West Island school offers free facials to women living with cancer – Montreal [Video]

Louise Langlois Solkin says receiving a facial isn’t something she does often.

In fact, Tuesday was the very first time she’d ever received one.

But she says since being diagnosed with skin cancer two years ago, self-care is more important to her than ever before.

“That’s my first time, but it’s not the last,” Langlois Solkin said. “I love it, I love massages and everything.”

On Tuesday, students from the Gordon Robertson Beauty Academy in Beaconsfield welcomed about 10 women who are living with cancer.

They’re all clients of the West Island Cancer Wellness Centre, whose mission is to support those experiencing cancer.

The collaboration between the charity and the school came about after esthetics teacher Tina Mercuri researched and learned about oncology facials and then shared her knowledge with her students.

“I teach them how to modify a skin care treatment and that gives us the ability to treat cancer survivors with the effects that they’re having on …