Suburban Life - Central Bucks/Montgomery - Issue #2 (February 2021)

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SL_PROFILE_LaMaison_0221_Layout 1 2 / 22 / 21 1 : 13 PM Page 1 by LEIGH STUART photography by NINA LEA PHOTOGRAPHY D PROFILE | Victoria Rappaport sees the inherent beauty in the world around her . This proclivity has served her well in the course of her 20 - plus - year career as a licensed medical aesthetician , master aesthetician , laser safety officer , and permanent cosmetics artist . Rappaport got her start in the aesthetics field while working for a family medicine practice . Inspired by the life - changing work of a derma - tologist who visited the office several times a month , and spurred forward by her desire to treat patients outside of the traditional healthcare model , she pursued studies in skin care and permanent cosmetics . She then began assisting the visiting dermatologist with patients and was , simply , “ hooked . ” Her passion for helping patients has only intensified in the years since . She steadily accrued extensive experience managing and leading medical spas , and these experiences informed her as she made overtures to open a medical spa of her own : La Maison House of Aesthetics , which she co - founded with Jon Peet , M.D . , who serves as medical director . Their goal : to offer a host of noninvasive and minimally invasive pro - cedures as a way to promote confidence in men and women . “ Opening my own spa has been my dream since I learned aesthetics , ” Rappaport says . “ We are not an ordinary spa . We are about wellness for both women and men . ” One such treatment includes an innovative therapy known as PRP , short for platelet - rich Seeing plasma . Designed to utilize the body’s inherent restorative capabilities , PRP incorporates throm - bocytes that have been separated out of the patient’s own blood and injected into areas where rejuvenation is desired . Rappaport , who worked previously in a hair loss surgery center , has seen firsthand the emotional Beauty All toll that hair loss can take on men and women alike . That’s why La Maison offers PRP microneedling sessions for the scalp . During such sessions , PRP is injected at points where hair regrowth is desired ; optimal results require a series of these sessions . Around La Maison also offers PRP for skin rejuvenation and a procedure with an intimidating name : the “ Vampire Facial . ” While this treatment may sound As co - founder of La Maison House of scary , it is simply microneedling of the patient’s Aesthetics in Newtown , Victoria Rappaport own harvested platelets into the face with the goal of achieving healthy , fresh - looking skin . inspires confidence and promotes wellness Additional nonsurgical procedures offered will include a nonsurgical “ face - lift ” package for men and women alike . ( consisting of Botox , a filler such as Juvéderm , SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM FEBRUARY 2021 20 |

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SL_PROFILE_LaMaison_0221_Layout 1 2 / 22 / 21 10 : 52 AM Page 2 throughout the spa , ” Rappaport explains . them good with clients . I look for friendly , and a thread lift ) , post - face - lift treatments , “ All hard surfaces , including countertops , compassionate team members who are peels ( both chemical and nonchemical ) , and workstations , door handles , furniture , phones , eager to learn new things . The field of aes - injectable and / or filler replacement treatments and anything the patient may have touched , thetics / plastic surgery / dermatology is con - featuring products such as Botox , Juvéderm , will be thoroughly cleaned before each new stantly evolving , and there are always new Voluma , and Restylane . In addition , a Halo client is seen . Communal areas will have and fascinating treatments for skin conditions , laser enables staff to perform a number of restricted access , and social distancing will cancers , and so much more . If you don’t rejuvenation procedures . be enforced . Plexiglas safety shields will be love to learn , you will never stay up to date “ The Halo is like a nonsurgical face - utilized . All employees have been given a on what is current . ” lift , ” Rappaport explains . “ This can be per - copy of La Maison COVID - 19 spa protocols Her business partner , Dr . Peet , embodies formed with PRP for amazing results that that include proper handwashing techniques , all these traits and more . She describes him last a year or more , depending on the con - even though they are instructed to wear as “ a very talented physician and surgeon , as dition of your skin . ” gloves for every procedure . ” well as just a nice person . ” Other treatment options include laser Likewise , La Maison will embrace the skin tightening , treatments to remove sun current trend toward telemedicine . Specialists No Ordinary Time damage , and injections to dull and / or remove will be available for online consultations as It’s worth noting that this is no ordinary time the appearance of spider veins . La Maison well as traditional in - person visits . to open a business . As a pandemic continues will also offer body - contouring services , “ We take disinfection and sanitation to affect the globe , business owners must including a newly introduced technology classes in school and , of course , practice in reinvent classic models in order to accom - known as the Phantom , which Rappaport a medical office , but the current situation modate demand and keep consumers safe . says can “ take you down a size but can also takes everything to a whole new level , ” Rappaport and her team have made patient lead to positive lifestyle changes . ” Lastly , Rappaport says . “ We are all now specially safety their No . 1 priority . the med spa will offer vaginal rejuvenation trained in a higher level to prevent transmis - “ Our employees will wear disposable treatments for women with mild vaginal sion and exposure from employee to client PPE , we will be using CDC - recommended laxity , orgasmic disorder , or an undesirable and vice versa . ” disinfectant and cleaners , including bleach , vulvar appearance , as well as the so - called Yet , underneath all of the sanitization 70 percent isopropyl alcohol , Barbicide , and “ O - Shot ” for women who struggle with measures , PPE , and prevention protocols , Opti - Cide , and there will be hand sanitizer sexual dysfunction . there lies a human heart to La Maison . Above At La Maison , the quality all , Rappaport offers this : “ Having a patient of the staff is just as important say they have more confidence now , or that as the array of treatment options . they love their skin , is the most rewarding While each team member ? part of my career . ” brings his or her own talents to the operation , Rappaport says that qualities she praises in her employees include warmth , LA MAISON HOUSE D intelligence , and a commitment OF AESTHETICS to self - improvement . 250 - 254 N . Sycamore Street “ Anyone can go to school , Newtown , PA 18940 but that doesn’t make that ( 215 ) 880 - 8469 person a team player , ” she lamaisonnewtown.com adds . “ And that doesn’t make SUBURBANLIFEMAGAZINE.COM FEBRUARY 2021 | 21

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