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Sign No. 6: She Talks About Opening and Closing Your Pores
If you do have blackheads extracted that are leaving crater-like holes in your face, a good aesthetician will put you on an exfoliation routine -- it's the only way to prevent your pores from filling back up with the crud she just took out.
We've all been there: You glance into a mirror and you're suddenly shocked by the scary state of your skin. Spurred into action by your crossover into bad skin territory, you book the first facial appointment available. Surely, an hour on the table in some able aesthetician's hands will get you back to glowing. You zone out while your aesthetician slathers blissful-smelling concoctions on your face, with visions of clear, lit-from-within skin dancing in your head. You're so relaxed, you barely even remember swiping your credit card and being steered out the door. When you break out a few days later, you wonder: Is it a coincidence? Am I just purging? Or did I put my skin into the hands of a bad aesthetician?
In search of the secrets to superstar skin care, I headed to Dermalogica's International Dermal Institute, the No. 1 resource for post-graduate education in skin care. There, one of their senior educators taught me how to ID the signs of a less-than-stellar facial.
In search of the secrets to superstar skin care, I headed to Dermalogica's International Dermal Institute, the No. 1 resource for post-graduate education in skin care. There, one of their senior educators taught me how to ID the signs of a less-than-stellar facial.
