Eighty percent of America's cucumber crop gets pickled; the other fifty percent is distributed amongst spas for edible eye sealing. Harvest your senses with today's deal: for $45, you get a spa-service package consisting of a sauna treatment and a Brazilian wax (a $95 value) at Lavinia Borcau Skin Care in Brookline. Liquefy solid stress buildups and prepare for this season's risqué bloomers and petticoats, all in a single visit.

The skin-care salon specializes in European-style treatments, thanks to owner Lavinia Borcau's upbringing in Romania, where she learned to blend the techniques of modern skin care with Old World philosophies. As a result, Lavinia Borcau Skin Care's staff of experienced aestheticians is particularly lauded for its waxing treatments, which are performed using natural beeswax sans natural bees for much-needed pain reduction. This wax will be used for the entire Brazilian bikini depilatory experience ($60), allowing you to samba away the summer without suffering embarrassing friction burns. Finally, an infrared sauna treatment ($35) will drain body swamps of toxins and unused terror sweat while rejuvenating humid brains with a clarifying dry heat. A shower will be immediately available for cleaning off any liquid mercury or dark humors that get evacuated from your pores.

With summer spewing from the earth's subway grates and blowing up the dress of the great Marilyn Monroe in the sky, there are a number of stressful events to contend with: Mother's Day, Father's Day, weddings, graduations, proms, and music-festival-related heat rash. Take a breather from these taxing celebrations with today's Groupon and a visit to Lavinia Borcau Skin Care.

Reviews

Citysearchers overwhelmingly give Lavinia Borcau Skin Care five stars, and Yelpers award 3.5:

• …I went to Lavinia Borcau Skin Care for the first time and it was a great experience! Lavinia and her staff were incredibly attentive and were so knowledgeable and passionate about their organic products and services. – erica424, Citysearch