What is the difference between a medical spa and cosmetic surgery?

What is the difference between a medical spa and cosmetic surgery?

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...

Cosmetic surgery for the most part has always required surgery, and always included surgical procedures such as breast augmentation, liposuction, and face lifts. On the other hand, many medical spas usually start with the least invasive procedures such as massage or microdermabrasion. So, medical spas and cosmetic surgery are really at different ends of the beauty regimen spectrum.