Beauty & Spas in Hillcrest Heights

The massage therapists at Spirit Massage & Bodywork believe that massage is key when it comes to helping people recover from injuries. Before each massage, whether they’re there to heal an injury or just relax, clients chat with a therapist to ensure the treatment meets their body’s needs. The therapist then relieves deep tension using kneading techniques perfected from years of studying alternative medicine and the behaviors of housecats.

Like a sculptor handling a block of marble, Michelle’s Beauty Day Spa's staff expose the radiance within weary patrons via rejuvenating services for bodies, nails, and faces. They whisk patrons into the serene atmosphere of private rooms to perform treatments such as their signature express facial or a prenatal massage that eases pregnancy-centric aches such as muscle tension, leg cramps, and neck kinks caused by scanning the skies for incoming storks.

Dr. Alan Terlinsky is not only a physician with multiple board certifications—including in internal and bariatric medicine—he's also an active sports and outdoors enthusiast. He shares his belief in the restorative powers of nutrition and exercise at Nu-LIving Optimal Wellness & Longevity Center, where he helps his patients achieve their individual weight-loss and age-management goals. Drawing on specialties including hypertension, anti-aging medicine, and hormonal changes, along with more than 23 years of primary-care experience, Dr. Terlinksy takes a head-to-toe approach with each patient.

In addition to Zerona laser treatments, physician-supervised nutrition and exercise plans, and bioidentical hormone therapy, Dr. Terlinksy offers a service known as concierge medicine. This trend in healthcare allows patients to spend much-needed time in the office of their primary-care physician, resulting in more individualized care and a deeper understanding of how stethoscopes work.

Sometimes it takes more than medication to heal. That’s why Linda Wentz founded Holistic Touch Center and its mission to help hasten the healing process by offering services that extend beyond the body to incorporate the needs of the mind and spirit. There, Silvy Franco, the center's holistic esthetician, blends 10 years of skin care experience with training in natural health and energy medicine to produce treatments that restore the body while rebalancing the mind and spirit. She reads each client's skin like a map, plotting out appropriate treatment courses that she delivers as part of one of the center's rituals, which include components ranging from traditional facials and detoxifying peels to Vitamin C infusions and cold stone massages. In addition to performing these rituals, Silvy also helps clients adapt these treatments for use in at-home skin care regimens, keeping epidermises glowing and well-adjusted to changes in seasonal weather.

Staffed by a team of professionals that deliver everything from haute new hairstyles to eyelash extensions, Yvonne's Day Spa has received particular attention from sources such as MSNBC's Today Show for its unique Fish-y-cure pedicures, which rely on tropical fish to exfoliate feet. Toothless Garra rufa, or doctor fish, hail from the freshwater world's top medical schools, but have been invited stateside for the gentle way they nibble dead skin from between the toes, as guests relax into a leather massage chair and dangle their feet in the creature's warm, watery habitat. After watching the treatment soar to popularity, and dedicating countless hours to learning to breed and care for his tiny aestheticians, co-owner John Ho franchised the idea and made it the signature of all three Yvonne's locations. CBS rated the spa's manicures and pedicures as among the best in the DC area in 2011, as they extend beyond the aquarium to include OPI products and high-tech UV gel–curing methods. Stylists offer guests soda and coffee before offering scalps nourishing sips from bottles of hair care products including Goldwell, Nexxus, Matrix, and Paul Mitchell. Hot stones and glass cups gain healing powers in the hands of Yvonne's massage therapists, and ingredients including sea salt, honey, and cappuccino lotion infuse many treatments to leave skin glowing with health and ready for a snack.

As they craft locks into coifs, the stylists at Charmed Salon—each of whom boasts 10-plus years of haircare experience—use their expertise and skill to sculpt, color, and style hair of any texture into a look each client covets. The straightforward menu of services features unisex haircuts, deep-conditioning treatments, La-Brasiliana straightening systems, and highlights that enhance hair color more effectively than making everyone wear rose-tinted glasses in one's presence. To keep hair looking salon-fresh at home, product lines from Nioxin, Paul Mitchell, and Big Sexy Hair line the shelves, waiting to demonstrate their full potential.