Saratoga Business Journal
By Jill Nagy
HEBE Medical Spa will offer non-surgical medical treatments for face and skin. The facility is under construction at 28 Division Street in Saratoga Springs and expected to open in early July, according to co-owner and CEO Irina Damyanidu.
HEBE has medical spas in Fishkill and Latham.
Hebe, the company’s namesake, is the Greek goddess of eternal youth. Its treatments give the illusion of eternal youth with laser treatments, botox, facials, skin tightening, medical weight loss programs, hair restoration, and similar treatments.
Co-owner and medical director Dr. Zainad Ashraf is an internist also certified for cosmetic care. Known as “Dr. Z,” she administers injectables, laser treatments, and other treatments that require medical certification.
She received her bachelor’s degree from Binghampton University and her medical degree from the Ross University School of Medicine in Dominica. She did a residency at Winthrop Hospital in Mineola, N.Y. She is an internist at Vassar Hospital in Poughkeepsie in addition to her spa work. Most of the rest of the current staff are nurses or licensed medical aestheticians.
Damyanidu plans to open the Saratoga facility with six employees and build up to 34. The building, when renovations are completed, will be “very beautiful, modern, Miami style, very high end,” she said.
Damyanidu founded the company in 2018 with the spa in Fishkill. The Latham site was added in 2021.
She has degrees in business and linguistics. In her native Bulgaria, she was a competitive swimmer and attended Wheeling Jesuit College on a swimming scholarship. Prior to getting into the medical spa business, she worked in banking.
Further information about the company, including a list of the treatments they administer, is on their website, thehebespa.com.