If you decided to pamper yourself with a cosmetic treatment, it doesn’t necessarily mean that you are bound to immerse yourself in a medical setting of a plastic surgeon’s clinic or dermatologist’s office. Depending on the treatment that you are considering to have, switching your attention to a medical spa can bring the desired results, while giving you a more pleasurable experience.

A medical spa, also known as medspa or medi-spa, is a combination of an aesthetic medical clinic and a traditional day spa that provides the best of both worlds. Medspas offer a relaxing spa experience, while providing a broad range of appearance improving non-surgical treatments performed by a team of qualified and experienced nurses and aestheticians under the supervision of a licensed medical provider.

There is an exciting variety of services available in medical spas. And because they usually operate as day spas as well, you will be able to enjoy a full gamut of standard spa treatments. Among the available services are massages, body wraps, facials, manicures, and pedicures, as well as more invasive skin therapies like laser treatments, wrinkle correction, glycolic peels, hair removal, cosmetic tattooing, photo rejuvenation, body sculpting, microdermabrasion, Botox and collagen injections, Restylane, natural dermal fillers and medical peels.

Besides, many medi-spas offer holistic healing practices such as acupuncture, biofeedback, and other therapies. Some medical spas also provide health testings such as lipid analysis, electrocardiograms, and bone density scans. The medical provider on staff of the medspa can evaluate and treat lifestyle problems such as sleep problems, headaches, chronic stress, muscle or joint discomfort, weight management, and more.

What medical spa service provider does your treatment depends on the treatment itself. The medical provider that oversees the medspa is in charge of all medical procedures, while skin care therapists, also known as estheticians, handle the more routine day spa treatments. Even though each state has its own regulations regarding medi-spas, in general, it is recommended that all medical procedures, such as injectables, chemical peels that target deeper skin layers, as well as light and laser treatments are performed by a practitioner who is, at a minimum, a Registered Nurse.

Because of MedSpas’ unique way of combining medical beauty procedures with traditional spa treatments, more men and women are choosing physician-owned and operated medical spas over plastic surgeons’ clinics for nonsurgical procedures, which made medi-spas one of the most exciting and rapidly growing segment in healthcare industry.