Speaking from experience, migrating away from a primary practice management platform can be one of the most disruptive experiences. Modern aesthetic consumers generally expect a booking flow that’s as easy as ordering food from Uber. So, when my clients started finding PatientNow a problem for scheduling an appointment, so did I. PatientNow has a lot […]
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As salon owners, you and I know that running a beauty business exposes you to a unique kind of chaos. At my salon, we once had a family of four book with us (mom, dad, and their two teenagers), each paired with their preferred stylist for a haircut. When they canceled last minute, we suddenly
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With our medical aesthetics practice, we needed software that controlled inventory overhead, clinical compliance profiles, and commission structures. As a med spa, we started seeing two platforms—PatientNow and Boulevard—as dominant choices. I found, researching both, that they approach practice management from fundamentally different philosophies. Bottom Line Up Front PatientNow is an industry workhorse built from
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Postpartum hair loss is one of the more frustrating changes many women experience after pregnancy. I can say that personally, as a mom of two, it is absolutely worth it, but that does not make the shedding phase any easier to go through. Your hair may feel thinner than it did during pregnancy. Your ponytail
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Being a stylist means people tell you things, and at a certain point, whether it’s postpartum, menopause, stress, or just genetics catching up, hair loss becomes one of those things. I hear about it constantly. My first instinct is always to go back to basics. Scalp massages actually do something; there’s real research behind the
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I remember one of the first times I realized just how much work went into being an independent stylist. I had a client texting me to reschedule, another one messaging me on Instagram asking for availability, and I was standing in my kitchen trying to make my children breakfast before school. I had heard the
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Most med spa owners I’ve spoken with are running their practice using three or four separate tools — usually a booking platform, a charting system, an email marketing tool, and a payment processor. That means four separate logins, four monthly fees, and four systems that each have to maintain HIPAA compliance! On top of that,
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Managing med spa staff scheduling is a far more complex challenge than it seems. For every single client, you’re coordinating provider credentials, room availability, equipment access, documentation time, and payroll attribution… all at once. That’s a lot to juggle! As you can imagine, scheduling problems are very common, and the cost of getting them wrong
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Last year, I did the hair for one of my closest friends on her wedding day. She’d been on Ozempic for about a year, had lost a significant amount of weight, and was thrilled about it – except for one thing. Her hair had thinned noticeably, and by the time we got to trial appointments,
As a cosmetologist, I hear some version of “Does my hair seem thinner to you?” more often than you might expect. Hair thinning is unfortunately something many women notice over time, especially after postpartum changes, during menopause, or during periods of high stress or hormonal fluctuation. Recently, a client came to me seeking guidance on
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