Classic Facial

About this treatment

The job of a classic facial is not to move the skin somewhere else in one session but to attend to it regularly. So what decides the outcome is less the content of an appointment than the way the appointments follow one another.

Every appointment begins by reading the skin's condition that day. The same person's skin can behave differently with the season, with sleep and with the products in use; the steps of the treatment are ordered around that.

What you use at home weighs as much as the appointment. If the treatment in the studio contradicts the routine at home, the two cancel out. That is why part of the appointment is given directly to this conversation.

Who it is planned for

Someone after a steady rhythm rather than a one-off will get the most out of this. Solving a named complaint is not what it sets out to do — continuity is. Where something specific bothers you, we will hear it out on the day and, if it belongs elsewhere, say where.

• If there is ongoing irritation, a wound or a healing process on your skin, say so before the appointment.
• Share any prescription skin products you use at the appointment.
• If you have had another skin treatment recently, we need to know how long ago it was.
• If you are preparing for a particular date (a special day, say), tell us beforehand; the planning may change.

At a glance

• The skin's condition that day is read afresh at every appointment; no fixed list of steps is repeated.
• The products you use at home are the subject of the appointment; studio and home belong to one plan.
• How to adjust the routine at seasonal changes is discussed at the appointment.
• The rhythm between appointments is planned with you; no calendar is imposed on you.

How the appointment runs

1. 1Reading the skinThe appointment starts by looking at your skin and asking what has changed lately. The steps of the treatment are ordered from that reading.
2. 2CleansingThe skin surface is prepared and make-up and the day's residue are removed.
3. 3The care stepsThe treatment follows the order set for that day. Why each step is done is explained as we go if you would like.
4. 4Talking about the home routineWhat you use at home is reviewed. If a change is going to be suggested, it is stated together with its reason.
5. 5The next appointmentWhen the next appointment is planned is decided together, from how the skin behaves after this one.

Before your appointment

Method

The flow of the classic facial

• The appointment opens with a skin analysis; how the treatment proceeds is planned from that reading.
• Make-up is removed and a first cleanse is done.
• An enzyme or superficial peeling step follows, then the steam step.
• The ultrasonic spatula (scrubber) step follows; the business describes this step as lifting dead skin and oil build-up from the surface.
• The vacuum step follows; in the business's description this step is given to cleaning the pores.
• Manual comedone extraction is done only where needed. The business gives this step as "if required", so it is not performed at every appointment.
• The high-frequency step follows. Serum application then continues with the ultrasound step.
• A mask is applied.
• The appointment closes with a hydrating serum and cream, then with sun protection.

After your appointment

When to contact us: If unexpected redness, itching or discomfort lasts more than a few days, call us. We need to look at the situation together before any product is recommended.

What to be aware of

The business gave us the sequence in writing, but a statement about who a step is unsuitable for does not come from a business statement. Deriving who should avoid something from a text about what is done would confuse two separate questions, so instead of a list we invite your questions.

Session plan

In this treatment the gap between appointments is kept long on purpose. The point is for the skin to complete its own cycle in between and for the routine at home to have time to produce something. Compressing the interval removes exactly the stretch there would be to assess.

Good to know

The Fatma Süha approach

No plan gets fixed on day one; it is arrived at. One visit and three visits do not tell you the same thing about somebody's skin, and pretending otherwise would be quicker and wrong.

Three things get tracked across visits and they never change: your bathroom shelf, the stretch in between, and the weather. Every visit puts the same three questions again.

Anything we spot that sits outside cosmetic care gets named on the spot instead of being worked around. Keeping a rhythm going is never worth delaying a visit somebody else should be making.

Frequently asked questions

Who decides whether this treatment is suitable for me?

The decision is made together at the appointment, after your skin has been looked at and your habits discussed. This page makes no suitability decision.

Should the bottles from my bathroom shelf come with me?

Bringing them is good, but a list or photographs will do. The aim is not to see the products but to understand the routine.

Can I wear make-up after the treatment?

We tell you at the end of the appointment, according to the state of your skin that day. We do not give a single interval that applies to everyone.

I have a particular skin problem — will it be solved here?

This treatment does not aim to solve a particular problem. We discuss your situation at the appointment and, if it is outside our scope, we say so and point you elsewhere.

Why is there so long between appointments?

The time in between creates a stretch there is something to assess. How the skin responds to the routine at home can only be seen across that interval.

If I pause for a while, do I start again from the beginning?

No. When you come back we look at the skin's condition that day and carry on from there; past appointments stay in the records.

My skin is sensitive — can I still come?

Describe your sensitivity at the appointment; the steps of the treatment are ordered around it. Whether the treatment goes ahead is decided in person.

Can I have it done right before a special day?

Tell us the date beforehand. When the appointment is planned is decided together, looking at how much time is left until that day.

Locations

• BebekClassic Facial
• GöktürkClassic Facial