Eight express treatments to boost busy Hongkongers, in lunch hour or after work
Get cryotherapy, a B12 booster, a haircut, a laser facial, be measured to improve your gait or choice of bra – there’s a lot you can do in three to 30 minutes in world’s capital of overwork
For many Hongkongers, “I don’t have time” is a well-worn phrase. Work, family and social lives sap our every waking hour. Earlier this year, a survey of working hours in 71 cities conducted by Swiss banking group UBS found Hong Kong had the longest working week, with an average of 50.11 hours. (Workers in Paris spent the least time in the office – just 30.84 hours a week.)
With this in mind, we’ve taken time to find ways you can save yours – by trying eight express treatments and services for the body and mind, many of which can be scheduled into a lunch break.
Give it a shot
“You’ll just feel a little tingle,” says nurse Sarah Chiguer as she sprays ice on my arm before administering a vitamin B12 injection. I’m at Reviv getting one of the clinic’s four booster shots (ranging in price from the B12 at HK$298 to the Vitaboost at HK$498). Reviv is also the city’s first IV infusion clinic, and in one corner of the oh so Zen space is a woman stretched on a white couch, casually flicking through a magazine while hooked up to a drip (vitamin infusions starting at HK$798 for the Hydromax, while the Royal Flush costs HK$3,998, taking about 30 minutes).