By the time the end of April rolled around after a particularly dismal New Jersey winter, my skin had definitely seen better days. With temperatures that would oscillate between 30 and 65 degrees every other day for about two months straight (fun!), I was in need of actual medical assistance. I sh*t you not: my skin was so dry that I looked like an old Italian man painted me back in 1510 and never bothered to give me an upgrade over the last few hundred years.

My face could literally be in the Uffizi with a black sheet over it for two years saying: "Do not touch, under restoration for the next three years." Yeah, it was that bad and painful. No matter how much I moisturized and avoided harsh face cleansers , my skin looked actually cracked by the time 3 p.

m. rolled around. And for the record, I drink so much water, I often wonder if the people who sit next to me at work notice how frequently I get up for a refill, so that's not the problem, either.

I just have terrible skin. As you can imagine, when one of my friends asked if I wanted to get a HydraFacial at Chuan Body + Soul at The Langham New York , I quite literally jumped at the chance. What is a Hydrafacial? For the unfamiliar, a hydrafacial is an in-office facial treatment.

Hydrafacials are done using a machine, and they cleanse the skin through a three-step process that includes chemical exfoliating, extraction, and hydration. The treatment typically takes 30 minutes. It's safe and works for all skin types, and there's.