One of the easiest steps, and one of the most tempting, is to visit Denise Spanek at Visage Studio in Burlingame to sample what she calls "the most amazing facial procedure I've seen in 16 years in business." Spanek is talking about oxygen therapy facials which, she says, revolutionized her business. She raves about oxygen therapy products as well, and she's not the only one. Barbara Streisand, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone and Uma Thurman are rumored to use Vita-A-Kombi, the swiss-made cream Vogue called a cult product, an "insider cream" that is "little known and hard to find."
Vita-A-Kombi was developed by Nobel Institute epidemiologist Dr. Paul Herzog for use on burns, wounds and skin diseases. If Vita-A-Kombi can help these problems, what defenses do your fine lines and wrinkles have against it?
It's no secret that oxygen is good for the skin. The problem always has been to deliver that oxygen , a problem the Herzog company has solved. Spanek says the line of Karin Herzog products she works with are the only patented Vitamin A oxygen formulas that really do deliver oxygen. How? The oxygen gas and water in the cream react with a natural skin enzyme to create enough pressure to push the cream into the skin.
"Although babies are born with flawless skin," Spanek says, "by the time a person is 20, the skin begins to lose its ability to take in oxygen. As a result, the skin can grow lackluster, or worse." But the oxygen in Vita-A-Combi, Spanek says, improve the integrity of the skin and promotes cell renewal. "Anyone can benefit, and some people can (and feel) the difference in a matte of days. And the beautiful part is, Vita-A-Kombi is completely compatible with other skin products." In fact, the Herzog cream is such an effective delivery system that it can increase the power of whatever is put on underneath. Clients can keep on using their now beloved alpha hydroxy creams, and the alpha hydroxy will be even more effective because it is, in a sense, pushed beneath the skin by Vita-A-Kombi.
Vita-A-Kombi is sold in several strength, and even stronger professional strength products are used for treatments at Visage. In fact, treating yourself to an oxygen facial may be the best introduction to the product line. "It's a deceptively simple process," Spanek says,"that achieves great results." In fact, all the equipment Spanek really needs, she says, is the Herzog products and some Saran Wrap. "But I know my clients like the bells and whistles," she says. Which is why Visage oxygen facials are sheer pampered luxury, and come, with dim lightening, Bach and Vivaldi violin concertos playing softly in the background and the delicious steam machine. After a cleansing and a scrub with Herzog product, Spanek applies oxygen emulsion face cream and covers it with Saran Wrap. Then comes extraction, a neck and shoulder massage with Herzog Vitamin A oil, the application of Vitamin A oxygen mask, and a final application of the appropriate Vita-A-Kombi cream. All non-professional products are available to use at home, and Spanek will help you make the proper regime.
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