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Med Spa Confidential - Exposing the Risks, Rewards, and Business of Beauty
Exposing the Good, the Bad and the Ugly secrets of the Medical Aesthetics Industry.
Dr. Kate Dee takes you inside the medical spa industry, an unregulated mix of medicine and marketing where the results can be stunning… or dangerous.
As a board-certified Physician who left hospital medicine to found GLOW Med Spa, she’s seen both sides: the art, the science, and the shady practices that put patients at risk.
You’ll hear insider stories, expert conversations, and practical advice that help you spot who’s qualified, who’s not, and how to stay safe while still looking your best.
Subscribe to become a smarter patient and find out what questions to ask and how to figure out who is cutting corners in the wild west of the medspa world
Episodes
116 episodes
Med Spa Crackdown: Why States Are Finally Enforcing the Rules ft. Attorney Brett Elliott | EP 116
Find or Get Your Medspa Certified: https://medspaboard.com/A woman walked into a med spa for a routine Botox appointment and never walked out, and the person who was supposed to be supervising he...
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I Secretly Shopped a Med Spa: They REFUSED to Answer This Question | EP 115
Find or Get Your Medspa Certified: https://medspaboard.com/She asked one question. "Are you a nurse?" The woman holding the microneedling pen didn't answer.A consumer took a Grou...
The Wellness Trends Doctors Say Are a Waste of Money ft. Dr. Stephanie Rogers, Geriatrician 114
Find or Get Your Medspa Certified: https://medspaboard.com/What if up to half of all dementia cases could be prevented, and the two things that matter most in midlife are things almost nobody che...
When I Say NO to Teen Laser Hair Removal (Doctor Explains) | EP 113
Find or Get Your Medspa Certified: https://medspaboard.com/Who is really asking for that laser treatment, the teenager sitting in the chair or the parent standing behind her?Dr. Kate D...
Is Your "Natural" Look Actually Aesthetic DRIFTING? (Surgeon Explains) ft. Dr. Scott Miller | EP 112
Find or Get Your Medspa Certified: https://medspaboard.com/Why does overdone always look normal to the person it happened to?Host Dr. Kate Dee sits down with Dr. Scott Miller, a board...
Why I Say NO to Body Skin Tightening (Doctor Explains) | EP 111
Find or Get Your Medspa Certified: https://medspaboard.com/What if the body-tightening treatment being sold to you produces results so subtle that you barely notice them?In part four o...
My Real MedSpa Consult From Start to Finish | EP 110
Find or Get Your Medspa Certified: https://medspaboard.com/Ever look at a famous face and think, "What happened?" It's usually not aging. It's the wrong treatment, done in ...
Med Spa Scope of Practice: Who Can Legally Inject You? | The Legal NP, Jamie Weiland | EP 109
Find or Get Your Medspa Certified: https://medspaboard.com/What if the person who approved your injection never actually saw your face?The truth is, they may have never been in the roo...
Why I Say No to Filler: 5 Areas I Refuse to Inject (Doctor Explains) | EP 108
Find or Get Your Medspa Certified: https://medspaboard.com/What if the treatment you have been asking for is the one your injector should be talking you out of?Dr. Kate Dee believes fi...
Peptide Injections: When It Crosses Into a Felony (Doctors Explain) ft. Dr. Flora Waples | EP 107
Find or Get Your Medspa Certified: https://medspaboard.com/What if the injectable everyone's raving about is not what's actually in the bottle?From BPC-157 for healing, growth hormone ...
Why I Stopped Offering Kybella | Fat Dissolving Injections | EP 106
Find or Get Your Medspa Certified: https://medspaboard.com/Why would a doctor stop offering a treatment that is FDA approved, supported by studies, and still available at some med spas?
Complaints, Hidden Cameras & Suspended Licenses: Inside Med Spa Investigations ft. Shonra Weiss, NP-C | EP 105
Find or Get Your Medspa Certified: https://medspaboard.com/What does it actually take for the nursing board to show up at your med spa with a hidden camera and a badge?Dr. Kate Dee sit...
IV Therapy: Expensive Urine or Legitimate Medicine? (Doctor Explains) | EP 104
Find or Get Your Medspa Certified: https://medspaboard.com/Is sticking a needle in your arm better medicine than drinking a glass of water?IV hydration therapy has become a multibillio...
Florida's Plastic Surgery Problem (Who’s Actually in Charge?) ft. Dr. Alexander Zuriarrain } EP 103
Find or Get Your Medspa Certified: https://medspaboard.com/If something goes wrong on the operating table, do you know who's actually responsible? Dr. Kate Dee sits down with Dr. ...
Retatrutide Weight Loss Truth (Doctor Explains) | EP 102
Find or Get Your Medspa Certified: https://medspaboard.com/Would you take a weight loss drug that outperforms bariatric surgery if your doctor told you it wasn't legal yet?There...
This Skin Tightening Device SKIPPED Human Trials (It's in Med Spas) ft. Dr. Corinne Erickson - Dermatologist | EP 101
What if the skin-tightening device your med spa is pushing on you has zero human safety data?Not outdated data. Not limited data. Zero.That's the reality behind one of the most hyped devices in aesthetics right now, and Dr....
100 Patients Injected With Illegal GLP-1 at This Med Spa
The Safer Way to Choose a Medspa → MedspaBoard.comWhat if the "FDA-approved" weight loss shot you just got… wasn't?The headlines reduced this story to a clinic shutdown and a fe...
Is Your Surgeon FAKING Deep Plane Facelift? (Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon Explains) - Dr. William Harris | EP 99
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IV Therapy Death Leads to Murder Charges (Justice for Jennifer Cleveland) | EP 98
What if the person who gave you your last IV drip had zero medical training?It happened and Jennifer Cleveland never made it home.This week, the story that shook the entire med spa industry just got a major update and it's ...
The FDA Opened the Door on Peptides… Here’s the Risk | ft. Dr. Furhan Qureshi | EP 97
What if the injection your provider is offering you has never been tested on a single human being?You are hearing a lot of people claiming they've healed their chronic pain, boosted their performance, and turned back the clock.&nb...
FDA Warning Letter Shut Down Med Spas Overnight (What They Found) | EP 96
How do you REALLY know if that's Botox? Hear what the FDA uncovered when they investigated Pure Indulgence Aesthetics, a med spa with a clean website, a doctor's name on the homepage, and a Groupon running for less than $8 a ...
Hormone Therapy Boom: Who’s Putting You at Risk? (Find Out) | ft. OB-GYN - Dr. Radhika Sharma | EP 95
Does more access to hormone therapy mean better care?Hormone therapy is everywhere right now. Med spas are offering it, telehealth platforms are advertising it during the Super Bowl, and plenty of providers are happy to prescribe ...
DOCTOR REACTS: Did Nicole Kidman's Fillers Go TOO Far? [Scarpetta] | EP 94
Have you ever watched a celebrity on screen and thought, "Something looks off but I can't figure out what"?Dr. Kate Dee and her colleague Margaret Sherman were watching the hit Netflix series Scarpetta when they not...
The New Ozempic Pill — Is It Actually Ready for Primetime? | Dr. Randi Lindstrom | EP 93
A daily Ozempic pill instead of a weekly injection, BUT what happens when you stop?The new oral GLP-1 just launched, and the early numbers on who's actually taking it tell a story. There are real reasons your doctor might st...
Ozempic Face: Why It Happens and How to Fix It [Doctor Explains] | EP 92
You finally lost the weight. So why do you look older?The emotional side of dramatic weight loss is real and complicated. You spent months, maybe years, working toward a goal. You hit it and then you're blindsided by something you...