Boston - March 28, 2007

Sound Off

Vitamin Penetration Facial

Just when you thought it was safe (duh-nuh) …

To show your face in public (duh-nuh) …

Sun damage and age lines strike again! (DAH-dum.)

Infernal little monsters. They find their way to your skin’s surface just in time for another social outing.

Quell such pesky evils with the vitamin penetration facial at La Residencia. Aesthetician Jutta Creasi and her Ionzyme DF machine can zap the buggers before they have time to attack.

After giving you a quick cleanse, she pulls out a thin sheet of gauze and The Machine. The gauze gets hooked up like a battery, then goes over your face, which she’s already slathered with vitamins. For twenty minutes, you lie still as the machine penetrates your dermis with sound waves. The best part? It sounds like dolphins.

A skin-softening massage and stroke of moisturizer later, skin problems are long gone.

And you’re ready to go back in the water.

La Residencia Spa, 336 Elliot Street, Newton Upper Falls (617-244-2280 or laresidenciaspa.com).