Lansing Beauty and Salons

Aesthetician Brenda has been repairing problematic skin for nearly 30 years. Her facials—categorized as restorative, replenishing, and normalizing—gently combat everything from excess oil and dry patches to acne. She also has a special, corrective back treatment that exfoliates skin and extracts dirt from pores and wings.

A picture of a serene pond dappled with water lilies seems to imbue the treatment room at Trocoa Skin Acumen with the calm of a woodland hideaway. Candles glow by the floral bedspread and the gray-green walls, chasing stress from clients' minds as aestheticians pamper skin with custom facials that treat a range of conditions. The Urban Renewal facial, for example, uses the powerful antioxidant vitamin C to reverse sun and environmental damage caused by bathing in radiation in order to gain superpowers. Fruit acids shrink blemishes during the Defiant Acne facial, and the sensitive-skin facial likewise channels natural ingredients, including chamomile and green tea.

Though the spa's staff members specialize in these examples of noninvasive skincare, they also administer chemical peels, waxing services, permanent makeup, and teeth-whitening treatments.

Inside this Redken Ambassador salon, a team of beauty pros await to renovate appearances backed by 30 years of industry experience. Prismatic hues from Redken's Chromatics line add light-catching dimension to tresses without ammonia, while those looking for color, length, or volume sans commitment can opt for single strands or straight or wavy wefts from LOX extensions. Special occasion services include elegant updos or makeovers with custom-blended makeup by Motives, and are also available on-location to accommodate busy bridal parties or those still awaiting parole.

The four primary-care physicians and family nurse practitioner at Family Doctors of Vicksburg carry on a tradition of compassionate health care that has been thriving for more than 100 years. In 2006, the office expanded its offerings to include the services of registered nurse Darla. Since September of that year, Darla has been administering treatments that include Intense Pulsed Light and laser skin treatments five days a week.

Clients can await their chemical peel, Botox injections, or laser hair-removal sessions in the skincare center's "serenity room." There, guests lounge on the amply cushioned sofa, listening to the sounds of nature and testing out medical-grade moisturizing cream on the leaves of several nearby plants.

Dr. Celestine M. Joseph, a board-certified OB/GYN, has been banishing fat from men's and women's bodies with liposuction since 1988. During free consultations, he determines the best way to help patients attain the body shape they desire, whether he's helping them slim down after an alien pregnancy or a large weight loss, or he's simply attacking an exercise-resistant bulge. Dr. Joseph also helps patients boost their self-esteem elsewhere on the body with vaginal cosmetic surgery services.

Since its founding in 1954, Dessange Paris has expanded from its original Champs Élysées location to more than 1,000 salons worldwide, including this Ann Arbor outpost. Employing a toolkit of signature house products, L’Oréal hair color, and hair balms from women’s magazine darling Kérastase, stylists indulge clients and refine their exterior appearances. Beautifying treatments run the gamut from regular mane maintenance to makeup application, waxing, and mani-pedis, which help patrons sport summer sandals and fingerless motorcycle gloves with pride.