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Explore the skin care of the future.
If you’ve ever dreamed of customized skin care but assumed it was either impossible or too expensive, Michele Henry wants you to think again. Thanks to the power of artificial intelligence (AI), the future of aesthetics has arrived in Edina in the form of Lasérie. This isn’t Henry’s first foray into the world of beauty. She is also co-owner of Face Foundrié.
“Face Foundrié is an amazing place for your monthly treatments,” Henry says. “But we wanted to provide approachable and well-priced treatments one echelon up from Face Foundrié.”
Henry says that many of her Face Foundrié clients were asking for recommendations about advanced treatments, and it got her thinking about what she could bring to the table for her next venture. The result is Lasérie, a med spa featuring a bevy of injectables and laser treatments, many of which can be layered for maximum results. “We are using the best lasers in the world,” Henry says.
Lasérie offers advanced skin care services like Botox, Sculptra and more, but perhaps its biggest draw is the SmartSKN Robotic Mini Lab, which can analyze the skin and create a custom product on the spot. The state-of-the-art Muilli AI Dermascope takes high-resolution images of the skin magnified at 60x, pulling the results into an AI-powered database that is able to determine what the skin needs down to the nutrient level.
The SmartSKN robot formulates custom beauty products in real time. Photo: Paige Kendall
A bioimpedance sensor measures the skin’s oil and moisture levels. And together with the client’s responses to questions about skin care, concerns and lifestyle, the SmartSKN robot formulates a completely customized skin care product designed to respond to the skin’s current needs. Henry says Lasérie is the only med spa location to offer such a service. “We’re truly working off what your skin personally needs,” she says.
Henry says the analysis can be done repeatedly to track results over time. “The skin is our largest organ,” she says. “Skin changes with the seasons, and the needs change.” And when Henry says everybody, she means it. Keeping Lasérie’s price point at an affordable level for skin care is one of her highest priorities. “You shouldn’t have to choose between a vacation and skin care,” she says. “You should be able to have both.”
Since opening Lasérie last winter, Henry says she has been “surprised and excited” by client reactions to Lasérie, making the Edina location the first, but likely not the last. Her other venture, Face Foundrié, will have 53 locations open by the end of 2025. “We want to continue to grow,” Henry says. “I love pioneering new concepts. I like pushing the envelope and going above and beyond.”
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