Dan Browne looks positively terrified as a perfectly manicured aesthetician looms over him.
Lying on a bed at 536 Kennedy Cosmedics, with his feet protruding from the end and his mass of curly hair in a net, I begin to wonder if the 23-year-old knows what he has signed up for.
He is preparing for a facial that will get his skin glowing in time for a 12-week Fat to Fit makeover reveal, at a Hawke's Bay location yet to be disclosed.
"I'm a little bit intimidated ... but I'm amped for what's going to happen," he says.
Aesthetician Louise Apatu moves expertly around the room, gathering Aspect Dr products to use on Dan's face. The clinic, which specialises in combining leading-edge cosmetic treatments with natural anti-ageing medicine, uses only medical-grade products.