While addressing the safety and efficacy of any medspa is a valid concern, John Oliver couldn’t be more wrong about medspas in general.
The Ongoing Debate Around Aesthetic Medicine
There has always been controversial questions surrounding the aesthetic and cosmetic industry. A popular debate of yesteryear was whether cosmetic surgery was ethical at all. Should a woman undergo plastic surgery or was she just conforming to pressures of a patriarchal society?
Those debate questions found firm resolve that implants, as an example, are elective and therefore go to the premise of choice. Now those questions are seldom debated in public or otherwise. It seems there are larger existential questions for the populace to resolve.
How Medspas Came to Be?
Plastic Surgery gained popularity in the early 1970s. As an adjunct the Medspa gained popularity in the early 2000’s. The medspa, as that is commonly known, is the result of advanced technologies in skincare. Providers are now able to offer advanced aesthetic care noninvasively and non-medically.
The advent of body contouring without liposuction; the advent of advanced skin rejuvenation without a facelift is what led to the rise in popularity of medspas. The very premise of the medspa is that safe nonsurgical alternatives are available to patients who do not want to go under the knife or who are apprehensive of anesthesia.
The Medspa Industry Is Highly Regulated and Professional
Over the last twenty five years the aesthetic industry, specifically that of the medspa industry, has evolved. In rebuttal to John Oliver’s sometimes satirical reprimand of the medspa industry, in point of fact, the medspa industry is populated by medical professionals.
The medspa industry does consist of medical professionals, primarily plastic surgeons, cosmetic surgeons, and dermatologists. It also consists of Physicians Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, and Estheticians.
Addressing the CoolSculpting Controversy
John Oliver pointed to the famous case of Linda Evangelista who underwent Coolsculpting and suffered PAH. PAH stands for paradoxical adipose hyperplasia. This is a rare side effect of Coolsculpting where instead of shrinking, the treated fat cells enlarge and harden, forming a noticeable lump. The Linda Evangelista case, while gaining prominence in
the media, occurred in 2015, over ten years ago. And it happened at a dermatologist office. Yes, as with any cosmetic treatment there is a possibility of an adverse incident, but as with Coolsculpting, the rate of incidence is less than 1%.
Why Choosing a Medspa Is Often the Best Option?
The reasons for choosing a medspa as your aesthetic provider are numerous. When you choose a medspa you are choosing a facility that focuses primarily on those aesthetic treatments that are offered to the exclusion of other medical procedures.
Those aesthetic treatments and devices offered at a medspa are not ancillary to the overall practice; they are the singular focus. From that singular focus develops expertise. Often treatments are non-invasive and non-medical for the enhancement of beauty.
When you choose a provider like a medical doctor for your treatment, while you may have faith in their degree, and competence to perform medicine, the aesthetic treatment that they are providing may not be their primary focus and it may not even be medical. Would you go to your internist for a facial?
Trust the Experts at Treat Medspa
At Treat Medspa, we are a team of industry veterans, including nurses and doctors who have dedicated our professional careers to advanced aesthetic care. Our teams train for years on our devices such as CoolSculpting and Emsculpting. That makes us uniquely qualified to provide a safe and effective treatment course.
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