BEWARE!!! Sonya Dakar is a professional con artist who has been able to survive due to the fact that her daughters are good at running their PR engine. They pay magazine editors and bombard them with gifts in order to be featured in magazines and on TV. Sonya Dakar's product line is decent, but STAY AWAY FROM HER CLINIC!!! She is devious in her sales tactics. She tries her hardest to make you insecure about your skin, and then pushes you into buying a $6000 package of six treatments, of which you can easily find somewhere else for between $500-$1000 for the same package. The only difference is she uses her own product line. This woman OVERCHARGES a ridiculous amount. I have to admit that it was my fault that I gave into that, and that I should not be complaining, as I could have said no. But the reason why I am WARNING people, is because she has the tendency to phrase things in a way that leads you to believe that any additional treatments that you add on as you go along are complimentary because you are so "special". She had talked me into getting a medium chemical peel, of which she phrased it in a way that lead me to believe that it was a complimentary add on, due to the fact that I paid so much for the $6000 package. But when I checked out, she had a bill waiting at the front desk, charging me $3000!!! For a medium grade chemical peel!!! ABSOLUTELY INSANE!!! You can get a high grade TCA acid chemical peel which is way stronger and more effective for $500-$700 in LA by an actual dermatologist!!!!. I was absolutely appalled by this. Do not fall victim to her scam. The saddest thing is, her own assistants and employees think she is scamming people too. I swear to everyone that reads this, her own employees admit that she has a tendency to rip people off, but they are too scared to do anything about it, because Sonya Dakar is a bully!!! She always makes you wait an additional 30-60 mins for your treatment, so it always turns out being a 3-4 hour ordeal, which is completely unnecessary, as you are just laying in a room of which she is too cheap to turn the air conditioner on, so it feels like a sauna. Once again, to re-iterate, the reason why she has been able to survive is because her husband is a chemist, and has been able to formulate a decent product line, and because her daughters are good at PR and are able to get their name published in the media. But STAY AWAY FROM SONYA DAKAR!!! SHE IS A PROFESSIONAL CON ARTIST THAT PREYS ON PEOPLE'S INSECURITIES!!! She portrays herself as a straight forward and brutally honest person, of which you may perceive as honesty and may appreciate. But that is exactly how she manipulates people to fall into her trap! STAY AWAY!!! SAVE YOURSELF!!! AND DO NOT LISTEN TO THE 5 STAR RATINGS ON HERE. SHE HAS A TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO PURPOSELY SIGN ONTO THESE REVIEW SITES TO COUNTER ALL THE NEGATIVE REVIEWS!!! BEWARE!!!!

I just got my first Sonya Dakar facial!
I am pleased to say that I had my first sonya dakar facial this week- and my skin looks amazing! I read about their special in us weekly and got a free $800 light treatment. The staff was so nice, and very helpful. Parking was great, and they even made me one of their new shakes for free. But best of all, I had a great treatment, and my skin looks so much better.

Do yourself a favor and visit Ole Henriksen or Burke Williams instead. Luxury comes at a price, but this is not it.

This place is a complete waste of money and time and tears. Sonya is emotionally manipulating and physically unkempt. She shows up ridiculously late for appointments and feels important enough to take/make cell phone calls during treatments, which consist of her grating and puncturing your delicate skin with her tools and then trying to upcharge you on some additional services for hundreds/thousands of dollars more. Her staff has a high turn over rate. The more competent they are, the faster they disappear.

I highly regret the thousands of dollars I personally wasted in this facility because it allowed Sonya to continue to prey on others. Buyer beware, and be very suspicious of all the glowing 5-star reviews on here that seem so out of place when you read the tragic 1-star testimonials.

Sonya helped me finally get the skin I have wanted for so long! I enjoyed her brutal honesty, because without it, I wouldn't have known what I needed to correct. I went in for a facial last week, and my skin was glowing for the next week. I loved it.

I agree with all the negative reviews here. I find it strange that there are either 5-star or 1-star reviews with nothing in between, save for one 2-star review. Yelp has all negative reviews. I have either experienced the negative things myself or witnessed them happen to other clients. I don't deny or doubt that some people had great results from her treatments, but I believe the cost and time necessary to achieve these results are not within most people's means. Even if money was not a problem, most people would have issues with the 3-hour appointments, the deplorable sales tactics, rudeness and unbelievable lack of basic customer service. I, too, spent thousands here. And I will take the blame for letting myself be scammed. But I realized that good skin is not worth spending that amount of money and supporting a business that treats clients so badly, they are brought to tears. How do you explain the multiple reviews here with the same stories? Treatments that are performed before the client realizes they cost extra, pressure to buy series that cost thousands, embarrassing and rude remarks if you try to turn them down, and unnecessarily heavy-handed treatment. Microdermabrasion does not have to be that painful. As others noted, she bangs your face with the wand very hard, whereas every other spa just rubs it over your skin. There is nothing about banging the wand on your face before sweeping it across that makes this treatment any more effective. And when you are paying top dollar, there is no excuse for taking phone calls, leaving you for long periods and then surprising you with additional costs. She seems to dispute charges with almost every client. Even if I had unlimited funds and all the time in the world, I could not in good conscience support a business that treats people the way this one does. Like other reviewers, I chose to throw away the remaining treatments I had on my series than return and pay even more (funny how even after paying thousands for a series of treatments, you are never done paying and every visit to redeem these treatments costs an additional something or other). To be honest, she did improve my skin, but it seemed like unless I went often and paid A LOT, there was no way to maintain these results. I go to a new spa now that does the same treatments for a fraction. I also started doing my own blue light therapy at home. The device cost far less than one session at Sonya's ($500), and it does the same thing! It's painless and has given me results that are even better than what was achieved at Sonya's. My skin has improved without the bleeding, peeling, and scarring that often comes with her treatments. My skin is clearer and more supple/resilient because I no longer have the sensitivity and fragility that came with her aggressive treatment. I am embarrassed at how much I have spent, but strangely, I am relieved to know that I was not the only one that was manipulated into paying for these treatments. She really does prey on your insecurity and on people who are non-confrontational so that you cave to the pressure to buy and buy, and wait and wait. If you cannot spend thousands or handle extreme sales pressure, please consider other options.