Major Cosmetic Surgery Reforms From 1 July
The Medical Board Of Australia (MBA) and Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) have announced “a suite of measures” – including the necessity for...
When marketing meets the Medical Board
New Ahpra guidelines offer a timely opportunity to develop a point of difference in your media and marketing material, says Elizabeth Heusler of Heusler...
CNA: The voice for cosmetic nurses
The Cosmetic Nurses Association (CNA) is a professional not-for-profit membership-based group serving as a collective voice for all nurses who provide non-surgical cosmetic services...
Treating trans & gender diverse patients
Attitudes to restrictive gender norms are evolving, and aesthetic healthcare practitioners can play an important role in the lives of trans and gender diverse...
Handling Medical Emergencies in the Aesthetic Medical Practice
While aesthetics is a relatively low risk branch of medicine, it is important to have a clinic protocol in place in the unlikely event...
Watermarking patient photographs
As an old nursery rhyme tells it, one’s face is one’s fortune. If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is its value...
Fundamentals of Pulsed Light
What are the best parameters to adjust to improve outcomes for patients when using pulsed light? How do we maintain safety, yet ensure we...
2022 – The year in review
We speak to five leading practitioners from across Australia and New Zealand to get a round-up of last year’s most popular treatments and trends,...
Global focus on new weight-loss drugs
Around the globe, optimistic headlines have proclaimed safe and effective new weight-loss drugs promise ‘remarkable’ and ‘unprecedented’ results.
In a major US clinical trial, patients...
New Cosmetic Surgery Regulations: In Practice
Cosmetic surgery reforms set by the Medical Board of Australia (MBA) and Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) came into effect on 1 July...
