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Spas for Everyone

You don’t have to favor a complicated beauty routine or embrace the word “metrosexual” to visit a spa. Today, everyone from dad to the dog has a place on the table. 

Men
Gents Barbershop and Spa offers traditional striped-pole services such as haircuts, shoe shines and straight-razor shaves—plus facials, hair coloring, waxing, massages, manis and pedis—all aimed at a male, business-class clientele. Private rooms are supplied for many services and it’s close to Garden City. 1000 Chapel View Boulevard, Suite 136, Cranston, 401-654-4700, gentsbarbershopandspa.com.

Dogs
Peace Dog Canine Care Services offers in-home massages for dogs. It’s good for arthritis, hip dysplasia, general well-being and building trust, says owner Jessica Gonsalves Poyant, especially for owners who’ve just adopted from a shelter. An hour-long session costs $50. Canine massage training is $75. Minimal extra  fee for calls outside East Bay. Based in Bristol, 401-429-3647, peacedog.biz.

Teens
Breakouts are one of the plagues of the teenage years, and Invidia Salon and Spa has the answer: the Acne Control Facial. The $90, seventy-five-minute treatment— aimed at boys, girls or anyone of any age who is experiencing breakouts—includes skin assessment, deep pore cleansing and a medicated mask. 1050 East Main Road, Portsmouth, 401-682-1900, invidiasalonspa.com.

Expectant moms
Get a facial for your belly at Faces by Sienna Skin Studio to help fight stretch marks and itchiness (forty-five minutes, $75). And if that adorable bump is messing with your complexion, Sienna offers a Pregnancy Rebalancing Facial (seventy-five minutes, $70) using pregnancy-safe Basq products. Elizabeth Anthony Hair Salon, 518 Pontiac Avenue, Cranston, 401-263-1709, siennaskinstudio.com.

Couples
Lie side-by-side with your lover, or friend, or mother for that matter, for the two-person massage at Tranquil Waters Spa, Salon and Café just over the Massachusetts line. Customized massages can include lessons on doing it at home; or just nap, chat and enjoy. Prices start at $170. 1479 Fall River Avenue, Route 6, Seekonk, Mass., 508-336-6676, tranquilwatersspacafe.com.