Your first visit
Four steps, from booking to the dry.
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Step 1: Book your visit
Book a 90-minute session or the 20-minute scalp check online, or call us. Tell us if you'd like a particular therapist, or the quietest room.
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Step 2: What to bring
Nothing but yourself. Tell us about any scalp condition, allergy or medicine, and anything a doctor has said about your head or neck.
Any scalp or skin conditions
Allergies to oils, scents or hair products
A hair tie, if you'll want your hair up afterward
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Step 3: When you arrive
Come ten minutes early to check in and change into a robe if you like. Metered street parking on Lemoine Avenue and a garage on Main Street are a short walk away.
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Step 4: What to expect
Your therapist starts with the scalp check, then the cleanse, the massage, the rinse and the dry. They ask about pressure at the start and again halfway, and stop whenever you say.
When you arrive
A front desk, a table of tulips and a quiet hall
Check in, and we take you through.
The desk is at the front, and the rooms are behind a door. You can leave your coat and bag at the desk, and a robe is waiting if you want one.
Arrive ten minutes early
A robe and a locker for your bag
Tea, if you'd like it afterward
Before you book
Who should ask a doctor first
A head spa is a cleanse and a massage, not a treatment. If any of these is true for you, ask your doctor before you book, and tell us when you do.
An open cut, sore or rash on your scalp
We don't massage over broken skin. Wait until it has healed, or until your doctor says it is fine.
A scalp condition under a doctor's care
Ask whether massage, warm water and steam suit it. We follow what your doctor tells you.
Recent surgery on your head, neck or back
Lying back at the basin and a firm neck massage may not suit you yet.
Neck, spine or blood pressure concerns
The chair is reclined and the steam is warm. Both are worth asking about.
Pregnancy
Many people book while pregnant. Ask your doctor first, and we will adjust the chair and the steam.
Allergies to oils, scents or hair products
Tell us when you book. We can use plain warm water and an unscented cleanse.
Book your first session
Ninety minutes is where we suggest new clients start.