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April 24, 2018
Melasma is dark patches on the skin that look like islands not freckles. Melasma can be extremely challenging to manage and control. If you suffer from melasma, here are a few tips about treating it and what to expect. Melasma […]
April 19, 2018
We see a client with concerns years ago and then they reemerge again. Same concerns but only worse. Same feelings about themselves but only worse. Still not acting on any of the choices they were given years ago. Sometimes this […]
April 11, 2018
There is a fortress of products out there promising to rejuvenate the skin. Among all of this skin care chaos, one skin care product stands out, Retin-A. Retin-A is a well known name and this skin care prescription product has […]
April 5, 2018
Some street talk and rumors about filler could go like this: Don’t get filler because you’ll look fake and unnatural. Filler will be a huge commitment and if you stop, you’ll look worse after. Try to find the best deal […]
April 3, 2018
We have seen the “skin care eye roll” before during that moment when we talk to some doubtful clients about getting on board with our medical grade skin care. Some people can have serious reservations about believing in skin care […]
March 26, 2018
There are so many options for looking refreshed and revived!! Compared to twenty years ago, we have tons of devices and technology to choose from. The good news is that we stay on top of it FOR you. You don’t […]
March 20, 2018
Skin tightening is trending now. The minute technology came out to tighten skin, clients were excited. Over the years, skin tightening has evolved tremendously. Charmed Medispa has stayed on top of all the changes and are happy to share some […]
March 13, 2018
We bet you have tried loads of different products. Your cabinet in your bathroom is full of “hope” in a jar that you used but stopped using. You have googled skin care and maybe even made a purchase from Amazon […]
March 12, 2018
Delaware is a small community. It seems like everyone knows everyone here. Jane knows Jean who knows Jackie and Jackie knows Jane’s sister. You get it. Small world and plenty of word of mouth. We are honored to get messages […]
March 6, 2018
Are you looking for a wow result in skin care in a short amount of time? Are you getting ready for a wedding or special event? Charmed Medispa has options galore to get your skin radiant and glowing in no […]
March 1, 2018
Is your face greasy and oily all the time? Do you have to blot your face by lunch? Do you think your pores are the size of the Grand Canyon? You are not alone. Club Oil Factory is packed with […]
February 26, 2018
Is your skin bored? Do you ever think your skin and facial features are rapidly changing for the worse? Like one year you were “good” and the next year your face is “melting”. We hear about these fast paced […]
February 26, 2018
This before and after photo is a perfect example of how much wrinkles and lines can be improved with Dysport. Dysport is the Botox alternative and used all around the world and was approved for use in the United States […]
February 21, 2018
We have clients come in all the time thinking that Botox (or Dysport) does everything on the face from creases to folds to lines, Botox must be the answer. In reality, Botox has many uses but dermal filler is often […]
February 19, 2018
The most beautiful goal you can get to and our main goal is to have you forget that you ever had concerns. It does happen! The client with deep wrinkles and folds can eventually forget about them. The client with […]
February 13, 2018
She decided to say yes to the solutions! Here is a great example of profound redness and rosecea that has been improved in two weeks on Charmed Medispa’s skin care program. Two weeks! In addition, she had Dysport (which is […]
February 7, 2018
We wish you could see Charmed Medispa’s arsenal of weapons of destruction against sun damage, wrinkles and lackluster skin. You would never want to leave our office. You can achieve beautiful, healthy, vibrant skin. But in order to have the […]
January 31, 2018
Behind every profession, there are behind the scenes information you should know and we would like to share a few medical spa industry tips for your awareness. Not everything “new” is awesome. New products, new technology, new way to do […]
January 23, 2018
What exactly is “porexic”? It is an obsession over pore size and from our view point and history with thousands of clients, lots of people are porexic. Truly obsessed. With. Their. Pores. You know who you are and your friends […]
January 16, 2018
We all know that you only live once. Fact. But are you living like you only live once? At Charmed Medispa, we don’t believe that it’s vanity to take care of the concerns you have. We believe that it’s absolutely […]
January 11, 2018
These days with the abundance of filters on every phone camera and applications like Snap Chat people can instantly enhance their facial features. In fact, they can look instantly flawless. Then they post their photos of unrealistic flawlessness and people […]
January 8, 2018
Here is a beautiful 5 star review. We are honored. Charmed Medispa serves this community with pride! If you are trying to decide about an aesthetic provider, we have a few important tips about your decision making. Take a look […]
January 2, 2018
Welcome 2018. We find ourselves faced again with making goals, resolutions and forecasting for our future. If we polled 100 women and men, almost all of them would rank being healthy and taking care of themselves as a high priority. […]
December 28, 2017
If you look at these beautiful results from our expert injector at Charmed Medipsa, the answer to whether or not you should try Botox (or Dysport) is yes, of course. I mean, talk about fabulous results for this stunning lady. […]
December 20, 2017
One day you don’t have it and the next day, it seems like it magically appears. Welcome to The Waddle Years. That flap of skin that hangs every so annoyingly from the chin. The flap that you are very aware […]
December 13, 2017
Looking left to right in this photo, you can see the facial decent, sagging, jowls and wrinkles that appear over time when someone does not do anything to decelerate the process that occurs during aging. We can celebrate that now […]
December 7, 2017
We can…. Lift. Thank you, heaven! Finally we have remarkable skin lifting treatments without surgery including Exilis Ultra, dermal fillers and Sculptra to name a few. We can lift the face and even the body. Sculpt. When the face is […]
December 4, 2017
Does your skin flush and turn red? Do you notice broken capillaries? Do you “react” to products or things you try on your face? If so, we have amazing, better than ever, solutions. Broken capillaries, redness and rosecea can all […]
November 28, 2017
Almost everyone over time will get a depression under the eye that makes the under eye area appear darker, hollow and sunken in. This appearance makes people look tired even when they are not. Most people think this is a […]
November 21, 2017
No one likes shaving every day. Have you ever heard anyone say how delightful it is to spend time shaving or deal with razor nicks or cuts? Some people actually have inflammation of the hair follicules after shaving that leaves […]
November 20, 2017
Want to know what has the biggest impact on your appearance that a medical spa offers? Hands down it is skin care. Why? Because overall when you look brighter with less sun spots and wrinkles, you just look more refreshed than […]
November 14, 2017
Lots of clients have lines on their forehead and request Botox or Dysport to soften the lines and smooth the skin. At Charmed Medispa, about 20% or more clients are NOT a good candidate for Botox or Dysport to the […]
November 8, 2017
Do you have any beautiful and alluring product that you have used and it didn’t work they way you thought it would? Want to know why? Here are some reasons that the skin care products you have are not doing […]
November 1, 2017
Don’t forget about the chest area and decolletage. Sometimes we see brilliant and clear skin on the face and then a severely sun damaged chest and decolletage. At Charmed Medispa, we encourage you to focus on the face, neck and […]
October 27, 2017
Chemical peels have been around for more than 20 years and we were there when it happened. They used to come in a foil lined packet and you ripped it open, applied it and that was it. Sometimes you neutralized […]
October 26, 2017
For many people who have decided to do surgery or injectables like dermal fillers or Sculptra, they worry about getting bruises and healing. In fact, we get the question all the time. How much will I bruise after Restylane or […]
October 23, 2017
We get asked all the time things like: “How bad will I peel?” or “Will I bruise?”. We are also told things like: “I can’t have any swelling or bruising” or “I just can’t go to work with my skin […]
October 19, 2017
Raise your hand if you want your face, neck or body tighter? Literally, all hands went up! The skin is an organ that is often neglected. Over time, it looses it’s fit on your face and body and starts to […]
October 17, 2017
We understand you could be very nervous about entertaining having “something done” to your face? What if…..? Charmed Medispa wants to assure you that you can feel safe, advocated for and lead in the right direction under our guidance. We […]
October 12, 2017
You want to know how to get the results you want with Botox and Dysport and to make it last as long as it should? Here are the key points for successful results with Botox or Dysport: The right sites […]
October 11, 2017
Any of these before and after photos look fake or done? Any work on our web site that looks “weird”? At Charmed Medispa, we are the AMBASSADORS of promoting safe and natural results. Dermal filler is an exceptional option for […]
October 6, 2017
Guess what didn’t happen to Shae’s face? Sagging. Sun damage. Wrinkles. Etched Lines. Bags under her eyes. Cancerous lesions. RBF. Jowls. Hooding of her eyelids. Small deflated lips. BECAUSE….she decided to take care of her skin, enhance her facial volume […]
September 28, 2017
Tight. Everyone wants their body and face “tight”. Firmer. Lifted. Tighter. Thankfully, there are options to tighten any area of the body and face without having surgery. Let us break it down for you. Medical Grade Skin Care: A MUST. […]
September 25, 2017
Do you know how life can get more simplified? Laser hair removal! We spend a tremendous amount of time removing hair by shaving and waxing (not to mention the long-term expense of waxing). Did you know in 6-8 sessions of […]
September 20, 2017
Did you know that you can’t get healthy skin with a treatment? It’s impossible. You can LOOK better with a treatment but if you took a biopsy of your skin or watched it “grow” again, it would still be making […]
September 14, 2017
If you have a concern on your face and want it make better, guess what? Do it. This result of her eye area looks like a thousand dollar result but frankly, it costs about $200-240 total to treat the crow’s […]
September 11, 2017
“I just want to grow old gracefully.” What exactly does that mean? You embrace getting older, right? Why can’t you embrace getting older but take great care of yourself in the process to look your best? Can you look […]
September 5, 2017
Pressing the brows together can eventually cause a crease in the skin. After years of moving the brows in this fashion, the crease can actually stay and be there when you are not moving. The crease often makes clients look […]
August 29, 2017
I have to admit that I still get perplexed every single time I have a client come in for their post summer “please-fix-my-face-from-summer” consultation and they tell me they stopped using their skin care regime during the summer!!! Why?! That is […]
August 28, 2017
On any person above age 40, it is not uncommon to have lip lines (even if you are not a smoker). Lip lines are simply from talking and moving your mouth in an inward fashion. Over time, fine and deep […]
August 25, 2017
Lip filler has a lot of rumors going round! Some rumors are that you will look like a duck after treatment and look “filled”. The reality about lip filler is that YOU WILL WANT MORE! Never less. One syringe of […]
August 22, 2017
Shae Ryan is not your typical aesthetician. Shae is not your typical person, either. Shae was born with the innate talent to manage skin conditions and we can only call what she does “miraculous”. Shae has a passion for skin […]
August 11, 2017
Imagine the amount of time you spend shaving your legs, your under arms, your bikini and sometimes even your female facial hair? Here are some astonishing statistics from www.statisticsbrain.com: Average amount of times a woman shaves each month 12 Average […]
August 3, 2017
Do you know who is constantly looking at what are the best products for each skin condition? We are at Charmed Medispa. We have four internal skin care trials taking place right now. Because seeing the results ourselves is what […]
August 1, 2017
First, let’s get a round of applause for THIS result. The jaw and chin line are more refined and the neck is tighter, firmer and less saggy. All of these results on the face and neck were accomplished without surgery. […]
July 28, 2017
Got your attention, right? Trust us when we encourage you not to forget about your decolletage and chest area. With very simple and no downtime treatments, you can vamp up your skin, remove excess pigmentation, sunspots and liver spots and […]
July 24, 2017
Healthy skin is smooth, firm/tight, hydrated, even colored, and strong! That seems easy enough right?! But who has skin that is all of those things? This is what clients ask for when they come to us. Yet they come with a […]
July 13, 2017
What do you value most? What is the meaning of a successful treatment for you? Most individuals would proclaim that the biggest concern for them is getting the desired outcome from their treatments here at Charmed Medispa. A successful treatment […]
July 10, 2017
At Charmed Medipsa, you can decide how to treat yourself and what you want to “save” on. We have a beautiful program called Charmed Rewards and it works like this. Every time you have a service done, you are given […]
July 6, 2017
Healthy. You hear that word all the time. Healthy heart. Healthy lungs and even, healthy mind. But what exactly is healthy skin? What does that mean? First of all, your skin is complex. It’s like a machine with gears and […]
June 26, 2017
All women know about the wrinkles and crinkly skin that occurs on the decolletage and cleavage area. The decolletage gets a ton of sun exposure and then in the later 30’s and early 40’s starts to show signs of deeper […]
June 21, 2017
Your face right now, if it is sagging and feels neglected, is dreaming about Charmed Medispa. You can smile. We are like Disneyland for your face and body needs! And your face knows it and wants to come see […]
June 14, 2017
If you have been Charmed Medispa for a consult, you probably left the consult saying “that’s a ton of information”. If you came for simple concerns of a few wrinkles, there was most likely four or five options for treatment […]
June 8, 2017
It is fascinating that there are two phenomenons going on right now with mothers and daughters. The classic teaching is that the mother is teaching the daughter the principals of exceptional skin care. The second, and growing phenomenon, is the […]
June 6, 2017
Twenty years ago, you had two choices. You could get older and have surgery with significant downtime procedures (like your face burned or cut) or have nothing. Facelift, CO2 laser, eyelid lifts, brow lifts and neck lifts were the options […]
May 22, 2017
I think we all know that we should be wearing a sunscreen every single day of the year….even though many of us don’t (shame shame shame!)! But do many of us know what we really need our sunscreen to be […]
May 15, 2017
Easy and impressive. The words in reference to skin tightening usually do not go together! You don’t have to choose anymore. It used to be that if it was easy, the results were bland. Likewise, if the results were impressive, […]
May 5, 2017
Who doesn’t want the skin around their eyes to be tighter and firmer?! Silly question right?! We buy creams and potions (some of which actually help some). We watch all the latest makeup tricks on YouTube trying to give the […]
May 1, 2017
Every woman knows that the eyes speak. We can look angry or ecstatic with our eyes alone. We can give away our feelings with our eyes. Just ask our husbands and significant others! The eyes are a very common place […]
April 20, 2017
Do you want to break up with your jowls? Well, if you do, imagine all the possibilities of a GREAT relationship with your face after you do! You can have a jowl, sun damage and wrinkle divorce party! Jowls. I […]
April 6, 2017
Jane Fonda is 79! Seventy-nine!!! We are in awe. She looks amazing! And most importantly, she looks natural. She certainly doesn’t look 79. Gone are the days! Enter in, successful aging strategies! So what has Christie Brinkley done to her […]
April 3, 2017
Staying ON TOP of the aesthetic industry is no easy task. The platform of non-surgical options is ever changing. The technology is improving (faster than cell phones). The products are evolving. The way to use the technologies in combination is […]
March 28, 2017
Yes, I said it. I thought about a few analogies that might fit but this heading fits the best. Save the deals for toilet paper and cat litter. When it comes it doing it right, do not compromise your face. […]
March 21, 2017
Best advice for everyone….. don’t wait until you hit the “OMG, what happened to me?” phase of sun damage, etched wrinkles, precancerous lesions and blah skin to start a “refreshment” program. Here is a perfect example of an exceptionally beautiful […]
March 13, 2017
Loraine and Shae have been doing medical spa services for a combined 25+ years and what we wanted MOST is to be the best in the industry. The best injector and the best skin care professional with one very important […]
March 10, 2017
For everyone who has Fear Of Filler (not many of you left), here is an awesome fact. Filler can be completely dissolved. You put the dissolving agent into it and within a day, the filler is gone. This includes fillers […]
March 2, 2017
Like everyone else, you want tighter skin. Perhaps in the tush, the face or the arms but we are sure you can think of an area that you pull back and like how it looks. Thankfully, we are solutions! Exilis […]
February 27, 2017
Let’s get a few things straight. Is the mic on? Can you hear us in the back row? Okay, now. Number one: We say “no” a good amount. Number two: That alone is awesome and fundamental to an exceptional practice. […]
February 24, 2017
Trust us on this, you should not be the one deciding which technology, laser versus microneedling, is right for you. Laser is more powerful and can have many settings from mild, moderate to deep as well as technician things like […]
February 15, 2017
“I can’t believe you are 65!!!”. “Your skin is amazing!”. “What do you do to stay so young looking?” These are the statements and questions that this client receives all the time. Look at the improvement in the skin, […]
February 8, 2017
You know when your sitting on the beach or maybe in the gym or even just doing your morning facial skin care routine and you notice how aged your decollete (chest area) is?! We wonder why that skin looks so […]
February 6, 2017
If only we could stop that misconception that filler makes you look filled (this question comes up often!). If only we could all adopt the appropriate thought that filler is like using a little spackle on the face. You know […]
January 31, 2017
It’s not uncommon that clients are overwhelmed by the choices they have and are not sure “what to do next”. We admit there are lots of choices these days and we are proud that we offer the right solutions. We […]
January 29, 2017
Winter is here in all its cold, windy, and dry fury! For some people their skin is rosy (those super lucky, blessed by the skin Gods people) and for others their skin can feel extremely dry, dehydrated, and flaky. What […]
January 18, 2017
Most people are nervous when it comes to having a chemical because they think it will have long down time or hurt, but this just isn’t true (anymore). Our peels are all customized to your specific skin needs and concerns […]
January 16, 2017
We are not surprised when a new client tells us that they are using numerous products and they are not getting the results that they want. They often purchased the products at a department store or drug store or sometimes […]
January 9, 2017
How cute some people think when they see freckles on a child? Some adults even like their freckles because they believe it makes them look younger. But here’s the truth. The sad truth. Freckles are being made to protect the […]
January 4, 2017
This beautiful lady has melasma. Melasma is a condition where she makes excess pigmentation that look like islands of darkness and are not freckles. Melasma can be induced by sun exposure, heat and hormones. Some notice melasma after childbirth or […]
January 3, 2017
Almost two decades ago there was very few choices in the non-surgical world. There wasn’t even the term “medical spa”. The term medical spa and medispa came about as the market grew with choices to enhance your features without having […]
November 28, 2016
This is some of our clients feedback and quotes. It happens every day that we hear about the positive impact treatments, skin care and good advice has made in how they feel about themselves. Charmed Medispa believes that how you […]
November 22, 2016
Dry, cold air. It changes the way the skin behaves and looks. Your skin may not be as happy as the summer where you have humidity. Believe it or not, more aggressive skin care programs are better tolerated in the […]
November 17, 2016
Your experience matters. How we make you feel (not just look) matters. Being kind matters. Honesty matters. Integrity matters. A beautiful word to wrap up what we do here is to Charm. We do our best to make you […]
November 16, 2016
Why would any company spend millions of dollars to update the way their product is delivered? One main reason is because of counterfeiting! Galderma has released a newly designed syringe with a tamper-proof seal for their popular dermal filler product, […]
November 2, 2016
We haven’t met anyone past the age of 40 who says “My skin is so tight. Please don’t make it tighter.” Skin starts to lose its snap back at about the age of 35. The jaw and chin line becomes […]
November 1, 2016
A fifty-two year old lady wants to have lifting of the marrionette and nasolabial folds (commonly called the parenthesis). The folds are moderately deep and she has never had anything done before and her consult provider tells her “you will do […]
October 24, 2016
Here is a great example of smoother and plumper lips! The after photo was taken immediately when she was done. Looks amazing! Think about lip injections like lash extensions. You walk in with short lashes and you walk […]
October 20, 2016
Everyone knows you can have Botox in the forehead, between the brows and the crow’s feet. But did you know that you can smooth the dimples in the chin called chin cobbling? Just a few units of Botox are needed […]
October 6, 2016
Even at 21-years-old, this beautiful lady was showing signs of photo-damage which she thought were just “freckles” and normal. In fact, freckles are a way of the body to make an umbrella of pigmentation to protect your skin underneath it. […]
October 4, 2016
From the get go, we wanted to set Charmed Medispa apart from the rest. Co-founders, Loraine Olson and Shae Ryan, thought of all the elements that were essential as well as all the elements within Charmed Medispa that would never […]
September 26, 2016
Are you considering a skin procedure such as a chemical peel this fall or winter? Scheduling tends to be one of the major considerations for most clients. The fall and winter are good times to opt for treatments that can help improve […]