Facials in Makati: Which Facial Your Skin Needs, and What It Costs
Most facial menus in Makati list twenty names and leave you to guess. The honest version is shorter. A facial does one of four jobs: it clears congested skin, it puts water back into dehydrated skin, it calms and supports skin that is starting to lose firmness, or it prepares skin for something stronger.
Pick by what your skin is doing this month, not by the name on the menu. Oily and blocked needs a different hour from dull and tight, and the wrong facial is a pleasant sixty minutes that changes nothing.
Everything below runs in one room off the lobby of The Peninsula Manila, four minutes on foot from Ayala Avenue.
What a session is like
The consultation starts with what your skin is doing now and what you already use. Bring the products or photograph the labels.
Sixty minutes. Cleanse, the steps your facial needs, a calming finish and sunscreen.
Most people go back to work the same afternoon. Leave strong acids and retinoids alone for two days afterwards.
When this is the wrong treatment
Sagging and loss of jawline
No facial lifts. That is a HIFU or radiofrequency conversation.
Cystic acne
Deep painful breakouts need a dermatologist and usually medication before any facial.
Melasma
Facials do not reach it and heat-based steps can make it worse. It has its own protocol.