Elements Home Spa Fizzing Foot Bath.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: Elements Home Spa Inc. - Brief article

In the late 1990s, Christy Kopp was frustrated with the salves and steroids prescribed for her daughter Kayla's ichtyosis--a rare, itchy skin condition--so she "went into the kitchen and started using my high school and college chemistry" to come up with her own Body Butter. "It stopped her itching and made her comfortable enough to sleep at night," said Kopp. Kayla's dermatologist was "amazed" at her improvement and started offering the Body Butter to other patients. In 2002, Christy's husband Peter helped turn the concept into a business, Elements Home Spa, which has grown to offer more than 30 home-spa products to thousands...