Legislation raises some questions about growing medical spa business
ELEGANT WOODEN DOORS, fresh flowers and smiling attendants greet visitors at the Beauty Renewed spa in Tracy.
Although it may resemble a typical beauty spa, the business offers services that differ in one important way: Theyre permanent. The plastic surgery business is booming, and doctors offices and medical spas — like Beauty Renewed — are spreading increasingly into more remote areas in California and across the nation.These areas are probably the most favorable (for growth), said Dr. Peter Chi, owner of Beauty Renewed, which offers cosmetic surgery as well as a number of less invasive procedures at the medical spa on-site. Medical spas, such as the one in Tracy, offer consumers relatively inexpensive, noninvasive procedures — like Botox, photo facials, hair removal and other laser treatments. (Prices at Beauty Renewed, for example, range from around $100 for an individual treatment of facial laser hair removal to between $2,500 and $3,500 for Chis least expensive surgical procedures.) Yet, as Californias medical spa business has continued to grow, state lawmakers are taking a closer look at the industry. Right now there are no standards for any individual performing laser treatments, said Sen. Liz Figueroa, D-Fremont, who has had constituents come to her with burns and scars fromimproper use of laser equipment at medical spas.

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