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How Natural Skin Actives Compare to "MD Med Spa" SolutionsOver the past two decades, the emergence of medpsas has grown to see the fusion of medical practitioners in a field normally associated with the more holistic field of spa therapies.  The market perception was an upgrade of the spa to include medically based treatments and products containing ‘medical grade’ ingredients.  This model worked well especially with regard to aggressive anti-aging treatments.  These included invasive therapies such as laser, micro-dermabrasion, injections of fillers, and more.When it came to the products used to support these services, medspas depended on pseudo-pharmaceutical sounding brands claiming to offer ‘medical grade’ product ingredients.  Many doctors were encouraged to put their name on the products that led patients to assume that these products were medically formulated.More recently however, the medspa market assumptions are being challenged as follows:Assumption 1:  Medical Grade Ingredients:  These ingredients