Does anyone have regular facials? Are they worth it?

[TsarChasm]

My skin doesn't seem to know what it wants.

I'm considering maybe a regualr facial, but do they really help?

I just misread this title as 'regular faecals'.

Think it's time to step away from the laptop for a bit

Eeew! If you do, I don't want to know about them thanks

Regular facials will help if you have a fabulous facialist. Do you?

Gosh I don't know, I've not had one. But they offer a pretty wide selection at the salon I go to.

Try and see.

Facials can be fabulous and they can be useless and they can be counterproductive. The best facials I have had have been done by rather old experienced practicians!

Ah..now that could be good advice. The two ladies that do them there are lovely and I know qualified, but would they know what to do about my ageing old fizogg, I wonder?

Some of the facials they offer there do seem to be aimed at my agegroup I suppose. I don't mind scraping together the dosh but I'd want a result.

I am a trained Beauty Therapist (one of many strings to my bow) and yes they can be good for your skin.

I used to always 'steam' the face of my clients, this cn bring out all the toxins and nasties. It can atually make the skin look worse but in actual fact it has drawn out all impurities. Using a good cream helps. I use Dermalogica and there are so many in the range that you MUST use the right one that is compatable for the skin type.

Cleanse , tone, moisturise. This helps.

Facils are good and don't have to be done anymore than once a fortnight, once every 3 weeks depending on what you want from the outcome.

It's soooo relaxing. Any good therapist will know all the different strokes and massage techniques to use on the skin.

I know it's been hyped to death on here but home facials using the oil-clansing method might be a good bet. I've been doing it for a few days and my skin is better than after any facial - plus it's super cheap.

That's interesting Rolo, thank you. I haven't heard of that.

I'll have a better read of your link later when dc are out of the way. Just skimming through though - I would worry about using so much oil on my face.

You find that cleanses ok? My skin would possibly go nuts if I put a lot of oil on it.

Part of my problem now is that it's a horrible comination of oily and dry (well on my foehead only, the rest is ok) so the worst of both worlds.

I think what I've been doing has made it over-react badly in two oppsoing directions, so now I don't know what to put on it for the best.

I think a bit of everything Riven, but hopefully targeting problems. I must admit I've never had a professional one so I'm not too clued up.

I have oily / dry skin too Tsar and the oil cleansing method seems to work well. I was worried about putting oil on my face too but castor oil actually dries the skin and you have to be careful not to use too much of it.

There's a very long thread on it here.

Have a go at the oil cleansing method-it is really lovely and I have noticed a real difference.

Well I never did!

I completely missed that thread. So many saying it works too. I'm astonished. I can't imagine putting castor oil on my face.

And yet I must have used hundreds of pounds worth of creams etc over the years; despite that my skin is still having a bit of a nervous breakdown now though.

I think they are pointless if the therapist is not good.I do my own facials once a week.Here it goes:
1.Cleanse with Kiehls brightening cleanser. 2.Scrub with papaya and pineapple scrub vy Kiehls for as long as your hands get tired.
3.Apply cleanser to face.Boil kettle.Take boiling water in a sauce pan and cover head with towel and steam face.
Top it with Clinique eergence cleansing deep clay mask.
Voila.

Sorry, should read emergency cleansing.

Monthly facials with someone who knows what they are doing can really make a difference-I really rate Dermalogica, as they tailor teh facial to your skin issues rather than giving you the 'Radiance Facial', 'Anti-ageing Facial' or whatever.

Thanks for the new replies and tiredmama for your tips. I shall be glowing if I follow all this advice.

I'm going to give the oil cleansing a try having read KingRolo's link more thoroughly.

Much of that article could have been written about me I think. I scrub away, skin feels sore and dry, then over oily where it's trying to over-compensate. It makes a lot of sense to me.

It'll feel very strange and against a lifetime of conditioning to put oil on my face. But I'm going to have a go; so off to buy some castor oil today and I'll report back.

I used to love facials, but have rosacea now and they're a dead loss. The combination of steam, highly scented products, overly abrasive scrubs and irritating toners just make everything worse.

I used to go for monthly facials and I think they are worth it if you're looking for relaxation alongside boosting your skin care routine but if they don't necessarily produce 'skin miracles'. If you have the right products you can do it all at home yourself. The two things which aren't so easy to do yourself are proper extraction and facial massage (my two favourite bits of a good facial!).

I agree that you really need to try and find a good therapist for facials to be effective as a not so good therapist won't work so hard to personalise your facial. My favourite facials though are dermalogica and clarins. I reckon that you probably get long term benefits from having regular facials but also worth just going a couple to times to get skincare advice from the therapist.