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5 CommentsTop 10 reasons you know you've hired an aesthetician...
You know you've hired an aesthetician when...
...most of your staff is now wearing high heels.
...you're constantly set upon in an attempt to cleanse your pores.
...microderm is referred to as real medicine.
...you're instructed that 'aestheticians know anatomy too'.
...there is now green tea and spring water in the break room.
...you own a hot towel cabbie, a skin scope, and 'mood' music.
...you have $30,000 of toner, cleanser, and other stuff that you don't use.
...the esthetician wants to get rid of all the old stuff that the previous esthetician liked because it doesn't work and buy another $30,000 of the new stuff that the new esthetician likes that really does work.
...you hear 'detoxify the skin' for the millionth time.
...you ask what the hell all these toxins are in the skin and how did they get there and hear the reply, 'toxins'.
...you are now selling knock off purses in the treatment rooms.
...the amount of mascara used per employee quadruples.
...you're asked to carry lip plumping gloss in your practice.
...you offer spray on tanning.
...MySpace is on the history list of every computer.
...you start to chew gum.
This list is completely in jest and not meant to represent any individual or group, especially not any of my staffs who are wonderful, thoughtful, and intelligent. No, I mean your staff.
(No aesthetician was consulted during the formation of this list.)
Medical Spa MD: Top 10 Blog Posts
The 10 most read posts on Medical Spa MD.
- What's wrong with medical spa franchises & medspa consultants?
- How to build a medical spa inside your existing practice.
- Physician oversight & scope of practice: What's legal in a medical spa.
- Medical Spa MD: Products & Services
- Dermacare Medical Spa Franchises Unite?
- Wall Street Journal Article on Medical Spa Franchises: Medspa boom is a bust for some.
- Nothing brings out anger like Thermage.
- Dermacare, Sona, American Laser Centers, & the rest.
- Sona Medspas: An unhappy franchise owner.
- LS, a Derm that's pissed at Medspa FP's & Ob's.
Medical Spa MD Series: Inside a Sona medical spa franchise.
- Part 1: Why I bought a Sona medspa franchise
- Part 2: Sona's franchise representations & promises
- Part 3: The medical spa franchise pitch
- Part 4: Sona medspas legal structure & revenue share
- Part 5: Opening a Sona Laser Clinic.
- Part 6: Sona Medspas: Physician & Medical Oversight
Medical Spa MD: Most commented on posts
- LS, A Derm that's pissed at Medspa FP's & Ob's.
- Dermacare, Sona, American Laser Clinics & the rest.
- Dermacare Laser & Skin Care Clinics
- Dermacare Medical Spa Franchises Unite?
- American Laser Clinics Part 1: Armed guards & threats.
Top Searches on Medspa MD: Posts & Comments
To search for any posts, article or comments on Medical Spa MD, input your query into the search box at the top of the navigation menu. Here are some of the top searches on Medspa MD.
- Medical Spa Advertising
- Advertising & Marketing
- Medical Spa Legal
- Physician Partnership
- Hiring medspa staff
- Plastic Surgeons
- Dermatologists
- Aesthetic Physician
- New Medical Spa
- Medical Spa Franchises
- Dermacare Laser Clinics
- American Laser Clinics
- Sona Medspas
- Medical Spa Consultants
- Mesotherapy
- Lasers IPL
- Medspa Technology
- Restylane
Top Ten Medspa Lists:
- Top 10 reasons you know you've hired an aesthetician...
- 8 ways to drive your graphic designer crazy.
Start Your Medical Spa Here:
- How to build a medical spa inside your existing practice.
- Medical Spa MD: Products & Services
- Common mistakes when starting a medical spa.
Medical Spa Franchises & Consultants
- What's wrong with medical spa franchises & medspa consultants?
- Wall Street Journal Article on Medical Spa Franchises: Medspa boom is a bust for some.
- Dermacare, Sona, American Laser Centers, & the rest.
- Dermacare Medical Spa Franchises Unite?
- American Laser Clinics Part 1: Armed guards & threats.
- Dermacare Laser Skin Care Clinics
Physician Turf Wars in Cosmetic Medicine:
Medical Spa Legal Issues:
- Physician oversight & scope of practice: What's legal in a medical spa.
- Understanding why medical spas are a legal nightmare.
Non-surgical Medical Technologies:
- Nothing brings out anger like Thermage.
- Reactivated Thermage Tips: Thermage reacts to supposed study.
- Thermage tackles it's safety reputation among physicians: The whole story.
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Study: Safety & Performance of Reactivated Thermage Thermacool Tips.
IPL Reviews & Comparisons: Download the Dog & Lemon Guide PDF.
Inside A Medical Spa Franchise Series:
- Part 1: Why I bought a Sona medspa franchise
- Part 2: Sona's franchise representations & promises
- Part 3: The medical spa franchise pitch
- Part 4: Sona medspas legal structure & revenue share
- Part 5: Opening a Sona Laser Clinic.
- Part 6: Sona Medspas: Physician & Medical Oversight
Medical Spa Reference Links:
Community Forums for Medical Spa Physicians:
Top 10 reasons why loyalty programs don't work.
Medspas consultants will often promote loyalty programs as a way to reward your best clients and build their loyalty to the practice. But loyalty programs are often not all they're cracked up to be.
10 reasons why loyalty programs won't work in your medical practice?
- Loyalty programs are based on discounts, which ‘train’ existing patients to expect 'sales' and wait out your normal prices.
- They attract your most loyal patients who would happily pay a premium.
- They confuse patients and staff and create customer service problems.
- they discourage new patients by making them feel punished or excluded.
- they encourage competitors to retaliate with me-too programs.
- they damage your perceived image by making you a 'discount' store.
- they reduce profit margins from your best patients.
- they reduce your ability to serve patients at the highest levels.
