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HIPAA-Compliant Med Spa Software: How Phorest Handles Consent Forms, Photos, and Treatment Documentation

Phorest is HIPAA-compliant med spa software that ties digital consent forms, before-and-after photos, and multi-session treatment plans directly to each client’s chart. It’s built for the documentation independent and multi-provider med spas handle every day. It is not a hospital-grade EMR, and it doesn’t process insurance billing. If you run a med spa, injectables clinic, … Continued

Med Spa Analytics and AI Features: The KPIs to Track and the Tools That Save Your Team Time

Growing med spas run on two things: decision-grade analytics that show what’s actually driving the business like retention, lifetime value, utilization, cancellations, service profitability, and marketing attribution and tools that free up time to act on it. Phorest supports both: a full reporting suite, filterable by staff, branch, and date, plus smart KPI reports that … Continued

How Salon Software Increases Profit: 6 Features Premium Salons Use to Grow Revenue and Retention

Salon software increases profit primarily by protecting revenue that would otherwise leak away through no-shows, forgotten rebookings, manual admin, and clients who quietly stop coming back. The premium salons that grow fastest use their software for automated rebooking, deposit protection, targeted marketing, integrated payments, and staff performance tracking and not just for holding a calendar. … Continued

The Perfectly Packed Calendar: A Day Inside Med Spa Scheduling Software

The single biggest lever for med spa growth isn’t more ad spend or a fuller waiting room. It’s a scheduling system that fills, protects, and optimizes every slot before revenue slips through the gaps. Ask a med spa owner what actually keeps them up at night, and it’s rarely a client complaint. It’s the calendar: … Continued

Med Spa Software for Multi-Location Growth: A Buyer’s Comparison Guide

Multi-location med spas need software that centralizes reporting, staff performance, inventory, and marketing across every site in one system. The right platform lets an owner or operations director see revenue, retention, and provider performance across the whole group from a single dashboard, while still supporting location-specific scheduling, compliance, and clinical workflows. At a glance: This … Continued

When Does a Med Spa Need More Than Basic Booking Software?

A med spa needs more than basic booking software once operational complexity outpaces the calendar, typically, when it adds a second or third provider, opens a second location, widens its service menu, or starts spending real money on marketing it needs to measure. Revenue growth alone isn’t the trigger. Complexity is. That distinction matters, because … Continued

Med Spa Marketing Automation: The 6 Workflows That Fill Your Calendar Automatically

In short: Med spa marketing automation uses software to trigger client communications automatically based on booking behavior like a lapsed visit, a completed treatment, or an upcoming appointment. The six workflows that return the most revenue are lapsed-client win-back, predictive rebooking, no-show prevention, post-treatment aftercare, new lead follow-up, and VIP or membership recognition. The ones … Continued

Advanced Med Spa Scheduling: The Three Numbers That Show What Your Calendar Is Costing You

A med spa sells provider hours in treatment rooms, and both are perishable. An hour that goes unsold at 2pm on Tuesday cannot be sold later. Across the aesthetics industry, that lost capacity is becoming an increasingly costly challenge. Research highlighted by Professional Beauty found that cancellations and no-shows continue to cause significant income loss … Continued

Phorest Is Now a Certified B Corporation

Phorest is proud to announce that we are now a Certified B Corporation, joining a global community of businesses committed to creating a positive impact for people, communities, and the planet. Since Phorest was founded in 2003, we’ve wanted to build a business that genuinely cares about and supports the hair, beauty, and wellness industry … Continued