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As the med spa industry continues to experience explosive growth, the regulatory landscape is becoming more complex than ever. Navigating compliance isn’t just about avoiding penalties—it’s about ensuring long-term success in an landscape that’s constantly evolving. To kick off the sixth season of The Technology of Beauty, Dr. Grant Stevens sits down with Alex Thiersch, the CEO and founder of the...

"You can use every product on earth every day for the rest of your life, but it won’t do what one BBL Heroic treatment does for your skin … it’s nothing short of magic." In this special episode of the Technology of Beauty, recorded live at Sciton's Skin CEO event, Dr. Sherrif Ibrahim provides an insider’s perspective on the revolutionary advancements in Sciton’s BBL HEROic systems,...

What if AI could predict the outcomes of your aesthetic treatments with greater precision than ever before? In this episode of The Technology of Beauty, Dr. Grant Stevens sits down with Scott Jorgensen, CEO of Appiell. AI, to discuss the revolutionary potential of artificial intelligence in the world of medical aesthetics. Scott shares how Appiell. AI is leveraging AI-driven predictive analytics t...

How can price transparency reshape the way we approach healthcare, especially in the realm of medical weight loss? In this episode, Dr. Grant Stevens is joined by Dr. Jonathan Kaplan, the CEO and Founder of BuildMyHealth. Seeking to revolutionize patient care by giving consumers a clear understanding of costs before committing to treatments, Dr. Kaplan explains how he built a platform to champion...

As the Chief Scientific Officer at Revance, Conor Gallagher spearheads R&D, process and analytical development under the umbrella of scientific innovation while also leading a team working on Revance's biosimilar program.  With the stated goal of setting a "new standard in healthcare by elevating patient and physician experiences," Revance boasts an impressive lineup of aestheti...

In Episode 91, we heard from Michael Burke of Latticework Aesthetics and examined how he and his team are assembling a multi-brand aesthetic platform with an emphasis on board-certified plastic surgeons who care deeply about their patients. Today, it is our pleasure to welcome Latticework Aesthetics' CEO Todd DeYoung to the show. In this interview, Todd takes yet a deeper dive into the busine...

"The biggest step forward in practical automation for the end user that I think I've seen in the industry … HERO is becoming HEROic." Appearing individually on previous episodes of The Technology of Beauty, Sciton CEO Aaron Burton and EVP Robbie Brindley return to the show together with an altogether earthshaking announcement: that Sciton has not only improved upon, but somehow tran...

If you missed this year's Aesthetic Innovation Summit in Vancouver, this is your chance to tap in and hear from some of the speakers and attendees that were present. AIS is THE forum where the minds that are shaping tomorrow's aesthetic industry meet each year for a look ahead.  Dive in with us as Dr. Grant Stevens provides the latest on the beauty business through a series of rapid-fire...

In our next installment of The Entrepreneurs of Aesthetics, where we invite innovative aesthetic business owners to break down how they built their practices from the ground up, we welcome Nicci Levy, CEO & Founder of Alchemy 43. A rising beauty mogul who began her career working a mall cosmetics counter, she leaned on a decade of corporate cosmetics experience at MAC Cosmetics, Nordstrom, and...

"60 million women in the US alone have cellulite. And even if we winnow that all the way down to who can afford it, who's so bothered to do something about it, we're still talking about 6 million women." For all of the many successes in the beauty business, efforts to address cellulite have most commonly resulted in failure. That doesn't alter the fact that women want a so...

Dr. Joe Hunstad is a true titan of the aesthetics industry. The inventor of seven unique surgical operations, he is also the author of "The Atlas of Abdominoplasty", an internationally acclaimed speaker, a former Director of The Aesthetic Society, and the past President of HKB Cosmetic Plastic Surgery. A highly-renowned plastic surgeon, Dr. Hunstad was once named the "Best Plastic S...

"I think fat is the future. It's the largest source of adult stem cells in the body, and it's the lowest hanging fruit." Out of all the topics we've covered as we approach our 100th episode of The Technology of Beauty, regenerative aesthetics might be the most exciting of them all. Just imagine telling a patient, "We can remove excess fat from your thighs and use it t...

Marketing to the patients already in an aesthetic practice represents a massive opportunity for brands and clinics alike — one that remains sorely underleveraged in a large majority of cases.  The problem: How to cleanly and clearly promote the right offerings to the right patients at the right moment. There's no sense in advertising RF microneedling to a patient with an appointment for said...

One of the pitfalls of physician-grade skincare in the age of e-commerce is the Amazonification of elite product lines. But what if a company developed a patented technology to eliminate diversion and counterfeiting so that products are always professionally dispensed? Dan Hopkins is here to tell us how his team found the answers. While remaining exceptionally physician-focused, AlumierMD was conc...

In a wide-ranging interview with Dr. Grant Stevens, David Dean describes an uncommon journey in which he goes from being an All-American athlete with two national championships, to founding an aesthetic-based internet startup that ultimately went public via an NYSE IPO, to launching a lifestyle brand with a mission to help prevent teen suicide.  The latest stop on his entrepreneurial path is TONA...

Carboxytherapy is generally known as a non-surgical treatment employing injections or transdermal application to infuse gaseous carbon dioxide into the subcutaneous tissue. And its therapeutic effects are said to increase vasodilation and collagenesis, and even regenerate tissue. But a topical carboxy delivery system? That is something altogether innovative. On the latest episode of The Technology...

It's common knowledge that one of the best ways to convert new prospects into patients is to give them a better understanding of the procedure they are interested in. But patient education can be a problem for aesthetic practitioners. As Engage Technologies Group CEO C. Lloyd Mahaffey puts it, "Humans have the attention span of goldfish."  Drawing on experience Lloyd gained from wor...

"We want top-tier, board-certified plastic surgeons that want to grow, care about their staff, and care deeply about their patients." When others preach the benefits of practice consolidation, they often talk a big game about how they'll "take the stress of your back office off your plate so you can focus on surgical." They promise to provide a fail-safe marketing strategy...

The last time we welcomed Galderma's Chief Scientific Officer to the show, Dr. Alan Widgerow spoke at length on "Unlocking the Secrets of Cellular-Level Skin Health" — and episode 59 is certainly well worth a watch on that subject (link below). But in this episode, he not only expands upon that theme, he brings news of the latest Alastin skincare products made possible by his ground...

How often does a genuinely novel aesthetic device make it past product-launch hurdles to make it into practices across the country? Enter Jason Richey, President & CEO of Cytrellis Biosystems, to tell us about the nascent success of the Ellacor Micro-Coring system — the first of its kind to receive FDA clearance. The brainchild of Cytrellis Founders Dr. Rox Anderson and Dr. Jay Austen, the Ell...

"Alastin is certainly not the only brand in our offices, but it is my number one brand. And it's based on the science." — Dr. Grant Stevens For far too long, skincare was more about style than substance. Flashy marketing and misleading claims wrapped around largely generic ingredients became the rinse and repeat formula for cosmetic brands. While we've seen no shortage of techn...

Imagine distilling the entire essence of an aesthetic practice into an iPad. To state it simply, that's just what the TouchMD platform makes possible — but there's a whole lot more to unpack. You could call it a patient engagement platform, a Before and After photo solution, or a patient consultation tool, and you would be right on all counts. But the true power lies in bringing all thes...

According to an oft-cited survey, over 65 million Americans are considering receiving an aesthetic treatment for the first time. Nick Magruder wants to make aesthetics more accessible for these consumers — and he may have found a way to do it. Drawing on his experience as Co-Founder and CEO of FriendMedia (now vrtly.ai), where he built an innovative platform focused on delivering a seamless in-pra...

Autologous cell treatments are already making an impact in our lives today but the truth is we are only just scratching the surface of what might be possible.  In our lifetime, aesthetic regenerative medicine will make a dramatic leap forward. The problem is that as our cells age they become less potent. That means many of us will never be able to experience the full impact of emerging regenerativ...