The hardware and the philosophy
A Sciton is a serious laser platform — BBL, Halo, SkinTyte, the resurfacing tools dermatologists fight over. By its own account, Pacific Coast Aesthetics in Aptos runs the only one in Santa Cruz County. That alone would make it worth a listing.
What makes it worth a profile is the choice to wrap that medical horsepower in yoga, mindfulness, and nutrition counseling — billed as the first holistic aesthetics center in the county. It is an unusual pairing, and a deliberate one: the idea that what you do to your skin and what you do to the rest of your life are not separate appointments.
Who runs it
Dr. Kendall is the medical director, with two physician assistants, April Umek, PA-C, and Audrey Sanfilippo, PA-C, doing the hands-on work. The menu runs from the Sciton lineup to truSculpt body contouring to DIVA. It is Aura Screened, which means the public-record checks came back clean before any of the above earned it a write-up.
If you are on the Central Coast and tired of choosing between a clinical practice and one that treats you like a whole person, this is the rare place not asking you to choose.
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