Blue Halo Med Spa Helps Clients Put Their Best – and Most Confident – Foot Forward

Rhonda Hatfield originally dreamed of becoming a nurse. Her squeamish nature around blood and needles, however, derailed that plan.

“They kept picking me up off the floor and suggested that maybe I go into daycare instead,” says Hatfield with a chuckle. Initially, she worked in the corporate world before taking others’ advice and opening a daycare. Though she enjoyed the daycare industry, in 2015 she decided to once again switch gears and open Blue Halo Med Spa.

“It was a big leap from day care to this, but I’ve always loved taking care of people, and this industry is about caring for oneself,” says Hatfield, who got her aesthetician license and hired her instructor to help her run the spa.

Through the years their services have become more medical based. For instance, they offer injectable artistry, Hydrafacial, facials and chemical peels, platelet-rich plasma and fibrin therapy, laser and energy-Based therapies, and weight management/wellness. They also off PDO thread lifts, a procedure that instantly lifts loose skin on the face, neck and body.

Blue Halo Med Spa offers a breakthrough rejuvenation called NeoGen PSR (Halo plasma lift), which uses plasma to treat the whole architecture of the skin, reduce fine lines and wrinkles, and improve elasticity and scarring. The procedure can be one-and-done, or spread out across several sessions.

“We use different forms of energy to create a tightening effect,” Hatfield says. “We have a new device that uses plasma energy with radiofrequency. It’s not invasive and creates tightening, lifting and resurfacing on the skin to help people with sun damage, wrinkles and complexion.” She adds that it can even be put over the eyelids as a surgery-free option.

Blue Halo Med Spa recently opened a training division, and will soon launch a training academy that will offer both online and in-person training. Blue Halo is excited to announce they will soon be offering hormone replacement therapy as well.

One factor that sets Blue Halo Med Spa apart is that Medical Director Dr. Roberto Penne-Casanova, MD, is very involved in training, performing treatments and strategic planning for the business. Many medical directors in this space are not on-site at the practices they support on a weekly or even monthly basis.

Lately Hatfield has noticed that people are focusing more on their skin health as well as their overall health. “People are bothered by that wrinkle, or have become committed to losing those 10 pounds they put on,” she says. “Plus, people are now going out and socializing more, maybe starting to date again, and they want to look their best.”

Clients often gravitate to different services depending on the time of year. For instance, some of the laser therapies increase the skin’s sensitivity to the sun, so in the summer they might opt for injectables or body contouring – especially when they’re in the heart of swimsuit and wedding season. Hatfield has also found that clients seek certain services during transitional stages of life – for example, when they become empty nesters or retirees.

“I love what I’m doing; it’s not work to me,” says Hatfield, who relishes that fact that she’s giving people confidence. “People look at this as vanity sometimes, but our society places so much value on aesthetics, whether you’re in sales or out there dating for the first time in a while and you want to feel like you’re your best version of you. When you invest in your health you feel good, and that confidence changes life for the better.”

She shares the time when a customer came in during an open house and disclosed that three years earlier she’d had a brain tumor. Because a nerve was impaired, part of her face was sunken in, which made her self-conscious. She didn’t have the money to do as many fillers as she needed to fix the problem, so for three solid years she wore her hair over the affected part of her face to try and hide it. The doctor provided procedures that proved to be truly transformative for this woman. “What we do provides confidence that for some people may be minor, but for others is life changing,” says Hatfield. “That’s what I love about this business, that it can make people feel better in their own skin.”

In 2021 Hatfield moved to the company’s current Middletown location. Though she had considered opening an office in Lexington, only about 10% of her customer base came from that area. Ultimately, Middletown seemed like the ideal spot.

“We felt that would be a nice area that wasn’t completely over-served, enabling us to serve a greater part of Louisville,” says Hatfield. “Plus, we love Middletown.”

“Our family has had almost every kind of animal you can imagine, from horses to chickens, even a chameleon,” adds Hatfield, who is a bit of a chameleon herself as she dabbles in pottery and is currently learning to play the saxophone. When they are not busy growing businesses, the Hatfields love to travel to their favorite vacation spot – Tampa, Florida.

Hatfield is grateful for the Blue Halo team, and says that without their dedication to excellence, and the support and service to the community and customers, Blue Halo would not exist.