There’s help on way for doctors in form of new web sites have been launched with purpose of providing physician-to-physician mentoring in specific medical fields.

Medical spas have exploded over last few years, fueled by technology companies eager to keep their head above water in increasingly competitive environment, and burgeoning work load of physicians who see medical spas as an easy sell to their existing patient base. Adding a lucrative medical spa to their existing practice seems like a no-brainer for doctors from plastic surgeons and dermatologists, to dentists and family practice doctors.

Unfortunately, many of these doctors have been sold on an illusion. Laser and IPL companies routinely downplay level of competition and level of business acumen needed to compete in this field and already overworked physicians end up with another headache and a pile of invoices.

But some help might be on way for theses doctors in form of web sites that offer information and mentoring from other physicians and business savvy medical spa owners.

The frontrunner of these sites is Medical Spas Online (www.medspa.squarespace.com) a blog site for physicians interested or involved in non-surgical cosmetic and anti-aging medicine. Started by Jeff Barson, Managing Partner of Surface Medical Spas and Editor in Chief, Medical Spas Online embraced a concept radically different from other publishers who see Web simply as a way to put up their business site.

In contrast, Medical Spas Online, from start, was designed to be a micro-site that had a single focus: a place where visitors could quickly find useful content that focuses exclusively on non-surgical cosmetic and anti-aging medicine and business platforms used to deliver these services. The content is provided from physicians and businesses already in market who know what they’re doing and what’s important and relevant to their field.

Although patient does not feel any pain or remember anything, patient is not entirely unconscious. The patient is simply in a state of extreme relaxation.

A patient may choose to be sedated by taking a pill an hour before procedure. Sedation by nitrous oxide or intravenous injection is also available. Sedation dentists monitor patient vital signs throughout procedure, thereby maintaining a safe level of sedation. The sedation can last for varying amounts of time. The patient can be given a smaller dose for procedures that last up to an hour, or a larger dose for multiple procedures that will relax patient for up to six hours.