Grace Whitlock, LE
Esthetician
Grace leads the acne facials and dermaplaning and keeps the humidity notes for every client. Grew up on James Island and has opinions about pollen season.
Acne facial · 60 minutes · esthetician
An acne facial in Charleston that stops fighting your skin.
For breakouts that humidity, sweat and too many products make worse. A deep cleanse, careful extractions, a calming mask, and usually a shorter routine. Grace leads these, and she will probably take a product away.
- Sixty minutes with a licensed esthetician who does acne facials every day.
- Deep cleanse, gentle exfoliation, extractions only where ready, high-frequency or a calming mask.
- Your routine sorted at the end: usually something stops, and a gentle cleanser and a sunscreen stay.
- $145. A series every four weeks if your skin needs it, booked one at a time.
Prefer to talk first? (843) 555-0182
- Time
- 60 minutes
- Price
- $145
- Who
- Licensed esthetician
- Rhythm
- Every 4 weeks, as needed
Results vary from person to person. Nothing on this page is a promise of an outcome, and a treatment may be postponed or declined if your skin is not ready for it.
Why it works
Why the routine matters more than the facial.
One facial clears what is ready to clear; the next four weeks decide what comes back. Most of the acne we see in Charleston is a mix of humidity, sweat, sunscreen that sits heavy, and a shelf of products that strip and then over-moisturise. The facial gives a clean start. The routine is the treatment.
If your breakouts are deep, painful or leave marks, we will say so and suggest a dermatologist. An esthetician can help with a lot of acne, not all of it.
- 01
Clear
Deep cleanse and gentle exfoliation, extractions only where ready.
- 02
Calm
A calming mask and cool compresses, never a scrub.
- 03
Simplify
Your routine cut back, usually to three or four steps.
Candour
Who this is for, and who it is not
For
- Adult and teenage breakouts, especially the kind that flares in summer.
- Congestion along the jaw and forehead from sweat, hats and helmets.
- Anyone who suspects their products are part of the problem.
Not for, or not yet
- Deep, painful or scarring acne; that is a dermatologist first, and we will help you find one.
- Anyone currently on oral isotretinoin; we wait until your prescriber says it is safe.
- Anyone who wants every spot extracted in one visit. That is how scars happen.
Who treats you
Named on every page, by design.
Illustrative stories. Seaholly is a fictional studio; these are written examples, not client reviews.
Grace took away my toner, my scrub and a spot treatment. Three facials later my jaw was calm for the first summer in years.
She told me plainly when to see a dermatologist instead. I did, and she kept doing the facials alongside.
Will I break out after?
Sometimes for a day or two after extractions. We tell you what is normal and what is not before you leave.
How many will I need?
Most people come every four weeks for two or three visits, then less often. It depends far more on the routine between visits.
Is it painful?
Extractions sting for a moment. Everything else is calm. Tell us to stop and we stop.
Can you help with acne marks?
Peels in the low-sun months help some marks fade; microneedling helps some scarring. The acne needs to be calm first.
Do you work with my dermatologist?
Happily. We never change a prescription routine and we will send notes if you ask.
The Skin Audit · 45 min · $95, credited
Start with the bag. The breakouts usually start there too.
Start with the Skin Audit: forty-five minutes, your products sorted, a written routine, and a thirty-minute facial.