What is Different About A Medical Spa?

What makes a specialist medical spa different from other locations offering beautician services. Read on to find out more about the services offered at these locations.
There are an increasingly large number of business that offer beautician and cosmetologist services. Many of these locations refer to themselves as a "spa" but there are distinct differences between a full medical spa and business that offer average hair, make up and skin treatments.

A medical spa differs in many ways from other beautician services but the fundamental and most important difference is that they operate under the supervision of a medical doctor. As such they are able to offer more intensive and clinical procedures to their customers. It is often the case that these locations feel more clinical and sterile than an average day spa. They will often offer the services of professional masseuses and full body treatments such as wraps and mud or clay masques.

With the supervision of a doctor these locations are able to offer treatments and procedures that are more medically intensive than other businesses are able to. One of the most common procedures performed at a medical spa is the application of injectable fillers, these are used to combat age lines and even deep wrinkles. While these fillers are very effective methods of removing even the most visible signs of aging they are not permanent solutions, they will often require new applications anywhere from three to six months. There other considerations when you are thinking of undertaking this type of procedure, in a few very rare cases some have had a negative reaction to the active protein in some injectables. Others have found that they are uncomfortable with the decreased range of facial movement they are able to achieve before the injectable compound breaks down.

Other treatment options are often laser hair removal and laser skin treatments, these are not available in a location without the oversight of a qualified medical doctor. Laser hair removal is an effective permanent solution to unsightly body or facial hair. Normally these procedures are completed over a number of visits depending on the area being treated and the amount of hair that is growing in those areas. The permanent hair removal is effective for any area on the body but is most commonly used for very visible areas, around the eyebrows and upper lip are the most popular areas.

Also medical spas will offer treatments such as microdermabrasion, photofacials and more intensive chemical peels than are available in other locations without medical doctors. Other skin tightening and rejuvenating treatments are also available. These procedures are used to give the skin a more youthful and vibrant appearance, removing fine lines and in some cases deep age lines also. For those who wish to avoid the inconvenience of injectable anti-aging treatments these alternative but effective, methods can be very effective.