La Verne, CA Beauty and Salons

Dr. John O. Dimowo, medical director of Remi St. John Medspa & Clinic, specializes in enhancing physical beauty with the use of lasers. One of the few practitioners in the area offering SmartLipo, he sculpts stubborn bulges into aerodynamic curves with only a few tiny incisions and less downtime than traditional liposuction. Other laser services include hair, spider-vein, and tattoo removal, as well as skin rejuvenation and target practice at acne blotches. The doctor's steady hands are also skilled at filling in wrinkles and plumping up sagging skin with injectable fillers.

“Touching lives by creating changes in a person’s appearance” became the guiding principle of MaryStella Studio’s eponymous owner after helping her daughter overcome cystic acne. For Mary, that episode illuminated the profound effect that effective skincare can have on a person. She was so impressed with her daughter’s improved skin—as well as with the confidence and self-esteem it yielded—that she began to explore the world of aesthetics as a viable career.

Mary’s determination to help others through skincare and wellness treatments finally led her to open MaryStella Studio, a tranquil sanctuary that aims to rejuvenate and revitalize bodies from the inside out. Whether a nourishing facial or lash tinting, each of the studio’s treatments accounts for your individual skincare history and concerns that dead skin receive a proper eulogy. Mary relies on beautifying product lines such as PCA Skin—with its blend of peptides, antioxidants and botanicals—as well as advanced anti-aging equipment such as a noncrystal microdermabrasion system.

Natural light pours through floor-to-ceiling windows, warming the shoulders of guests as they flip through magazines before being pampered in Enchanted Salon & Spa’s tranquil interiors. Verdant plants, beige marble tiling, and wood accents make the salon feel more like a cozy home, encouraging guests to slip into a state of total relaxation as licensed massage therapists, hair designers, and nail technicians work their aesthetic magic. Clients stretch out on massage tables in private rooms where adroit hands mingle Swedish, deep-tissue, hot-stone, and acupressure massage techniques, alleviating stress and uncoiling muscles with the kinesthetic expertise of a scientist who is also a Grammy-winning pianist. Deftly twirling clients seated in modern, geometric salon chairs, hairstylists revamp tresses with cuts, colors, and texturing services. Meanwhile, aestheticians coddle façades with luxurious facials that include natural ingredients such as st. john’s wort, European seaweed, cucumber leaves, and cloud milk.

Mystic spray-tan booths and three types of UV tanning beds imbue skins with radiant glows inside Flawless Tanning Spa. Groups of four or more can bronze themselves en masse during a spray-tanning party, which tints each partygoer with a custom hue. Alternatively, a Formostar body-wrap system cocoons bodies in carefully calibrated amounts of infrared energy in order to burn up to 1,400 calories and zero tuna casseroles during each session.

Dr. Luis Perez and his staff of medical-aesthetics specialists lend their vast array of facial, laser, and spa know-how to help clients achieve their ideal body image. The med spa's Botox injections and chemical peels eliminate wrinkles and unsightly lines, and their laser hair-removal and intense-pulsed-light treatments can revivify aging bodies or unlit discotheques with relative ease. The staff also deftly executes spa treatments, including European facials, microdermabrasion, and acne obliteration.