Securing Financing for Your Medspa or Aesthetic Medical Practice

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Francis X Acunzo

This past Tuesday I gave a webinar on securing financing for your Medspa or Aesthetic Medical Practice.  This webinar was sponsored by Eric Hansen, Financial Adviser at Merrill Lynch. I outlined the preliminary thought process for investing in a new medspa or aesthetic medical practice, for the purchase of capital equipment or for the acquisition [...]

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Best Practice: Capitalize Your Business

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Francis X Acunzo

The most successful cosmetic medical practices nationwide are well-capitalized businesses. This means that they have the financial wherewithal to continually invest in new technology, marketing, human capital and physical plant. One of the most important reasons to be well-capitalized ties to another Best Practice: Stay on Trend. Each year it is essential to add new [...]

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Hair — It Is

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Francis X Acunzo

Hair — we have it in areas we don’t want it and we want it in areas we don’t have it! A few members of the Acara Team recently attended a workshop on automated hair restoration techniques, presented by NeoGraft in New York City. Dr. Steve Mulholland delivered a very engaging presentation covering the history [...]

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Top 10 Questions to Ask When Buying a Cosmetic Laser

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Francis X Acunzo

It has been 20 years that I have been in involved in identifying and purchasing cosmetic lasers for spas, medical spas and cosmetic medical practices.  Through the years I have either purchased for my companies or for Acara clients over 50 cosmetic laser devices.  There is nothing like practice to become good at something.  Earlier [...]

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New Techology: Not a Field of Dreams

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Francis X Acunzo

This coming Thursday, April 1st I will be holding a Webinar at 1:00 p.m. EST titled “New Cosmetic Medical Technology: Don’t Make it a Field of Dreams“.  It will review, first-hand a blog entry I posted back in September. Essentially, I’m going to discuss what you need to do to insure when you purchase new [...]

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Zerona vs Zeltiq: Melt or Freeze Your Fat!

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Francis X Acunzo

I read an interesting article in the New York Times a few days ago.  It was discussing Zerona and Zeltiq.  Zerona is the low-level laser device that “melts” fat and the Zeltiq is the Cryo device that “freezes” fat.  The article was essentially a mixed review discussing how some people have achieved successes and others [...]

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Zerona #1 on Most Popular Procedures: American Health & Beauty

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Francis X Acunzo

Zerona, the body slimming non-invasive procedure is #1 on the Most Popular Procedure list today on American Health & Beauty.  Acara has had great success increasing cosmetic practice and medical spa sales throughout North America.  This is a lifestyle procedure.  Your patients need to commit to a daily protocol that includes walking 40 minutes, drinking [...]

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Synergy with Syneron? Candela Acquisition by Syneron

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Francis X Acunzo

It looks like Syneron and Candela, two of the top cosmetic laser companies in the world, will become one.  Not sure what this will mean to physicians and medical spas but I will be watching as it all unfolds and keep you posted.  The deal isn’t anticipated to close until the end of the year [...]

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New Technology: Don’t make it a “Field of Dreams”

Posted on September 4, 2009 by Francis X Acunzo

Most of the time when a new medical device is being added to a Practice, the physician and team do a tremendous amount of research on the technology, the efficacy and the outcomes for the procedures.  But what doesn’t happen is the research to determine if they will be successful implementing and launching the new [...]

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Financing Your Medspa or Aesthetic Medical Practice

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Francis X Acunzo

I know what I’m about to say sounds like a sales pitch for a bank, but honestly Acara has no connection to any bank, we are just excited about Bank of America’s financing program for physicians.  Bank of America has a financing package that is very attractive for Medical Spas and Aesthetic Medical Practices.  It [...]

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