Medical Spa Services Have Been More than a Trend to Millions of American Consumers
Medical spa services are more than just a trend for millions of American consumers. They have become important parts of the lives and routines of so many, making the aesthetician a valued partner with the client in life improvement. Treatments for aging can roll back the clock for many, and in addition to improving physical appearance the positive effect on self-esteem is amazing. Also many clients suffer from skin conditions, including uneven pigmentation, dryness, flakiness, acne, scarring, sun damage and other conditions.
A relatively new concept in America, medical spas have caught on, providing a need for millions of consumers. Bringing together the spa industry with the health care professions, aestheticians working in a medical spa environment are in a unique situation to provide education to clients, assisting them planning treatments for self-improvement. In a medical spa situation, with physicians on hand for assistance and consultation, the clinician is able to evaluate a client and provide needed referrals when the skin condition to be treated requires procedures beyond the scope of the traditional day spa. Dermabrasion for instance can be performed in a medical spa, while only microdermabrasion would be performed in most day spas. With chemical peels a medical spa will generally be able to use a deeper peel, if the aesthetician and physician both believe the client is best served by this procedure and the client agrees.
Additionally medical spas are able to offer treatments like Botox for those clients who are in need, bringing more popular services to bear for the client in a safe, professional and positive environment. This procedure, before medical spas, required the client to visit a medical doctor, adding to time and expense involved.
Combining the luxury and hedonistic pleasure of the day spa with the advanced knowledge and skills of medical professionals in the modern medical spa have definitely caught on, and will continue to do so in the future if the forecasted trends are at all accurate. The reason is that they serve the needs of clients in areas of treatment and education, with an effective and symbiotic relationship between the allied professions.
June 18th, 2007 at 8:48 am
[…] The ISPA, or International Spa Association provides statistics on the spa industry with a new study released every other year. They have found that there are about 13,757 spas in the US as of 2006, with is a growth rate of 16%. About one fourth of these are n the southwest, which includes California, the largest state by population. About a fourth are in the Northeast including New York and New England. About 50% are dispersed throughout the rest of the country. Those who utilize spas are mainly women, and the numbers are growing. The spa industry has been around since civilization began and is becoming more popular than ever and is a wonderful career field for women and men to consider. […]
March 26th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
[…] New and emerging treatment trends in medical spa settings are exciting. As medical spas grow in popularity and the competition among medical spas and day spas both for the dollars of clients becomes more fierce, the natural laws of business demand that business will do their best to offer more and more services to attract more clients. These treatments include the latest in cosmetic surgery trends and in proper, healthy skin care. Facial rejuvenation treatments to improve and sometimes eliminate skin conditions including wrinkles and acne scarring and especially precancerous growths. […]
April 27th, 2008 at 9:07 am
[…] Spas have been popular in the United States since the 1850’s. Saratoga Springs in New York was a fashionable retreat for many, including Franklin D. Roosevelt and the author Edgar Allan Poe. Elizabeth Arden introduced the first day spa in the US in 1910, the Red Door Salon in New York. Manicures, facials, waxing and other spa treatments we know today were even popular in the early days. Jane Fonda was introduced to aerobics through a California spa. Eventually holistic services were offered and in 1997 innovative physicians in the US introduced the medical spa concept, previously popular in Europe.What are the differences between a medical spa and a traditional day spa? Traditional spas are concerned with looking good and feeling good, but are limited in the treatments they can offer to clients. Less invasive treatments and an emphasis cosmetic improvements and feeling great, as well as self-esteem improvement are the watchwords. A medical spa includes all of the day spa services but in addition has a medical component operated under the strict supervision of a licensed health care professional, usually a medical doctor. They will combine holistic approaches and the emphasis on comfort with medical modalities. Use of lasers and intense pulsed light technologies, photo facials, dermabrasion in addition to microdermabrasion, the option of deeper chemical peels, and such products as Botox or Retyline are available at the medical spa. […]