Posted April 18, 2024 in Non-surgical Treatment
Many day spas are popping up to offer cosmetic skin treatments, but what should individuals look for when deciding on a provider? This blog will explain the benefits of receiving treatments from a medspa that is supervised by a plastic surgeon. These benefits include the availability of advanced treatments that a plastic surgeon would recommend for their non-surgical or post-surgical patients.
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What Is a Medspa?
Have you dreamed of a place where you could go and have professional, medically-trained assistance in creating the look you want to present to the world? In recent years, non-invasive and minimally invasive cosmetic procedures have skyrocketed in popularity. These treatments have less downtime and can be used as a preventative measure against aging, allowing an individual to radiate confidence and look as young as they feel inside.
Also known as a medical spa or medi-spa, a medspa is a combination of a day spa and an aesthetic medical center. While a day spa focuses on relaxing treatments like massages and facials, a medspa offers nonsurgical aesthetic medical services that address deeper issues, like wrinkles, acne, scarring, age spots, and loose skin.
In addition to aesthetic medical services, a medspa is overseen by a licensed physician because treatments like injectables and neuromodulators are medical in nature.
What are the Benefits of a Medspa?
A medspa offers a variety of benefits, including:
Advanced Technology
More high-tech equipment is developed every year, from lasers to radiofrequency and ultrasound energy devices. Medspas are often equipped with these technologies to offer patients the best experience and the highest quality service.
Highly Effective Cosmetic Treatments
While the facials offered by a classic spa are lovely and refreshing, a medspa provides more effective care. This is primarily due to state-of-the-art technology, professional expertise, and more intensive procedures.
Some of the treatments on a medspa menu include laser resurfacing, chemical peels, and microneedling, as well as injectable fillers and neuromodulators like BOTOX®.
Run By Medical Professionals
Unlike a day spa, medical spas are staffed with highly skilled medical professionals who are extensively trained in the procedures they offer, providing expertise that ensures the highest quality of care.
It’s important to note that this isn’t always the case. A licensed physician must supervise a medspa, but that physician may not always be trained in the specific procedures performed in that facility. It’s better to choose a medspa with a plastic surgeon overseeing the practice, especially if they are trained in the non-surgical procedures offered.
What Services Does a Medspa Offer?
Whether you want to tackle wrinkles, acne, loose skin, signs of aging, or excess body hair, there is likely a treatment that will leave you feeling rejuvenated and beautiful. Some of these include:
Dermal Fillers and Injectables
If no matter how well you care for your skin you are continuously discouraged by the presence of wrinkles and a loss of volume, don’t worry! Dermal fillers and injectables are designed to restore the smooth, plump skin you love.
Dermal fillers can be used to lift the cheeks, fill in facial hollows, correct facial creases like nasolabial folds, or plump and sculpt the lips.
BOTOX® Cosmetic
You may have heard of this popular neuromodulator. It is most commonly used to treat wrinkles and lines that develop in the skin over time due to repeated facial movements (like laughing or furrowing the brow).
BOTOX® Cosmetic helps to reduce wrinkles and improve facial contours. It can be used to smooth the neck or to lift the lips or tip of the nose. It can even help treat chronic migraines or excessive underarm sweating.
Microdermabrasion
This treatment uses a minimally abrasive instrument to sand and polish the skin. By removing the coarse, uneven outer layer of skin, this method of skin rejuvenation effectively treats mild scarring, discoloration, sun damage, and stretch marks.
Microneedling
This minimally invasive procedure uses tiny needles to create controlled puncture wounds in the outer layer of the skin. Microneedling stimulates the production of collagen and elastin, which in turn reduces fine lines and wrinkles, minimizes scars, and reduces stretch marks. The result is firmer, tighter, and smoother skin with an even tone. Microneedling can even treat hair loss.
Laser Treatments
Energy-based technology offers long-lasting results and has many applications, including:
- Laser skin resurfacing improves the skin’s appearance by targeting wrinkles, uneven skin tone, and decreased skin elasticity.
- Laser hair removal uses intense pulsed light (IPL) technology to remove hair and minimize regrowth.
- Traditional dye lasers can treat broken capillaries, spider veins, red spots, and venous malformations, as well as other pigmentation issues.
Radiofrequency (RF) Treatments
Another form of energy treatment, radiofrequency technology, offers exciting capabilities, including skin tightening and firming of the neck and jowls.
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