Coto De Caza, CA Spa and Massage

In Salt Chalet's private treatment rooms, sea salt—known for its ability to balance out the body's positively charged ions—fills the air and coats the walls, floor, and ceiling, glittering under soft, ambient lights. As clients relax in lounge chairs or atop massage tables, briny granules flutter through their lungs and waft across their skin—a holistic process known as halotherapy, which recreates the unique microclimate of the world's salt caves away from their bat-shaped novelty shakers. As the chalet's medical director, Dr. Thom Lobe, proclaims, salt rooms can help alleviate everything from allergies and chronic respiratory illnesses to skin disorders, infections, and difficulties sleeping.

Certified massage therapist Erin Warfield Shaffer expresses her belief in holistic approaches to wellness by treating bodies to a detoxifying combination of hands, herbs, and hydrotherapy. Shaffer's four massages range from hot-stone techniques that melt tension in backs to reflexology methods that manipulate the feet in an effort to relieve pain in the rest of the body. She also cleanses bodies with such detoxification rituals as the acupoint session, a massage-like treatment that causes key points in the body to absorb healthy herbs so that clients don't have to sleep on a pile of herb-crusted halibut. The center also concocts custom facials and peels that nourish the skin with hydrotherapy, botanicals rich in Vitamin C, and other organic ingredients.

DeeDee Heidarian, once named "Most Merciful Bikini Waxer" by Marie Claire magazine, brings more than 20 years of aesthetics experience to her hair-removal, body, and beauty treatments. Television reporters, Hollywood stuntwomen, and Cousin It impersonators alike trust her deft hands to depilate their stubbly parts or rejuvenate their skin with products by Jan Marini, Yon-ka, Dermalogica, and Jane Iredale.

The specialists at Trinity Salon & Day Spa divide their attention between the face and body, though they make sure not to skimp on either. Among their wide range of services—which include massages, hairstyling, nailcare, and body waxing—is a collection of facials designed to treat specific conditions such as acne, aging, and dryness. Custom airbrush tans imbue skin with a natural, UV-free glow, and eyelash extensions enhance the length and volume of lashes without mascara or growth hormones.

Inside Trinity Salon & Spa, Tara Gerrits and Maria Becerra of Appearances strive to provide their clients with the best skincare around by drawing from 40 years of combined industry experience. For them, that means using organic products whenever possible and always staying abreast of the latest improvements in the field. Their service menu includes anti-aging facials, gentle microdermabrasions, natural spray tans, and waxing treatments.

Dr. Joseph Yadegar, born in Iran, educated in England, and scrubbed in as a Los Angeles surgeon since 1977, sculpts physiques and enhances beauty at Body Cosmetics of Beverly Hills. His team of board-certified surgeons, anesthesiologist, nurses, and technicians tucks tummies, lifts faces, and implants implants, boosting patients' self-confidence and improving their outlooks on the world. Says Dr. Yadegar of the work done here at his surgicenter, "When you guide and support a patient in their decision to have elective cosmetic surgery, or in some cases life altering reconstructive surgery, it is quite a rewarding and gratifying experience."