Medical Spas Offer Beauty On The Run, But Physicians Advise Choosing Carefully

Clients of Morphosis Rejuvenation Studio in San Jose can make a beauty pit stop to zap away acne, smooth pesky wrinkles and plump skinny lips -- all between shopping and grabbing a latte.

``We like to call them lunchtime treatments,'' says Linda Levenson, a nurse practitioner and founder of Morphosis at Santana Row. ``There's virtually no down time. You can get something done, put on your makeup, and go back to work. It's like running another errand.''

Medical spas such as Morphosis are a fast-emerging category in the spa industry and in aesthetic medicine, proliferating in shopping centers and strip malls in the Bay Area and across the country.

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