Preparing for a Hydrafacial or facial treatment

A medical facial cleanses, gently exfoliates and deeply hydrates. It is not invasive, requires no social downtime, and is the only one in this series you can schedule the day before an event.

What to expect

Forty-five minutes to an hour, painless. The skin comes out clear and supple; the glow lasts a few days, and the treatment is repeated as maintenance.

Preparing, 72 hours before

Stop retinoids, fruit acids and scrubs 72 hours beforehand: layered on top of the treatment’s own exfoliation, they irritate. No facial waxing within three days.

Come without make-up if you can. If you have had injections recently, say so: we usually wait two weeks.

What to tell us

Inflammatory acne flare-up, active herpes, severe rosacea, recent sunburn, or a known allergy to the acids used. The treatment is gentle, but it is not harmless on already irritated skin.

How the session goes

Cleansing, exfoliation, gentle suction extraction of blackheads, then serums matched to your skin. Each step is explained as it happens.

Afterwards, and what to do

Slight redness is possible for an hour. Resume your usual actives — retinoids, vitamin C — after 48 hours, not before. Sun protection the next day, as always.

This treatment maintains the skin; it treats neither an established wrinkle nor a deep pigment spot. Confusing the two leads to expectations the procedure cannot meet.

When to call us back

Call if redness persists beyond twenty-four hours, if numerous spots appear, or if a burning sensation sets in.

None of the above replaces the prior consultation: it alone says whether this procedure is right for you, and on what terms.