The MedSpa Concept and Ology at Clarian North and West Medical Centers

A Hospital-Based Spa – Integrating East and West - The Ology Spa Concept at Clarian North and Clarian West Medical Centers

The past 10 years has seen a paradigm shift in plastic surgery with a large number of non-surgical office-based procedures for producing cosmetic changes. Botox, injectable fillers, LipoDissolve injections, light therapies, etc. have resulted in more office visits than any number of surgeries that could be performed. No longer is the plastic surgeon just a once-in-a-lifetime visit for simply having surgery. A visit to the plastic surgeon’s office today is done much more frequently…and usually not for surgery. This phenomenon, combined with an overall wellness or holistic approach to medicine, has created a unique opportunity to integrate or synergize all of these therapies and treatments in a single practice setting.

The fruition of these trends have come to fruition here in the Midwest by establishing the Ology Spa concept at the Clarian North Medical Center in Carmel, Indiana and Clarian West Medical Center in Avon, Indiana. (http://www.ologyspa.com) It is a hospital-based spa practice concept that provides comprehensive plastic surgery and medical skin care (western medicine) with massage therapy, acupuncture, and other ayurvedic therapies (eastern medicine). Besides combining these therapies, the facilities were placed in newly-built suburban hospitals in the Clarian Health System. (http://www.clarian.org/) The spa facilities were created, built, and treatment protocols established by expert Director, Andrea Bradley-Stutz, whose vision and tireless devotion to the concept are largely responsible for the wonderful facilities and services that we have today. With two locations in Avon (www.clarian.org/portal/ClarianWest) and one in Carmel (http://www.clariannorth.com/), Ology provides care and services to not only those communities but to a large radius extending both into the city and out to Indiana’s western and northern borders.

It has been a wonderful addition/integration to my plastic surgery practice. My patients can enjoy the tremendous skills of our medical aestheticians and massage therapists both before or after surgery, simply come in to relax and enjoy the soothing ayurvedic therapies, receive an organic manicure or pedicure, or receive acupuncture treatments for the treatment of chronic pain, to lose weight, or stop smoking. (http://www.indyacupuncture.com/) This is truly one stop shopping for all of your wellness and beauty needs!

Dr Barry Eppley
Http://www.eppleyplasticsurgery.com
http://ologyspa.com
Clarian North Medical Center, Carmel, Indiana
Clarian West Medical Center, Avon, Indiana
Indianapolis