What is a "medical spa"?

What is a "medical spa"?

Steve Fallek (Plastic Surgeon and Medical Director, Face Focus Medical Spa) gives expert video advice on: What is the difference between a medical spa and cosmetic surgery?; How do I find a medical spa?; How do I choose the right medical spa? and more...

A "medical spa", also called a "medi-spa", is really a combination of both a spa and a doctor's office. Medi-spas have been very popular over the last couple of years because there's really been a blurring of the line among all beauty treatments. Spas used to offer just non-invasive treatments, while doctors usually offered more invasive treatments. With the blurring of the line, a medical spa can now offer a variety of treatment options ranging from the smaller, or non-invasive, to really more aggressive procedures. I think patients have been very happy to have the option them to have this whole spectrum of procedures done in a medi-spa.