Facials for Skin Conditions
A good time to schedule a facial is when you're experiencing temporary skin conditions, such as congestion or breakout. In fact, it's great to schedule facials every month for your skin, regardless of its condition. Inform your skin care specialist of your needs, because the standard facial for your skin type needs to be modified to help correct your condition.
A good skin care technician knows how to help you solve temporary skin conditions. Ask your skin care technician to advise you about your skin treatments you can do at home to continue the healing effects of the facial. You may want to schedule a full series of salon or spa facials to correct skin conditions such as:
Congestion and breakouts. Your facial goal is extraction and removal of dead skin cells so your skin is clear. You need a deep cleansing facial with exfoliation. Salicylic acid or a clay mask will work well for exfoliation, and perhaps your skin care technician will use both. A steam treatment will get the blood flowing to your skin. This helps it heal more quickly. Extraction of blackheads, whiteheads, and pimples will clear up some of the congestion. Microdermabrasion can also work well.
Rosacea. Your facial goal is calming and soothing. Your skin needs to be treated very gently. Make sure the skin care technician is aware of the rosacea and doesn't over stimulate your skin. Think calm and cool. Avoid electrical brushes and microdermabrasion. Cold stone treatments for the face are excellent, as are cooling masks, a shoulder massage, and a very gentle peel, preferably with an enzyme or with lactic acid. The relaxation aspect of your facial helps to reduce inflammation and irritation.
Dehydration. Your goal is to moisture back into your skin. Steaming is good, as in a facial massage with moisturizing products. Peel with either an enzyme peel or glycolic acid. Paraffin masks are an excellent way to infuse moisture. Microdermabrasion can polish the skin and provide a gentle exfoliation treatment. Finish up with humectants and moisturizers.
Sensitized skin. Talk with your skin care technician to determine the root cause of your skin condition. Your goal is to calm and soothe the skin and to relax. Your skin needs gentle treatments, such as a cooling mask, shoulder massage, and lymphatic massage. Extraction is fine if your skin needs it. If your skin is sensitized as a result of illness, antibiotics, or chemotherapy, use clay masks or green tea compresses to draw toxins out of the skin.
Sun damage. Your goal is to reduce sun damage and increase cell turnover rate. Peel with microdermabrasion, glycolic acid, or a combination of AHAs and BHAs. The skin care technician can be more aggressive with your skin and possibly do two peels because of the high keratinization levels of you skin. First do a BHA peel and then a glycolic peel. Steam is beneficial, as are humectants and moisturizing creams.
Pigmentation. Your goal is to have your darker pigmentation areas appear lighter, along with receiving a facial to suite your skin type. One or even two peels with microdermabrasion, glycolic acid, or a combination of AHAs, and BHAs to increase cell turnover rate can help. Use bleaching herbals, such as red raspberry and licorice. A mild hydroquinone cream is also effective. Your skin care technician might suggest that you consult with a dermatologist to inquire about a prescription for a high percentage hydroquinone cream or a Retin-A. If your pigmentation is caused by illness, then your skin type determines your facial treatments.
Premature aging. Your goal is to increase the appearance of aging. The skin care technician can stimulate the skin with vitamin C and other nourishing ingredients, such as essential fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals. Your skin needs stimulation to increase cell turnover rate. Peel with glycolic or lactic acid or feed skin with oxygen. An energetic massage helps to increase blood circulation to the skin. Talk with your skin care technician about the causes of your prematurely aged skin so that you can make lifestyle changes to correct the condition.
Menopausal skin. Your goal is to firm, tighten, and stimulate skin to increase cell turnover rate. Apply phytoestrogen products directly on skin to help plump it up. Use stronger glycolic peels at 30 to 40 percent solution and a PH of 2.5 to 3. Microdermabrasion can also be helpful. Apply moisturizing products.
Schedule a facial when you want to be pampered, when your skin is acting up, and about a week before a big event. You should also consider having a facial with the change of seasons for seasonal cleansing. Think of it as spring cleaning for the skin.
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