As plastic surgery grows in Utah, stigma and "mom guilt" prevent proper aftercare. Tanisha Hicks (Isha) aims to change this. She stresses surgery impacts the whole person—body, mind, heart, and soul. At Isha Recovery & Wellness (the only black & female-owned med spa in Utah), Isha provides mental, physical, and spiritual support throughout this transformative journey, free of judgment. She also keeps direct contact with the surgeon.
What's your mission?
To help bridge the gap between surgery and recovery. That way, people can truly heal and grow and glow fully with their life after the knife.
Let's talk about the support you offer moms or patients after plastic surgery—what does that look like?
Being a master esthetician and a certified medical assistant, I'm very blessed to have a marriage between aesthetics and medical. I'm like a medical aunty.
I've done home health care for my patients, especially moms. I wash their hair after surgery. I help them clean up a little bit, cook the meals, and change their clothes—in a way that's not humiliating.
I take vitals and help give sincere benchmarks on how their bodies are healing. I work alongside our medical director who specializes in wound care and infectious disease. We put together an entire post surgical plan and can help with pain management.
I'm a direct connection to the surgeon. If something were to happen, then there's no playing games with apps. There's no having to call a call center.
I also administer a touch-based therapy that helps the body see results faster.
We're talking about beauty this month as well: “Beauty is for all of us.” What does that mean to you?
I think it's so beautiful to be able to wake up and know that you are 100% a different individual. And if you want to change, like with surgeries, Botox, whatever—and it makes you happy—like mentally happy, not momentarily. That's beauty to me.
What are you grateful for?
I really thank God for the endurance because this is a hard journey to be a business owner, a self employed person, a different person.
Visit: https://www.ishaesthetics.com/
I take vitals and help give sincere benchmarks on how their bodies are healing. I work alongside our medical director who specializes in wound care and infectious disease. We put together an entire post surgical plan and can help with pain management.
