The goal of a med spa should be to provide maximum safe and effective service in a relaxed, comfortable setting. Dr. Guljeet Sohal, who runs Balle Bliss medical spa in Cypress, Texas, has achieved all that and more. Here she gives her top tips to make the most of your med spa visit.
Many people benefit from regular visits to a med spa, coming back time and time again to a place they know delivers the best treatment possible in the best surroundings. Seeing the same doctor with whom you have built up a long-term relationship, one who knows how you look and what you want to achieve, is an incredibly important part of your time in a med spa – or at least, it should be.
However, not everyone knows how to get the best of their med spa visit. So these tips can ensure that you make the most of your time there:
- Make sure that a doctor is involved in all the treatment, not just one who lends his name to the establishment. Some procedures should only be performed by a doctor, and others should be carried out only when a doctor is on-site in case something goes wrong.
- Check to make sure that the facility is licensed. Just as you would not visit a dentist in his living room to have a tooth extracted, make sure you visit your doctor only at a licensed med spa.
- Ask and make sure that you can see actually before and after pictures of patients. Even better, try to ascertain whether you can talk to some patients who have had treatment done at the med spa in question. If so, see if they are happy with the results and ask what they thought of the treatment.
- When you meet with the doctor, it’s always a good idea to ask plenty of questions. These should include asking how long the doctor has been doing the treatment, how many procedures he has done like this in the past, and if there have been any complications with the procedure.
- Ask what the doctor will do if you are not happy with the outcome of the procedure. With this in mind, I would stress again that one of the most important things is to talk to some of the patients and see what they think. We always refer other patients if they want to.
Visiting a med spa should be a pleasurable experience. If you are nervous or uncomfortable, there is a chance you are in the wrong place. A lot of the nervousness is from people not knowing what is going to happen. That can be because they are unaware about what will take place with their own specific procedure, or because they have not been informed sufficiently about what a procedure entails in general.
Taking a bit of time to explain things from the beginning can make an enormous difference to how the patient feels about the entire experience. We always try to talk to the patients and explain every procedure in detail, so that they know step by step everything that is happening.
At Balle Bliss, we check that you are happy every step of the way. If a treatment is too painful, we stop, give you a break, and try to make you as comfortable as possible both before you start and while the procedure is being carried out. Our goal it to keep you wanting to come back again and again.
The information in the article is not intended to substitute for the medical expertise and advice of your healthcare provider. We encourage you to discuss any decisions about treatment or care with an appropriate healthcare provider.
