My, What Lovely Armpits

Spa makes a big stink.

SHIZUKA NEW YORK DAY SPA, the Japanese salon that brought bird-poop facials to midtown, has now introduced the "underarm overhaul," just in time for summer. The treatment begins with a thorough steaming and cleansing to remove dirt and debris (apparently you can get clogged pores in your armpit), followed by hair removal with wax or the more high-tech intense pulsed light (which costs $100 extra). Finally, a plastic surgeon injects the sweat glands with Botox. The price of pristine pits? A mere $1,500.

New York Magazine

June 9, 2008

The Intelligencer

Other Shizuka New York Day Spa 2008 Press Releases
Beautiful with Bird Poop (RTL TV in Germany) - That Americans come up with crazy, weird beauty treatments is nothing new to us. At least we thought so until our New York reporter Silke Haas told us she had a facial with bird droppings!
Shizuka New York featured in BeautyNewsNYC.com - Candice Sabatini of BeautyNewsNYC.com features Dr. Shah's Pore Reduction treatment with Botox at our Manhattan Day Spa.
Shizuka on NBC's Today Show - TV host and beauty expert Jill Martin interviewed Shizuka as she and her assistant applied the Geisha Facial mask and massaged it into Kathie Lee's and Hoda's skin.
Bird Poop Facial is the Soup's Clip of the Week
Spa Treatments Too Bizarre To Believe - Odd beauty regimens aren't new. The recent popularity of treatments that use animals and animal byproducts and non-synthetic ingredients is. Forbes.com, Style Section. Published October 11, 2008
Inside a Big Idea - Donny Deutsch interviews Shizuka Bernstein about the Geisha Facial on CNBC's The Big Idea.
Geisha "Bird Poop" Facial on CNN - The Bird Poop 'Geisha' Facial was featured on CNN on June 10, 2008 for its use of powdered nightingale droppings.
Shizuka in The Daily Telegraph (London, UK) - New York's women take their beauty seriously. Their efforts to stop the hands of time and make the most of their looks are awe-inspiring...
Geisha Facial "para la cabeza de Juan Carlos" - Shizuka Bernstein appeared on Mega 97.9's El Vacilón where she applied the bird poop facial mask from her Geisha Facial on to host Juan Carlos's head.
All Shizuka NY 2008 Press Releases