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Aesthetic Physician Bulletin: DIY & Illegally Imported Botox

The IAPAM has surveyed experts in the cosmetic injectable field to offer this overview for aesthetic physicians, regarding some alarming and illegal trends dealing with cosmetic injectable treatments, specifically: DIY (Do It Yourself) Botox treatments and illegally imported botulinum toxin (Dysport, Botox) product. Without a doubt, proper Botox Training is critical. The Recent DIY Botox [...]

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Consumer Cosmetic Injectable Safety Tips

We’ve all heard of DIY home repairs, but DIY Botox and laser treatments? Yes, in this economy many people are looking at cutting costs, but before you start injecting yourself with cosmetic injectables or using a laser on yourself, you need to evaluate the potential life threatening risks. Injecting foam insulation around a drafty electrical [...]

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Botox Training: IAPAM Announces 2010 Training Dates for Physicians

Presented by the IAPAM, the Botox & Dermal Filler Training Bootcamp and the Advanced Dermal Filler Training Program announces their dates for 2010.  Through the IAPAM’s industry-leading aesthetic medicine educational programs, physicians will continue to recieve the most intensive, hands-on cosmetic injectable and Botox training available in North America. The IAPAM has developed three different [...]

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IAPAM Symposium Adds New Botox Training video to help Physicians Succeed

Physicians can now revisit the preeminent educational experience they receive while attending the IAPAM’s Aesthetic Medicine Symposium, by using the IAPAM’s 3 new clinical training DVD’s, offering focused instruction on: botox training, dermal filler training and microdermabrasion training. The IAPAM’s Aesthetic Medicine Symposium has long offered physicians a competitive advantage through its comprehensive, hands-on, “immersion” [...]

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IAPAM Announces 2010 Dates for Aesthetic Medicine Symposiums Showcasing Botox Training

Physicians continue to seek out comprehensive aesthetic medicine training programs, that include instruction in the most ‘in-demand’ aesthetic procedures, including training in Botox, laser training, medical microdermabrasion training, chemical peel training and medical weight management programming. To meet this educational need, the International Association for Physicians in Aesthetic Medicine (IAPAM) offers the most up-to date, [...]

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IAPAM Enhances its Symposiums with the Addition of a Medical Weight Loss

Building on the success of its physician-lead Aesthetic Medicine Symposiums, the International Association for Physicians in Aesthetic Medicine (IAPAM) has now added a medical weight management component to its renowned educational series.  This new program will teach physicians how to incorporate a medical weight loss program into their practice or medical spa, and will include [...]

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IAPAM Endorses Comprehensive Aesthetic Training

The MedSpa industry in the United States has experienced a growth rate of 133% in the past five years. Moreover, “as the current economic environment continues, the myriad of minimally invasive and less expensive procedures offered at Medical Spas, including Wellness Centers and Anti-Aging Clinics is expected to continue to garner more and more of [...]

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The “Lipstick Effect” in Aesthetic Medicine: The 2008 ASAPS statistics support the notion that in tough economic times, small aesthetic luxuries are in demand

. The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery’s (ASAPS) recently released report, 2008 Statistics on Cosmetic Surgery, outlines that 8,491,861 non-surgical procedures were done in 2008. However, this is a reduction of 11.7% over last year, and interestingly the only three growth non-surgical procedures were Calcium hydroxylapatite (Radiance) injections which was up 3%, chemical peels [...]

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The Latest Trend: The Use of Caffeine in Aesthetics

From our double shot, extra hot, non-fat vanilla lattes to new under eye anti-puffiness serums, a jolt of caffeine has alluring qualities in making our lives more endurable. However, while there is significant study into many of the benefits of ingested caffeine, the jury is still out on the long-lasting benefits of this “miracle” ingredient, [...]

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Board Certification in Aesthetic Medicine Lacking

There has been great discussion regarding the Board Certification of Aesthetic Medicine. Currently the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) does not offer a board certification in Aesthetic Medicine. The ABMS currently states that “antiaging is not a medical specialty,” and therefore no association or organization can officially be offering “board certification” in aesthetic medicine [...]

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