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How Does A Medical Spa Differ From A Traditional Spa?

in Beauty and Style, Health on 09/01/18

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A spa is a business location that offers a variety of services that helps in enhancing the health, beauty, and relaxation through personal care treatments. These treatments include hair massages, full body massages, facials, foot massage, waxing, body treatments, pedicures and manicures, and much more.

Medical spas strive to blend the best of two experiences – including a relaxing spa experience with different procedures. These spas have become more popular among men and women in recent years. Medical spas, also known as med spas or medi-spas, are hybrid spa which is a combination of traditional spa and a medical clinic.

Medical Spa – Overview

Are you wondering if a medical spa is a right place for you to get your medical treatments? Then, this article is for you. This article provides you the basic difference between a traditional day spa and a medical spa. Also, provides you with the information about the services offered at a typical med spa.

Some of the best med spa offer you treatments for hair removal, acne, aging skin, wrinkles,  jaw filler, laser treatments like the ones they offer in this link and much more. Also, medical spas offer more specialized treatments that are particularly found in dermatology and in a plastic surgery clinic.

Since the evolution of modernized dermatologic and cosmetic medical practice, there is raise in licensed as-well-as non-licensed healthcare professionals who offer these treatments. It is important to check with the healthcare professionals about the treatment before you take one.

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Difference Between Traditional Spa And Medical Spa

The biggest and the most basic difference between a traditional spa and a medical spa are the services and treatments that are offered. Usually, medical procedures and treatments that cannot be performed in a traditional spa are performed in a medical spa.

Traditional spas can be owned by a trained or licensed professional, whereas medical spas must be affiliated with, overseen or must be run by a medical doctor. Though not every procedure or treatment is done by a medical doctor, they must be performed under the supervision of the doctor – either a dermatologist or a plastic surgeon.

The services offered in a typical med spa varies from one another. Some of the services and treatments offered at a medical spa include:

    • Injectables
    • Laser Hair Reduction/Hair Removal
    • Cool Sculpting
    • Vein Treatment
    • Photo Rejuvenation
    • Skin Tightening
    • Facials and Microdermabrasion
    • Massages
  • Chemical Peels

The person or the professional who does the procedure must be a licensed professional. Before you take one, you can fix a consultation appointment with the professional to get a clear idea about the treatment.

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Benefits Of Medical Spa

 Following are some of the major benefits of opting for a medical procedure in a medical spa:

  • Treating Skin Complaints – helps you to have beautiful skin and enhances the self-esteem and confidence.
  • Medical spas help in reducing stress and anxiety, which in the long run helps you maintain good health and more mental peace along with longevity.
  • At times, patients are prescribed to take treatment for arthritis, sports injury, stiffness in bones at a medical spa.

Nowadays, these spas are becoming more popular owing to the attractive services that they offer, in a peaceful and attractive environment with the precision and guidance of a medical expert or a licensed doctor.

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