Oakland Park, FL Health and Fitness

Dr. Steven Gilson lives up to his practice’s name by offering general and cosmetic dentistry services suitable for the whole family, even kids and seniors. He entered into the world of dental healthcare more than 20 years ago after studying at Penn Dental Medicine and graduating cum lade from the University of Pennsylvania with a BS in Physical Chemistry and Biochemistry. Today, armed with specialized training in periodontics, prosthetics, endodontics, and vocabulary, he restores and preserves smiles with services that range from routine exams and cleanings to cosmetic bonding and Invisalign. To promote comfort, the team at Gentle Family Dentistry welcomes patients to bring their favorite movies to watch on in-room TVs during treatments.

At Hollywood Health & Wellness, certified practitioners tag-team stress, bodily aches, and unwanted fat. I-Lipo treatments, which target cellular fat stores with safe, low-level lasers that flush excess fat into the metabolic process, trimming up to 4 centimeters from abdomens in a single 45-minute treatment. With hands well-versed in the language of chiropractic and massage therapy, the doctor also realigns out-of whack spines and muscles, helping to reduce pain caused by repetitive motions, auto injuries, or time spent posing undercover as a coffee table.

Dr. Aman Sappal and his team of ocular experts elucidate vision with new glasses and contact lenses, vision therapy, glaucoma treatments, and other sight services. Comprehensive eye exams test vision essentials, such as refractive errors, visual fields, and pupils, before doling out fresh eyewear prescriptions. New lenses, from single vision to no-line bifocals, revel beneath anti-glare or anti-opaque coatings as they perch in stylish frames from designers such as Coach, Gucci, Calvin Klein, and Juicy Couture.

FLA Aquatics owes its growth from a 65-member operation to the home of multiple state, national, and international champions to 2000 Olympic coach Duffy Dillon, who—as noted in the Sun Sentinel—was recently inducted into the Broward County Sports Hall of Fame. Dillon has amassed an experienced staff of certified instructors who have passed a national level-two background screening, including head coaches with level-five certification from the American Swimming Coaches Association. The company's multiple locations offer programs for all ages, including very young children learning to safely enter the water, competitive high schoolers, and adults seeking to train for a triathlon or start a floatie-based fashion trend.

Spread across three Miami-area offices, Vanidades Cosmetic Surgery boasts a medical staff that includes nine MDs, whose wealth of knowledge guides staff members in both surgical and nonsurgical procedures. In many treatments, doctors use lasers to perform everything from liposuction to hair removal to skin rejuvenation. To choose the right procedure, which may also include injectables such as fat grafting, the staff equips clients with an online animations library that displays the benefits of surgeries performed on all of Hollywood's most popular cartoons.

Though Boca Gym's array of Life Fitness and Hammer Strength machines commands an impressive 1,000 square feet of space, the gym's staff is anything but robotic. The certified personal trainers and instructors strive to call everyone by name, whether they are assisting with deadlifts or running a kickboxing class—one of more than 40 group fitness classes scheduled per week. Their bright attitude complements the light that streams through floor-to-ceiling windows, and the neon-pink glow of the studio's walls.

The staff welcomes guests of every age and background to explore the facility, which includes a childcare area, tanning, and a juice bar. Instead of volunteering to climb and light the town's lampposts, members who wish to work out at night can swipe their 24-hour access card at the door.