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Bella Skin Care – Men Skin Center

I sent an SMS to Men Skin Centre recently, it is supposed to be something like a lucky draw with the winner will get a 1 session at the Center. Men Skin Center is actually a slimming center for men. Focus to firm up the midsection and slimming up the tummy area.

I got the advertisement regarding the lucky draw from Men’s Health, which I recently bought at MPH. Few days later on the same week, a girl from the center called me saying that I won the lucky draw, thus I get the free one session trial (yeah right!). They wanted to set an appointment with me for the trial; I set it on Sunday at 11am.

Sunday (23-5-2010)

I reached the center around 11.15am, I was late, but I already informed them about my lateness. I was attended by one of the consultant who asks me what’s my target, what’s my activity, what I eat and what I drink. Normal thing that they usually ask before they assign a program to the customer.

Well the target is, for this program, they will only do one thing and that is the Cold Wrapping Program. A method to firm up your skin.

I was sent to a room, which I was asked to take of my shirt, then the wrapping began. It was COLD; they use this bandage, which they soaked in some special herb (or so they say). A person need to be wrapped tight with that bandage, the motive again is to firm up your skin. Not only the bandage is cold, the room is twice as cold!

Bink in Wrap

Mum-Ra ?

Sit in the cold room

I was left in the room for 1 hour. I manage to sleep off (Luckily), if not that will be my longest and coldest 1-hour. I was unwrapped after an hour before was sent to the consultant room. I assume that she wanted to promote the program, which I have already think of few excuses how to deflect the offers.

But then I was a bit disappointed on their consultant; she showed me this list of programs. There’s this 3 different package.
1. 18 sessions, for the cost of RM1899.
2. ?? Sessions (I forgot) for the cost of RM2899.
3. 42 sessions, for the cost of RM3899.

All these packages come with different treatment, to different target of people. I asked her regarding the treatment that they provided, the name and the purpose for the treatment, but she failed to answer it. She called up another consultant, and then left me alone for 15 minute. While waiting for the next consultant I read this one folder showing their treatment, before and after picture.

Honestly I must say, what they are doing is actually to burn fat externally. Cold wrapping you with herbs, so that it penetrate through the skin and increase metabolic rate, there’s this hot wrap, which uses different kind of herb and also increase your metabolic rate and fat burning. There’s this abs machine which shoot small jolt of electric to your (abs) muscle so that it simulates something like sit-ups/crunches effect. These kind of programs are for people who are lazy, don’t have time to workout and have loads of money to spend. And the before and after picture is not that convincing at all!

I am a sole believer in working out, and take care of your food intake, what you eat, and along the way you will shed the fat and or increase your muscle mass. I don’t believe in slimming center. Whether is it working or not, honestly, I don’t know. In the ads it will usually exploit a male model with 6 packs.

So yeah, WORKOUT AND EAT RIGHT is the most effective way and NEVER GIVE UP!