Beauty & Spas in Oviedo

Dr. Marc Ott has learned much about the human body in his years of treating sore muscles and spinal conditions, but one lesson stands out. “It's rare that what has made one patient better will be the same for the next,” he claims, and in keeping with this belief he and his staff strive to integrate traditional and alternative practices within their customized health-care plans.

More often than not, these plans involve some combination of chiropractic care and massage therapy. The former can relieve chronic pains with spinal adjustments, nutritional counseling, and holistic lifestyle advice, while the latter targets adhesions with Swedish, deep-tissue, and lymphatic-drainage techniques. These treatments—along with specialized procedures such as joint injections—can provide long-lasting relief from injuries sustained while playing sports or leveling parking meters with your monster truck.

Licensed massage therapist and aesthetician Monica Restrepo Jones is the "Mo" in MoJo Wellness Therapies. Starting off as a student athletic trainer for a local high school, Monica ascended through the ranks and eventually manned the sidelines of XFL and AFL games as the team trainer. These experiences shaped her understanding of the human body and what angle is unusual for an ankle, as well as increased her desire to spread wellness through massage. With a special certification for medical massage, she boasts the qualifications needed to fulfill doctor's orders after patients endure an injury or accident. To these treatments and her traditional massages, she sometimes adds heat or ice and organic, hypoallergenic creams to augment soothing without hiring a jazz saxophonist to play in the corner.

In addition to massage services, Monica wards off aging with facials and powerful treatments. Her skincare regimens are tweaked to target specific woes, such as acne or surprised expressions that won't wash off.

A visit to the Maitland makeup studio ensures you'll be glowing like that smug neighborhood glowworm for your next date or meeting with the Minister of Defense. Opt for a full makeup application ($65–$85) and experience the beauty-boosting effects of the KROMA product line, created by owner and celebrity makeup artist Lee Tillett from all-natural ingredients and featured at swanky soirees such as the 2009 Academy Awards and the 2009 Emmys. Or, if wild and woolly brows are obstructing your view of downtown high-rises and low-flying helicopters, opt for an expert brow shaping ($45–$55) to make your best features pop. The friendly brow wranglers rein in unruly and rebellious eye awnings and shape arches to complement your specific eye and bone structure.

Eyelash extensions. Deep tissue massages. Permanent makeup. At Panacea Hair Salon and Day Spa, no service is too simple or daunting for the skilled staff of stylists and aestheticians. The beauty experts spruce up coiffures, cleanse faces, and wax away unwanted hair as clients lounge in the laidback but sophisticated ambience accented with chandeliers and a two-toned couch that just seems French. After appointments, clients can peruse the boutique for handpicked beauty products by Keune and BINDI skin care.

Whereas most people enjoy retirement by relaxing, Mary Lou Boyle has enjoyed hers by helping others relax. By transitioning from her radio job to her current role at Saving Face Skin Care and Massage, Boyle returned to her original career path: More than three decades ago, she opened and operated one of Oviedo’s first full-service salons. Years later, she garnered more experience as a cosmetologist at an upscale salon, where she also delved into aesthetics. Boyle left for a stint in media and, after retirement in 2008, opened Saving Face. Now, equipped with years of experience and a license in massage therapy, she relieves pain and tension through massage therapy and rejuvenates skin with a collection of facials.

Longwood Healing Center and Spa's specialists use holistic methods to usher their patients toward personal beauty and wellness goals. Acupuncture, hormone therapy, and massage stimulate misaligned body systems to help improve clients' internal maladies. A variety of laser therapies is also available for body contouring and help with smoking cessation by distracting cigarette-delivery cats. Eschewing the use of drugs or surgery, the clinic aims to help visitors live a less toxic, less painful existence while helping them remain looking young.