Med Spa Confidential - Exposing the Risks, Rewards, and Business of Beauty

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Would you take a weight loss drug that outperforms bariatric surgery if your doctor told you it wasn't legal yet?

There's a new drug making waves in weight loss medicine. The clinical trial results are unlike anything we've seen before. And some clinics are already injecting it into patients, even though it's not legal to do so.

It's called Retatrutide. 

And Dr. Kate Dee wants you to know exactly what it is before someone tries to sell it to you. She breaks down how this triple-receptor drug works, why the weight loss numbers out of phase three trials are turning heads, and what the side effects actually look like when you read the data carefully. 

Dr. Dee also explains the legal landscape in plain terms because right now, there is no legal pathway to get this drug outside of a clinical trial. Not through a compounding pharmacy, not through a wellness clinic, not anywhere.

She's here to make sure you're not the person who finds that out the hard way.

If you're already on a GLP-1 medication and wondering what's next, this episode gives you a clear framework for thinking through that question. If you've seen retatrutide mentioned online and you're curious, this is the episode that separates the science from the hype.

Press play as Dr. Dee shares her own personal take and it might surprise you.

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Disclaimer:  This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider before any aesthetic procedure.

Med Spa Confidential with Dr. Kate Dee exposes illegal practices, compliance failures, and patient safety risks inside the medical aesthetics industry. Consumers learn how to find licensed injectors, avoid counterfeit products, and make safer treatment decisions. Med spa owners and providers get real accountability, industry standards, and a pa...

What if the skin-tightening device your med spa is pushing on you has zero human safety data?

Not outdated data. Not limited data. Zero.

That's the reality behind one of the most hyped devices in aesthetics right now, and Dr. Kate Dee isn't staying quiet about it.

Dr. Kate Dee sits down with Dr. Corrine Erickson, a board-certified dermatologist and owner of Georgia Skin Specialists in Atlanta, to cut through the noise on non-invasive skin tightening. These treatments are everywhere right now, and so is the misinformation.

They name the devices that had good ideas but poor execution, including some that are still being sold today. Then they break down what the newer generation of RF technology actually does, how it works, and why the science behind it matters more than the marketing.

Dr. Erickson chose her device based on published clinical data, head-to-head studies, and real-world outcomes. Not Instagram hype. Actual evidence. Meanwhile, Dr. Dee raises serious questions about one device flying off shelves right now whose only published safety study was done on two-to-three-month-old pigs.

That device is being sold in med spas across the country right now. Maybe even yours.

Chapters:
00:03:02 - The Real Problem With Older RF Devices
00:04:18 - The New Generation of Skin Tightening Machines
00:07:12 - Is Korean Technology Leading This Space?
00:08:35 - The Mistake That Causes Facial Fat Loss
00:12:22 - What Skin Tightening Actually Feels Like Now
00:15:18 - How Long Results Really Take to Show Up
00:18:33 - The Temporary Tightening Effect Patients Mistake for Results
00:20:48 - The Red Flags Around Zerf and Deeper RF Claims
00:24:52 - SofWave is Still Raising Concerns
00:27:05 - The One Treatment You Should Use Before Events
00:29:22 - The Skin Tightening Add-On Patients Don’t Expect
00:30:12 - The New Treatment for “Sleevage”
00:33:18 - Non-Surgical Body Tightening Limits
00:35:05 - The Device You Should Avoid
00:36:02 - The Biggest Red Flag in Aesthetic Marketing
00:37:02 - Why Consumers Need to Verify Licenses and Oversight
00:39:32 - Why RF Microneedling Devices Keep Causing Injuries

If you've ever considered a skin-tightening treatment, or you've already had one and wondered whether it was the right call, this episode gives you the questions you should have been asking before you walked in the door.

Press play and learn exactly what to ask before you book any skin-tightening treatment you've seen all over social media.

Connect with Dr. Connie Erickson: https://georgiaskinspecialists.com/providers/corinne-erickson/

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Disclaimer:  This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider before any aesthetic procedure.

Med Spa Confidential with Dr. Kate Dee exposes illegal practices, compliance failures, and patient safety risks inside the medical aesthetics industry. Consumers learn how to find licensed injectors, avoid counterfeit products, and make safer treatment decisions. Med spa owners and providers get real accountability, industry standards, and a pa...

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What if the "FDA-approved" weight loss shot you just got… wasn't?

The headlines reduced this story to a clinic shutdown and a few thousand dollars in penalties. But Dr. Kate Dee exposes what may have actually happened behind the scenes: roughly 100 patients allegedly injected with research-grade peptides never intended for human use.

This could be happening right now in your state, possibly at a clinic down the street, and most patients would never know until something goes wrong.

Dr. Kate Dee breaks down the real Alabama case that should have made national headlines. According to the complaint, a med spa allegedly injected patients with substances labeled “not suitable for direct human consumption” while patients believed they were receiving FDA approved GLP-1 medications.

She explains how a gray-market peptide supplier, questionable oversight, and loopholes inside the med spa industry created the perfect storm for patient harm and why the consequences handed down barely reflect how serious this case really was.

Press play before ordering your next weight loss shot.

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Med Spa Confidential with Dr. Kate Dee exposes illegal practices, compliance failures, and patient safety risks inside the medical aesthetics industry. Consumers learn how to find licensed injectors, avoid counterfeit products, and make safer treatment decisions. Med spa owners and providers get real accountability, industry standards, and a pa...

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What if the facelift you're planning could leave you looking worse than before you started?

Facelifts are more popular than ever, but not all of them are created equal. The deep plane technique is being marketed heavily right now and it sounds impressive on paper. Book the wrong surgeon and you could end up with a pulled, windswept result that requires another surgery to fix.

Dr. Kate Dee sits down with Beverly Hills facial plastic surgeon Dr. William Harris to talk about what's actually happening in operating rooms right now. Dr. Harris specializes in extended deep plane facelifts and he's also the surgeon people call when someone else's work goes wrong.

Chapters:
00:02:09 - Why Facelifts Look Pulled
00:04:29 - Does Dr. Harris Avoids Threads
00:06:02 - New Treatments Younger Patients Want
00:08:18 - Why 28-Year-Olds Get Neck Lifts
00:10:00 - Kybella Fails
00:15:09 - The Most Common Facelift Mistakes
00:18:00 - Why Plastic Surgeons Close Skin Differently
00:21:07 - How to Choose the Right Surgeon
00:25:07 - Hair Transplant Horror Story
00:27:27 - The Reality of Medical Tourism
00:29:39 - The Biggest Red Flag in Aesthetics
00:30:24 - Why Good Surgeons Say No

They cover the exact questions you need to ask before you sit in a consultation chair, why the words "cosmetic surgeon" on a door sign should make you stop and think, and what actually separates a result that ages beautifully from one that falls apart in three years.

Press play and learn what your surgeon might not be telling you.

Connect with Dr. Harris: https://www.harrisfacialplastics.com/

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Disclaimer:  This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider before any aesthetic procedure.

Med Spa Confidential with Dr. Kate Dee exposes illegal practices, compliance failures, and patient safety risks inside the medical aesthetics industry. Consumers learn how to find licensed injectors, avoid counterfeit products, and make safer treatment decisions. Med spa owners and providers get real accountability, industry standards, and a pa...

What if the person who gave you your last IV drip had zero medical training?

It happened and Jennifer Cleveland never made it home.

This week, the story that shook the entire med spa industry just got a major update and it's one you cannot afford to ignore.

Dr. Kate Dee and med spa attorney Courtney Walker are exposing the dirty secret hiding inside thousands of "medical" spas right now. Unlicensed operators running the show. Doctors are renting out their licenses with ZERO oversight and people are dying.

This isn't rare. 

You'll find out exactly what was in that IV, who administered it, and where the supervising doctor actually was when Jennifer died. You'll never walk into a wellness center the same way again.

Press play and learn how the law is finally catching up and you need to hear this before your next appointment.

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Disclaimer:  This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider before any aesthetic procedure.

Med Spa Confidential with Dr. Kate Dee exposes illegal practices, compliance failures, and patient safety risks inside the medical aesthetics industry. Consumers learn how to find licensed injectors, avoid counterfeit products, and make safer treatment decisions. Med spa owners and providers get real accountability, industry standards, and a pa...

What if the injection your provider is offering you has never been tested on a single human being?

You are hearing a lot of people claiming they've healed their chronic pain, boosted their performance, and turned back the clock. 

But some of the most popular peptides on the market today are technically illegal to prescribe, sourced from unknown suppliers, and have zero completed human trials behind them.

The FDA just made a major announcement that could change all of that. And you need to know what it means before anyone injects anything into your body.

In this episode, Dr. Kate Dee sits down with Dr. Furhan Qureshi, an internal medicine physician and med spa owner practicing outside Washington, D.C. Together, they break down what peptides actually are, why the hype exploded after the GLP-1 boom, and why the most popular one right now is still banned by professional sports anti-doping agencies.

Chapters:
00:03:21 - Why GLP-1 success created a peptide gold rush
00:04:13 - FDA ban and sudden reversal explained
00:08:27 - Where peptides cross into unsafe territory
00:11:42 - Why social media is driving demand
00:13:18 - The peptide linked to melanoma and seizures
00:19:47 - Growth hormone peptides and cancer concerns
00:21:28 - The allergic reactions raising red flags
00:25:12 - Infection and contamination risks explained
00:28:11 - The compounding pharmacy loophole
00:35:14 - The limits of current treatments
00:38:41 - Why most peptide studies are unreliable
00:40:03 - What real evidence should look like
00:43:39 - The stem cell warning for patients
00:45:06 - The cost barrier to real research
00:48:09 - What real clinical trials could look like

You'll find out which peptide Dr. Dee says no one should be using. You'll learn what the FDA's new policy actually changes, and what it doesn't. And you'll hear two physicians get honest about why even they aren't rushing to offer these treatments yet.

Press play and learn what the FDA's big announcement actually means for your safety.

Should You Be Injecting Yourself with Peptides?  Read Here

Connect with guest: https://www.instagram.com/furhanqureshimd/

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Disclaimer:  This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider before any aesthetic procedure.

Med Spa Confidential with Dr. Kate Dee exposes illegal practices, compliance failures, and patient safety risks inside the medical aesthetics industry. Consumers learn how to find licensed injectors, avoid counterfeit products, and make safer treatment decisions. Med spa owners and providers get real accountability, industry standards, and a pa...

How do you REALLY know if that's Botox? 

Hear what the FDA uncovered when they investigated Pure Indulgence Aesthetics, a med spa with a clean website, a doctor's name on the homepage, and a Groupon running for less than $8 a unit. 

Patients were lining up and reviews were good, but when investigators checked the dumpster, the unmarked vials were a substance that had to be sent to a lab just to identify.

Dr. Kate Dee was sitting in a room in Las Vegas when an FDA official described details of this case that have not been reported anywhere. She's bringing every bit of it to you, because what happened at Pure Indulgence Aesthetics in Texas and California is not an isolated incident.

IT'S A WARNING.

The medical director's name was on the website. The nurse managing the supply chain had a federal guilty plea in her past for a crime you will be shocked to find out. 

Here's what should scare you, the patients who kept coming back thought it was working.

If you've ever booked a Botox appointment, passed along a recommendation, or assumed a licensed-looking clinic is a safe one, you need to hear what Dr. Dee found out before your next treatment, and before someone you love books one too.

Press play and learn how to find out what was really in that syringe.

WARNING LETTER: https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/pure-indulgence-aesthetics-723267-04012026

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Disclaimer:  This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider before any aesthetic procedure.

Med Spa Confidential with Dr. Kate Dee exposes illegal practices, compliance failures, and patient safety risks inside the medical aesthetics industry. Consumers learn how to find licensed injectors, avoid counterfeit products, and make safer treatment decisions. Med spa owners and providers get real accountability, industry standards, and a pa...

Does more access to hormone therapy mean better care?

Hormone therapy is everywhere right now. Med spas are offering it, telehealth platforms are advertising it during the Super Bowl, and plenty of providers are happy to prescribe whatever you ask for. 

In this episode, Dr. Kate Dee sits down with Dr. Radhika Sharma, an obstetrician-gynecologist from Wisconsin and co-host of the podcast The Double Scrub. Together, they break down what's really happening inside the hormone therapy boom and why some of the most popular options could actually be doing you real harm.

They dig into why under the skin pellets are a red flag, what telehealth platforms aren't telling you about cost and follow-up care, and why the symptoms most women chalk up to menopause are being completely misread. 

Chapters:
00:05:07 - Why Even Specialists Feel Underprepared
00:07:22 - When Every Symptom Gets Blamed on Hormones
00:08:40 - The Mistake Almost Every Patient Makes First
00:10:05 - Why That Quick Online Option Feels So Easy
00:13:08 - When the Treatment Plan Starts to Drift
00:14:42 - The Symptoms That Should Actually Concern You
00:16:15 - What Gets Missed When You Skip a Real Workup
00:18:03 - The Risk No One Explains Upfront
00:20:28 - What Bioidentical Really Implies
00:24:06 - The Reality Behind One Size Fits All Care
00:31:12 - What Happens When You Follow the Wrong Plan
00:34:05 - The Signs You Need a Second Opinion
00:37:18 - What to Look For in the Right Provider
00:40:22 - The Symptoms You Should Not Brush Off

You'll also find out why your OB-GYN may have barely had any menopause training in medical school, and what that means for the care you've been receiving.

Press play and learn what your provider should already be telling you.

Connect with guest: https://www.instagram.com/drradhikaobgyn/

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Disclaimer:  This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider before any aesthetic procedure.

Med Spa Confidential with Dr. Kate Dee exposes illegal practices, compliance failures, and patient safety risks inside the medical aesthetics industry. Consumers learn how to find licensed injectors, avoid counterfeit products, and make safer treatment decisions. Med spa owners and providers get real accountability, industry standards, and a pa...

Have you ever watched a celebrity on screen and thought, "Something looks off  but I can't figure out what"?

Dr. Kate Dee and her colleague Margaret Sherman were watching the hit Netflix series Scarpetta when they noticed something about Nicole Kidman's face that stopped them cold. 

What started as a casual observation turned into a conversation that every woman considering injectables needs to hear. Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis play sisters on screen. One is nine years older, but one looks it, but the other doesn't, and the reason why is more complicated than you'd expect. 

Dr. Dee has been studying both faces and what she found reveals something the med spa industry rarely talks about out loud.

And there's also a specific moment in the show where the contrast between these two women becomes impossible to ignore, and once Dr. Dee points it out, you won't be able to unsee it.

If you've ever sat in a med spa chair and wondered how much is too much, this episode answers that question in a way nothing else has.

Press play and learn what procedures Dr. Kate Dee has done on her own face,.

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Disclaimer:  This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider before any aesthetic procedure.

Med Spa Confidential with Dr. Kate Dee exposes illegal practices, compliance failures, and patient safety risks inside the medical aesthetics industry. Consumers learn how to find licensed injectors, avoid counterfeit products, and make safer treatment decisions. Med spa owners and providers get real accountability, industry standards, and a pa...

 A daily Ozempic pill instead of a weekly injection, BUT what happens when you stop?

The new oral GLP-1 just launched, and the early numbers on who's actually taking it tell a story. There are real reasons your doctor might steer you away from it, and they go deeper than needle avoidance.

Dr. Kate Dee sits down with GLP-1 prescriber Dr. Randi Lindstrom to get into the details nobody is spelling out clearly. And then there's the question keeping a lot of women up at night: what actually happens when you stop? 

A brand new study just gave us the closest thing to a real answer, and the results are more complicated than anyone wants to admit.

Chapters:
00:01:49 - The Oral Pill’s Absorption Problem 
00:04:05 - The Rule That Makes It Hard to Use
00:05:24 - The Conflict Most Women Won’t Expect
00:06:45 - Who This Is Actually For
00:07:00 - The Tradeoff No One Mentions
00:08:00 - The Price Isn’t What You Think
00:10:30 - Why Patients Aren’t Switching
00:11:30 - What Happens When You Stop
00:13:30 - Why Some Keep the Weight Off and Others Don’t
00:18:30 - The Cancer Signal No One Expected
00:22:30 - The Fertility Surprise
00:25:00 - The Risk Doctors Are Watching
00:28:30 - The Mistake That Makes It All Worse

There's also a cancer connection buried in the latest research that deserves far more attention than it's getting. Thirteen types. And it cuts in a direction most people aren't expecting.

Plus, if you're a woman in your 30s or 40s who assumed pregnancy wasn't on the table, this episode has information that could genuinely change your plans. The fertility piece alone is worth the listen.

Press play and learn what you actually need to know before your next dose, your next prescription, or your next decision.

Visit Dr. Randi Lindstrom: https://www.instagram.com/glow.medispa.kirkland/

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GLOW Medspa - Seattle, WA: https://glowspaseattle.com/

Disclaimer:  This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult a qualified healthcare provider before any aesthetic procedure.

Med Spa Confidential with Dr. Kate Dee exposes illegal practices, compliance failures, and patient safety risks inside the medical aesthetics industry. Consumers learn how to find licensed injectors, avoid counterfeit products, and make safer treatment decisions. Med spa owners and providers get real accountability, industry standards, and a pa...