Law360, New York (March 31, 2015, 11:57 AM EDT) -- Medical spas, often called medi-spas, combine cosmetic treatments with nonsurgical medical procedures to offer clients a variety of restorative skin therapies and personal aesthetic care services. These hybrid entities blend traditional beauty industry services, such as facials and waxing treatments, with more sophisticated medical procedures, such as collagen injections, microdermabrasions, chemical peels and hyaluronic acid treatments. By providing these types of moderately invasive procedures, medi-spas can become vulnerable to liability exposure arising from the risks and potential complications associated with these services. The informed medi-spa staff and its clientele, however, can work to minimize this risk and improve patient safety by shifting common misperceptions associated with the medi-spa industry....