Beauty Salons vs. Clinics: 3 Reasons to Consider Beauty Salons for Body Slimming in Dubai

Beauty enthusiasts in Dubai are always looking for the latest and best ways to enhance their looks. For some, the process starts with a simple manicure and pedicure, hair makeover, while for others, the search is for more advanced enhancements to their looks and will consider skincare, anti-aging treatments, and body slimming treatments. For more intense non-surgical cosmetic treatments, people will naturally look for and visit a dermatologist or plastic surgeon working in a clinic. However, not all anti-aging treatments are created equally - some can be done cheaper at a beauty salon or spa, many are not available at clinics, and more importantly, the beautification process is not a one-size-fits-all. 

In Dubai, the term 'beauty salon' is often used interchangeably with 'spa'. A spa is generally a place where you can get a massage, facial, manicure, pedicure, and other beauty treatments. Spas and related centers are often associated with the body-focused health and wellness industry, however, the fact of the matter is that specific beauty salons in Dubai are also licensed to provide body treatments when they are registered as a 'rehabilitation center’ and compliant with either Dubai Health Authority (DHA) Health Regulation Department for the Standards for Non Surgical Cosmetic Services, or Dubai Healthcare City Authority (DHCA) for Standards for Non Surgical Cosmetic Procedures.

It is important to note that there are specific non-surgical cosmetic procedures that can only be performed in clinics.Here is the full breakdown between the different cosmetic services and procedures provided at beauty salons and spas vs. clinics in Dubai.   

Reason #1: More affordable than clinics

Beauty salons and spas can be a great place to get your skin treatments done at a lower price. As many would understand, specialized healthcare professionals with more prestigious qualifications are in higher demand but also require bigger salaries. Consequently, this drives up the costs of beauty treatments provided in specialized centers and clinics that hire such specialists.

Reason #2: Diverse cosmetic treatment options

Moreover, beauty salons and spas should be considered as an alternative to clinics for some unique aesthetic procedures available only with them. Some unique salon or spa - specific treatments are dry cupping or hijama (wet cupping), a therapeutic treatment that enhances blood circulation, neck and shoulder pain, lumbago (lower backache) and sciatica (irritation to sciatic nerve). Other unique body slimming treatments include Arosha and Violet Body Slimming Wraps. 

Reason #3: Holistic approach to body slimming

Nowadays, more and more beauty salons and spas want to differentiate their services with a holistic approach to achieving a more desired result for their clients. Simply applying body treatments such as LPG is no longer seen as an effective solution by itself and supplementing it with some type of muscle defining and fat burning solution is also important. For example, some beauty salons in Dubai offer body slimming procedures such as Bodytone and Huber 360. Both solutions incorporate a type of exercise and body movements that helps burn fat, tone muscles, stimulate collagen and reduce cellulite. 

Here are the most popular beauty salons and spas providing standard beauty-salon related treatments, their own unique selling, non surgical cosmetic procedures as well as procedures found in clinics such as Lipomassage (LPG). Prices mentioned below are not definitive as salons and spas will provide lower prices based on bundled packages and membership discounts:  

Tips And Toes Beauty And Spa Centre

Tip and Toes has one of the most extensive networks of facilities around the UAE providing all the usual services for beauty and pampering such as: nail, hair removal, and makeup. At Al Barsha Branch, they also provide body treatments such as a 40 minute lipomassage (LPG) session, for 470 AED using their LPG Cellu M6 Alliance machine. This treatment is applicable to both lower and upper body.

The Contour Lounge Beauty Salon

This beauty salon provides a unique menu of services that is unmatched by other beauty salons in Dubai. Signature hydrafacials sessions from 30 to 75 minutes starting at 500 AED to 780 AED. The LPG Cellu M6 Alliance, 40 minute session will cost 400 AED. The most unique selling point of The Contour Lounge Beauty Salon, located in Dubai Motor City is their Huber 360 treatment. Developed by LPG systems, this is a multi axis motorized platform machine equipped with handle bars for the user to workout and help improve posture, balance, strength, endurance and range of motion. The Huber 360 session costs 300 AED for a 30 minute session and is designed to complement and enhance the results of lipomassage body treatments. 

Royal Retreat Beauty Center

Located in Jumeirah, Royal Retreat Beauty Center, along with the usual list of standardized beautifications for hair and nails, this center provides one of the latest technologies for body contouring and cellulite reduction with the help of the Velashape 2 device. Velashape is an FDA cleared non-invasive slimming treatment. Sessions start from 20 to 35 minutes for back, arms and buttocks areas and longer sessions of 40 to 45 minutes for stomach, legs and thighs. Pricing ranges from 300 AED to 1,000 AED a session. 

Belle Femme Beauty Salon

With over 21 years of servicing women’s beauty needs here in Dubai, Belle Femme Beauty Salon provides one of the biggest lists of cosmetic services available in both classical and signature forms. Everything from hair and nail styling treatment and maintenance, makeup, brows and lashes, tinting, threading, bleaching, waxing, baths and massages. The JBR branch provides a 60 minute Velashape session for 735 AED while the Arabian Ranches branch provides a unique muscle toning treatment using a device called Bodytone. One of only a handful of facilities providing this treatment in the Middle East, Bodytone is a horizontal and enclosed bike capsule that helps the user burn fat, and reduce cellulite under infrared lighting and collagen lamp. The Bodytone treatment will cost 1,500 AED for 10 sessions and the salon may provide an extra 2 free sessions.