Sixty quiet minutes — your skin read on the day, then cleansed, exfoliated, extracted and fed what it actually needs. The visit between the visits.
You arrive. Your provider looks at the skin in front of her — not the skin you described at booking three weeks ago — and the next hour is built around what she sees.
That hour may move through cleansing, exfoliation, steam, manual extractions, mask, massage, targeted serums, and a light enzyme or superficial peel — whatever your skin is asking for that day.
It is the quiet through-line in a skin plan — the appointment between the bigger appointments, where build-up is cleared and the surface is reset so your lasers, peels and injectables can do their best work.
Treated areas · Face · Neck · Décolleté
Who it helps.
Not a spa facial — a medical one. The work goes deeper, the formulas are stronger, and the goal is skin that looks healthier in the mirror, not just softer to the touch.
Pores emptied, surface buffed, complexion lit — the result you can see by the time you get back to your car.
Hormonal? Dry from the flight? Breaking out along the jaw? Your provider adjusts in real time — no fixed protocol.
No redness to hide, nothing to recover from. Calendar it before a dinner, a wedding, or just Tuesday.
Short, honest answers about the rhythm, the comfort, and how a medical facial differs from the spa version.
Yes — the formulas are medical-grade, extractions are thorough, and your provider can layer in a light enzyme or superficial peel when the skin calls for it. The goal is healthier skin in the mirror, not just an hour of relaxation.
Usually no — mild flush for an hour or two at most. Extractions can leave faint pinpoint marks for the rest of the day, which settle by morning. Most patients go straight back to work or out to dinner.
Every 4 to 6 weeks is the rhythm most skin responds to — it tracks the natural cell turnover cycle. We'll set the cadence together based on what your skin is doing and what else is in your plan.
Tell us at booking — we adjust. Active retinoids and recent resurfacing change which acids and extractions are safe, and we'd rather build the visit around that than cancel it.
Yes — 5 to 10 days out is the sweet spot. Far enough that any minor extraction marks have faded, close enough that the glow is still doing its work.
Often especially then. The facial is the maintenance layer — it clears congestion, smooths the surface, and keeps your bigger treatments working on a clean canvas.
Your first facial begins with a skin reading and a brief intake so the treatment can be calibrated to the skin you arrive with — not a default protocol.
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