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Read this article about medical spa services to find out how treatments like mesotherapy are handled

Years ago, there were few licensed physicians found in health spas. Today, medical practitioners are opening their own spas instead of joining them. This has opened up a whole new sector of the spa industry - called the medical spa or medispa.

Services and treatments offered in medical spas are typically thoroughly researched and backed by medical proof like reports and studies, although you will want to confirm this with your own due diligence before visiting a medispa.

The physician that heads up a particular medical spa should stand firmly behind the medical spas offerings based on their personal training and knowledge of the particular treatment or service.

Backed with the support of specialized pharmaceutical companies, medispas have custom stock that are created solely for that particular spa and, in some cases, for individual patients. You may even be tempted to purchase the spas in-house line of products as part of your "in-between" visit maintenance program.

Specialty products are not the only things that set medical spas apart. Medical spas stand out because their purpose is to provide both medical and wellness care using spa services as well as various therapies and treatments.

For example, while you may find your typical primping and preening services, you're more likely to be offered traditional fitness programs, health and wellness education, resort amenities as well as non-traditional medical services like mesotherapy.

While the spa market includes...

• day spas
• club spas
• resort spas
• cruise spas

... medical spas are growing in number because spa-goers are looking for more holistic approaches to medical treatments. Also known as "integrated wellness" more spa-goers are enjoying being attended to clinically while being treated luxuriously.

While the fastest growing type of spa business, the medispas of today tend to offer generalized services and treatments, all under the guidance of a licensed physician. In the near future, medical spa specializations will be more common. Today, there are "plastic surgery medical spas", "dermatology medical spas" and "laser centers".

These three broad categories will likely be further segmented and better defined. For example, gynecologists offering medispa treatments to prenatal women or menopausal women or a pediatrician suggesting services for a young child.

In each case, the goal is to provide medispa-goers with the specialized, preventative medical treatments they are looking for.

This article about medical spa treatments and services shows how this growing spa segment is offering "no downtime" medical cosmetic treatments for people who are interested in their health.