Azia Medical Spa

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How are we going to setup the spa? How are we going to decorate? What services do we want to offer? 

All these questions buzzed across Alex Mims’ and Dee Yadyasar’s dinner table each night as they imagined what their own spa might look like. 

It was five years ago when the Inverness residents opened Azia Medical Spa, a full service spa with a medical staff that provides surgical services. Azia has grown into something Yadyasar never expected. 

 “At first we were going to be a salon,” she said. “We changed it. We decided to just use facial, massage and weight loss, and started to do body without realizing how it would take off.”

With a medical staff of general surgeons, plastic surgeons, massage therapists and estheticians, Azia now offers a full range of wellness-centered services. These include weight loss programs, laser hair removal and treatments for shrinking cells to loose weight. Every service is centered on ideas of health, beauty and improving self-image. 

Kay North, a licensed massage therapist with 30 years of experience, said the most popular services right now are the diet and Botox combination, massages, facials, permanent cosmetics and a treatment called Venus Freeze, a process specifically designed to shrink the layers of the skin so that it looks healthier. 

As an esthetician, Yadyasar performs the Venus Freeze treatments along with customized facials; laser treatments to remove spots, the appearance of veins and redness; and camouflaging techniques to repair damages to the skin such as burns or scars. 

Being healthy and losing weight, though, are people’s main concerns, according to Yadyasar. 

“Everyone wants to lose weight and look good,” Yadyasar said. “That and just be healthier.” 

Those services are Chanda Cebollero’s specialty. She says a weight loss coach can be helpful for people trying to lose weight. Not only can they help people set realistic goals and customize meal plans, but they can also answer questions and keep people on track that might give up otherwise. 

If a person is committed to achieving a certain goal, North said the team at Azia will be with them 100 percent of the way, but they can only do so much. 

“Estheticians and massage therapists are not here to ‘fix’ you,” North said. “We are here to help you facilitate a healthier body and living style. Massage therapists can work with the tendons and muscles and estheticians can work with the skin care, but if you are not eating right and you are not trying to do other things to change your lifestyle, then it’s only going to be superficial.” 

Cebollero’s tips for staying healthy during the holidays 

  • Learn how to decide when your body is full to keep from overeating
  • Drink a lot of water to keep your body more satisfied
  • Eat about six times a day to keep from over indulging 
  • Set smaller goals to more easily see the progress you make 
  • Have an accountability partner to keep you on track