Amid the hustle and bustle of La Jolla’s active community lies a relaxing refuge from the stress of everyday life. SK Sanctuary, located at 6919 La Jolla Blvd., provides a peaceful retreat and a full line of spa and medical services designed to make customers look beautiful and feel rejuvenated. The 7,000-square-foot facility, decorated with an inviting Tuscan theme, was built to be a haven from the rigors of daily life, said Lyn Tisdale Krant, SK Sanctuary’s chief operations officer. “We just really wanted it to be a retreat from the stress of the outside world, so we created this oasis. You really do feel like you are getting away when you walk in,” she said. The day spa was a natural extension of owner Dr. Stephen Krant’s 32-year cosmetic surgery practice. He opened the facility adjacent to his cosmetic surgery center, SK Clinic, 10 years ago to give his patients access to quality pre- and post-operative treatments that would aid in the healing process. Today, however, the spa’s popularity has grown so much that only about 30 percent of its customers visit as a result of procedures at the clinic, Krant said. The remaining 70 percent of customers indulge in the spa’s many aesthetic and medical-grade services. The spa features a full hair and nail salon, 12 treatment rooms for facials, massages and medical-grade services like injectables, chemical peels and cystic-acne treatments, and a laser center for hair removal and skin resurfacing procedures. The spa also carries a full range of cosmeceuticals — medical-grade cosmetic products like anti-aging serums and moisturizers that can only be sold at facilities that staff medical personnel. To book an appointment or get more information about a procedure or full-day getaway, contact the spa at (858) 459-2400, or visit their website at www.sk-sanctuary.com. Editors Note: SK Sanctuary and Stephen M. Krant, M.D., F.A.C.S. recently won La Jolla Village News Reader’s Choice Awards for both Best Day Spa and Best Cosmetic Surgeon, and we inadvertently failed to print Dr. Krant and SK Sanctuary’s write-ups as the winners. We regret the error.