Jean M. Casello MD, Medical Director Of Renovo MD In Shrewsbury, MA

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Dr. Jean M. Casello entered the world of the cosmetic industry with uncertainty, which paved the way for a flourishing practice.

Jean M. Cassello MD Shrewsbury, MA Renovo MD Medical Director

Massachusetts Medical Spa Physician Dr. Jean M. Cassello Name: Jean M. Casello,MD
Clinic: Renovo MD
Location: Shrewsbury, MA
Website: RenovoMD.com


Can you tell us more about the daily operations of your clinic?

Our clinic is composed of an office manager, receptionist and a part time in-house marketing director. The office manager takes care of the day to day running of the office. On the clinical side, I am on site full time and I have a full time esthetician. We are in the process of hiring another esthetician and a nurse to do the injectables.

We offer comprehensive services: fillers, Botox, IPL, LED treatments, fraxel resurfacing, electrology, skin tightening, sclerotherapy, permanent makeup, chemical peels and pharmaceutical grade products. We have recently added tattoo removal.

Our patient population is mostly women from 40-70 years old. We also have a fairly large population of teenagers with acne. About 20% of our patients are men.

We are located in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. We are in a small town about 40 miles outside of Boston. We see patients 4 days a week in this office and one day a week at our off site off

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Ten-to-one you talked about acne briefly during your esthetics program. The acne patient at a medical spa, however, differs greatly than the patient you would see in a day spa. With the proper understanding of the etiology of acne and treatment modalities available, you can help keep your acne client's flare-ups under control.

In the Advanced Medical Spa Aesthetics Training Course, Chapter 12, Acne Vulgaris is discussed in depth. Understanding the disease itself is the key to deciding what therapies would be efficacious for your clients. The first section of the chapter discusses the etiology of Acne Vulgaris, various representing characteristics from the comedone stage to the cystic and scarring stage, medical treatment modalities such as antibiotic regimens or lightening agents, and the use of lasers.

At a medical spa level, most estheticians are involved in the treatment and care of acne patients. Their involvement typically includes product dispensing, facials, perhaps some light chemical peels (Chapter 4), or even microdermabrasion(Chapter 3) for acne scarring. Depending upon the State an esthetician is practicing in, therapy for some acneic clients can involve laser therapies. This chapter will help the esthetician learn how IPL therapies can be used to treat active acne as well as fractional lasers that can treat the scarring left behind (Chapter 15).

Acne is more than skin deep and, whether or not you can provide laser therapies to your clients, having knowledge of them and when to use them is quite valuable to your client and to your medical director.

Paula D. Young RN runs internal operations and training at Young Medical Spa and is the author of the Medical Spa Aesthetics Course, Study Guide, and Advanced IPL & Laser Training course for medical estheticians and laser technicians.

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