What is face peeling? What does this procedure look like and what is used to carry it out?
Peeling is a facial cleansing procedure by removing dead skin cells. This service is offered in beauty salons and offices, but can also be carried out at home. You can do peeling at home at any time of the year, and salon - in the period autumn-winter-early spring, because in summer the skin requires enhanced protection against ultraviolet rays.
This procedure is mainly aimed at people with problem skin, that is, having oily skin, scars or acne, enlarged pores, stretch marks, age spots. Contraindications to peeling are individual intolerance to the components, open wounds on the face, inflammatory processes on the skin, in some cases pregnancy and lactation.
In terms of intensity and penetration, facial cleansing is superficial, median and deep. Depending on the method of exposure, chemical, physical and mechanical peels are isolated.
Chemical peels for the face involve the use of weak acids to cleanse and rejuvenate the skin. Due to the action of the acid, exfoliation of several layers of dead cells is provided, which in turn allows to stimulate the synthesis of elastin and collagen. The effect of the procedure is the rejuvenation of the skin, increasing its elasticity and firmness.
Chemical peels have all kinds of intensity. Superficial are carried out using scrubs, glycolic and alpha-hydroxy acids. Trichloroacetic acid, the concentration of which ranges from twenty to fifty percent, is the basis of the middle chemical peeling. Deep is carried out using phenol.
Among chemical peels, almond holds a special place. This is a wonderful tool to get rid of facial wrinkles, easy face lifting, restore the overall tone of the skin. The procedure is based on mandelic acid, which does not penetrate deep into the skin layers due to the large size of its molecules, which ensures gentle cleansing. In addition, almond peeling, the reviews of women about which is only positive, has a powerful antibacterial effect, helps to reduce photosensitivity of the skin and practically does not cause irritation and redness.
What is physical face peeling?
Physical peeling is cleaning the face with liquid nitrogen (cryotherapy) or dry ice. It is also called to rejuvenate the skin, stimulate the production of collagen and elastin, and carefully cleanse of harmful substances.
Superficial physical exfoliation removes the upper dead cells, returning the face a healthy, healthy color, restoring the blood circulation of the skin. Medium peeling is used as a preparatory stage before plastic surgery, because it allows you to remove the surface layer, forcing the skin to work more intensively. With deep peeling, the epidermal layer of the skin is removed, which allows you to get a lifting effect.
What is mechanical face peeling?
This procedure is similar to polishing or polishing a surface to give your face incredible smoothness. The procedure carries only pleasant sensations, and the result is youth and beauty of the skin.
Mechanical peeling is only superficial and deep. The first is a broschage, a mask-film or gommage, and the second is microcrystalline.
Browsing is done with soft brushes and is a milder face cleanser.
The basis of gommage are fruit acids (pineapple, fig, papaya), which weaken the connection of the stratum corneum, allowing you to gently remove it.
Microcrystalline peeling or microdermabrasion can be used only in the beauty parlor, because this procedure requires special technological equipment. Such peeling is carried out using the smallest particles of aluminum.
After a short course on what facial peeling is and what its types and features are, you can choose for yourself exactly the procedure that will best suit the individual preferences of each of us.