Dr Mike Amzallag shares his vision for aesthetic medicine, which combines technologies with personalised care.
A doctor, entrepreneur, high-ranking trade unionist and university professor, Dr Mike Amzallag is an influential figure in the French aesthetic medicine field. He shares his vision of a future centred around protocols that include several therapies for optimal patient care. By favouring this synergic approach, he aims to offer patients a comprehensive experience that is safer and more personalised. He believes that this approach represents a long-term solution for the sector’s stakeholders, in the context of ever-stricter regulations.
ANTI-AGE MAGAZINE: Dr Mike Amzallag, you are recognised as an influential member of the medical sector in France, as a teacher, an entrepreneur and a union representative. With your years of practical experience and your excellent reputation among your peers, students and patients, could you tell us how you see the future of aesthetic medicine?
Dr MIKE AMZALLAG : My vision of aesthetic medicine is based around integrated protocols, which combine several techniques to offer patients a rich and comprehensive treatment experience. The aim is not just to achieve optimal aesthetic results, but also to ensure the patients receive a holistic treatment. When a patient steps into a clinic, it is not a matter of suggesting a single procedure, but rather accompanying them along the whole treatment process, with every stage contributing to the final result. This allows us to fulfil the modern expectations of patients who are seeking not only efficiency but also an enriching and personalised experience.
AAM: How do these synergic treatments respond to the stakes that are currently at play in the aesthetic medicine industry in France?
DR M.A.: This integrated approach ties in perfectly with the current regulatory context, where the number of doctors permitted to practice our discipline could drop, which would be a major challenge for the financial survival of the laboratory industry and aesthetic device manufacturers. With fewer doctors authorised to practise, there is a real risk of seeing medical device sales drop. This would have a direct impact on the economy of the laboratories, which play a key role by investing in conferences, teaching and research. Integrated protocols require us to use several technologies in one procedure, which creates a stable and long-term demand for several medical devices within one treatment. By promoting this collaboration between techniques and laboratories, we can not only improve patient care but can also support the aesthetic medicine industry in the context of this changing regulatory framework. This treatment model is therefore both a medical response and a way of countering the current industrial challenges.
AAM: Could you tell us how this approach enhances patient care?
DR M.A. : By including several techniques within one protocol, we offer a comprehensive treatment that goes beyond the immediate efficacy of a single procedure. For example, for a slimming treatment, we might recommend a series of complementary procedures, starting with pressotherapy to treat water retention, followed by cryolipolysis to target fat then, a few weeks later, strengthening the muscles and sagging skin in other areas to refine the results. Every stage is important and allows us to boost the efficacy of the overall treatment, while making patients feel like they are embarking on a real process. Thanks to this approach, every technology offers its own specific contribution to the treatment pathway. Patients come to see us for one procedure, but they go away with weeks of medical monitoring and feel more patient satisfaction because they are receiving more attention and more investment from their doctor.
AAM: You also promote the idea of creating a synergy between the different technologies. How important is this for making the treatment effective?
DR M.A.: This synergy between the different technologies is essential for achieving natural and long-lasting results. By combining several medical devices of moderate intensity – such as laser technologies, radiofrequency and cosmetology – we manage to maximise the overall effect without exposing the patients to overly invasive techniques. Each technique contributes to the final result while minimising the risks associated with highly invasive procedures. This method enables doctors to adjust every stage of the treatment in order to keep the patient safe and comfortable. Instead of pushing a single technique to the limit, we favour a gradual approach that values every procedure as a complementary step. Cosmetology, which has been validated by patents and clinical studies, is now proven to have remarkable anti-aging actions and looks to be a major therapeutic option within this synergy.
AAM: How does this approach contribute to redefining the patient experience?
DR M.A.: Nowadays, patients seek more than just one procedure: they want a complete treatment experience. By offering integrated protocols, we are responding to this demand by offering them a comprehensive and enriching approach. Every procedure in the protocol has its own added value, turning the aesthetic treatment into a real process. Patients feel valued and feel that they are being given better-quality care, which is fundamental to a sustainable relationship of trust.
AAM: Does this approach also have positive repercussions for the aesthetic medicine industry?
DR M.A.: Absolutely. By integrating several medical devices into each protocol, we encourage doctors to diversify their practice and equip themselves with complementary technologies. This creates a positive dynamic for the aesthetic device industry by stimulating innovation and collaborations between laboratories. The laboratories, far from being in direct competition, then become partners in this synergic treatment process, each one providing a technology that is specific to the protocol. This allows the doctors to combine various pieces of equipment to create personalised, comprehensive treatments.
AAM: What advantages does this approach have in terms of the treatments’ safety?
DR M.A.: Patient safety is at the heart of this approach. By combining different technologies of moderate intensity, we reduce the potential risks connected with each device. Every procedure is carried out with precaution, in a complementary way, to guarantee a safe and pleasant experience. This method allows us to avoid pushing each machine to the limit, which minimises the side effects and guarantees natural-looking results. The patient benefits from a comprehensive treatment that is both safe and comfortable.
AAM: And finally, what message would you like to pass on to your peers and future aesthetics doctors?
DR M.A.: Aesthetic medicine should be seen as a pathway, where every procedure is part of a personalised, global approach. Integrated protocols give our profession something to explore in the future, combining several therapies to fulfil the modern-day expectations of our patients. I would like to encourage my peers to explore this approach, as it allows us to optimise the quality of our treatments while enhancing patient satisfaction. By adopting a holistic vision of our practice, we can help to ensure the continued success of aesthetic medicine and enable it to evolve by making innovation and wellbeing our priorities.
Integrated protocols, the vision put forward by Dr Mike Amzallag, exemplify modern aesthetic medicine, offering safe and comprehensive care for patients, doctors and the sector in general.
Dr Mike Amzallag, a specialist in lasers and morphological aesthetic treatments, is medical director and founder of the Centre du Champ de Mars group. He has performed more than 40,000 aesthetic medicine procedures to date and is well known for his moral code and expertise, as well as for training doctors.
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