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San Antonio MAGAZINE - JAN. 2010 ISSUE

NEVA face and body

For those who treat their bodies like temples, here's a new place to worship.  Owner Neva Fernandez lends her name and expertise to NEVA face and body, offering a variety of traditional face and body treatments at her "very cute" new digs.  Neva is also certified to perform prenatal and postpartum massage, not on the average spa menu.  Fernandez (a massage therapist, college educator and aesthetician) and the NEVA staff are among the few to offer the treatment, which can improve blood flow and ease the effects of hormones for expectant and new mommies.  Locally, Fernandez partners with Baptist Health Systems to give pospartum massage for maternity ward patients.  "Some pregnant women can't take medicine to relieve pain, so there has to be an alternative for them," says Fernandez.  The spa name spells out another area of expertise:  skin care, specifically for the face, where acne, sun damage and other issues are addressed with a holistic approach.  "Spreading the philosophy of healing through massage therapy and educating people about their skin and bodies is something I hope to accomplish with my business,"  Fernandez says.  It's a philosophy that goes beyond skin deep. 

-Daphne Barahona

San Antonio Current

Honorary Critic's Pick: Best Aesthetician

Local designer and Gallery one9zero6 co-director Yvette Benavides recommended her after the Current noticed how great her skin was looking, motherhood and an adventurous life notwithstanding. “In my experience, she’s a very nurturing aesthetician, and she really explains your skin to you,” says Benavides. “She makes you relax, she has a very nice touch, and she doesn’t push product. People notice the results she has on her clients, and that’s how she’s built her business.”

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San Antonio Express-News

Hospital providing massages to mothers

It's been two days since Veronyka Bass' Caesarean-section delivery at North Central Baptist Hospital, and she has been feeling a burning pain in her abdomen whenever the painkillers wear off.

But as massage therapist Neva Fernandez swirls a blend of grape-seed oil, lavender and eucalyptus on her back and neck, that pain is only a memory.

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