Fri 1 Jun 2007
Shifts in Culture And Treatments Attract Minorities
Washington Post Staff Writer
The advertising slogan is a sly double entendre: Washington’s Cultura Medical Spa bills itself as “a place where it’s appropriate to treat people based on the color of their skin.”
Founded six years ago by two African American physicians — cosmetic dermatologist Eliot F. Battle Jr., an expert in laser treatments, and Monte O. Harris, a board-certified otolaryngologist who specializes in rhinoplasty and other facial plastic surgery — Cultura is one of the first centers in the country to focus on the burgeoning field known as “ethnic plastic surgery.”