Last year, Americans spent nearly $17 billion on spa services. A lot of that money went toward facials: treatments that claim to remove blemishes, combat wrinkles, moisturize, regenerate, tighten and otherwise beautify the skin so that your face looks fabulous.But is there evidence to support the claims (and costs) of these treatments? Experts say it depends on the type of facial, where you have it performed and the skin benefit you\u2019re hoping to get out of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was at this beautiful spa in Santa Fe, and the esthetician giving me a facial said the next citrus emollient she was going to apply would help cleanse my liver,\u201d recalls Ushma Neill, editor-at-large of the Journal of Clinical Investigation<\/em> and vice president of scientific education and training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. \u201cI almost sat up in disbelief.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n That experience, Neill says, prompted her to investigate the existing science on spa facials. She published her findings in a 2012 report. Her conclusion? \u201cI realized just how useless it all was,\u201d she says. \u201cI haven\u2019t had a facial since I wrote that article.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Neill says she doesn\u2019t dispute claims that facials can temporarily revamp the skin by \u201cmoisturizing it to the max\u201d and removing pimples and other blemishes. But when it comes to many of the fancier, pricier services that claim to combat aging or inflammation\u2014everything from ozone and antioxidant treatments to stem-cell extract applications\u2014most of that stuff is \u201ccomplete malarkey,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other experts reiterate that point. \u201cAs a dermatologist, I see a lot of patients with misperceptions about different creams and procedures and the whole concept of facials,\u201d says Dr. Joel Cohen, an associate clinical professor of dermatology at the University of Colorado and director of AboutSkin Dermatology and DermSurgery near Denver.Apart from moisturizing the skin, Cohen says most topical creams are unlikely to provide much lasting benefit\u2014especially if applied sporadically and only in a spa setting. And while some chemical peels that use substances like salicylic or glycolic acid can help stimulate skin cell turnover and repair, Cohen says proper daily skin care\u2014regular cleansing and applying moisturizer and sunscreen\u2014are a lot more likely to be helpful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last year, Americans spent nearly $17 billion on spa services. A lot of that money went toward facials: treatments that claim to remove blemishes, combat wrinkles, moisturize, regenerate, tighten and otherwise beautify the skin so that your face looks fabulous.But is there evidence to support the claims (and costs) of these treatments? Experts say it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[6,7],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sin-categoria","category-small-business-heroes","tag-beauty","tag-salon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellagiosalonperu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellagiosalonperu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellagiosalonperu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagiosalonperu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagiosalonperu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bellagiosalonperu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagiosalonperu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bellagiosalonperu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagiosalonperu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bellagiosalonperu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}