Regular Facial vs. Custom Facial: What’s the Difference?

Stefanie Drozd
July 12, 2026

In this short, Erica Lagunas — a Certified Medical Assistant at Express Med Spa — explains what sets a custom facial apart from a regular one. The short version: every custom facial begins with a skin analysis, so the cleansers, moisturizers, exfoliators, and add-ons are chosen for your skin type instead of a one-size-fits-all routine.

Read the full guide: What Is a Custom Facial? →

Video Transcript

My name is Erica and I’m a medical assistant at Express Med Spa. I do facials here at Express Med Spa, along with laser hair removal and waxing.

Here at Express Med Spa, we offer an array of facials — one of them being a custom facial. Overall, our custom facials are tailored to everyone’s different skin types. So one of the differences, from our facials here at Express Med Spa versus other facials, is that we do a skin analysis on you to determine what kind of skin type you have. And overall, we tailor your skincare to your different needs by using our custom skincare that we have here in office.

We carry different cleansers depending on your skin. We have moisturizers. We have SPFs, which is your sunscreen. We carry exfoliators and toners, as well as eye creams and neck creams.

Dermaplaning is a nice facial that we offer here at Express Med Spa. What it does is it gets rid of the peach fuzz that we have on our face, as well as exfoliate.

We do have a few add-ons that you can add to your facial. We have a hydro jelly mask, which is a nice rubber mask that stays on the face for about 7 to 10 minutes. Overall, it’s a very sensitive, moisturizing mask. We also have waxing that you can add on, and also a facial massage.

We offer free consultations that you can book online at expressmedspas.com, or you can go ahead and give us a call.

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