Review: New York Skin Solution, AEON Bukit Mertajam

Location: AEON Bukit Mertajam
Timing: March 2015

I went because my previous housemate said that the first treatment was free. She even took RM5k + RM4k packages with New York Skin Solution. Until today, I still think she's stupid. She signed up for a credit card, and maxed it up with an RM5k package RIGHT AFTER HER VERY FIRST SALARY. (Her salary was RM3k fresh grad not inclusive OT or shift allowance.)

I think she's stupid because she was paying so much money, yet she didn't end up like a Kpop star. If anything, her skin condition worsened considerably. Well, I attribute that to her own stupidity of not using make up remover. She piled up foundation on her face every single morning religiously, and reapplied another layer in the evening when she went out for dinner, yet didn't bother to take it off before bed.

You'd be surprised how many people on earth didn't even own make up remover (despite having truckloads of make up). Other housemates (from another housing era) even piled on foundation called bedak jepun (ironically made in philippines) TO bed.

Anyway, like I said, despite seeing bad progress of my ex-housemate, I went because IT'S FREE. And wow I was amazed. Okay not really. I only like it because the machine was showing that my hand is still having full squarish collagen. (Collagen in my face all kaput though.)

The facial I did included collagen ampoule. I have to say I'm impressed. It really lightened my acne scar, and the effect lasts until today.

After treatment was another story. It was hardselling hell. they quoted me RM3.2k for 10session of collagen treatment + 10 session of oxygen treatment (I think). They were not letting me go. Even when I said I had no money, the company I worked at was not doing well, had to ask my mom (omg lame as fuck), they were not letting me go. Their final offer was RM680 of 10 oxygen treatment. So to get out of there, I had to put down an RM100 of initial payment.

I didn't go back again. Ever. I probably will go back to spend the money I already put in earlier.
But thinking back, I probably should've taken up the package, since the effect was visible. Probably just the collagen treatment sessions. Oxygen facial should be fairly standard even outside. I mean, RM1.6k (10 collagen treatments, I think) was not too bad if I can become kpop afterwards.

That being said, turned out quite a number of people signed up for NYSS packages. Well, none of them turned into kpop. So it's really a mixed review whether NYSS is a good spa or not.