Ten years ago I buy three discounted body scrubs at a place called Tribeca Spa of Tranquility. Today I use the second one.
Amazing that A, this place is still open. B, they still have my records showing my pre-purchase. And C, that they honor it without question. Truly incredible, I think.
This treatment is now $129 (I think I paid $50) and is described as:
"An invigorating authentic Korean technique that exfoliates the skin and increases circulation."
The place is not luxurious. It is basic, but clean. And you shouldn't go unless you are comfortable being totally naked as every part of your outer body is meticulously cleaned and scrubbed.
Upon arrival, I am given a small locker, a robe, and a pair of disposable underpants which are superfluous. Suzanne comes and gets me and brings me to the lower level. We enter an unadorned room with a table, a hose, and a barrel of water. My first thought is waterboarding. Fortuately, I am able to quickly dispel of this thought.
I lie down, my eyes are covered, and deliciously hot water is poured over my body.
Suzanne uses something like a loofah, and vigorously scrubs up and down, back and forth, again and again, until every last dead skin cell has been washed away.
When she's done, my skin feels polished and smooth. It's as if, literally, my existing dry and flaky skin has been replaced with something new and shiny.
I hope this lasts awhile. I'd forgotten how good it feels to be wearing skin you like.
I had one of these, Lyn, years ago. Mine was done by a naked man in flip flops who simultaneously was giving himself a treatment while giving me mine. Nothing untoward going on. I assumed he was exercising rubbing me down. Hosing me snd pouring buckets of water on me which was strenuous in nature, so i found nothing off about it. Very satisfying experience, and I went back for mote at times. Good for circulation.
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