Any woman dreams of smooth skin. Unfortunately, sooner or later, such a moment comes when the face contour starts to “swim”, ugly nasolabial folds and facial wrinkles appear. The skin is rapidly losing elasticity, and women begin to look for that magical tool that will turn time back.
For this, any means are used - from fabulously expensive anti-aging serums and creams to plastic surgeries.
But there is another way of correction - face taping. According to reviews, this is a fairly simple procedure that does not harm health, and the result after it is amazing.
What is taping
Judging by the reviews, face tapping looks like this (before and after photos are shown below). Women believe that this is a very effective procedure for tightening the contour and smoothing wrinkles without surgery.
The essence of the method is that teipes are glued onto the face in the directions of the massage lines. These are special patches that stretch the skin and hold it in a certain position for several hours or even days. Thus, the effect of a facelift is achieved, plus the effect of squeezing and pulling boosts the metabolism in the body.
Teip leaves on the skin for at least 30 minutes. But most often we are talking about longer periods of time and the duration of one procedure is 6-8 hours. Sometimes patches are worn for several days.
What is it used for?
Taping or kinesioteiping has long been used to facilitate the rehabilitation of athletes after injuries, such as bruises or stretch marks. Also, gluing the patch according to a special technique will be effective in recovering from back injuries, with problems in the elbow and knee joints. On the body of athletes of international level quite often you can see teips - sometimes invisible, flesh-colored, and sometimes very bright, acidic colors.
From sports medicine, taping was transferred to another field of application - cosmetology. The Japanese doctor Reiko Kazki was one of the first to use teips to correct aesthetic problems on the face. The results were so amazing that other patients began to turn to the doctor to correct age-related changes - from smoothing small wrinkles to eliminating sagging skin.
Although, strictly speaking, it can not be called the first. Marlene Dietrich also tightened her face with silk ribbons and glue. She re-created the contour of the face, and then hid the ends of the ribbons under the wig. Since then, it is necessary to count down the use of face taping in cosmetology. According to reviews, this procedure has several advantages over other methods of facelift.
The advantages of taping over other correction methods
If you carry out the "patch lifting" competently, taking into account all the problem areas, then it will give an amazing result. What changes can be observed after face taping? According to reviews, you can observe the following effect:
- reduction of small facial wrinkles, nasolabial folds and frontal wrinkles;
- reduction of puffiness of the eyelids;
- face contour correction;
- decrease in asymmetry of features;
- reduction of folds on the neck and second chin.
In addition, teips can be used to reduce pain on the face, for example, when the facial nerve is pinched. Tapping can be carried out as an emergency anti-aging procedure before an important event, or apply it on a regular basis, achieving a more pronounced and lasting result.
According to reviews, face taping has a number of advantages compared to other methods of lifting:
- Efficiency. Despite the simplicity of the manipulations, the result is pleasing to the eye. The skin becomes fresher, toned and smoother.
- Availability. Teips are inexpensive. The cost of one patch is 500-800 rubles. The consumption is economical and the material is enough for several procedures. So if you tap the face yourself, then the cost of each procedure will be minimal.
- Virtually no side effects. Compared with traditional surgical lifting and injections, teips practically do not cause complications. The maximum that may occur is mild redness and irritation. Or in case of improper use of the patch - the effect of stretching the skin.
What to take teips
What teip to take with aesthetic face taping? According to experts, you can use plasters of any color. Most often used bodily, but in fact, any will do.
There are more serious requirements for the quality of teips. Teips are thin cotton ribbons with a hypoallergenic adhesive backing. Sports teips are not suitable for a facelift, as they are quite rigid, and their main purpose is to provide a strong grip. Cheap, made of coarse cotton with glue of dubious quality should also not be used, as they will adversely affect the skin.
It is best to choose thin teip from eco-cotton, soft and delicate, which are almost not felt on the skin. Such most often can be purchased under the brands of European manufacturers.
How to make at home
Is it possible to tap face at home? According to reviews, this is possible. The procedure is as follows:
- When taping, you need to touch on all the problem areas. In order to do everything right, you need to adhere to the recommended scheme.
- Teip stick on clean, dry skin. Before the procedure, you can massage your face - this will enhance the effect of taping due to the influx of blood to the surface.
- The patch is glued from the bottom up strictly along the massage lines. The bottom point is the "anchor". The tape is glued to it without tension. Then the patch is pulled, and the skin rises with it.
- The duration of one procedure is 5-8 hours.
- The patch should be removed carefully, without jerking, so that this does not lead to stretching of the skin.
- The tape is removed in the opposite direction - from the end to the "anchor". The tape is slightly pulled and folded. The skin must be held with your hands.
- Under the patch, you do not need to apply creams and masks. But after the procedure, applying moisturizers will help consolidate the effect.
- Standard course - 10-12 procedures.
In the photo below, you can see how the result of taping the face (before and after) looks. According to reviews, the effectiveness of the procedure depends on the little things that need to be considered when working.
Recommendations
When taping the face, you need to follow some precautions:
- Use only proven recommended regimens.
- Do not apply teip on normal skin areas that do not require correction. This can cause deformation of the face.
- Do not stick teip on hair areas of the face or remove hairs beforehand.
- Do not stick the patch on top of papillomas, moles and warts.
- Do not glue the nose and eyes.
- Before the first use, it is necessary to conduct an allergotest on the inside of the elbow.
- Teips are not used on children. They are allowed only on surfaces with well-formed bones and muscle tissue.
- Taping has a number of contraindications. Basically, they relate to existing lesions on the skin - wounds, cracks, ulcers, as well as a number of severe systemic diseases of the lymphatic and vascular systems.
Reviews
Tapping the face, according to most women who have tried this method of wrinkle correction, causes only positive emotions. For the procedure, you do not need to complete special cosmetology courses, you only need to strictly follow the instructions. The method captivates with its simplicity, affordability and high efficiency.