A day spa is a business that provides a variety of services for the purpose of improving health, beauty, and relaxation through personal care treatments such as massages and facials. The number of day spas in the US almost doubled in the two years from to , to 8,, according to the International Spa Association, and by there were 21, spas across the United States, according to Statista. A day spa is different from a beauty salon , in that it contains facilities such as a sauna , pool , steam room , or whirlpool that guests may use in addition to their treatment.
A day spa is also different from a destination spa , as no overnight accommodation is provided. A medspa, also known as a medical spa, is a spa that provides the client with medical spa services. The first medspa appeared around In , the United States accounted for Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version.
In other projects. Wikidata item. Health facility. This article is about a health facility. For other uses, see Spa disambiguation. Differences from beauty salon and destination spa [ edit ]. Medspa [ edit ]. See also [ edit ]. References [ edit ]. The New York Times. June 16, Retrieved January 26, Inspired Beauty Med Spa. Retrieved December 16, Buyer Beware". JD Supra. Further reading [ edit ]. Categories : Day spas Therapy Balneotherapy Bathing. Hidden categories: CS1 errors: missing periodical CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list CS1 maint: url-status Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Use mdy dates from June All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from May Toggle the table of contents.
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