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A beauty treatment for female? A govt agency launches first (6)

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I believe the answer is:

facial

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'a beauty treatment' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'female? a govt agency launches first' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'female?' could be 'f' (abbreviation) and 'f' is found in the answer.
'agency' could be 'cia' (CIA is an example) and 'cia' is found within the answer.
'first' could be 'a' and 'a' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'l' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'for' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for facial that I've seen before include "Beauty treatment, maybe mudpack" , "Beauty treatment for the visage" , "Type of beauty treatment" , "Beauty treatment for front of head" , "Cosmetic treatment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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