Why Every Man Should Get a Facial

For my birthday a couple of days ago, my wife surprised me with what I thought would be a dud gift:

• a full facial treatment at a spa

My first thought when I received this was… NO WAY! Men do not get those. Even the way my wife tip-toed around introducing the subject showed me that she wasn’t sure how I would react. I was offered an exit clause if I was adamant about not going through with it.

Thinking about it further helped me to see the 2 problems with giving this gift:

• Problem 1: Are you implying that there is something wrong with my face?
• Problem 2: Spa treatments are for chicks. That’s their domain. A man’s man does not hang out or spend time in a spa.

I went through with it.

And I must say, it was a great experience… both relaxing and rejuvenating.

But the main benefit for me was that I pushed through the uncomfortable-ness of being in an unfamiliar place doing something that I once thought was something that men do not do.

This is important to me. Why? Because the more I put myself in uncomfortable positions, where I look like an amateur (or even possibly less of a ‘man’) the more I redefine any self-imposed limitations/definitions and get to experience something enriching at the same time.

I walked out of that spa relaxed (what my wife intended) and brimming with even more confidence in myself (an unintended consequence and something I don’t think my wife thought I could ever get any more of!)

Guys… try it.

Maybe next week I will write about a pedicure?