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Michele
Hensel
S
uccess comes from hard work,
life balance and the willingness to invest in
others. Michele Hensel has committed to live
out these positive attributes by creating some-
thing more than just a local business.
At a young age, Hensel saw that achieve-
ment didn’t come easy. She watched her father as he
struggled in the working world and wanted more for him-
self and his family. He eventually took a chance and decided
to open his own restaurant. Those were amazing years for
Hensel. She witnessed her father build his dream, and, after
many years of hard work, that dream became a financial
success. This experience provided the foundation for how
Hensel runs her business today.
Knowing that she wanted to pursue something within
the medical field and help others, the Georgia native’s first
career path was to become a registered cardiovascular inva-
sive specialist. At the time, there were relatively few of these
specialists trained to assist cardiologists, and the technical
aspect of the position appealed to her. She graduated from
the Georgia Heart Institute and took her first job as a newly
minted RCIS in Charlotte, North Carolina. But Hensel
wanted to use her creativity as well.
“I started a gift basket business on the side after I made a
few Valentine’s Day baskets, and they were a hit around the
hospital; people wanted more,” she remembered.
Hensel started creating gifts for other occasions as well –
holiday and thank you baskets soon followed the Valentine
batch, and eventually she found herself running a thriving
gift business.
“Although I never had a background in marketing –
never went to school for it – I’ve always understood the
importance of selling myself,” she mused. “No one is going
to sell your talent but you. You have to show people what
you have to offer and believe in it.”
In 2002, while still working in the cardiac cath lab,
Hensel took a travel assignment with Memorial Hospital in
Savannah, Georgia, and, while visiting a friend in Charles-
ton, met her husband, Dr. Jack Hensel. For three years, the
couple lived between Savannah and Charleston because
they were engrossed in their separate careers. He was start-
ing Lowcountry Plastic Surgery Center in Mount Pleasant
and she was busy with her work in Savannah.
They were married in 2006, and Hensel eventually
launched her current business, Lowcountry Beauty and
Wellness Spa, where she has helped transform patients from
where they are to where they want to be. Every day she is
in the business of changing lives. Because of her hard work,
her use of cutting-edge services and her efforts to create an
atmosphere of comfort, the patients of Lowcountry Beauty
and Wellness Spa continue to rave about their experiences.
Hensel continues to be inspired by her father’s example; she is
creating a lasting legacy for her community, family and children.
“Being a woman who runs her own business, I fully
believe that women can have it all – career and family,” she
said. “We just have to understand how to divide our time
and create a level of balance. My motto is to surround my-
self with those who are wise, believe wholeheartedly in what
I do, love my family with every beat of my heart and work
every day at creating something that will give others a new
perspective in their own lives.”
Photo by Jenn Cady.
Lowcountry Beauty and Wellness Spa
1205 Two Island Court
Mount Pleasant
843-971-2860
www.lowcountryplasticsurgery.com