Once my skin calms down after the facial, I go back to the office for phase three: A chemical peel. Eubanks says it helps stimulate the skin and push the acne to the surface, which makes it easier to treat with lasers. I lie down on the hard table, and have a flashback to how painful the facial was. Hopefully this isn’t as bad …

Eubanks starts by applying retinol and salicylic acid-soaked strips across my face. Once the strips have dried, she takes them off and begins to apply a high-frequency light to my face. The light is both anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory, and it feels like tiny, prickly shocks on my skin. Finally, she comes at my face with a mega-sized Q-tip covered in liquid nitrogen, which I knock out of her hand. Liquid nitrogen on my skin? Is that even safe? She assures me it is, and she tells me it actually helps soothe my skin, who knew?