Aesthetic renovations

As implied by the company's name — Clinique of Plastic Surgery — plastic surgery is the core service the downtown St. Petersburg business provides.

Run by Dr. Christian Drehsen, the practice has about 150 customers per week. Many of those customers come from outside Florida.

The farthest a customer has traveled to see Drehsen: more than 4,000 miles. “One lady was a friend of Sarah Palin,” he says, “So that's pretty far off in Alaska somewhere.” Other clients have come from Spain, Guatemala and England, Drehsen adds.