PLAY PODCASTS
Building Success with Smiley Aesthetics: Compliance, Community and Collaboration
Episode 368

Building Success with Smiley Aesthetics: Compliance, Community and Collaboration

Medical Spa Insider

April 30, 202536m 57s

Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (mcdn.podbean.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.

Show Notes

“All medical providers just aren't taught the skills to own and operate a business successfully.” This week, AmSpa founder and CEO, Alex R. Thiersch, JD, speaks with Mary Smiley Ford, MSN, APRN, CRNA, and Carla Pierson, DNP, MBA, RN, identical twins and co-founders of Smiley Aesthetics in Nashville, Tennessee. They explore how their mission to empower med spa providers through compliance, clinical training and business support has fueled the growth of a platform powering over 140 independent med spas. In this conversation, you will hear:

  • How Smiley Aesthetics supports med spa owners with compliance, clinical training and business tools;
  • Why regulatory compliance is the foundation of their franchise-like platform;
  • The importance of structure with medical directors and prescribing protocols;
  • How collaboration and community-building have elevated them all;
  • The unique factor of being identical twins and how it fuels their success;
  • How Mary’s journey highlights aesthetics as an avenue for providers in recovery;
  • Building their dream package: a training facility, surgery center and med spa.
  • Plans for future expansion, a men-focused med spa, and more!

---

Music by Ghost Score