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Be careful!
My second appointment at La Suite was with a different esthetician named Iwona today at 3:00pm. Before she started, I informed her of my super-sensitive skin that reacts to everything, so I told her I could not have any harsh peels/exfoliations or electrical treatments performed on my face. I informed her that my dermatologist told me to use Cetaphil for sensitive skin as my skincare. Ywona said "okay, I will only do exfoliation treatment which is non-electrical and very good for your skin". I got hesitant and said: "let's not have any devices at all", but she interrupted and assured that "it is not a device, it is number 1 exfoliator on the market" and that she has been working for 29 years so she knows what she is doing. Ok. Ywona started the treatment and only then decided to inform me that it was not a regular step of the facial, but "oh, by the way, it is $125 extra". It is extremely unethical not to inform your client of this beforehand, especially when they do NOT ask for it! I told her that I came with a limited budget today and next time I will prepare better. She told me she would not charge me for this, so FINE.
The rest of the facial felt rushed, the extractions were extremely painful to the point that I told her "it is okay if it is not ready to come out, just leave it, I don't mind". I have never had such painful extractions in 10 years that I have been getting facials. In the end, she put a warm towel to clean the mask off my face and my face was so irritated that it was burning from the contact with a towel so I told her that. I came home with leftovers of the cooling mask on my face.
However, the WORST PART is that I spoke to my dermatologist and found out that this exfoliation should have NEVER been performed on my skin! First of all, it has to be performed by a qualified, experienced board-certified physician and the treatment has a list of contraindications (attached) which obviously did not concern Ywona. She never told me about them, never asked me if I take any blood-thinning oral medications (which I DO!), never told me it was bad for people with rosacea (which I DO have), or for people with moles (which I DO have on my cheeks), neither has she shared ANY of the details of the treatment, which turned out to be a SCRAPE OF A SCALPEL on my sensitive skin!!! Is $125 really more important than health and safety of your clients?
Hope my unfortunate experience will help people be better informed before they come to this place.