Iatria Day Spa Named Five-Star Beauty Destination

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Iatria Day Spa Named Five-Star Beauty Destination
Local Spa Recognized By NewBeauty Magazine

Raleigh, NC �NewBeauty Magazine has named Iatria Day Spa as a Five-Star Beauty Destination. NewBeauty awarded Iatria with this top designation for its creative atmosphere, unique services, advanced training options and outstanding customer service. The spa is medically oriented, specializing in such services as massages, facials, manicures, pedicures, body treatments, waxing, tinting, laser hair removal and spa day packages. The magazine, based in Boca Raton, Fla., is the first national beauty publication devoted exclusively to providing a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the latest advances in plastic surgery, dermatology and cosmetic dentistry, as well as revealing the best non-surgical beauty secrets and products. Iatria Day Spa will be featured in the magazine�s upcoming issue.

�We are thrilled to receive five stars from this nationally renowned beauty magazine,� said Erika Mangrum, President of Iatria Day Spa. �Iatria Day Spa provides consistent quality care and service and it is great to be recognized for this achievement.�

About Iatria Day Spa:

Erika Mangrum is the President of Iatria Day Spa, which specializes in such services as massages, facials, manicures, pedicures, body treatments, waxing, tinting, and spa day packages. Iatria Day Spa is associated with Dr. Angela Baylis, DC and Iatria Health Center which offer full service chiropractic and applied kinesiology health services under the supervision of qualified doctors who aid in a client�s total well being. The firm offers its own line of health and body care products, as well as Caleel+Hayden glō�minerals cosmetic line. Launchpad Magazine recently named Iatria Day Spa one of the Top 20 Day Spas in the country. The Triangle Business Journal�s 2005 Book of Lists named Iatria Day Spa one of the Top Women Owned Businesses in the Triangle. The firm is a two-time recipient of the Pinnacle Business Award for Steady Growth and Profitability in 2004 and 2005. In 2005, Iatria Day Spa was named Best Spa in western Wake County in The Cary News� yearly �Best of the West� poll. The company, which is in the process of developing an expansion model to become the first medically oriented day spa on the East Coast to offer an expansion model for prospective spa owners, has three locations, two in North Raleigh, and one in Cary. A fourth location will open shortly in Downtown Raleigh. For more information, please call (919) 870-1975 or visit the website at http://www.iatria.com.


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