Insights
What is moving in beauty, weight and skin right now, and why your clients bring it to you first.
New, April 2026
The FDA approved the first oral GLP-1 medications, taken as a daily pill with no fasting. Easier access means more of your clients will be losing weight fast, and asking you about the face, skin and hair changes that come with it.
Source: Pharmacy Times
In your chair
Aesthetic practices report a sharp rise, up around 45% in a year, in clients seeking help for the facial volume loss and skin aging that follow rapid GLP-1 weight loss. Estheticians hear about it before anyone. A branded program lets you meet it with the medical weight service and prescription skincare together.
Source: Medscape
Why oversight matters
A 2025 systematic review linked finasteride, a common hair-loss drug, to a suicidality signal in some younger men. It is a reminder that hair and skin prescriptions belong with a licensed clinician who screens each client, which is exactly how the program works.
Source: NCOA hair-loss review
External research describes the medication category and the market, not any Local Healthcare program's results.