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Results for Best Medical Spa in America 2008 by American Spa Magazine, published December 2008:

• Ritz Carlton Spas
• Canyon Ranch
• Miraval Spa
• Blue Water Spa

Website: medicalspareport.com

After shelling out $8,000 up front for a block of 12 treatments, a Florida college student only got 2 before the salon closed without warning:

However after just two of Chelsea’s twelve sessions, the phone number for Body Solutions of Tampa stopped working. A sign on the office door said due to a theft the business had closed. Chelsea and her mom quickly found out Body Solutions was closed for good. The only problem, the mom is still getting bills through the company that financed the year’s worth of hair removal procedures.

Dr. Jeffrey Hunt says, “I know of two or three centers that have folded in the last three months. They don’t even tell the nurse practitioners they’re closing. They just disappear and the equipment is gone.” Hunt says it is dangerous for patients to pay for months worth of services up front. “They should not give them tons of money in advance. They should limit areas that they do… and make sure it’s a procedure they want to do.”

Full article (tampabays10.com)

NBC Bay Area has a piece on the trend toward at-home hair removal:

This silk’n device uses pulsed light to basically knock out the growth center of each hair follicle. Something most patients used to need a doctor to do. At the california face and laser institute in Palo Alto, plastic surgeon Dr. Matthew Mingrone said he has sold a dozen of these new home hair removal systems.

Full article (nbcbayarea.com)

A St. Louis plastic surgeon has put out a press release about the strategy of winter hair removal:

Dr. Timothy Jones, a board-certified plastic surgeon and founder of Genesis Cosmetic Surgery and Laser Center® (http://www.genesiscosmeticsurgery.net), says that winter is a popular time for patients to start a laser hair removal treatment plan and complete it in time for spring.

Full article (prweb.com)

David Lamb has a piece on Chicago-based threading franchise Brow Art 23:

To find out more about becoming a Brow Art 23 franchisee go to www.Browart23.com or call 800-961-0420 and one of their franchise consultants can help you and stake your claim to the next big event in franchising.

Full article (frantrends.com)

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram has a profile on Davinci Laser Centers:

Soprano® laser hair removal, a virtually pain-free and permanent alternative to shaving and waxing, removes hair three times faster than other laser hair removal treatments.

DaVinci Laser Centers
6709 Meadow Crest Drive
North Richland Hills
817-614-3677
Monday through Friday
9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Saturday appointments may be available upon request
Owner: Dr. Ronald Kimmel
www.davincimedical.com

Full article (star-telegram.com)

Reyhan Harmanci of the San Francisco Chronicle has a good piece on spas and their response to the recession:

San Francisco is a particularly spa-heavy town. According to online reference site SpaFinder, there is one spa for every 5,100 city residents, compared with one for every 15,300 in New York City, so local spas have been working hard to differentiate themselves from one another. Some have gotten creative with payment programs such as I-Spa and International Orange’s membership drives, while others, like Spa Gaia in Napa and San Francisco’s Epi Center, look to attract eco-savvy customers with their green buildings and practices. As befits the season, holiday discounts and open houses abound.

Full article (sfgate.com)

Matthew Gill interviews Patricia Funder, owner of LaserLight Skin Clinic in Norwell, Massachusetts.

LaserLight Skin Clinic is at 22 Washington St. (Route 53), near Queen Anne’s Corner in Norwell. You can contact the company at 781-871-2224, and visit the website at http://www.laserlightskin.com

Full article (wickedlocal.com/norwell/)

Persia Ali has posted a good list of potentially dangerous beauty products following three deaths from a massage device:

4. Wax: If it’s too hot when you apply it, you can burn yourself.
5. Depilatory Creams: Quick hair removal treatments, like Nair are great when you’re in a rush. But the chemicals that cause the hair to “burn off” can also cause your skin to burn and can lead to redness and irritation.
6. Razors: Routine shaving can lead to nicks and cuts -Which then leads to you walking around with a Hello Kitty band-aid on the back of your ankle.

Full article (thefrisky.com)

TRIA Beauty has announced a new patent for its home-use laser hair removal device:

One of the keys to bringing this professional technology to the personal-use market was developing an eye-safe design. Most in-office professional lasers require both physician and patient to wear protective goggles to shield their eyes from the laser beam. However, the TRIA laser was designed with patented Diffuse Radiance Technology(TM) that enables the laser to deliver therapeutic levels of laser energy that will not harm the retina. Patent #7,452,356 complements the original patent, #7,250,045 that TRIA Beauty received for Diffuse Radiance Technology(TM). No goggles are required when using the TRIA laser as a result of this breakthrough technology, which converts coherent laser light into incoherent light. In fact, the TRIA Laser Hair Removal System carries the lowest Laser Hazard Classification (Class I) of any laser product currently available to consumers, a safer rating than most common laser pointers.

Full article [marketwatch.com]

Home laser hair removal information [hairfacts.com]

https://www.hairfacts.com/laser/home-laser-hair-removal.html