New York's hosted more big movie premieres than usual this month, partly because local studios such as New Line and Miramax are releasing bigger movies, partly because December is seens as the best time to release an Oscar contender. But I'm getting off the point: Tracie Martyn's Fifth Avenue skin-care salon is backed up with visiting Hollywood actresses, nervous about their red-carpet close-ups. Ren e Zellweger will be delighted to know she's touted as a customer. The hot treatment: a resculpturing facial.

Before vacuuming the client's face with a pencil-shaped device that includes an exfoliating buffed diamond at its tip, Ms. Martyn daubs on a cleanser made of yuzu extract. This step is followed by the application of Brazilian tangerine oil, Indian lotus oil and a botanical-based firming serum concocted by Mr. Morariu over a three-year period. The grand finale, though, comes with placing soft wired pads on the client's face, through which an electrical current is transmitted.

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