Mayhem at the Med Spa

Med spas are popping up across the country. But do you know what’s really in those syringes and whether the person holding them is licensed?

By Amanda M. Fairbanks

On a sweet piece of East Hampton real estate next to SoulCycle and Carissa’s the Bakery—and just behind Sant Ambroeus, Staud, and Isabel Marant, is a med spa called The Beauty Edge. It offers everything an East Hampton resident would want if having an edge on beauty were the objective.

There’s the usual brow grooming, waxing, and facials, along with the cosmetic treatments that have become increasingly commonplace in med spas: Botox, Xeomin, and Daxxify to relax furrows; fillers to plump up lips and soften wrinkles; liquid rhinoplasty, something called a “vampire breast lift,” and IV drips to relieve hangovers or the blahs.