Do Facials Work To Clear Up YOUR Skin? Advice, Please!! - Beauty & Cosmetics Message Board

Anonymity · 12-16-2002, 10:04 AM

So, I went to get my legs waxed the other day, and the esthetician told me that if I start coming in for monthly facials, she can clear up my acne before May of 2003, when I am getting married. I REALLY want to be clear for my wedding, but facials are REALLY expensive!!
I just want to know if anyone else has had success with them??

Money is tight, and I can't afford to be wrong! Is she just saying this so that I will pay for facials?? What should I do??

By the way, I have moderate acne composed of scattered whiteheads and small blackheads. I have combination skin, oily in the T-zone, and super dry everywhere else.

If you can, please offer me some advice!! THANKS!!

emarion · 12-16-2002, 02:12 PM

i would be leery of anyone who claims that one solution will clear you up. acne can be hormonal, and if that is the case, i don't suppose anything you do to the skin on your face can solve that.

pinkcat · 12-16-2002, 03:34 PM

it depends on how bad the pimples are. for a bad case of acne i don't think facials can really help that much. there are oral prescription medications and Retin A cream they use at dermatology offices. there is a basic facial that is the least expensive where they just remove blackheads and don't do luxurious masks that will save you money. if you go to a facial salon ask for the basic facial. best wishes. pinkcat

Curl_Lee_Q · 12-21-2002, 07:26 PM

I use to use a mask called "mudd"... but it brought up bacteria out of my pores and let it on the surface... it actually made me break out...

It happened to my friend too!

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moette · 01-12-2003, 01:19 AM

is that the red one? the one that heats up? that stuff comes in a trial pack and is horrible! do not use it