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>>> WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
NEW LAWS WENT INTO EFFECT THAT
IMPACTS THOSE MEDICAL SPAS ALL
ACROSS TEXAS WHETHER IT'S BOTOX
OR LASER TREATMENTS, COSMETIC
PROCEDURES ARE BEING REGULATED
FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL PATIENTS.
HERE TO TALK MORE ABOUT THESE
NEW CHANGES, WE HAVE DR. CHO,
THE DIRECTOR OF THE INTEGRATED
PLASTIC SURGERY FACILITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
THIS IS REALLY SOME IMPORTANT
INFORMATION A LOT OF PEOPLE NEED
TO BE AWARE OF, ESPECIALLY SINCE
I BELIEVE THESE RULES WENT INTO
EFFECT NOVEMBER 1ST, RIGHT?
>> NOVEMBER 7TH.
>> OKAY.
SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT IT.
FIRST OF AUSHLGS FOR THOSE WHO
DON'T UNDERSTAND, WHAT IS A
MEDICAL SPA?
>> A MEDICAL SPA SA PLACE WHERE
CERTAIN MEDICAL ESTHETIC
PROCEDURES ARE BEING PERFORMED.
>> OKAY.
>> IT COULD START FROM THINGS
LIKE FACIALS AND PEELS BUT ALSO
EXTEND INTO SERVICES THAT YOU
MENTION, BOTOX, LASER DEVICES,
DEVICES THAT TIGHTEN THE SKIN OR
CONTOUR THE BODY.
>> SO WHAT LED UP TO THESE NEW
RULES BEING IMPLEMENTED?
>> THE NEW RULES ARE REALLY
ADDRESSING PATIENT SAFETY AND
PATIENT EDUCATION.
THERE ARE MEDICAL SPAS WHERE THE
PHYSICIANS HAVE VERY LIMITED
ON-SITE PRESENCE OR SOMETIMES NO
ON-SITE PRESENCE, AND SOMETIMES
THE PHYSICIANS ARE INADEQUATELY
TRAINED IN THE MEDICAL ESTHETIC
DEVICES PROCEDURES.
WHAT THIS LEADS TO ARE
TECHNICIANS LIKE MEDICAL
ESTHETICIANS OR NURSES WHO ARE
DOING THE EVALUATION AND THE
ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS AND
PROVIDING THE TREATMENTS, AND
THIS CAN LEAD TO VARIABLE
OUTCOMES.
>> SO, IN OTHER WORDS, IF
THERE'S AN EMERGENCY SITUATION
AND SOMEONE IS NOT THERE TO
HANDLE IT BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT
HAVE THE PROPER TRAINING, THAT
IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THESE
NEW RULES WERE PUT IN PLACE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> SO HOW IS THIS GOING TO HAVE
AN IMPACT ON THOSE MEDICAL SPAS
OUT THERE AND HOW IS IT GOING TO
HAVE AN IMPACT ON PATIENTS
THEMSELVES?
>> I THINK OVERALL THE PATATNT
EXPERIENCE IS GOING TO BE A
BETTER EXPERIENCE MOVING
FORWARD.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
INTERACT WITH A QUALIFIED AND
PROPERLY-TRAINED PHYSICIAN OR A
PHYSICIAN DESIGNEE LIKIKE A
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT OR NURSE
PRACTITIONER.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
A MORE INFORMED DISCUSSION ON
WHAT THEIR MEDICAL ESTHETIC
OPTIONS ARE AND GO THROUGH AN
INFORMED CONSENT PROCESS, WHICH
SOMETIMES JUST GETS HURRIED
THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND,
THEREFORE, LEADS TO QUESTIONS OR
EXPECTATION THAT AREN'T
NECESSARILY EASY TO MANAGE.
>> SO IT'S ALL ABOUT OVERALL
HEALTH AND MAINTAINING THE
PERSON'S HEALTH WHILE GOING
THROUGH THESE PROCEDURES AND
SEARCHING FOR MORE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS, WHICH WE ALSO HAVE,
THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT, AND
ALSO ON OUR WEB SITE, AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> GOOD TO BE HERE.