With more than 27 years of practice under his belt, Dermatologist Dr. Ron Shelton gives us an insight about his experiences and running his practice in New York City.

Name: Ron Shelton MD
Website: www.thenyac.com
Location: Manhattan, New York City
Brief Bio: An industrious, forward thinker, Dr. Ron Shelton, in 2001, brought together an accomplished group of surgeons to holistically address the needs of both cosmetically-minded patients and those needing Mohs surgery and reconstruction for skin cancer.

New York Aesthetic Consultants included Cosmetic Dermatologic and Plastic Surgeons. It was one of the first medical spas in New York City. In July 2014, Dr. Shelton was invited to join the prestigious NYC laser practice, Laser and Skin Surgery Center of New York. Both Dr. Shelton’s and LSSC’s practices have benefited by this merger as the Midtown NYC cosmetic dermatology practice has more than 60 lasers and devices and a dedicated research division for the development of new laser technology.

Our practice has 8 full time dermatologists and several part time dermatologists and a plastic surgeon. We practice in Midtown Manhattan and Southamptom Long Island, but my full time practice is limited to our NYC practice, in which I see patients from 8 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday. We have many administrators including the executive practice administrator, COO, office manager, nursing manager, laser research manager, many RNs and a few medical assistants. I perform all laser and cosmetic device treatments for my patients. We do not have ancillary providers perform lasers in our practice. Half of my practice is cosmetic dermatology including laser resurfacing, laser treatment of discoloration (facial erythema, lentigines, tattoo removal), body sculpting / skin tightening with liposuction and minimally invasive (ThermiTight) and non invasive treatments (Thermage, Ultherapy, ThermiSmooth, CoolSculpting, UltraShape, SculpSure), volume augmentation with fat injections as well as many of the hyaluronic acid treatments (Voluma, Vollure, Volbella, Juvederm, Restylane, Belotero) and other fillers and Sculptra. Botox is very commonly performed. The other half of my practice deals with skin cancer treatment with excisions, and Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Reconstruction.

The list of devices we have is quite long, approximately sixty and they encompass many types of lasers and devices. We have only one IPL. We have gentle laser toning with Cutera XEO Laser Genesis and PicoSure focus lens array and Clear & Brilliant and Permea. Lasers for resurfacing include Fraxel Restore/Dual, and Fraxel Repair.