Prenatal facials: what we offer, and why we won't publish a safe list

This question comes up constantly, and it deserves a straighter answer than it usually gets. So, plainly: we treat expectant and nursing clients, we have a facial on the menu specifically for them, and we are not going to tell you on a web page what is safe for your pregnancy.

Those two things are not in tension. Here is how it works.

What we offer

• The Mama & Baby Prenatal Facial — on our menu, for expectant and nursing clients.
• Our Civasan K-beauty treatments — our booking system lists this Korean professional line as 100% pregnancy and nursing safe.
• Custom facials — our customized work already includes prenatal facials for expectant or nursing mothers, alongside teen acne and men's skincare.

Why we will not publish a safe-or-unsafe list

Because any such list is a list about ingredients, and you are not an ingredient. What is appropriate depends on how far along you are, how your skin has changed, what you were using before, and what your own provider has told you. A page on the internet knows none of that about you.

Anyone who hands you a definitive answer without asking those questions first is guessing.

What to do instead

• Tell us when you book — not when you arrive. It changes what your esthetician prepares.
• Check with your OB or midwife first if you are unsure, or if you have been advised to avoid anything in particular. Their answer outranks ours.
• Book a consultation if you have not been treated here before. It is the right first appointment for anyone, and more so now.
• Say what has changed. Pregnancy changes skin in ways worth describing out loud, even the ones that seem too small to mention.
• If lying flat for a long appointment is uncomfortable — which is common later on — raise it when you book rather than on the table.

We would always rather you asked. Book online if you know what you want, or call and talk it through with us first — we would rather you arrived knowing what to expect.