How to Choose the Right Facial

There’s nothing like a really great facial! It should leave your skin looking clear, bright, and healthy. At SkinSpirit, we offer a variety of facials that can be personalized to address specific skincare concerns, with medical-grade treatments proven to improve the quality of your skin over time. Whether you’re looking for a cleansing facial for hydration, facials with medical-grade extractions, acne facial treatments, or professional exfoliation, we’ve got you covered. But which facial matches with your skincare goals? We’ve put together a cheat sheet of all our facial treatments to help you find the one that’s right for you. Read on to learn more about our different facials—but for starters, why get a facial?

What is a Facial?

A facial is a noninvasive skincare treatment that typically includes some (or all) of the following: 

• Deep cleansing 
• Steaming
• Exfoliation 
• Extraction
• Hydration

Facials can target acne, clogged pores, and dull, dry skin. Broadly, there are spa-grade facials and medical-grade facials. At SkinSpirit, we provide medical-grade facials that not only refresh and cleanse on the surface but will also help to make your skin healthier. Once you know what your skin needs and the results you’re looking for, book that appointment!

How Often Should You Get a Facial?

Providers typically recommend getting a facial every 4-6 weeks to maintain results and keep your skin glowing.

How Long Does a Facial Take?

The length of your facial treatment can vary. Most facials last between 60 and 90 minutes. Options like our Power Hour facial can even squeeze into your lunch break, with 30-minute express facials available as well.

What is a Facial Extraction?

Depending on the facial you choose, your aesthetician will perform a medical-grade facial extraction to remove impurities and de-clog congested pores often after cleansing and exfoliating the skin. Aesthetic professionals use specialized tools for safe removal of blackheads and whiteheads, followed by a nourishing serum tailored to your specific skincare needs.

What is Microdermabrasion?

Microdermabrasion is a medical-grade exfoliation treatment that resurfaces the top layer of your skin; while reducing scarring, acne, sun spots, and other signs of aging. Your provider will gently buff away dead skin and eliminate surface debris to reveal a smoother, clearer complexion underneath. After this treatment not only will your skin look brighter, but your skincare routine will get a glow-up, too—the products you use at home will be more effective. You love to see it.

Now, with the basics out of the way, let’s dig in (pun very much intended) to every facial treatment we offer, their specific benefits, and which is right for you.

The Ultimate Guide to SkinSpirit Facials

DiamondGlow® Facials—Express, Signature, and Deluxe

Our award-winning resurfacing facial, now in three varieties. There are many DiamondGlow facial benefits—makes sense, considering each facial is customized to your specific skin concerns and needs. This non-invasive skin-resurfacing treatment blends exfoliation, extraction, and an infusion of specialized serums to improve the overall health and appearance of skin. Shine bright like a diamond? Don’t mind if you do.

Ideal For: Treating fine lines and wrinkles, rough or uneven texture, enlarged pores, or acne-prone skin…the beauty of the DiamondGlow facial is, it can be customized to virtually every skin type.

Treatment Areas: Face, lips, neck, chest, eye area, and other areas of the body. We love a versatile facial.

Benefits: Your provider will exfoliate your skin with a diamond-tipped wand, promoting cell turnover and improving texture. Next, they’ll use high-powered suction to vacuum out impurities and de-clog pores. You’ll choose a SkinMedica facial serum that might include hyaluronic acid for hydration, vitamin C for brightening, or peptides for anti-aging. This (overachieving) facial smooths fine lines and wrinkles, reduces redness, clears pores and targets acne, and gives your skin a radiant glow.

What To Expect From Your Visit: Your experience will vary, depending on which DiamondGlow treatment you choose: express, signature, or deluxe. Our express option is a standard facial targeting the face and neck. The signature DiamondGlow treatment includes facial steaming, a medical-grade mask, and extractions. You can even add dermaplaning to supercharge your results. Finally, the deluxe option includes every treatment from the signature facial, plus a peel. For an extra-smooth move, you can also add dermaplaning to the deluxe facial treatment.

Signature Facial

It’s a classic for a reason. The luxurious-yet-intensive signature facial delivers optimal results in a single visit. Our aestheticians at SkinSpirit specialize in physician-designed facials that clinically improve the quality of your skin, and the Signature Facial is no exception. At your appointment, your facial will be 100% customized to you, your skin type, and your concerns—so that your skin will only look and feel healthier over time.

Ideal For: Everyone—it can be tailored to every skin type to help maintain healthy, radiant skin.

Treatment Areas: (Nearly) everywhere! Face & neck—and you can add-on chest, back, and hands.

Benefits: Our Signature Facial deeply moisturizes and cleanses, clarifies and corrects imperfections, firms skin, and restores your complexion to its optimal texture, look, and feel.

‍What To Expect From Your Visit: Your expert provider will fully evaluate your skin to better customize treatment and products. Up next: Medical-grade microdermabrasion sloughs away dead skin on the surface to prep for cleansing. We’ll then apply enzymes to melt away any remaining dead skin cells, and soften the skin before performing thorough extractions. This is followed by a medical-grade treatment mask, and the grand finale…we finish by layering serums and hydrators targeted to the results you’re looking for.

Power Hour Treatment

It’s amazing what you can accomplish in an hour. Our Power Hour facials are designed for clients who want a facial that transforms their skin, minus the fluffy stuff. The most efficient facial on the menu treats the face, neck, chest…all within an hour. And just like that, you’re out the door with glowing skin that looks tighter and firmer.

Ideal For: Clients who come in regularly for treatments and use medical-grade products at home (it’s not an entry-level facial, nor is it suitable for sensitive skin).

Treatment Areas: Face, neck, and chest—but if you’re not too pressed for time, add hands and arms.

Benefits: The Power Hour Treatment deeply exfoliates congested skin, improving texture and making skin brighter and clearer. Think of it as a tune-up for your skin that’ll make your at-home skincare products that much more effective. 

What To Expect From Your Visit: Your treatment will begin with either microdermabrasion or dermaplaning, followed by an enzyme mask to soften skin. Next, your provider will perform light extractions to help de-clog pores, before applying a light chemical peel application. Look forward to radiant skin with improved tone and texture.

Dermaplaning

Our clients rave about dermaplaning—it’s the ultimate resurfacing treatment. During this exfoliating facial treatment, your provider will use a specialized dermaplaning device to manually remove layers of rough, dull, and damaged skin. Dermaplaning also removes unwanted facial hair, making skin look younger and brighter.

Ideal For: Sensitive skin with vascular issues, including hyperpigmentation and sun damage. Since dermaplaning doesn’t require any chemical exfoliants, it’s a safe bet for more delicate skin types. However, it is not recommended for acne-prone skin.

Treatment Areas: Forehead, cheeks, chin, upper lip, and neck.

Benefits: Dermaplaning removes peach fuzz and unwanted facial hair, without the pain and potential irritation of facial waxing or depilatories. This professional exfoliation treatment also sloughs off dead skin cells, allowing your skin to better absorb active ingredients.

What To Expect From Your Visit: A sterile scalpel (it kind of looks like a butter knife) gently "shaves" off the top layer of skin, exfoliating and removing fine hair to leave skin bright and glowing. Dermaplaning is a gentle procedure with instant results—you’ll notice a difference in your skin almost immediately after your visit. We’re talking a significantly smoother, more radiant complexion. 

Once you've identified your skin type and needs, you're on your way to finding the perfect facial. Whether you have dry, sensitive, or acne-prone skin, our facial treatments will give you the gorgeous, healthy complexion you’re looking for! Our aestheticians are excited to treat you, so book that appointment soon!