The aesthetics industry mourns the loss of one of its true pioneers, Dr. James Edwin Fulton, Jr. who died July 4th, 2013 at the age of 73. “Jim devoted his life to dermatology and his passing will leave a void in the world of skin care,” offers his wife of 44 years, Vivant Skin Care President Sara M. Fulton. “He achieved much during his career, but his greatest contributions may have been the hope and confidence he instilled in his acne patients.”
In the early 1970s, Doctor Fulton launched a successful chain of 12 acne clinics called Acne Healthcare Centers (AHC), opened the Acne Research Institute, and developed and manufactured a line of patented skin care products under the AHC and Face Up brands in their FDA-approved manufacturing facilities. Then, in 1990, Fulton and his wife co-founded Vivant Skin Care, a clinical skin care line rooted in Fulton’s patented vitamin A therapies. A popular international speaker and teacher, he authored the definitive book on acne, Acne Rx, and published more than 300 medical articles. Throughout the years, Fulton served as mentor and role model for countless leaders in dermatology and aesthetics across the nation. He actively split time between his research laboratory at the Vivant Skin Care headquarters in Miami Lakes and Flores Dermatology in Coral Gables, Fla. where he continued to see patients until a week before his passing.