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Panthermal

Dermalife Spa Jet, Panthermal Regeneration Chamber

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Parafango

A medicinal bath made with mineralized mud/clay and paraffin wax.

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Paraffin Treatment

Warm paraffin wax is brushed over the body. The liquid wax coats the skin and, as it solidifies, forms a vacuum that causes any dirt in the pores to be drawn out, removes dead skin, and induces a loss of body fluid in the form of perspiration.

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Past Life Regression

Hypnosis and talk therapy session that accesses experiences from past lives in order to work out problems in your current life.

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Pedicure

Nail care and treatment of the feet. Includes soaking feet in warm soapy water and removing dry skin with a pumice stone or a special razor. Also includes a foot and leg massage and concludes with polishing of nails, if desired.

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Personal Fitness Training

A fitness professional will evaluate, design and monitor individual and small group training (exercise) programs.

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Personalizing Your Retail Space to Captivate Consumers

September 15, 2023
Inspiration

“People don’t care what you do, they care why you do it.” Using that philosophy from Simon Sinek, this panel of experts from Trilogy Spa Holdings shared important tips to help spas make their retail spaces more personal and meaningful and to create curiosity with their displays.

“Every spa should have a ‘hot spot’ when you first walk in—an area that demands your attention, makes you stop and find out more,” Ingrid Middaugh advised. She also shared the value of knowing your competition. Her location in Vail, Colorado, is within a block of hundreds of shops in a major shopping area. “I go to every one of the spas in my area to see what they’re selling. I look at what’s on sale—what’s not selling for them—so I’m not going to carry them because they’re not working,” Ingrid said. “We have to keep our focus on What is wellness? and What is the theme of our spa?

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Photofacial

Photofacial is a skin treatment that uses light-based technology, primarily for boosting collagen, treating hyperpigmentation, and diminishing the appearance of broken capillaries. 

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Physical Therapy

The treatment of physical dysfunction or injury by the use of therapeutic exercise and the application of modalities, intended to restore or facilitate normal function or development.

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Pilates (Method)

Strength training movements involving coordinated breathing techniques developed in Germany by Dr. Joseph Pilates during the 1920s.

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