Monica Schipper/FilmMagic/Getty Images
I’ll make a long story short: I had a clear, undemanding complexion until I was 20, when my face imploded. I have never recovered, and am now the proud owner of premature fine lines, redness and sensitivity, hormonal breakouts, and huge pores. Huge!
Recently, I got a brand new magnifying mirror, perfect for emphasizing everything I dislike about my face. I suddenly became more conscious than ever of my, uh, imperfections, because that’s what happens when you look at yourself in a magnifying mirror. I was particularly disturbed by just how clogged my pores are. I could have resigned myself to the inevitability of the situation; it’s just what happens when you live in a dirty, busy city like New York, so if I don’t want clogged pores I should just move to the French countryside, right" Or I can get a facial. I went with the facial, because it is objectively more practical than buying a home in Alsace. Obviously, I wanted the best of the best, which led me straight to Ildi Pekar. Favored by beautiful people like Miranda Kerr and Lindsay Ellingson, the Hungarian-born aesthetician is, by all accounts, a skin whisperer of sorts. She doesn’t employ the kind of hardcore, chemical-laden peels that some other facialists do; rather, Ildi is an advocate of treating skin with modern machines as well as a natural approach skin care.
Ildi Pekar
Plus, they’re totally customized?Ildi says, “Every facial w...