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Shelly and Mark Gutowski, owners of Boutique Out East Salon & Spa, are excited about giving customers the opportunity to use acoustic resonance technology during their facial treatments.
Sound Investment An East County spa now offers acoustic resonance therapy to its facial customers. The technology has shown to reduce stress and aid in sleep, among other health benefits.
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LAKEWOOD RANCH — One East County salon is hoping a $10,000 investment resonates with their clients. Boutique Out East Salon & Spa owners Mark and Shelly Gutowski recently unveiled a facial treatment bed that features acoustic resonance technology, providing an opportunity for what has been deemed as “sound healing.” As the sound of soothing music fills the facial treatment room, the heated ART bed actually picks up on the high and low frequencies in the music and vibrates the bed accordingly, thus creating a wholebody relaxation experience. Boutique Out East clients getting facial treatments can lie in the bed while enjoying their facial treatments. “You’re not only hearing the music, but you are feeling the acoustic sound resonance,” Mark Gutowski says, noting the bed has a 4-inch thick memory foam mattress. “It is the only one of its kind in the state of Florida. “We don’t charge a fee to lie in this bed (like many other salons),” he says. “This (bed) is used to enhance the facial experience.” Vibrations — which can be felt from head to toe — intensify as the volume of the music increases, and also as the body relaxes and is better able to feel the sensation, Mark Gutowski says. So Sound Solutions, the Colorado-based manufacturer that custom-built the bed for the Gutowskis, states acoustic resonance
technology provides health benefits, including relaxation and pain reduction. It also promotes the technology’s ability to help individuals with insomnia and chronic fatigue, autism, attention deficit disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and more. In 2001, NASA-funded scientists even used a similar technology — a vibrating plate on which individuals could stand — to combat bone density loss in astronauts sent on long-term space missions. Astronauts were experiencing significant bone and muscle atrophy, despite vigorous exercise regimens using devices that used springs, elastic and harnesses to mimic body weight and provide resistance. Mark Gutowski says he believes the ART bed’s greatest advantage is reducing stress, which, overall, allows the body to better ward off illness and to heal more quickly. The Gutowskis are the first to admit that after a long or stressful day at work, lying on the ART bed for a few minutes proves to be a near-instant stress reliever. Boutique Out East esthetician Michelle Salem agreed, noting most of many of her customers have started falling asleep during their facials since getting the bed. “Facials are relaxing, but it’s not typical for people to fall asleep,” she says. “It’s truly that stage 1 sleep (they are going into).” Boutique Out East Salon & Spa’s ART bed arrived in early November. For more information, visit www. boutiqueouteast.com. Contact Pam Eubanks at peubanks@ yourobserver.com.
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