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Galmato Haven, a sex doll repair service based in San Marco, California, is capitalising on the growing market by offering the “ultimate treat” for users and their plastic companions.A “spa day” is being marketed to sex doll users and collectors who want to repair and rejuvenate their human replicas so they look “like the first day she arrived”.Costing £1,500 ($2,000), the spa day includes “injury repair” and a professional boudoir photoshoot to immortalise the “beautiful, restored look” of sex dolls.Reggie Brown, 34, runs the business from a workshop about a mile away from the Realdoll, one of the leading producers of premium sex dolls in the US.He trained at Realdoll, where founder Matt McMullen taught him to build dolls start to finish, before launching Galmato Haven with his business partner, Alex Brown, earlier this year.

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Galmato Haven aims to offer sex doll owners a “safe space” as society “inevitably moves toward the reality of synthetic companionship” becoming commonplace.“For some owners, dolls are more than sex toys – they’re a full time companion,” Reggie told Daily Star Online. Reggie said the repair and spa day services are part of his ambition to “meet the requirements of all sex dolls owners”.As the only certified Realdoll repair centre, Reggie and his technicians fix and revamp sex dolls on behalf of the company.

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His business also offers a Realdoll consumer protection plan, which combines the benefits of warranty and insurance coverage.Explaining the philosophy of his business, he said: “The idea behind it is to give guys who are shy or have trouble approaching real women the opportunity to, not only have sex with dolls, but also facilitate settings where they could sit and practice interactions with real women.”He initially thought about launching a sex doll brothel in the mould of the Lumidolls franchise founded in Barcelona, Spain, but decided against the idea after realising “there were more needs for owners”.A sex doll collector, named under his alias Brick Dollbanger, said two of his sex dolls have been given the full spa treatment.

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“The spa day completely rejuvenates the doll, back to factory condition,” he told Daily Star Online. “It literally doubles the life of the doll or more. And when your talking about a $6,000-$8,000 doll, that’s huge.Reggie was among the guests who attended a sex doll party where middle-aged men from across the US showcased their collection of silicone lovers.Sex doll enthusiasts, including single and married men, descended on the exclusive gathering in Texas last weekend to meet like-minded hobbyists who share the same fascination with fake plastic women.

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At the three-day meet-and-greet, more than 30 human-like sex dolls were displayed by attendees in a pageant-style presentation.Guests did not have sex with the dolls, but “checking them out” and fondling with their breasts was “very much an accepted thing”, one party-goer said.Reggie said he demonstrated what his business can offer sex dolls owners at the meet. “This is the first meet that I’m attending,” Reggie said. I’ve been fixing up the dolls while I’m here and showing them what we do.”

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In the future, Reggie said his company will look to take on repairs of sex robots made by Realbotix, the sister company of Realdoll.

The firm is in the process of developing a robotic head named Harmony capable of speech, machine learning and autonomous movement.

Reggie said: “I’m sure you’re aware Realbotix are developing a robotic head with talking capabilities.

“We will be taking on repairs for Realbotix. Right now we’re a marketing advantage for Abyss, because no other company has a certified facility.”