(NYTIMES) - When 44-year-old Kristen Fanarakis emerged from a facial at an all-natural salon in Atlanta in the United States, her face did not have the fresh, glossy glow she had hoped for.
"My face was basically falling off," she said, noting that the result was closer to what happens after a Fraxel laser treatment, which can leave patients with red, shedding skin for days.
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