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Massachusetts Legislative Initiative Could Radically Change Medical Spa Industry

After extensive research into their local medical spa segment, a Massachusetts task force has drafted a bill recommending training and super vision requirements for certain procedures. If passed this bill would also establish medical spa licensing and ownership rules to both new and existing practices in Massachusetts. This controversial proposal will soon be filed in the state’s House of Representatives and Senate. Not only would the bill impose significant requirements and regulations upon medical spas within Massachusetts, it could serve as a model for similar legislation in other states.
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Alma Lasers’ Fractional Technology Restores
Outdated Systems

With the introduction of their Pixel CO2 Omnifit handpiece, Alma Lasers (Buffalo Grove, Ill.) has granted new life to old carbon dioxide (CO2) lasers. Physicians can now dust off those antiquated CO2 lasers and begin performing today’s more popular fractional resurfacing procedures. “You simply need an adapter to attach the Pixel Omnifit handpiece,” explained Greg Keller, M.D., a facial plastic surgeon in private practice in Santa Barbara, Calif. and an associate clinical professor and co-director of the Facial Plastic Surgery Fellowship at UCLA (Los Angeles, Calif.).
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