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Elevate Your Self-Care Ritual

Restore your body, reset your soul

Every new year presents the opportunity to rethink personal goals and consider some new ones, like prioritizing self-care, health, and wellness.

The power of touch can transform, and there are few things as indulgent as a soothing massage. Satisfy that feeling at The NOW Massage, designed as an oasis to disconnect from the outside world and reconnect within with high-quality, customizable massage services. Their elevated aesthetic, inspired by exotic destinations around the world, boasts plenty of natural wood, sheep skins, cactus galleries, and synergistic grids, creating the ultimate Zen environment for stress relief, relaxation, and muscle recovery.

Massage therapists at The NOW Massage receive advanced training on the custom menu that goes far beyond traditional modalities, including the Swedish-inspired NOW signature relaxation massage, the HEALER, an energy-balancing massage designed to reduce stress, and the STRETCH, a sports-inspired recovery massage. Located in the heart of Green Valley at Coronado Canyons Shopping Center, they offer a wide variety of services, including Herbal Heat Therapy, Hemp Calm Balm, and Gua Sha, a traditional Chinese medicine technique using smooth rose quartz tools to target specific areas of the body.

Consistency is key to receiving the maximum benefits from massage therapy. The NOW’s Ritual Membership offers a bi-monthly self-care routine with packages that include savings on massages, roll-over credits, perks, and more. The NOW Boutique is stocked and offers the exclusive Gara Danielle Jewelry line. You can also purchase best-selling products like the NOURISH Refresh Eye Mask, Body Oil, and their signature Jasmine Coconut Candle to create a mini staycation at home.  

Over at Legacy Aesthetics, Medical Director Dr. Michael Shlaack brings more than 40 years of experience as a family doctor and emergency medicine specialist. He has seen numerous patients in urgent care with painful or unsatisfactory aesthetic treatments. Treating those patients led to the opening of the medical spa located at 105 North Pecos Road, Suite 120. The highly skilled medical staff provides natural-looking results in spacious private rooms that are non-invasive alternatives to plastic surgery. Choose from wrinkle relaxers, dermal fillers, radiofrequency (RF) micro-needling, as well as body contouring and cellulite treatments, all personalized to your beauty goals and body type.  

Founder Michael Stellmacher, PA-C, recommends Viora V-30, which has become the go-to procedure to smooth and tighten fine lines and wrinkles. To reposition sagging skin for a smoother texture and natural lift, PDO Threading uses absorbable medical sutures under the skin and has given rise to the emerging cat eye, V-line, and snatched jawline trends. To achieve a youthful appearance in the face, neck, and decolletage, RF Micro-needling combines radio frequency energy by improving skin texture, pore size, fine lines, acne scars, and stretch marks.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to get a mini arm lift without going under the scalpel? With a high-energy radial shockwave treatment that stimulates collagen production, reduces fat, and tightens loose skin, you’ll see results after only a few treatments. For a total-body transformation, consider EvolveX, a hands-free treatment to remodel skin, cellulite, and tone muscles with its innovative design of multiple technologies. Consultations are always complimentary.

Start the new year off right by choosing to focus on your health and wellness by elevating your self-care ritual and taking advantage of the latest technology available to look and feel your best.

Exceeding expectations, one patient at a time. - Dr. Michael Schlaak, Legacy Aesthetics

  • The NOW's Lauren Lanning, Jacob Lanning, Michael Schlazer, Christina Schlazer

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