Deja Vu Med Spa Opens in Goodyear AZ
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Couple hope to tap into growing med spa trend
Add Goodyear to the growing list of Valley communities that are now home to med spas, the resort like centers where clients receive cosmetic procedures in a luxurious and relaxing environment.
Husband-and-wife team Brian and Jennifer Dursteler are the latest to cash in on the boom with their Deja Vu Med Spa, which opened Friday on McDowell Road east of Bullard Avenue. It will offer more than a dozen treatments and procedures ranging from couples massages to acne therapy to laser cellulite removal. The Durstelers’ business model is to lure customers by offering advanced technology they say isn’t offered at other med spas, such as the Slimdome. The Japanese-designed contraption claims to enable users to shed up to 600 calories in a single 40-minute session by inducing three times the volume of sweat that can be produced by a traditional sauna.
“They call it the ‘marathon sweat,’ ” Brian said, because the oil-based sweat the machine induces comes from the sebaceous glands, the same source the body uses to produce sweat when undergoing heavy endurance training.
The spa also will offer treatment by a device called the Omnilux, which emits different-colored LED lights designed to remedy skin afflictions. Blue light is said to kill acne-causing bacteria, red light reduces redness caused by cancer treatment.
Dr. Michael Desvigne, a plastic and reconstructive-surgery specialist at Banner Arizona Medical Clinic in Peoria, isn’t surprised the Durstelers are going the high-tech route.
“As the Baby Boomers get older, the demand continues to rise for non-invasive alternatives to cosmetic surgery,” he said. “People don’t want to come into a sterile office with everyone wearing white coats. They want a place where they feel comfortable.”
Desvigne added they don’t want long recoveries, either.
The Durstelers expect their biggest draw will be the Lipotherme, a minimally invasive alternative to traditional liposuction. The patient undergoes only local anesthetic and is fully awake while the operator inserts a tiny fiber under the skin to heat and dissolve layers of fat tissue. The laser also stimulates collagen production to help the skin tighten itself and to eliminate the need for further skin-smoothing procedures. The treatment is one-third to half the cost of traditional liposuction, and the patient reportedly can walk out of the office with only minor redness and essentially no recovery time needed.
But Dursteler said safety is the biggest benefit of the Lipotherme. Most complications with liposuction are related to the anesthesia, he said, so “by keeping the patient awake, the Lipotherme is a lot safer.”
Safety should be consumers’ top concern when considering treatment at a med spa, Desvigne said. One way to ensure quality treatment is to look at the center’s medical director. Check his or her license and training at the Arizona Medical Board’s Web site, www.azmd.gov, and look into the credentials of the other staff members. Ideally, anyone conducting a procedure should be a registered nurse or have some sort of medical training as well as laser training.
As for Deja Vu’s employees, all seven have received laser training, and the only two staffers who will administer injections are the Durstelers.
Jennifer is a physician’s assistant, and Brian, Deja Vu’s acting medical director, is a physician. Both work at Goodyear’s West Valley Hospital, where Brian is vice chief of medical staff and medical director of the emergency department.
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