When your stomach is unhappy, you get a stomachache, but when your face is unhappy, it drags you around by your tongue and makes your mouth hold a pen to write yourself an angry letter. Keep your face happy with today's Groupon: for $69, you get a microdermabrasion facial, a seaweed facial, or a peel (up to a $185 value) at Derma-Luxe on Shadowlawn Avenue.

Derma-Luxe's comfortable beds and private treatment rooms aid relaxation as the deft hands of trained aestheticians work over each visiting face's outer layer. The microdermabrasion facial lasts one hour and consists of a deep-pore cleansing, gentle resurfacing with microdermabrasion, steam hydration, extractions, and a soothing mask (a $150 value). The 60-minute custom facial also cleans and exfoliates, with an included seaweed mask to leave skin looking as smooth as Kenny G sounds (a $160 value). The final option is a Jessner peel, which begins with an ultraviolet Wood's lamp analysis before three chemical blends of kojic acid are layered to lighten and brighten skull coverings (a $185 value). The process lasts 30 minutes and can be tailored to suit skin sensitivity.

Dappled in bright light and neutral hues, Derma-Luxe's gorgeously appointed spa interior is fully outfitted to calm both soul and soul sack alike. The spa was designed to provide upscale facial therapy performed by some of Atlanta's most sought-after aestheticians, and the results of this plan followed suit. Come in for one of the aforementioned facial services and achieve new heights of exfoliated smoothness, ideal for relieving workaday chafing and the effects of being coated with rubber cement.

Reviews

Four Yelpers give Derma-Luxe a 3.5-star average rating:

• The spa is peaceful and lovely, small and cozy. – Katie W.
• It is very beautiful on the inside and the rooms are very private and everything seemed clean. – Rachel m.