Skin care entrepreneur prospers with 'failure isn’t an option' attitude

Timing was not on Alexis Pfropper’s side when she finally realized a career dream and opened Ästhetik spa in Punta Gorda. She welcomed her first clients in March 2020 — days before the world basically shut down due to the pandemic.

“I remember standing in the parking lot crying and saying, ‘What did I just do? I just opened a spa,’” recalls Pfropper, a licensed esthetician and permanent makeup artist. “But it’s a really cool story how it ended up.”