Hot stone massage felt more like a deep sports massage rather than a relaxing warming massage. It is good if you like lots of pressure in your massage and to hear cracking as tense areas are worked on. Medical history was not discussed at the beginning of the massage so if you have a back condition I would recommend that you state this before treatment commences. It was painful afterwards and the day after but feeling in a lot less pain than I would usually be in 2 days later (I have Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis, so daily pain) so I guess it is a case of 'no pain, no gain.
Facial was a little different to previous ones I have had due to the hot steam machine and blackhead extraction (which is as painful as threading) - it certainly is a deep clean. However skin is soft, clean, bright and spot free 2 days on!