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Special Advertising Section: The Professionals
from (614) May | 2023
Let's face it, when you need a professional, whether it's a doctor, a Real Estate agent, or some other service-related field, you want to know what services they offer, but you also want to know who they are and what they're about. (614) is going to help you with that!
Every quarter, we will feature some of Columbus' top professionals in this special advertising section that helps you learn not just what they do, but how they do it and what their story is. From social enterprises that work to better their communities to highly skilled medical professionals who can better your health, we've got the story behind the storefront—and we're excited for you to meet them. Columbus, meet The Professionals.
The Gold Standard
Relying on talent, expertise and an unrivaled personal touch, Diamond Cellar’s goldsmiths create custom jewelry that lasts a lifetime
For Bethany James and Dan Mikel, creating a totally unique piece of multi-generational jewelry that will often outlast the life of its original owner is all in a day’s work.
That’s because both are goldsmiths at the Dublinarea Diamond Cellar in Columbus. The pair – who are part of one of the largest teams of goldsmiths in the country – work tirelessly with clients – day in and day out – to create the cherished pieces that span an enormous variety of trends and aesthetics.
While the long-standing Columbus brand, (Diamond Cellar was founded in 1947) regularly carries upwards of 30,000 individual pieces of jewelry, when customers don’t see that perfect piece on the shelves, they can always opt to create their own using the brand’s concierge-level custom jewelry services, which relies on James and Mikel crafting individual pieces precisely to customers’ needs.
“Before anything else happens, the first part of the process is about just making a connection with the customer,” Bethany said. “We try to pull out important dates, events and what really matters to them.”
Mikel agreed, adding that being present and truly understanding a customer is a Diamond Cellarborn skill that’s as important to the success of their trade as is decades of experience, expert-level dexterity and mechanical know-how.
“Really, it’s about empathy; just listening is one of the most important parts of the job, and that’s one thing that you don’t get from a lot of places, or just other retailers in general,” he said. “We want to give clients the True Jeweler™ experience.”
After figuring out what a client wants, the process for Diamond Cellar’s custom goldsmiths involves handdrawn designs that are shown to the client, which can go through a series of renovations until the client is totally satisfied. Once this is selected, a cast for the piece is created using CAD designs. And then the goldsmiths can begin the physical creation of the piece.
In the case of a custom piece created for Melissa McCoy, a family heirloom (another piece of jewelry) was even incorporated. Created by Mikel, the piece used her grandmother’s wedding ring, creating a necklace with it that is adorned with diamonds from her mother’s wedding set. The piece also has McCoy’s grandmother’s name inscribed on the necklace, and McCoy plans to hand the necklace down to her daughter (who she named after her grandmother) eventually as well.
For Mikel, after understanding what exactly McCoy wanted with her custom necklace, the piece primarily became an exercise in balance.
“We wanted to take a variety of different stones and put them into a piece that embraced this. This connects her with three different people every time she puts it on” Mikel said. “At the same time, we didn’t need to go crazy on the design end; this is something we wanted to put together in a way that was very pretty but understated, so that it sort of goes with everything and you want to wear it consistently.”
While the satisfaction of completing a multidimensional piece is its own reward, according to Bethany and Mikel, what’s most important for them, and for the Columbus-born concept Diamond Cellar, is to create something that each client will love and cherish for a lifetime. Maybe even more, and it’s handed down to children and grandchildren.
“I just feel honored, I thank our customers quite a bit for their trust, and because of that I put myself in every piece that I make. I think that’s it’s just really special to be able to create something that will be around for generations,” Bethany said.
To learn more about Diamond Cellar and its two Columbus locations, visit www.diamondcellar.com
Drip, Drip, Drop
Wellness Flow brings the world of IV therapy to Columbus with new Short North hub offering unique mind and body treatments
If you ask Sean Carroo, about his plans for Wellness Flow, the unique new Ohio-born IV therapy company that has recently put roots down locally, he’ll give a straight answer.
“We want to make medicine cool again,” is what you’re likely to hear.
Wellness Flow, which has opened a Columbus brick and mortar hub in the heart of the Short North after launching in Dayton only two years ago, is rapidly expanding throughout Ohio as a unique new approach to health and wellness, beauty and ever spots performance treatments.
And all of it starts with an IV line.
While Carroo and fellow Wellness Flow cofounder Paul Adongo first discovered IV therapies in the context of addiction and cancer treatments, Carroo noted they’re also used by top-level athletes to rehydrate quickly, approached as a hangover cure in some circles, and embraced as a way to look younger for longer in others.
Wellness Flow borrows from all of these arenas to create an eclectic and wide-reaching approach to IV therapy that’s just as impactful as it is new and exciting.
One of the cornerstone treatments at Wellness Flow is the concept’s Drip Bar, where patrons can select from a wide variety of different infusions–in which fluid and vitamins are delivered into the bodily intravenously, providing benefits that oral administration simply cannot–including the Hydration Drip, Detox Drip, Brain Fuel drip, and even a pair of speciality drips focused on athletic performance and prenatal care.
“A lot of people think IV therapy is only for elitelevel athletes or celebrities, but that’s not the case,” Carroo said.
This isn’t the only way Wellness Flow is making medicine cool again, either. The brand is doing so with a variety of other options, like aesthetic procedures like Botox and hydra facials, in addition to peptides and a variety of other lesser-known therapies.
These other options include bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, where critical hormones your bodily replies upon daily–such as testosterone–are replaced by natural hormones that are biologically identical to those produced in the body. Similarly treatments that boost your body’s NAD+ supply–using dosages between 250-750mgs–streamline the chemical processes your body relies upon to generate energy at the chemical level. Increasing these can lead to more energy, enhanced brain function, faster cellular regeneration, a boosted metabolism and a reduction in bodily inflammation.
Now with its new Columbus hub, which is located at 15 Price Ave. in the Short North, Wellness Flow allows central Ohio patrons to book an appointment at their convenience.
The fast-growing and Ohio-born brand also offers a “concierge” service, meaning Wellness Flow treatments will come to you, and can be undertaken from virtually anywhere. The company even offers event and large group rates for IV therapies, meaning a whole lot more people have a chance to get in on the ground floor of the Buckeye State’s coolest new therapies.
You can learn more at wellnessflowllc.com
Dorner Knows Breast: People, Empowerment, Period™
The Modern Way to Consult
Dr. Brian Dorner knows Breast. With decades of experience, he’s modernizing the consultation process with his Better Breast Center™.
This new group approach has streamlined the consultation process and is empowering more people to seek treatment. It allows quick and easy scheduling through its online platform, and as a group format you can bring your bestie, significant other, or your favorite support person.
A quick browse through his TikTok, Instagram and facebook accounts shows you his patient’s response to the new consultation process:
“You changed my life forever”
“Best thing I ever did for myself”
“Dr. D got me tight and right”
Here’s how the Better Breast Consult™ works: It starts with meeting Dr. Dorner. He will review the finer points of breast augmentation, including teaching attendees about implant placement, choice, and profile selection. All of these aspects affect the shape and appearance of your personalized breast augmentation.
“The group setting allows you to hear other people’s questions, as well as voice your own, so you walk away empowered, confident and happy with your selection” He says.
The group setting format for The Better Breast Seminar allows patients to get their breast augmentation for as little as $4,999.
At the end of the seminar Dr. Dorner will do a quick exam to determine which procedure would best fit your body and ensure you are a good candidate. Then you can schedule your surgery and figure out your payment or financing options.
“It’s important to really connect with a patient, to get to know them in order to get them the results they really want,” he said.
Dr. Brian Dorner connects and educates everyday through TikTok, Instagram, YouTube & Facebook @dornerplasticsurgery to inform, demystify, and empower viewers around the world.
“I use social media everyday so people know me and my staff before even coming into the office. And I love seeing the smiling faces of happy patients as they share their results back with me and all of my viewers.”
Dr. Dorner hosts his Better Breast Consult twice a month. The next Better Breast Consult™ is on May 11.
