners & plastic surgeons. This is the third chapter of our mini-series called the 'The Deep Digital Dive' (sponsored by LTF). Over four chapters we'l...

Episode 201 hosts Dr Patricia Barerra (Cosmetic physican based in the city of Paraná, Argentina) Patricia joins us in the 12th Chapter of our series called 'The Injector Diaries'. These episodes feature in depth conversations, stories and experiences from injectors around the globe. Each injector brings their own unique take on things and we'll showcase every level of type of injector, from newbie...

To celebrate our very special 200th episode, we were honoured to host Dr Arthur Swift (Plastic Surgeon based in Vancouver, Canada) Arthur has been at the forefront of injectables from the very beginning, starting in the early 1990's when there were no mentors or guidelines. Originally trained as a plastic surgeon, Arthur very quickly identified how transformative non-surgical treatments would be a...

Episode 199 hosts Sarah Graham (Registered Nurse based in Kaiapoi, New Zealand) & Mischell Christmas (Registered Nurse based in Charlotte, USA) In this episode we do something a bit different by inviting on two of our long-term listeners. We explore where they are into their injecting careers, why they joined our 'IA Patreon' and how they have benefited from it. If you've never heard of Patreon, i...

Episode 198 hosts Dr Felix Bertram (Dermatologist based in Zurich, Switzerland) Whilst Felix is still a practising dermatologist, he is best known as a globally-renowned entrepreneur in the aesthetics space. He's the mastermind behind Skinmed clinic, a high end aesthetic destination with 12 plastic surgery theatres, resident dermatologists and a pathology lab, cosmetic injectables and beauty servi...

Episode 197 hosts Rick O'Neill (Digital marketing expert based in Brighton, UK) Rick previously joined us on Webinar 5 and in episodes 134 & 193. Rick has over 20 years of experience and is the founder of Look Touch Feel (LTF), an award winning digital marketing agency who specialise in supporting aesthetic practitioners & plastic surgeons. This is chapter 2 of a mini-series called the 'The Deep D...

Episode 196 hosts Amy Lynn (Aesthetic nurse specialist from Philadelphia, USA) Amy joins us in the 11th Chapter of our series called 'The Injector Diaries'. These episodes feature in depth conversations, stories and experiences from injectors around the globe. Each injector brings their own unique take on things and we'll showcase every level of type of injector, from newbies to masters. We'll exp...

Episode 195 hosts Dr Kate Jameson (Cosmetic Physician based in Perth, Western Australia) Kate originally trained in Emergency Medicine before specialising as a GP. In 2018 her founded 'Youthlab' with her husband, now a leading aesthetic clinic. Over the past 4 years Youthlab now has grown to three clinics and there are future plans to expand even futher by moving inter-state. In Chapter 5 of 'The...

Episode 194 hosts Dr Ravi Jain & Dr Sophie Shotter  (Leading aesthetic doctors based in the UK) Ravi is an extremely experienced injector & cosmetic surgeon based in Harpenden. With over 20 years of experience, Ravi consulted as a KOL for IBSA (the manufacturers of Profhilo) for several years. He was part of the early advisory board meetings and has a wealth of experience teaching Profhilo.  Sophi...

Episode 193 hosts Rick O'Neill (Digital marketing expert from Brighton, UK) (Rick previously joined us for our 5th webinar during the lockdown of 2020 and also in episode 134 of the podcast) Rick has over 20 years of experience and is the founder of Look Touch Feel (LTF), an award winning digitial marketing agency who specialise in supporting aesthetic practitioners & plastic surgeons. In this epi...

Episode 192 hosts Dr Steven Liew (Plastic Surgeon, Sydney Australia), Dr Sam Patel (Business Entrepreneur, Chicago, USA) & Gareth Pepper (National Sales Director of BTL Aesthetics, Australia). We also welcome back Professor Sebastian Cotofana for a cameo appearance! In this episode we discuss a completely new device category in facial aesthetics called EMFACE by BTL Aesthetics. EMFACE opens a new...

Episode 191 hosts Cassandra Smith (Aesthetic business entrepreneur) & David Segal (Our co-host of IA & Aesthetic business mentor) Cassandra is a returning guest (episodes 5, 24, 29 and 60) and has been David's business partner for over a decade. She originally trained as a Beautician before qualifiying as Dermal Clinician. She then became the co-owner of three laser, skin and injectable clinics wi...

Episode 190 hosts Dr Michael Kane (Facial Plastic Surgeon, New York, USA) Michael's clinical experience with botulinum toxin is unparalleled. Having completed well over 100,000 treatments since 1991, he single-handedly developed many of the toxin protocols and facial muscle treatments; in an era when almost no-one was even using toxins. Michael's experience is so well respected that he has consult...

Episode 189 hosts Dr Jake Sloane & David Segal In this episode Dr Jake & David introduce their newest project, 'IA: Business of Injecting Live'. These sessions will be in addition to our regular Friday podcasts and take the form of periodic live Zoom discussions. Hosted by David, we invite our listeners to join us for regular business zoom discussions where topics related to owning, managing and r...