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| - Really cool place! I bought a Groupon for heavily discounted spa services and had a great time, largely because I was left alone. Planet Spa offers a selection of programmed massage machines, "high-tech" sauna machines (explanation below), light facial machines, and tanning beds.
My spa guide led me to the hydrotherapy machine first (or, what I dubbed the "high-tech sauna"). She told me to strip naked then lie down inside the pod-shaped machine. As soon as I closed the lid, jets of steam infused the pod, which help to draw out toxins from your body. If things get too hot inside the pod, just lift the lid. After 30 minutes, you emerge hydrated (theoretically) and wrap yourself in the provided robe.
From the high-tech sauna, I went to the light facial. My spa guide gave me a facial cleanser, moisturizer, and après-treatment lotion, with which I washed my face, moisturized, then après-treated. ;) The facial is 15 minutes long and while bright lights attack your face -- while you are wearing UV goggles! -- your body is treated to a massage in the massage chair. Way cool.
Last stop was the hydromassage machine which is essentially a waterbed on crack. You lie down and input your desired massage speed, pressure, and body part(s) via touch-screen then relax for 20 minutes. Apparently, the hydromassage is much more efficient than one hour with a "regular masseur/masseuse." I noticed that my body started to feel warm during the massage, probably due to the intense pressure of the water hitting the plastic surface of the bed.
I felt great and my skin felt so soft afterwards. I have 2 more sessions left and can't wait to go back.
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