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Medispa a first
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A local physician, Dr. Sheryl Conn, has opened the first medispa business in a day spa facility in Michigan when she recently began operating out of Salone Nadwa in Novi. “We’re the first day spa and medispa to offer both services in one location in Michigan,” said Nadwa Yono, owner of Salone Nadwa in the Novi Town Center on Grand River. “The spa business has become more medical in the past two years with the two businesses coming together.” Dr. Conn came to the spa looking to branch out of her family practice and to begin performing medispa treatments that are not conducive in a medial office. Those medical treatments must be performed by a physician or under the direct supervision of a doctor, she said. “My patients at the clinic were asking me to do laser skin treatments and microdermabrasion,” said Dr. Conn, who practices out of the Medical Clinic at Northville. “I think patients prefer to have those type of treatments performed in the more relaxed atmosphere of a spa setting.” |
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Nadwa Yono (left), owner of Salone Nadwa, observes a "MegaPeel" skin treatment performed with ultrsound equipment by Dr. Sheryl Conn on an unidentified patient.
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The medispa business includes medical skin evaluations, microdermabrasion or exfoliation of the skin and chemical peels with ultrasound, laser-hair removal and vein therapy, according to Dr. Conn. She decided to bring those medical services to the day spa where many potential patients for those treatments are already customers.
“I recognized a growing desire of men and women for maintaining or reestablishing vitality and beauty to their skin,” said Dr. Conn, who became experienced with micordermabrasion, skin peels, laser hair and vein removal and medical skin care products.
“What makes my new business unique in the field of aesthetics is that I am a physician consulting with the client and performing all the procedures rather than have a technician doing some of those procedures,” Dr. Conn said.
“It’s unusual for doctors to operate lasers for hair removal and vein treatments,” she added since it is not required for doctors to perform those procedures in Michigan.
She began offering medispa treatments on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Salone Nadwa on April 15. Dr. Conn reported that business is picking up very quickly.
Dr. Conn said that she could perform any anti-aging treatments in the day spa that do not involve surgery. She also plans to introduce Botox and collagen filler procedures in her medispa business this summer.
Her business also offers several lines of medical products for anti-aging and skin care, such as IS Clinical by Innovative Skincare. She said the medical products go below the epidermis and reach the dermis level which over-the-counter products cannot achieve.
Dr. Conn is offering a number of special medispa treatment packages for Mother’s Day including microdermabrasion and glocolic peels with ultrasound, and laser vein treatment at reduced rates.
Since her medical practice is in Northville and her new business is within Salone Nadwa in Novi, Dr. Conn has close ties to both communities. She lives in Novi with her family and her children attend Northville Schools.
Dr. Conn received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and graduated from Wayne State School of Medicine.
Yono opened Salone Nadwa in Novi 10 years ago and expects the spa business to grow from the additional medispa business.
“Spa services aren’t just for women anymore,” Yono said. “It’s becoming a trend for men to come to the spa for stress relief and wanting to look younger. Men actually need skin care treatments more than women because their skin is dryer and deeper than a woman’s.”
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