Note to readers under 30: get yer minds out of the gutter: this blog entry is about genuine skincare issues!!!!

And now, back to our regularly scheduled entry:

Since I'm contending with multiple menses each month (i LOVE perimenopause! NOT) I have to deal with twice the blessings from the blemish fairy. Ugh. It is maddening...so prompted in part by a 15% off coupon, I headed to a new spa in town to get an "Anti-Acne Enzyme Peel." I was somewhat disappointed in that what I expected didn't quite seem to be what I got - although the treatment certainly was nice, relaxing and all that "pampering"-related bullsh*t.

I expected some sort of gooey gel to be spread across my face and then allowed to tingle and maybe sting a bit as it  set until it was literally peeled off, taking yukky clogged-pore remnants with it. Instead I got warm towels, steam, some sort of masque that was rinsed off, a microdermabrasion  and this wierd device that felt kinda like electric shock treatment. There was a slight vocabulary barrier between myself and the Eastern-European aesthetician- she couldn't quite explain what the device was but only noted that it "promotes healing."

Being the research geek I am, I wanted to look up the deivce and find out if beauty editors, dermatolgists, end users, etc. have praised or panned this mystery technology.

I suspect it was an IPL (Intense Pulse Light) wand as she mentioned it was to prevent scarring from the breakout but...

I don't know, technically the microdermabraision and IPL would typically cost alot more so I should be glad I got a "bargain" but I feel wierd that I was "sold" on the idea of one treatment and got something else. My skin DOES seem quite smooth and the breakouts do look much leass red...so I guess I'll quit my bitching and just enjoy the facial ;)