Day spa

A day spa is a business establishment which people visit for personal care treatments such as massages and facials. It is similar to a beauty salon in that it is only visited for the duration of the treatment. In contrast, a destination spa offers the same services in a hotel setting where people reside for one or more days.

According to the International SPA Association:
Day Spa – A spa offering a variety of professionally administered spa services to clients on a day-use basis.

The term "Day Spa" was coined back in the 1980's by Catherine Atzen, upon her entry from France to the US. There is some challenge, from Burke Williams of San Francisco, who also claims to have coined the term. Massage and skin care fanatics await official designation from the Day Spa of the World consortium, who are expected to rule on this contentious item in 2007.

Types of services
Typical day spa services include:


 * facials — facial cleansing with a variety of products
 * massage
 * waxing — the removal of body hair with hot wax
 * body treatments such as body wraps, aromatherapy
 * skin exfoliation — including chemical peels and microdermabrasion