Opening a Successful Aesthetic Practice or Medspa Webinar

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Francis X Acunzo

There is no better time than now to be considering a medical spa development or the launch of an Aesthetic Medical Practice. If you start today, you should hopefully be opening your doors as we begin to recover from our current turbulent economy. Listen to my Webinar presentation that reviews Acara’s approach to developing and [...]

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Cynosure Receives FDA Clearance for Cellulaze Cellulite Laser

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Francis X Acunzo

Cynosure, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYNO) announced this week that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the Company’s Cellulaze™ Workstation for commercial distribution, giving millions of American women the first minimally invasive solution in their battle against cellulite. Cellulaze reduces cellulite – in just one treatment – by restoring the normal structure of the skin [...]

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Acara Grows and Expands its Team

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Francis X Acunzo

N E W S   R E L E A S E Acara, the leading US aesthetic medical practice and medspa consulting and marketing firm, announced the addition of several new team members. Branford, CT –  January 16, 2012 – Acara, the leading business team in the aesthetic medical practice and medical spa industries, announces the [...]

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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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J.C. Penney’s New Policy a Lesson for Aesthetic Practices & Medspas Considering Deep Discounting

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Francis X Acunzo

A “Penney” for their thoughts that could be worth millions… J.C. Penney announced today that it is permanently marking down its prices by 40% and stopping its deep discounting strategy that has been the cornerstone of its marketing in the past.  Read this Wall Street Journal article to learn more. The Acara team has always [...]

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Top 10 Acara Blog Posts in 2011

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Francis X Acunzo

I thought it would be interesting to see what everyone was reading about in 2011 so I pulled the statistics from my blog, SpaBusinessMD to find the top 10 most read posts.  To place this in perspective this year the blog had over 20,000 views.  Number 1 on the list was read over 3,000 times [...]

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Jane Doe No More

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Francis X Acunzo

Last evening I was fortunate to attend an event that featured a new n0n-profit organziati0n, Jane Doe No More whose mission is to is improve the way society responds to victims of sexual assault.  I was astounded to hear the statistics on the number of women that are sexually assaulted: 1 every 2 minutes, 1 [...]

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A New Gold Standard: Laser lipolysis advances are expanding body contouring applications

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Francis X Acunzo

Dr. Edward B. Lack, MD recently wrote an article for Healthy Aging, a publication that “provides unbiased information so that physicians can help their patients look good and feel good as they age”.  The topic was on laser-assisted lipolysis (LAL) an ever growing trend since its introduction in 2006. Here is an excerpt from the [...]

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Medical Spa Society Announces New President

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Francis X Acunzo

Francis Acunzo CEO of Acara, an aesthetic medical practice management & marketing company, was voted in as president of the Medical Spa Society. Branford, CT (Vocus/PRWEB ) April 7, 2010 — On April 5, 2010 Francis Acunzo, CEO of Acara was appointed as the new president of the Medical Spa Society, an organization dedicated to [...]

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New York Times Says, “They want hips and breasts, phony or not.”

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Francis X Acunzo

As many of my regular blog readers and webinar attendees know, I often speak about the importance of “staying on trend” as a medical spa or aesthetic medical practice.  When asked how to trend watch I tell my readers and listeners about the obvious such as trade shows and communicating with your reps but in [...]

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