Med Spa Confidential - Exposing the Risks, Rewards, and Business of Beauty

Find or Get Your Medspa Certified: https://medspaboard.com/ What if the injectable everyone's raving about is not what's actually in the bottle? From BPC-157 for healing, growth hormone secretagogues for muscle, bone, sleep, and skin, to tanning peptides that can turn pale skin dark in a matter of weeks.  Host Dr. Kate Dee sits down with Dr. Flora Waples, a Colorado physician who's...

Find or Get Your Medspa Certified: https://medspaboard.com/ Why would a doctor stop offering a treatment that is FDA approved, supported by studies, and still available at some med spas? Host Dr. Kate Dee starts a new series on treatments she says no to, beginning with Kybella, the fat-dissolving injectable used for under-chin fat. She explains why she offered it early on, how deoxycholic acid is...

Find or Get Your Medspa Certified: https://medspaboard.com/ What does it actually take for the nursing board to show up at your med spa with a hidden camera and a badge? Dr. Kate Dee sits down with Shonra Weiss, a nurse practitioner, med spa co-owner, and consultant who reviews cases for the California nursing board. Shonra has seen what these investigations look like from the inside: the complain...

Find or Get Your Medspa Certified: https://medspaboard.com/ Is sticking a needle in your arm better medicine than drinking a glass of water? IV hydration therapy has become a multibillion-dollar wellness business, built on the promise that a drip can do what your body supposedly cannot. Host Dr. Kate Dee breaks down what actually happens when your body absorbs water, vitamins, and electrolytes, an...

Find or Get Your Medspa Certified: https://medspaboard.com/ If something goes wrong on the operating table, do you know who's actually responsible?  Dr. Kate Dee sits down with Dr. Alexander Zuriarrain, a Miami-based plastic surgeon with four board certifications and years of experience as a medical-legal expert witness. He has reviewed the cases where cosmetic procedures went very, very wron...

Find or Get Your Medspa Certified: https://medspaboard.com/ Would you take a weight loss drug that outperforms bariatric surgery if your doctor told you it wasn't legal yet? There's a new drug making waves in weight loss medicine. The clinical trial results are unlike anything we've seen before. And some clinics are already injecting it into patients, even though it's not legal...

What if the skin-tightening device your med spa is pushing on you has zero human safety data? Not outdated data. Not limited data. Zero. That's the reality behind one of the most hyped devices in aesthetics right now, and Dr. Kate Dee isn't staying quiet about it. Dr. Kate Dee sits down with Dr. Corrine Erickson, a board-certified dermatologist and owner of Georgia Skin Specialists in At...

The Safer Way to Choose a Medspa → MedspaBoard.com What if the "FDA-approved" weight loss shot you just got… wasn't? The headlines reduced this story to a clinic shutdown and a few thousand dollars in penalties. But Dr. Kate Dee exposes what may have actually happened behind the scenes: roughly 100 patients allegedly injected with research-grade peptides never intended for human use...

Get Your Medspa Certified → https://medspaboard.com/ What if the facelift you're planning could leave you looking worse than before you started? Facelifts are more popular than ever, but not all of them are created equal. The deep plane technique is being marketed heavily right now and it sounds impressive on paper. Book the wrong surgeon and you could end up with a pulled, windswept result t...

What if the person who gave you your last IV drip had zero medical training? It happened and Jennifer Cleveland never made it home. This week, the story that shook the entire med spa industry just got a major update and it's one you cannot afford to ignore. Dr. Kate Dee and med spa attorney Courtney Walker are exposing the dirty secret hiding inside thousands of "medical" spas right...

What if the injection your provider is offering you has never been tested on a single human being? You are hearing a lot of people claiming they've healed their chronic pain, boosted their performance, and turned back the clock.  But some of the most popular peptides on the market today are technically illegal to prescribe, sourced from unknown suppliers, and have zero completed human trials...

How do you REALLY know if that's Botox?  Hear what the FDA uncovered when they investigated Pure Indulgence Aesthetics, a med spa with a clean website, a doctor's name on the homepage, and a Groupon running for less than $8 a unit.  Patients were lining up and reviews were good, but when investigators checked the dumpster, the unmarked vials were a substance that had to be sent to a lab...

Does more access to hormone therapy mean better care? Hormone therapy is everywhere right now. Med spas are offering it, telehealth platforms are advertising it during the Super Bowl, and plenty of providers are happy to prescribe whatever you ask for.  In this episode, Dr. Kate Dee sits down with Dr. Radhika Sharma, an obstetrician-gynecologist from Wisconsin and co-host of the podcast The Double...

Have you ever watched a celebrity on screen and thought, "Something looks off  but I can't figure out what"? Dr. Kate Dee and her colleague Margaret Sherman were watching the hit Netflix series Scarpetta when they noticed something about Nicole Kidman's face that stopped them cold.  What started as a casual observation turned into a conversation that every woman considering inj...

 A daily Ozempic pill instead of a weekly injection, BUT what happens when you stop? The new oral GLP-1 just launched, and the early numbers on who's actually taking it tell a story. There are real reasons your doctor might steer you away from it, and they go deeper than needle avoidance. Dr. Kate Dee sits down with GLP-1 prescriber Dr. Randi Lindstrom to get into the details nobody is spelli...

You finally lost the weight. So why do you look older? The emotional side of dramatic weight loss is real and complicated. You spent months, maybe years, working toward a goal. You hit it and then you're blindsided by something you never anticipated.  Dr. Kate Dee hears this every single week in her consultation room. Patients who worked incredibly hard, who did everything right, and now they...

What if the person who hurt you was someone you trusted completely? Dr. Kate Dee sits down with nurse practitioner Sarah Kabalka, a 13-year veteran of medical aesthetics who knew the questions to ask, knew the red flags to look for, and still walked out of a treatment room with injuries she'll carry for the rest of her life. Trust overrode instinct. And what happened next is something far too...

What if the clinic promising to save your life was the most dangerous place you could walk into? A Colorado man flew to Seattle for a stem cell treatment he believed would save him. A King County jury just awarded his family $24 million.  Host Dr. Kate Dee breaks down what happened inside that clinic and why this case is bigger than one family's tragedy. Stem cells are real. The "cures&q...

What if the person about to inject your face isn't licensed to touch you at all? It's not a worst-case scenario anymore. It's a pattern. Providers are getting arrested across the country, and the patients sitting in those chairs had no idea. The websites looked polished. The staff seemed professional. Nothing felt off until it was. Dr. Kate Dee sits down with Dr. Judith Borger, a ph...

What happens when a billion-dollar company decides it's done playing nice with the telehealth giants undercutting its patents? Novo Nordisk just dropped a lawsuit against Hims & Hers, and the ripple effects could reshape how millions of people access GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy.  Dr. Kate Dee breaks down what's really behind this legal fight, why the timing matters, and...

What if the person injecting you had no license, no training, and no idea what was actually in the syringe? Dr. Kate Dee breaks down a disturbing Florida arrest that's making headlines. A woman was running a full cosmetic clinic out of her home, charging patients thousands of dollars for injections she claimed were professional-grade treatments.  What doctors found inside the victim's bo...

Med spas are now selling gut healing programs for hundreds of dollars a month. But who's actually qualified to tell you what's wrong with your gut? Gut health is everywhere right now. Walk into almost any wellness clinic and you'll find supplement stacks, IV drips, and probiotic blends all promising to fix your digestion.  But most of them aren't backed by a gastroenterologist....

What happens when an emergency order becomes the foundation of an entire business and then suddenly disappears? New Jersey has reverted to pre-COVID regulations, ending temporary pandemic-era rules that allowed nurse practitioners to operate independently. As a result, many med spas opened over the last six years are now scrambling to secure collaborating physicians or shut down within 30 days. Dr...

What if looking like a swollen pumpkin for three days meant better skin for the next year?  Host Dr. Kate Dee takes you behind the scenes of her own RF microneedling and laser resurfacing treatment, showing you exactly what happens from the moment numbing cream goes on to the final recovery stages.  No filters, no editing out the swelling, just the real experience. You'll see how powerful top...

What happens when state investigators walk into over 200 med spas?  Host Dr. Kate Dee walks you through the shocking results of New York's investigation, where inspectors found cosmetologists injecting mystery substances and estheticians causing dangerous MRSA infections.  Now dermatology groups and lawmakers want to crack down hard, but their solution might accidentally target the good med s...