The Things We Do for Beauty: Day Spas Get Bizarre
Boundless luxury awaits those who seek the newest, most innovative spa treatments. And we mean boundless – would you like a quantum biofeedback stress reduction with your butt facial?
Now that multiple types of facial and massage have become standard day spa fare, salons are scrambling to find new treatments to add another dimension of luxury to patrons’ lives. Spa menus have gotten a whole lot weirder with creative procedures designed to pamper neglected areas of the body, including areas you didn’t necessarily know you had.
Take, for example, the Quantum Biofeedback Stress Reduction procedure available at the VH Spa for Vitality + Health. According to the spa director Brad Garrett, during this treatment a specialized computer measures the body’s source of electric energy and transmits impulses back to the body to restore balance to hormone, stress, and serotonin levels.
At the Euphoria Spa in Detroit, patrons can opt for the Sweet Cheeks Derriere Facial to soothe the skin on their rear ends. Butt skin is cleansed and exfoliated, and then a mask is applied. Hairy butts are waxed smooth, and every derriere facial concludes with a warm paraffin wax treatment.
Why stop there? Fine dining is mixed in with many of the country’s finest spa offerings. Patrons are pampered with Caviar Spa Pedicures at the Spa Newbury in Boston. The DeFranco Spagnolo Salon in Great Neck, N.Y. offers a sumptuous chocolate mani/pedi: “Splash around in a Chocolate Mineral Footbath followed by a Chocolate Scrub, Chocolate Mousse Mask, and a massage with our Chocolate Butter Cream!” bills the spa. To which we say, fine – just don’t touch our butts.