Skin Laundry

Step inside this white washed, uber Californian feeling spa on Newburgh Street in Soho for a real good skin cleaning, or laundering, as the name suggests. Designed to work from the inside out, Skin Laundry’s high-tech facials are designed to be repeated as part of a plan targetting long-term skin issues such as acne scarring, hyper-pigmentation and rosacea. 

The signature laser facial only takes 15 minutes and literally zaps the bacteria out of your pores. After a skin consultation and cleansing, your specialist will treat your face with a laser pen. It feels quite hot and pricks a little, but isn't painful. During the treatment you’ll hear the bacteria in your face crackle, and you might even smell it being vaporised away. If you're squeamish this might sound off-putting, but it's satisfying as hell.

If you’re brave enough, there’s also a fractional laser treatment, which uses a thermal decive to create  thousands of microscopic channel in the skin, stimulating new collagen formation.  This one is a little more intense – you’ll will get a cooling hyaluronic acid serum to take home and apply regularly in the aftermath of your treatment, and will need need to avoid sunlight for a week – but on our visit it really did work to minimise wrinkles and leave skin plumper and more youthful-looking.