For some reason, many men feel uncomfortable about the idea of going to spas. This is interesting because historically spas have always been much more for men than women. From Roman baths, through Turkish Hammams to Victorian barbershops, we have always been more likely to find spa-style health treatments and pampering for warrior men rather than women. Even as recently as the 50s and 60s, the man of the house took himself off for a hot steamy shave and moisturizing facial at the barbers, went on to his club for a massage, and then out into the city. Yet, in the not too distant past, spas were perceived as a place for woman to be pampered. Perhaps that concept started when Elizabeth Arden opening the first day spa/salon in the USA in 1910. It's surprising then that until recently, few men seem to see a spa as an extension of "the club", a place where they can retreat, bathe and be treated in the custom they deserve.
Fortunately, today that has all changed. Men have taken back their spas with a vengeance. The Men Only spas have become the new men’s club. A place where men are men, a place where men can watch sports, play pool, sweat out toxins, have their over worked muscles rubbed down, and their faces groomed with straight edge razors, while waxing, body treatments, and modern day microderm facials remove the signs of aging.
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