One way to rejuvenate and moisturize the skin, improve complexion is peeling. It is after its use that you can achieve a flat surface, smoothness, stimulate cell renewal by exfoliating dead particles of the epidermis. The beauty salon promises to save its clients from minor cosmetic defects: age spots, scars, scars, and hated wrinkles.
There are several types of deep cleansing: scrub, gommage, mask film. All of them differ in degree (superficial, median and deep) and the method of exposure, are selected individually for a certain age group, type and condition of the skin. It will always be useful to inquire and clarify with what particular preparation and composition the specialist intends to work.
What problem are we solving?
So, for example, for young girls under 20 years of age, cosmetic facial cleansing procedures, especially chemical ones, should be carried out after consultation with a dermatologist. From 25 to 40 years old peels are used to combat hyperpigmentation, the first signs of aging and withering of the skin, in some cases with the consequences of acne. Older women need more aggressive methods of exposure. In adulthood, all layers of the skin become thinner, wrinkles are deeper, the amount of estrogen is less. In addition, for dry, problem, oily and sensitive skin, their own types of peelings are suitable.
Often after performing these manipulations, you can observe an instant effect, which, as happens in such cases, is not very long. Therefore, for a permanent result, regularity and systematicity are necessary.
Lactic acid will give your face a healthy look.
One of the most popular among the female audience of the World Wide Web is superficial milk peeling, the reviews about which are quite impressive. Why? Gentle effect, moisturized and renewed skin, ease of use, a small number of contraindications, lifting effect and amazing results.
The main component, as the name implies, is lactic, or, as it is also called, lactic acid, which is a natural biological component of the skin's natural hydration, and also it forms in the muscles during physical exertion. Its high penetrating ability provides a fairly deep, but delicate interaction with the epidermis, stimulates the production of the necessary hyaluronic acid, whitens the face and eliminates dead cells, normalizes acidity, and inhibits the growth of bacteria. Moreover, lactic acid, which is produced by glucose fermentation, is widely used in cosmetology and added to everyday products for use at home. It is found in many unsweetened fruits, green vegetables, kefir, yogurt and other dairy products.
Due to its fairly mild properties, lactic acid peeling is suitable for sensitive and thin skin, as well as for dry, oily and combination skin. It can be applied to the neckline and neck. This is a superficial cleansing method that doctors do not recommend using in the summer, when the sun is most active. Such cosmetic procedures are best done up to 40 years, without waiting for serious age-related changes.
Benefits and Indications
- Regeneration of tissues due to effects on the cell.
- Increases the elasticity and firmness of the skin.
- A short recovery period after the procedure, or it does not exist at all.
- Improves blood circulation, eliminates peeling and dryness.
- Activates the synthesis of ceramides, increasing the protective function of the lipid barrier.
- Pronounced whitening and moisturizing effect.
- These types of peelings are suitable for dark, thin and sensitive, even for skin prone to allergic reactions.
- Eliminates acne, freckles, pigmentation, earthy complexion, black spots, enlarged pores, seborrhea.
- Improves the functioning of the sebaceous glands.
- It has a bactericidal effect, relieves inflammation and irritation.
- Eliminates not very deep stretch marks and wrinkles on the face and body.
Preparatory stage
It is immediately worth noting that milk peeling should not be carried out in the salon if there is an inflammatory process, violation of the integrity of the skin, burns, defects and injuries, herpetic eruptions, allergies to any component. It is also better to abstain during breastfeeding and pregnancy, with acute respiratory infections, accompanied by temperature, with skin and blood diseases, diabetes, oncology.
To reduce pigment production, the beauty salon uses special preparations as a preparation. For the same purpose, it is forbidden to visit tanning salons and other types of tanning a month before and after a course of purification. Throughout the entire period of the conduct, and this is a course from 3 to 12 procedures with a week-long break between them, you should apply a cream with an SPF factor, and after that too, or hide your face under a hat with wide brim. Then, to maintain the achieved result, lactic acid peeling is prescribed once a month, and the entire course can be repeated again after six months or a year.
Subject to all the intricacies of the preparatory phase, the result will not be long in coming. The skin will become smooth, velvet, delicate and even, will acquire a healthier and younger look.
What to expect after milk peeling?
But since this is still a procedure that acts chemically, you need to be prepared for other nuances. Redness may appear, which you should not be afraid of, since they pass over time, otherwise it is better to consult a doctor to exclude allergic reactions.
It is also acceptable if you feel warm, but not a burning sensation, in which blisters may even appear. “Panthenol” will facilitate this condition. In order to avoid unwanted complications, medical attention is needed.
On the second or third day, the process of light peeling of the skin starts. If he did not come immediately after the first procedure, then you should simply continue the prescribed course. Perhaps the superficial method immediately affected only the upper layers of the epidermis, and how dead cells are washed off is simply imperceptible. In the future, the result will be more effective.
To make the expectation match reality: recommendations
In general, during the rehabilitation period, if you have any questions or suspicions, it is better to immediately contact a specialist for help, not hoping for a chance.
No need to evaluate the result at an intermediate stage. After the first manipulations, exacerbations of rashes are possible. By the end of the course, everything is normal.
Do not touch freshly treated areas after milk peeling, do not comb. For a day, give up any decorative cosmetics, cleaners and detergents. And also it is impossible to do depilation in these places and, of course, to avoid contact with direct sunlight.
The main rules of the rehabilitation period
- to heal.
- Reduce inflammation.
- Prevent pigmentation.
However, it is worth noting for those who decided to conduct milk peeling on their own: reviews and advice from a girlfriend are, of course, good and even useful, but the lion's share of a successful outcome depends on the actions after and competent qualified care.
The most charming and attractive without leaving home
Milk peeling at home is a worthy alternative to expensive salon sessions. It activates metabolic processes and prepares the skin for other, more serious and aggressive cosmetic procedures. Since in the salon all manipulations are controlled by a specialist, more concentrated solutions (30-90%) are used there. You can independently apply 4-10% acid, which is freely sold in a pharmacy, dilute it with water in an appropriate proportion.
Ready-made professional tools are also available - it's easier, more convenient, safer, but also a little more expensive. These are various mousses with which it is possible to conduct milk peeling. Reviews, by the way, confirm that they have a better effect, you can not rinse them up to 10 minutes.
Brief instruction
As in the salon or in the doctor’s office, there must be a protocol of the conduct, i.e., a certain sequence of actions. For the first time, it is better not to delay the exposure time of the composition, the optimal duration of peeling with a pharmacy solution is 3 minutes at 4% lactic acid concentration. If you feel discomfort, then a stream of cool air, a fan, a hairdryer with the function of cold blowing, a fan will help.
Before starting, you should cleanse your face with any cosmetic milk, tonic or alcohol lotion to remove excess sebum. The peeling composition should not leak and fall on the area around the lips and eyes, pre-treat these places with something greasy, and also protect the mucous membranes. After the acid is washed off, apply any light moisturizing nourishing cream or mask.
Then repeat all stages 3-5 times with a break between them of 7-10 days. And the result, as they say, on the face.
Milk Salicylic Peeling
For oily, problematic and combination skin prone to acne and acne, salicylic acid and alcohol are also used. They have a more bactericidal and antiseptic effect - perhaps the most significant trump card in comparison with others. This substance perfectly dissolves fats and breaks down sebum, normalizes its secretion.
Due to a deeper opening of the pores, the dermis is better cleaned, and the neutralization of bacteria causes the elimination of acne. Once in childhood, we burned them pointwise with a salicylic acid, but if you properly dilute acid or alcohol (15% - superficial), you can affect the whole face, permanently getting rid of hated acne.
This method of cleansing the dermis removes scars more productively, scars - the concentration in this case must be increased from 20 to 30% (median).
Carefully
Milk peeling - reviews confirm this - is quite suitable for dry skin, but salicylic is contraindicated in a sensitive person. In addition, people who are prone to allergic reactions must check the effect of the substance on a small area of the skin.
There are both mono-acid and multi-acid professional drugs for independent use. They include grape, lactic, citric, malic, almond, glycolic acid.
Chemical peeling is a kind of burn under the supervision of a cosmetologist, and the degree of skin damage, i.e. the depth of the procedure, gives different visual results.
You can use this method not only on the face, but also on other parts of the body (stomach, hips, neck and décolleté, hands). However, do not forget about caution. If you are not sure that you can carry out the procedure correctly, trust the specialists.