Every girl dreams of having smooth and beautiful skin. Inflammation and acne is a common problem of many modern beauties. You can conduct a professional facial cleansing in the cabin or extrude blackheads yourself at home. Each girl herself chooses a way to clean her face , depending on preferences and financial capabilities.
Brief description of the procedure
Any skin needs periodic complex cleaning. The main goal of this procedure is to remove exfoliated cells and excess sebum, which spoil the appearance, there is acne and other skin problems. More often than others, girls with oily skin need such a procedure.
In fact, cleansing your face is the same as squeezing large blackheads, which many people so often like to do at home, standing in front of a mirror. But in the salon they use special cosmetic tools. The whole process takes place in a sterile environment, which can not be said about the extrusion of acne and blackheads at home.
In addition, after cleaning, additional procedures may be carried out in the cabin that are impossible or very difficult to repeat on your own.
Pros of the procedure
Mechanical cleaning of the skin in the cabin is the extrusion of acne under a microscope. And before deciding on this procedure, you need to know its positive and negative points.
Let's start with the pros:
- This type of skin cleansing is the most effective of all such cleansing procedures.
- Since cleaning is carried out manually, the beautician can easily extrude blackheads in the most inaccessible places.
- The effect of mechanical cleaning is the same as after chemical peeling: the pores are narrowed, the complexion is healthy, there are no bored acne and blackheads.
Cons of the procedure
Despite the fact that salon extrusion of eels (photo below) has a number of undeniable advantages, there are also disadvantages to this procedure.
So, the minuses of mechanical cleaning:
- Since cleaning is carried out manually, there is a risk of injury, especially if the procedure is delayed and takes longer than 15 minutes. After all, after a quarter of an hour, the pores on steamed coffee begin to close. As a result, pain and trauma occur. To avoid this, you need to carefully choose the master who will conduct the cleaning. The cosmetologist must complete everything quickly and efficiently.
- Redness on the skin and swelling in the first few days after the procedure. This can not be avoided in any way, you just need not to plan a cleaning before important events.
- An important role is played by the human factor. To avoid unpleasant consequences, make sure that the cosmetologist's tools and hands are sterile.
The cost of mechanical cleaning
It is worth noting that the price of the procedure is relatively low. On average, the cost of such cleaning will range from 1,500 to 5,000 rubles. Do not try to save money and choose a cheaper salon. Such excessive parsimony can ruin your appearance and damage your skin’s health. Choose quality and proven salons, and then your skin will delight you with its health and beauty.
Preparation for the procedure
To extrude blackheads without negative consequences, it is important to properly prepare for the procedure.
First you need to remove all makeup from the skin and perform a pore opening procedure. To remove makeup use special cosmetics suitable for a certain type of skin. If the skin needs additional cleansing, then use special masks. It is also possible to conduct gentle surface peeling to remove the stratum corneum.
Then the skin must be steamed. To do this, the face is heated under streams of warm steam for several minutes. The epidermis softens and the pores open.
In some salons, a thermo-heating gel is used to open the pores. Thanks to this, the skin retains all the necessary moisture, so this method is considered more gentle compared to standard steaming.
In addition, steaming is contraindicated in people with certain diseases, for example, asthma or rosacea. In these cases, it is better to avoid thermal effects on the skin. Then beauticians use cold hydrogenation.
Its essence lies in the fact that a special gel is applied to the skin, which moisturizes the skin for 20 minutes. This contributes to the swelling of epidermal cells and the weakening of intercellular connections between them. That is, the surface of the skin loosens and the pores open.
Then the beautician must prepare all the necessary tools and put on sterile gloves for direct cleaning.
When the skin is steamed or the gel is removed, the face must be wiped and treated with 3% hydrogen peroxide.
Cleaning tools
The main tool for squeezing blackheads is a Uno spoon. This is a special cosmetic tool in the form of a small spoon, in which there are small holes. At its other end is another spoon with a smaller diameter. It has one hole in the center.
Comedone Extractor is a loop tool that is also often used to remove blackheads. In addition, the extrusion of eels does not do without a needle and a spear of Vidal. Beauticians use these tools to expand strong ducts.
There are many other devices, but the main one is the hands of the master, with which he removes the most difficult pollution.
Mechanical cleaning
Extrusion of eels begins with the removal of greasy plaque. For this, the cosmetologist uses a wide portion of the Uno spoon. Those areas of the skin that have unripe acne and inflammation should not be touched.
The master should periodically sanitize the instrument with 3% hydrogen peroxide or any other solution. On the forehead, the spoon should be moved from bottom to top, on the cheeks - from the outside to the center, and on the nose - from the base to the back of the nose.
Then the beautician takes over the removal of sebaceous plugs. To do this, he uses an extractor (loop). It must be placed above the black dot so that it is visible in the hole. Then you need to slightly press, and the comedone is easily removed.
To remove the white eel, it must first be pierced. A puncture must be done parallel to the surface of the skin. Then the eel can easily be squeezed out by hand.
It is important to remember that the master must very often disinfect all tools.
Those comedones that cannot be squeezed out with a tool are removed by hand. The beautician should wrap his fingers in sterile wipes.
At the final stage of cleaning, you need to wipe the face with a lotion containing alcohol.
As for the duration of the procedure, it is different in each salon. A minimum cleaning can last 15 minutes, a maximum of an hour or more. It is very important to remember that the effect of steaming takes place within 20 minutes, and the pores begin to close. Then squeezing blackheads becomes difficult and possibly painful. The risk of skin injury increases. Therefore, it is very important to choose a professional cosmetologist who will carry out the procedure in a short time. If it does not work out quickly, then it is better to divide the cleaning into several stages.
If the skin condition is very neglected, then sometimes in salons, along with mechanical cleaning, vacuum is used. To do this, use a glass tube with reduced pressure inside, which literally sucks out blackheads.
Additional treatments
Sometimes before cleaning it is necessary to carry out a disincrustation. Under the influence of this method, acne softens as much as possible and is easier to remove.
After the procedure, the skin is irritated and needs to be “reassured”. There are many ways to do this in the cabin, for example, a soothing clay mask or irradiation with an infrared lamp. The method of removing irritation is selected individually for each type of skin.
How to care for skin after the procedure?
It should be noted that you will not see the instant result after cleaning. To do this, wait a few days. So that the result becomes noticeable as soon as possible and lasts as long as possible, the first few hours you can not wash and use cosmetics. A solarium and long walks in the sun at this time is also better to remove. As a rule, four days after the procedure, the skin is completely restored, it looks radiant and fresh.
Conclusion
In the article, we examined in detail how the extrusion of blackheads occurs in the salon, what positive and negative points this procedure has and how to care for the skin after it is carried out. Follow these simple tips, and your skin will always shine with health and beauty.