The Journey To Clear Skin: Facials Or Products?

Getting facials without having a good skin care routine at home 

is like jogging to Krispy Kreme! 

Especially if you're trying to solve a problem like Adult Acne.

The bottom line is that you need to have top notch products for home use.  Your skin won't get clear without them. It's that simple.

If you’re on a budget, skincare products for home use is where you should really put your money. Facials are great!  But without effective products for a skincare routine at home, you just won’t be able to get the results that you want.  If you need to choose between products and facials, you really should focus on products.

So what does a facial do in the first place? A facial from a licensed esthetician basically does three things: 

1) Hydrates your skin more than you can at home 
2) Exfoliates deeper than you can at home
3) Clears out pores in a way that you shouldn’t do at home

Extractions are the main reason for people with acne issues to look for a place to get a facial. And it's true -- there are certain acne conditions where this procedure is needed once a month to get rid of an acne problem more quickly than with product alone (I like to think of it as throwing out the trash). 

I’ve heard clients tell me they’ve been told by dermatologists that facials are a waste of time because blackheads just come back the next day. Well, so does the trash in your garbage can. Does that mean you should never take out the trash?  What a proper skincare routine at home and a good, once-in-a-while facial will do, is make sure the trash doesn’t overflow the can. 

The takeaway from this should be that a facial alone doesn’t get your skin clear, hydrated and smooth on a long term basis to help get your skin clear; it maintains and enhances a good routine of proper cleansing, balancing, hydrating and exfoliation at home.   

So the answer really is, no.  You don’t need to get facials in order to have clear skin. It's nice to occasionally get them to potentially hasten the clearing of your acne.  However, 20% (and growing!) of my clientele are out-of-state, people I never see for facials.  Clearing is very possible on a remote basis!  This also goes for locals who are on a budget.  We work together utilizing my Eval by Email® Adult Acne Clearing Program.

A great skincare routine doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg! Prices at Daniela’s webstore are comparable to the low-to-medium end of department store prices and even high-end of drugstore prices.  


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