Danielle Hatch’s skin was anything but healthy when she was younger.

“I had horrible skin in high school,” Hatch said.

However, her curiosity of how the skin works and her desire to help others with skin problems is what got her into the profession she is in today.

Hatch started working as an aesthetician when she was 18-years-old at the Red Door Spa in Dallas.

After eight years at Red Door, she decided to move over to Exhale Spa where she treats men and women’s skin through several different body treatments to keep them healthy.

One of her specialties is the facial, a treatment she believes everyone should invest in.

Facials are a form of therapy that relax and exfoliate the skin.

They clean out the pores in your skin to prevent blackheads.

They remove the dead skin and flakiness to give you an instant glow.

Facials can be very beneficial to people under stress. Hatch says that your skin can break out when you are under a lot of stress, and the relaxing and exfoliating aspects of a facial can help clean your skin.

What is nice about a facial is there is no before and after regimen you have to go through.

Hatch said you can go in with or without make up on and after you can carry on with your regular schedule, whether it is shopping, working out, studying, etc.

Although facials may be a great method to clean out your pores, it is important that you keep your skin healthy in between sessions.

“You could come in to see me everyday but if you are not doing the right thing at home, I can’t do much,” Hatch said.

Men and women must have an effective daily routine that cleans out their skin.

Hatch suggests using an exfoliation product and a moisturizer to acquire the best results. As far as which brand to use, she says that it is based on each individual person’s skin.

For the month of October, Exhale Spa is giving SMU students a discount on their True Facial with pumpkin enzyme.

Check out the SMU health and fitness blog for the promotion code and more details.