In this special MSS edition of Medical Spa Insider, Michela Bailey sits down with the leaders of the Texas State Chapter, recorded live at Medical Spa Show 2025! Meet Texas co-chairs S. Alexis Gordon, MD, FACS, of Renew MD Facial Aesthetics, and Celeste Cisneros, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, of Solas Health and Wellness; and secretary Tammy Pendygraft, CLHRP, of Revive Aesthetics and Regenerative Medicine. They share what motivated them to lead, how they’re championing safe practices in medical aesthetics, and the importance of compliance education in building a safer, stronger med spa community.

Make a difference in your local med spa community by joining your state chapter today.

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This week on the podcast, AmSpa Membership Advocacy and Engagement Coordinator, Michela Bailey, speaks with Victoria “Vicki” Senyk, MSN, AGNP-C, LE, founder of Aesthetics Temple in Northbrook, Illinois. They talk about centering patient wellbeing in this conversation that includes:

• How she found AmSpa’s compliance education;
• Teaching kids skin care with community outreach;
• What motivates her “make it happen” mindset;
• Safety first with comprehensive patient care;
• Regenerative skin care, her aesthetic treatments and more!

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This week, AmSpa President and CSO, Cathy Christensen, speaks with board-certified dermatologist Dr. Jennifer Linder, founder of Linder Health and former owner and chief scientific officer of PCA Skin. They chat about her entrepreneurship journey with skin care science, the benefits of noninflammatory chemical peels and hot topics in longevity medicine. Listen for more on:

• How melasma skin care sparked her entrepreneur journey;
• Embracing longevity medicine to target the 12 hallmarks of aging;
• Educating your med spa teams about the science of skin care;
• How to use chemical peels with your med spa treatments;
• Empathy as a key component of the treatment plan;
• What GLP1s are doing to your patients’ skin;
• And much more!

Save the date for the Women in Aesthetics Leadership Conference, October 3 – 5, 2025 at Terranea Resort in Southern California.

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