Metamorphosis Spa - review

Metamorphosis Day Spa
127 E. 56th St., 5th floor, NY NY 10022

Dark simple decor, such that a man would probably not feel out of place there. My experience was awesome when I had my favorite facialist, Vera - but that was three years ago, and the other two times I had a facial that was from someone other than Vera, they were heavy handed and nearly drowned me in cold cream. Maybe I have a small face and they have large hands - dunno.

My first visit was maybe 2002? New Year's Eve, and my best girlfriend and I went there on a package deal. I liked it so much - well I liked Vera so much that I went back, got a whole microdermabrasion series done over the course of three months to erase away those last traces of adolescent acne. As I continued to have money, I kept going back. Then I quit my job and went to graduate school, and stopped going because graduate students don't go to expensive spas to get facials. Even if she lives in Manhattan. I did go back about six months ago, to do some wedding prep. By that time Vera was gone, and while my facialist was ... well meaning, she just wasn't Vera.

Overall, the spa gets good reviews. It also did some nice search engine finagling because if you google "spa nyc" the first listing is Metamorphosis. Could account for the reviews. It seems to be more known for their couples treatments and massages, and they seem to offer more and more medi-spa services, things that involve electricity.

I wouldn't NOT go there again, but with the hundreds of spas in NY, I'm willing to try other places and see how they measure up.