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Beauty By Numbers
Their reputations as playgrounds for heiresses and trophy wives are long gone. With the democratization of spas comes puppy massages, showers with more heads than a Hindu god, and emporiums that span 20,000 square feet-but the goal of relaxation stays the same. From mud baths to seaweed wraps, we count the ways to indulge in the spa experience.
-PATRICIA TORTOLANIi
136 million: Estimated number of spa visits in the United States in 2003.
900: Estimated number of public baths in fifth-century Rome.
12,000: Estimated number of spas in the United States.
1638: Year the first sauna was built in North America by Finnish and Swedish immigrants.