Medical facilities are known for being rather sterile environments with bright white lights and shiny floors. While perhaps practical, these features do nothing to create a welcoming and calming space. Fortunately, medical spas have an opportunity to deviate from some of these traditionally medical-like features and create an environment that functions and feels more like a spa than a hospital.

If you’re planning to build a new MedSpa franchise location or transition a medical or retail space into a MedSpa, you’ll want to keep the following elements in mind so you can achieve the look, feel and functionality you’re going for to attract high-end clients while offering a high-end experience.

Designing Your MedSpa for an Elevated Experience

As you design your office and laser treatment rooms, you’ll need to consider the elevated experience you want to offer guests. This goes beyond just the pillows and paint you choose to accessorize with. It requires you to think through construction features that will impact the client experience in your MedSpa. Areas include:

• Climate control – The climate control needs of MedSpa franchises are more varied than other types of medical facilities due to the different types of treatments being performed. For example, laser treatment rooms must strike a delicate balance when it comes to room temperature. Getting the temperature “just right” often proves more challenging than one would think.

• Lighting – Lighting can be one of the trickiest things to get right in any home or business, and the challenges are further compounded in a medical spa environment. Too much light can make a treatment room feel blinding and sterile. Too little light can make it difficult to safely and accurately provide treatments.

• Treatment room functionality – Treatment rooms in MedSpas may service everything from facials to laser treatments, and the ambiance and needs of the room will differ depending on the services performed. One way to remain dynamic to client requests is to design your individual treatment rooms in a way that can accommodate multiple treatment options. 

• Reception area – In a MedSpa, your reception area can set the tone for the entire client experience. It’s important to consider any franchise requirements as well as structural and design features that may require behind-the-scenes work. For example, if you choose to showcase before and after photos of other clients or display monitors or light-supported graphics. These will all require electrical elements to support the design goals.

 Medical spa construction projects in South Florida present unique challenges and considerations. To ensure a seamless build, consider partnering with a construction consultant or owner’s representative to guide you through the project and help you save money. We can help. Contact our team at Seacoast Consulting Group to learn more.