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EDITOR'S NOTE EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Industry in Motion While preparing this issue, I had the opportunity to interview Lorrie Klein, MD, a thought leader in injectables and aesthetic lasers and one of the ���rst contributors to MedEsthetics magazine. Like many dermatologists, she entered the specialty on the cusp of the cosmetic explosion and has created her own strategies for researching new technologies and procedures to serve her growing patient base. This interview was yet another reminder of the medical aesthetic industry���s rapid growth and continuing innovation. It���s part of what makes my job so interesting and part of what allows practitioners to offer continually improving cosmetic results for an increasingly broad patient base. Intense pulsed light has been available for close to two decades, yet engineers continue to ���nd ways to make these treatments safer, more targeted and more predictable. On page 24, physicians and laser engineers share some of the most signi���cant advances in IPL technology and how these changes affect patient care and operator comfort. Fat transfer has received a lot of attention in both scienti���c Inga Hansen sessions and consumer media, but questions remain regarding Executive Editor/Associate Publisher optimal fat grafting techniques and the longevity of results. For One of the most recent targets for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been physicians' use of foreign-sourced injectables. ���Shifting Volume��� on page 48, we spoke with physicians well versed in cosmetic fat transfer to share their techniques for harvesting, preparing and injecting adipose tissue. As the industry has grown, regulators and state boards have at times struggled with issues such as the widespread off-label use of products and how to monitor a sub-specialty that crosses multiple medical specialties. One of the most recent targets for the United States Food and Drug Administration has been physicians��� use of foreign-sourced injectables. On page 84, Linda W. Lewis brings physicians up-to-date on recent FDA action and offers advice on how to protect your patients and your practice from the risks of adulterated products and regulatory action. As this issue goes to print, we are preparing to attend the 71st Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology. Here we will have a chance to see a whole new generation of products and equipment developed to build on the results already obtained in facilities across the country. We look forward to sharing those advances with you in future issues. ihansen@creativeage.com ��� 818.782.7328, ext. 226 2 MARCH/APRIL 2013 | MedEsthetics Mary Lee Amerian, MD Santa Monica Laser and Skin Care Center, Santa Monica, CA Saul R. Berger, MD Medical Director, New Age Aesthetics, Encino, CA Padraic Deighan, MBA, JD, PhD Vail, CO Michael H. Gold, MD Assistant Clinical Professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Founder, Gold Skin Care Center, Nashville, TN Bruce Katz, MD Clinical Professor Dermatology, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine Director, Juva Skin & Laser Center, New York Lorrie Klein, MD Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California-Irvine Medical School Founder, LK Dermatology & Laser Center Euro Day Spas, Laguna Niguel, CA Allan Share President, International Medical Spa Association, Minnetonka, MN David H. McDaniel, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Dermatology and Plastic Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School Director, The Institute of Anti-Aging Research, Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA Vic Narurkar, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology, UC Davis Medical School Chief of Dermatology, California Paci���c Medical Center, San Francisco Ava Shamban, MD Laser Institute for Dermatology and European Skin Care, Santa Monica, CA Hema Sundaram, MD Director, Dermatology, Cosmetic & Laser Surgery Rockville, MD and Fairfax, VA Wm. Philip Werschler, MD Spokane Dermatology Clinic and Aesthetic Image Medical Spa, Spokane, WA