Beauty & Spas in Flint

Dr. Michael Margolis, a board-certified physician, oversees each treatment at Erase The Ink M.D. To start, a trained technician applies topical Lidocaine to numb the area. Next, the technician aims a RevLite Q-switched laser at the offending ink. While the laser sends intense pulsed light beneath the skin to break up the pigment, which is then released naturally through the body’s immune system, a jet releases cold air on the area to optimize comfort. Not without a sense of humor, the staff donates its services to the patient with the worst tattoo each week.

Mark Reed has been a massage therapist since 1992, but he's constantly updating his education to keep his skills in tip-top shape. He specializes in neuromuscular therapy, myofascial release, and deep-tissue massage, and his trained digits utilize relaxation-focused, injury-healing, and prenatal modalities. Reed's priority is in maintaining a quiet, clean office, but those who prefer to be massaged in mud pits surrounded by marching bands can arrange home and office calls.

The tattoo artists at Chroma Tattoo know that tattoos last a lifetime and create a permanent connection between the client and the artist. With that much at stake, they leave nothing to chance. Before their needles and inks ever pierce skin, the artists walk clients through a long preparation process that involves designing the tattoo and determining the placement. They first work out the details of the design on paper, and then, they freehand the design onto the skin. This process gives clients the chance to make adjustments and give feedback.

While their friends are getting tattoos, guests can sink into two large leather sofas that huddle around a flat-screen TV. Here they can wile away the hours watching Netflix, playing Xbox 360, or contemplating which president had the most imposing beard.

Apiderm owner-operator April Predeteanu knows a lot about good skin. The licensed electrologist, cosmetologist, and aesthetician spent more than 10 years working as an assistant to a dermatologist, has 17 years of electrolysis experience, and has practiced laser hair removal for more than 7 years. She brings 26 years total of aesthetic experience to her services. As a result, April knows that skin varies from person to person, which is why she offers complimentary consultations before performing any service.

She gets to know a client's skin before cleansing it during six different types of facials or applying permanent cosmetic makeup. For peskier wrinkles and misspelled temporary tattoos, she coats faces in powerful chemical peels, which use acids to exfoliate dead skin cells. She also utilizes advanced LightSheer diode laser as well as EpiLaser technology, an FDA-approved treatment that helps to remove unwanted body hair.

Stylists at Fantasia Spa & Cut fill the air with the gentle hum of their blow dryers as they style freshly shorn locks with Schwarzkopf and American Crew products. In addition to performing modern cuts, stylists can color hair with highlights and rich single-process hues or combat frizz with semipermanent keratin smoothing treatments and Brazilian blowouts. Nail technicians moisturize cuticles with hot oil in manicures and pedicures. Aestheticians refresh faces with vitamin C and fit pore-refining masks over visages formerly adorned with vitamin-deficient luchador masks.