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Though Dallas has no dearth of spa options, three new arrivals each offer something special.

JUST SAY SPA

At the Ritz-Carlton Dallas, a sense of well-being enfolds you like a fluffy robe the moment you step off the elevator and into the second-floor spa, 12,000 square feet of world-class stress relief. Only-in-Dallas options include the Texas Eight-Hand Massage and Dean’s (as in Fearing) Margarita Salt Glow. But the ayurveda-inspired Shirodhara Journey, in which a continuous stream of warmed sesame oil flows onto your forehead and into your hair, transports you much, much farther, just this side of nirvana. We also couldn’t resist an Intraceuticals Oxygen Infusion treatment, which the technician explained pumps vitamins, low-weight hyaluronic acid and antioxidants into the skin via “topical hyperbaric oxygen technology.” The midsession reveal — treated side rosy, plump and lifted; untreated side not so much — instantly explained why Madonna has a system in each of her three homes and gets a 30-minute infusion before each performance. The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas Spa, 2121 McKinney Ave

The news at Mokara Salon & Spa, which opened just last month at the Omni Mandalay in Las Colinas, is that it’s No. 1 — the first in a series of full-service spas going into Omni Hotels across North America. What future locations won’t have is a reception room with a two-story glass window overlooking the Las Colinas canal. But they will share Mokara’s green-conscious finish-out (cork and bamboo flooring) and emphasis on sharing. “Unlike other spas that want you to find inner peace, we want you to find inner peace with a friend,” says spa director Victoria Nickle. Hence the cozy couples massage room and Mom & Me, Dad & Me mani-pedi offerings. Mokara Salon & Spa, Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas, 215 E. Las Colinas Blvd., Irving,

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Fans of Aveda Lifestyle Salons (Dallas fave Avalon just opened its fifth location, in Victory Park’s LFT) will no doubt enjoy more plant-and-flower-based pampering at Hiatus Spa and Retreat. Co-owners and self-described spa junkies Kristin Heaton and Sheila Garrison offer a membership system, “so that going for a massage or facial isn’t viewed as a luxury, but maintenance, like belonging to a health club or yoga studio,” says Heaton. H-circle members pay $49 to $69 to receive one core spa service each month. With approximately 4,700 available appointments each month, Heaton notes, “you can almost always call and get in that day.”

Hiatus Spa and Retreat, 5560 W. Lovers Lane, Suite 250

Hotel ZaZa

Ready for Reiki?.

“You may hear me flick my fingers or clap my hands after I finish an area,” says Manonne Fontainne to the skeptical client (me) lying face-up on a massage table at Hotel ZaZa’s ZaSpa. “You may feel a tingling on the crown of your head or tip of your nose, or even a jolt.”

Fontainne, a petite blonde with a lilting accent I wrongly assumed to be French (she’s Hungarian), is a certified master of Reiki. The restorative technique, developed in the early 20th century by a Japanese Buddhist monk, is based on the principle of “universal life force energy,” which practitioners believe can be rebalanced by hovering their hands over different areas of a client’s body – a touchless massage. I’m skeptical, though pleasantly relaxed, until Fontainne’s hovering hands reach my left hip, at which point the top of my head feels a strong electric tingle. “Ahhh,” she breathes, almost as if the prickle were visible. After 50 minutes under her hands, I’m as relaxed as a cat sleeping in sunshine.

ZaSpa Reiki treatments, $130 for 50 minutes, $175 for 80 minutes

THE BEAUTY DOCTOR IS IN

Good skin care and good genes can only take you so far. That’s where aesthetic medicine comes in. “We’re not derms, and we’re not plastics. It’s really a brand-new field,” says Lynley McAnalley, whose practice near Preston Center gets a steady stream of shop owners, hairstylists and (yes) fashion editors. Board-certified in family medicine with 10 years’ E.R. experience, McAnalley now focuses strictly on aesthetics, with a micro-specialty in injectibles. The field’s tipping point, she says, was when Botox Cosmetic received FDA approval in 2001, followed by a wave of non-animal-based dermal fillers – Restylane, Radiesse, Sculptra et. al. – for restoring volume and smoothing creases and folds.

McAnalley isn’t the only hot doc to switch gears from traditional to aesthetic medicine, or whose name comes up among the chic who don’t mind sharing. Vinita Schroeder, board-certified in pediatrics and allergy and immunology, still sees allergy patients in her Park Cities clinic on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but devotes Mondays and Wednesdays to treatments such as IPL photofacials and mesolift skin rejuvenations. Jason Riehs gave up internal medicine to open Le Beau Visage in Frisco, overseeing a staff of three aestheticians and attracting clients ranging from chic suburbanites to heart-of-Dallas A-gays. Riehs administers all injectibles himself and proudly notes: “We’re ‘platinum status’ in both Botox and Restylane, which means we do a lot of it.”

The fact that all three docs are themselves gorgeous doesn’t hurt. Says one male McAnalley devotee, “I always tell her, ‘Do whatever you want, just make me look exactly like you.’ “

• Dr. Lynley K. McAnalley, Highland Park Aesthetic Medicine, 5917 Sherry Lane,

• Dr. Jason M. Riehs, Le Beau Visage Medical Spa, 3685 Preston Road, Suite 129, Frisco

• Dr. Vinita Schroeder, Park Cities Skin Care, 4119 Lomo Alto Drive

MIDAS TOUCH

Like everything else, facials are getting pricier. Twenty-year vet Renée Rouleau, who opens a by-appointment-only skin-care satellite at One Arts Plaza this month, has developed Synergy 7 – a facial that rolls seven anti-aging technologies and treatments into one hour-and-a-half session. Price? A cool $600, or $675 if Rouleau herself lays on hands. Meanwhile, Luxury on Lovers is one of the first salons in the country to offer the 24-Karat Gold Facial, a proprietary treatment pioneered by Japan-based UMO Inc. that incorporates actual gold leaf. Believers say gold’s anti-inflammatory properties help fine lines and reduce sun damage and pigmentation. But even if the $298 treatment is more shine than substance, you’ll still come away glowing.

• Renée Rouleau, 1722 Routh St., Ste. 113

• Luxury on Lovers, 4703 W. Lovers Lane

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