Friends of Dr. Coutin at the Feb. 5 Open House (from left): Shannon Burwell, Maggie Chappelear, Jamie Nguyen, Dr. Jeanette Coutin and Lisa Spoden. Photos by Patrick Korten
When Dr. Jeanette Coutin brought her Fontaine de Jeunesse medical spa to Great Falls in the summer of 2013, she was sure it would be a terrific location to offer services in the field of aesthetic medicine. She was right.
"People in Great Falls are very conscious of their health," she said. "They exercise, they eat well, and watch their weight."
Until a few years ago, aesthetic medicine usually meant surgical treatments such as liposuction and facelifts. But during the past decade, research brought a deeper understanding of how skin ages, and has led to development of non-surgical approaches that have quickly gained popularity.
"People don't want to be cut," Coutin noted. "Long recovery times and the risk of infection make surgery unacceptable to most people." But the newest non-invasive treatments for cellulite reduction, wrinkle reduction, skin tightening and stretch mark reduction can all be had in half an hour. All were on display for visitors at an open house at the spa on Feb. 5.
"You can do this at lunch time and go right back to work," Coutin said. Last month, Fontaine de Jeunesse became one of the first medical spas to install the new Venus Legacy machine, which utilizes multi-polar and magnetic pulse (MP)2 technology as well as Pulsed Electro Magnetic Fields (PEMF) and VariPulse (VP) technology.
The FDA-approved technology is constantly improving, Coutin said, and the new machine is the most sophisticated yet. "For people who want to lose weight, it's ideal because it enables us to tighten the skin as the pounds are taken off."
— Patrick Korten