Ray of Hope

More and more New York City residents are opting for photofacials, a new dermatology treatment that uses a rainbow of flashing lights to erase skin problems.

Light treatments have been around for more than a decade-but while they were previously used to reduce blemishes, today's higher-powered equipment means they can now be used for photofacials in New York City that firm skin and reduce hyperpigmentation.  There's Intense Pulsed Light (IPL), a strong light source applied directly to the skin, which flashes with the push of a button; and milder Light-Emitting Diodes (GentleWaves LED), for which a patient sits in front of a panel of lights (think tanning booth).  Yellow light targets brown spots, red light decreases inflammation, green light hits broken capillaries, and blue light kills bacteria that cause breakouts.

Even 82-year-old Corinne Reid is finding that treatments are warding off years.  She swears that her series of 45-second, $150 GentleWaves LED sessions at Shizuka New York City Day Spa have done what no other treatment could.  "I smoked for 40 years, so I had wrinkles around my mouth," she says.  "I tried microdermabrasion, but it turned my skin purple.  I had eight facial treatments with GentleWaves, two weeks apart, and the wrinkles disappeared.  I might get older. But with this miracle cure, I'm not going to age." —Beth Landman

Excerpt from Page 6 Magazine, The New York Post, November 11, 2007

2007 Press Features - Shizuka New York Day Spa
Shizuka Facial Treatment featured in The Beauty of Life Blog. Ever on the quest for the spa that cares, that goes the extra mile, that really puts your needs first...
Gotham Magazine - A guy's feet are rarely pretty. Help them out by booking an appointment for the Sakura Pedicure for Men at Rockefeller Center's Shizuka New York Spa.
Women's Wear Daily Salon - The Nagomi Manicure and Sakura Pedicure are popular offerings at Shizuka New York.
Coffee & Tea Newsletter - The invigorating aroma of ground Arabica coffee is at the heart of the Coffee Break Mud Wrap at the Shizuka NY Day Spa.
BeautyNewsNYC.com - Treat yourself and enjoy the serene Shizuka Spa in midtown for some pampering and to get your back in tank top shape with their fabulous bacial. That's a facial for your back.
Organic Spa Magazine - It was the welcoming quiet that pleasantly awaited us at this Japanese-inspired day spa located on the sixth floor of a high-rise building in Manhattan's bustling midtown...
New York Fashion Week - Shizuka means "tranquility" in Japanese, and the new Sakura Pedicure is the ultimate in tootsie treatment.
Yomitime - Shizuka NY Day Spa featured in November 2007 of Yomitime.
12/16 Page Six - Find out where to get your late-night beauty fix.
Reiko's Beauty Diary - from N.Y.
Time Out New York - Twelve countries, twelve treatments, countless paper panties: We sampled the city's spas to find the exemplars of international rejuvenation...
All Shizuka NY 2007 Press Releases