THIS ARTICLE APPEARED ON BEST OF NEW YORK | JULY 22, 2022
By Dominique Pariso, a writer at the Strategist since 2018.

For Natural Botox

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Beauty-industry friends had been recommending acupuncture facials to writer Sable Yong for a while before she decided to try one. The treatment, which combines traditional skin-care technology like microcurrent and LED with acupuncture to reduce inflammation, soften lines, stimulate collagen, and increase brightness, is offered at various clinics across the city. No one got better results, Yong’s friends told her, than Stefanie DiLibero. (Designer Mara Hoffman is a fan, as is editor Liz Plosser and Milk Makeup co-founder Georgie Greville). Her first appointment took two hours, during which DiLibero stayed by her side, patiently explaining every element of the treatment. “She had a better bedside manner with needles than any nurse I’ve ever met,” says Yong. And afterward, she was “stunned” by her own appearance. “My cheekbones looked like they could cut glass,” she says. “And my skin looked dewy and plumped.” (From $490.)

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