A photograph can cross a county faster than a dermatologist. DirectDerm built a practice around that simple advantage, then learned that some answers still need a room, a biopsy and a doctor nearby.
At Lake of the Ozarks, Lake Dermatology & MedSpa brought medical and cosmetic skin care to the same address. Today, the Forefront practice there carries that combination forward.
A Seattle esthetician listened when clients wished their waxing appointment came with a drink. The business she built makes an unusually good case for paying attention to the waiting room.
From a rented salon room to more than 70 locations, SEV has made laser hair removal a national beauty business. Its next test is keeping the personal touch as the footprint grows.
Eric Schweiger began with one Midtown office and a consumer-grade complaint: seeing a dermatologist took too long. Six messy integrations and at least $155 million of disclosed growth capital later, his group has become a coast-to-coast test of whether convenience and clinical care can scale together.
NeoLife International is a Santa Clara, California whole-food nutrition company founded in 1958 by Jerry Brassfield. For more than six decades it has built non-GMO supplements, weight-management products, skin care and earth-friendly home care that are sold through a network of independent distributors in over 50 countries. Its formulas are vetted by the NeoLife Scientific Advisory Board, founded in 1976 by toxicologist Arthur Furst, Ph.D. Today the founder's daughter, Kendra Brassfield, runs the company as CEO.