MIND BODY

FACE VALUE
Cosmetic medical center gets under your skin


Kelly Cirafice has not shaved her legs in five years.

That is because she underwent laser hair removal and now puts the time she saves in the shower every morning to better use.

As director of the Essentially Bare Cosmetic and Laser Clinic, Cirafice of Hingham, is an advocate for laser hair removal. She is also proof the procedure works. “I recommend any mother get their legs and underarms done. You don’t realize what a luxury it is until you don’t have to do it [shave] anymore,” Cirafice says.

Cirafice recently opened a second location in the new health and wellness center at the Weymouth Club. Now you can work out your body, fight the signs of aging, remove unwanted hair and treat spider veins all under the same roof. “It’s a nice fit for us to be here at the Weymouth Club. It’s one-stop shopping,” Cirafice says. Cirafice has had a location in Cambridge since 2000.

Essentially Bare is a medically based clinic with a dermatologist, Dr. Shala Asvadi, on staff to administer treatments like medical grade chemical peels and filler injections. Cirafice’s speciality is the laser treatments. The clinic specializes in skin checks, rosacea, spider veins, acne, age and sun spot removal, hair removal, photorejuvenation, microdermabrasion, Botox, Restylane.

Cirafice stresses Essentially Bare is not your typical day spa. If you want “glow” and “dewy” Cirafice points clients toward the spa. “Spas are great for maintenance and keeping skin healthy,” she says. “Essentially Bare is more results-oriented. The treatments we do are not relaxing.”

Some treatments are uncomfortable - but tolerable. Laser treatments, for example, feel like getting a tattoo - however, no needles are used. Cirafice says clients may not exactly “enjoy” their treatments, but “they love us after eight weeks.”

- Dana Barbuto
For Living Well

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